Eat your heart out, "Robin's Egg Blue"

Just kidding, Robin's Egg Blue, I still love you.

But this chicken egg is about to give you a run for your money.

I present to you, "Americana Egg Green"...

I know what you're thinking. "That's not very green."

Just trust me on this one. They're much greener IRL, and my mother-in-law's Americanas/Araucanas don't seem to be laying as green as they were a few months back.

But these hen's eggs can get very green. Case in point, these pictures I pinned...

Source: my.opera.com via Elisha on Pinterest

Source: en.wikipedia.org via Elisha on Pinterest

Source: knowwhey.com via Elisha on Pinterest

Source: cottagewoodhill.com via Elisha on Pinterest

Source: davesgarden.com via Elisha on Pinterest

Source: odd-dolls.blogspot.com via Elisha on Pinterest

Eggs weren't the only thing we brought home from our trip to visit the in-laws in Mendocino County.

We also hit the thrift stores. Husband didn't find anything, but I got a wad of bias tapes for 50 cents each, and this weird elephant fabric...

I liked it, but my Grampa just gave me even more of Gramma's stash. As in another, even larger Rubbermaid tub. Did I really need to buy more fabric? Husband ended up talking me into it.

It this loosely woven, linen-like white, with blue and red elephants screen-printed onto it. I haven't checked the selvedge for info. You can see I (husband) paid 3.25 for 1.66 yards. I thought it looked 60's-ish, or like nautical elephants.

Color inspiration: indigos, violets, pinks, oranges, and yellows

I was very inspired by the colors of this bouquet when it popped up on my Pinterest, so I drew out the pallette in PhotoShop. Don't be surprised if this color combo turns up again somewhere on this blog.

Color inspiration: Rust, gold, blue, dark gray, and cream

If I were to design a piece of floral fabric right now, I would make the flowers rust, a shade of blue I'm having trouble identifying (bondi blue?), and mustard (I'd rather call it gold). They'd be outlined in dark gray and set on a light cream background.

I'm liking this as a bedroom color palette.

Mood board: Robots in space boy's room

Here's a work in progress mood board for the boy's room, which I told you before started out as "Robots in Space". But the thrift store sold that robot/rocket fabric and now has these cool dino curtains....

I think the more important thing in the above mood board is the color pallette; reds, oranges, gradient blue and grays. It's something I'm pretty stuck on (which is why I stuck that Harry Potter poster in there even though he has nothing to do with either robots or space), and while the theme is fluid, the colors have stuck!

Now, if we can just get moved out before my 5-month-old becomes a teenager and starts actually wanting a say in his room.

Mood board: Kelly green, gold, and gray color inspiration

This color combination came to me in a dream. No joke. I dreamt I was in a kitchen with super-dimensional cabinets like the John F. Long cabinets often made fun of on the Ugly House Blog:

I actually kind of like those cabinets, especially if they had a super-bold paint color like the Kelly green they were in my dream.

In addition to the Kelly green cabinets, the kitchen in my dream (I hesitate to call it a "dream kitchen", because it's not, really) had graphic gray wallpaper, and gold accents.

It's a daring color combo that I just might try, or some variation thereof (like maybe gold wallpaper, gray cabs, and green accents), if I were brave enough.