More Color Matching For Buttons

Donna's Yarn & Craft in North shore Kamloops, had some new yarn arrive in their store that is so soft and luxurious.  She asked us to color match some of them and create an assortment of buttons to coordinate.  I love the color of this yarn which is a sort of peacock blue.

We made some textured buttons in the solid color as well as antiqued in white. 

This is the same brand of yarn in the Pantone Spring 2014 Fashion Color of Cayenne.

And here are some buttons in the basket weave pattern antiqued in white.

This yarn is super soft and variegated in the Pantone Spring 2014 Fashion Colors of Sand and Celosia Orange.

These are some textured buttons we made in the Celosia Orange.

These yarns and our handcrafted buttons are now available at Donna's.

Pantone Spring 2014 Fashion Color Violet Tulip

One of the unusual things with the Pantone Fashion color choices this coming season is the combination of the bold and vibrant with soft pastels.  I've always been attracted more to the brighter and deeper colors and not so much to the paler pastel shades.  There is something about the softer pastels that can not only have a more calming effect but can help tone down the stronger colors to create more balance.  A perfect example of this is combining a strong color like the Pantone color of the year, Radiant Orchid with the soft pastel shade of Violet Tulip.

I created a small sheet of clay using a mokume gane technique with this two color combination.  To create a more striking mokume blend, another color such as white or black, should be added for more contrast, but I did this just for a sample to show how the two shades compliment one another and the Violet Tulip tones down the Radiant Orchid quite a bit.

So here is the clay color recipe for

Violet Tulip using Kato clay:

* The Dark Purple # 10-2 and White Mix # 1-2 are base mix clay recipes found in my Color System tutorial which is available in our Etsy shop(as an instant download) or in our online store (which will be e-mailed within 24 hours).