...more oakgalls for natural fabric dyeing. Hoping for a nice gray-chocolate brown.
I can never walk away from an oakgall under a tree.
...and making
...crepe paper garlands for the mantle. Laurel or olive you ask? Haven't decided yet. Guess it all depends on what type of "berry" I add ... or if I add anything at all. We'll see.
i can't even imagine running into an oakgall. don't think i've ever seen one in my life! but i'm fully confident that you will get a good color out of yours. the mantel garland looks lovely.
Jennifer thanks...you're such a sweetie. Garlands in the shop? Not sure, I wasn't planning on it, but I'll have to think about that... :^)
MP - You probably have loads of them in your hills. Next time you walk under an oak tree, look on the ground under the branches - though not all oaks are prolific!
Janis you have to explain me what you are doing with these curious oakgall thing that I have ever seen in my life before I moved to California...;-) see you ..very soon my friend Emma from San francisco
Happy Thanksgiving Janis! Please please show us when you finish your garlands, I imagine with your artistic gifts they will be beautiful. Oakgalls, I have never heard of them, do show us the colour dye they make, some of us are very curious.
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Those oak galls are Huge!!
I love your paper garland. It looks very real. Any chance of producing them for your shop?
Always lovely to stop by here :)
Xx
i can't even imagine running into an oakgall. don't think i've ever seen one in my life! but i'm fully confident that you will get a good color out of yours. the mantel garland looks lovely.
And ??? What's your choice?
Jennifer thanks...you're such a sweetie. Garlands in the shop? Not sure, I wasn't planning on it, but I'll have to think about that... :^)
MP - You probably have loads of them in your hills. Next time you walk under an oak tree, look on the ground under the branches - though not all oaks are prolific!
Otli - still undecided...
Paper? I thought they were real. Nice work.
hoping with you for a gray-chocolate brown - can't wait to see what you get!
Janis you have to explain me what you are doing with these curious oakgall thing that I have ever seen in my life before I moved to California...;-)
see you ..very soon my friend
Emma from San francisco
watch out for the wasps.
do you ever use beetroots?
never seen oakgalls before ... hope you get the color you want :)
Laurel!
I use it to cook rise...and as they smell, they will paint the clothe...
Will see
Emma - I will tell you all about it over a coffee/tea :^) ...but for a quick explanation they are for natural fabric dyeing.
Ninja - yes, the wasps! ...and beetroot, hummm... I will have to look into that (I'm new to at this).
hello there, visiting for the first time via mademoiselle paradis. i used to live in Mill Valley and now i live in LA.. NOT the same life!
Happy Thanksgiving Janis! Please please show us when you finish your garlands, I imagine with your artistic gifts they will be beautiful.
Oakgalls, I have never heard of them, do show us the colour dye they make, some of us are very curious.
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