A Butterfly Touch

10/14/2021

Burgundy is one of my favourite colours - it is an intense mix of red and purple. Burgundy leads with strength and force making it somewhat intimidating. Burgundy understands that with great power comes great responsibility. With its strong presence, burgundy can increase energy levels and can promote productivity without being overbearing.
Burgundy symbolizes: power, intensity, individuality and sophistication
Positive Traits: ambitious, remarkable, unique, understanding
Negative Traits: somber, controlling, reserved, timid

07/27/2017

Something New
I decided that something new was called for, so I have started adding beaded necklaces to my pendants.

07/17/2017

Pink (Part 1)
The colour pink represents caring, compassion and love. The pink colour stands for unconditional love and understanding, and is associated with giving and receiving care. Since pink is a combination of red and white, both colors add a little to its characteristics. It gets the lust for action from the red colour, and the white colour gives it an opportunity to achieve success and insight. Passion and power from the colour red, softened with the purity and openness of the white colour completes pink colour meaning. The deeper the pink colour, the more passion and energy it radiates.
Pink is romantic and intimate, feminine, loving, caring and extremely considerate. It tones down the physical passion from the red colour and replaces it with a gentle and loving energy. The colour pink is insightful and intuitive and it shows tenderness and kindness from its empathetic and sensitive nature.
Pink is a sign of hope. It is a positive colour that inspires warm and comforting feelings. The colour pink gives the feeling that everything will go well or be okay. Most people have heard of the saying “everything is rosy”. It may also indicate good health and success.

05/21/2017

Orange
ORANGE is about Dependency/Co-dependency/Independence. Shock and trauma. Deep insight, joy and ecstasy. The physicality of the red combined with the self-knowledge of yellow.

ORANGE is Harmony. Beauty. Sexuality. Art. Creativity. Renunciation/Divinity (the robes of Buddhist monks). Dedication and devotion to a higher ideal. As we look beyond the material level, we start questioning and aspiring to higher levels than the material & physical. Trust. Acceptance. Bonding - expanding awareness to include others. ORANGE calls in our whole relationship to all life - this is the place we work it out.

From the yellow component comes Insight and self-knowledge - mindfulness. In the ORANGE component, one finds devotion, and the willingness to belong to a team effort. Gregariousness in spirit, expressing as group consciousness and an awareness of other peoples’ needs. Bliss. The social colour. Connects us to our etheric body. Relates to relationships of any kind.

Mindfulness. Patience and perseverance. Deep insights. ORANGE increases oxygen flow through the blood and brain which helps with clarity on a mental level. When imbalanced: Indecision. Lack of self-worth.

"Gut feelings". Spontaneous (red) wisdom. Sexuality for pleasure and joy, not with the intent to conceive. Excitement. Extroversion. Deep delight. Bright and humourous. Connected with belly laughter and playfulness. When imbalanced: Hysteria. Depression. Stubbornness. Shock/Trauma.

03/25/2017

GREEN

Green symbolizes money, luck, prosperity, vitality and fertility. It is also associated with envy. Green is the color of healing; it is beneficial in all healing situations. In the aura green signifies balance, peace and often indicates ability as a healer.
The color Green balances our energies, increases love, empathy and compassion. It is good for working with nature and the environment. It increases prosperity and good fortune. Green strengthens the heart, lungs and respiratory system. It helps fight infection and viruses. Green can also counter panic attacks and addiction.
Green represents abundance, renewal, growth and nature. It is a harmonizing, balancing and calming color. Green is a healing color that gives healing energy to the heart.
Green is the color of balance. It also means learning, growth, renewal, and harmony. Green is the color of nature. It brings peace and harmony into our lives. It is the color of Healing and Hope, optimism, freedom, balance.
Green is an emotionally positive color, giving us the ability to love and nurture ourselves and others unconditionally.
Being a combination of yellow and blue, green encompasses the mental clarity and optimism of yellow with the emotional calm and insight of blue, inspiring hope and a generosity of spirit not available from other colors.
This is a color that has a strong sense of right or wrong, inviting good judgment. It sees both sides of the equation, weighs them up, and then usually takes the moral stand in making appropriate decisions. On the negative side, it can be judgmental and over-cautious.

Keywords - Growth, fertility, harmony, healing, refreshing, peaceful, contentment, satisfaction, confidence, money, prosperity, hope, luck, beauty.

Dark Green is associated with ambition, greed, and jealousy.
Yellow-Green can indicate sickness, cowardice, discord, and jealousy.
Aqua is associated with emotional healing and protection.
Olive Green is the traditional color of peace.

Put some green in your life when you want:
• a new state of balance
• feel a need for change or growth
• freedom to pursue new ideas
• protection from fears and anxieties connected with the demands of others

01/10/2017

01/04/2017

Colour Matters

With colours you can set a mood, attract attention, or make a statement. You can use colour to energize, or to cool down. By selecting the right colour scheme, you can create an ambiance of elegance, warmth or tranquility, or you can convey an image of playful youthfulness. Colour can be your most powerful element if you learn to use it effectively.

Being able to use colours consciously and harmoniously can help you create spectacular results.

The Colour Wheel

The colour wheel or colour circle is the basic tool for combining colours.
The colour wheel is designed so that virtually any colours you pick from it will look good together. Over the years, many variations of the basic design have been made, but the most common version is a wheel of 12 colors based on the RYB (or artistic) colour model.
Traditionally, there are a number of colour combinations that are considered especially pleasing. These are called colour harmonies or colour chords and they consist of two or more colours with a fixed relation in the colour wheel.

12/07/2016

New Look Pendants
Lately I have been trying a couple of new things with my pendants – I have started doing a beaded “chain” for them. When I have the right coloured beads to go with the glass colours, the pendants can really “pop”.

Take a look.

The colours just seem more vibrant and bright.

11/29/2016

Blue
Blue is a cool and calming colour that shows creativity and intelligence. It is a colour that symbolizes loyalty, strength, wisdom and trust. Blue is also known to have a calming effect on the psyche.

Blue is sincere, reserved and quiet, and does not like to make a big deal out of things or attract too much attention. Blue hates confrontation and likes to do things its own way. From a colour psychology perspective, the colour blue is reliable and responsible and radiates security and trust. You can be sure that the color blue can take control and do the right thing in difficult situations. Blue needs order and planning in its life, including the way it lives and works.
Blue seeks peace and tranquility and promotes physical and mental relaxation. The colour blue reduces stress and creates a sense of calmness, relaxation and order. Try and lie on your back and look up at the blue cloudless sky. Blue lowers metabolism. The paler the blue color, the more free we feel.
Blue colour meaning is known to be good at one-way communication, especially communication with your voice – it’s the teacher, the public speaker. The colour blue is your helper, saviour, your friend in need. The Colour blue is a giver, not a taker. Blue likes to build strong, trusting relationships, and is deeply hurt if the trust is betrayed.
Light blue represents health, healing, tranquility, understanding and softness.
Dark blue is associated with knowledge, power, integrity and professionalism.
This is how the colour blue affects you
• Soothes and relaxes, prevents chaos
• Opens up communication
• Extends your perspective and intuition ability
• Provides a feeling of coolness and peace

11/10/2016

For those of you in the Greater Toronto area, please don't forget to come and do your Christmas shopping at the Christmas Traditions Craft Show at the Powerade Centre on Kennedy Rd in Brampton.
Hope to see you all there.

10/25/2016

White

White is colour at its most complete and pure, the colour of perfection. The colour meaning of white is purity, innocence, wholeness and completion.
In colour psychology white is the color of new beginnings, wiping the slate clean, so to speak. It is the blank canvas waiting to be written upon. While white isn't stimulating to the senses, it opens the way for the creation of anything the mind can conceive.
White contains an equal balance of all the colours of the spectrum, representing both the positive and negative aspects of all colours. Its basic feature is equality, implying fairness and impartiality, neutrality and independence. It is interesting to note that babies come into the world with a perfect balance of white, ready to imprint their lives with all the colors of the spectrum (hopefully!) from all their life experiences.
White is totally reflective, awakening openness, growth and creativity. You can't hide behind it as it amplifies everything in its way.
The colour white is cleanliness personified, the ultimate in purity!! This is why it is traditionally worn by western brides, and the reason why doctors wear white jackets.
White is a colour of protection and encouragement, offering a sense of peace and calm, comfort and hope, helping alleviate emotional upsets. It creates a sense of order and efficiency, a great help if you need to declutter your life.
White offers an inner cleansing and purifying of your thoughts, emotions and, ultimately, your spirit, refreshing and strengthening your entire energy system.
While there are very few negative connotations to white, particularly in western culture, too much white can be cold, isolating and empty. It implies a feeling of sterility, detachment and disinterest, providing little stimulation for the senses.
In other cultures it is traditionally related to death and mourning. In these cultures death usually means the end of one life and the beginning of another, moving forward to a new life, so the colour psychology meaning of new beginnings still holds.
White may indicate the completion of a cycle in your life - you may find you have a desire for white clothing or white in your surroundings at a time when you are moving in a new direction in your life - for example, planning an overseas trip for the first time, or moving house after a long time in one place, or in seeking a new relationship or a new career direction.

10/22/2016

TWO FOR ONE ADMISSION! Print and Present this coupon to the Powerade Box Office! Share on Facebook, Twitter or Snapchat. Share with all your friends, family and neighbours. See you at the Traditions of Christmas Craft and Artisan Show!!