Monday Mood: the Blues

Hello Lovelies,

 

picture above: painting by Helen Frankenthaler

As you may well have guessed, I'm in the Mood for Indigo!

picture above: painting by Cy Twonbly

 picture above: painting by Martin Formgren, 2014

 

I hope you enjoy all these deep blues to the full. See you tomorrow with a new "Tuesday's Butterfly". By the way... Did you know? You can now Follow my blog with Bloglovin'!

Alix of TeaButterfly.

If Sounds Were Colors... (Monday Mood)

Hello!

Since you are my lovelies, i wanted to share an awesome piece of loveliness with you this Monday. See for yourself:

Enjoy!

-Vic from TeaButterfly.

Pinterest love

Hello lovelies!

 the big lime tree for shade... photo by me Vic Lipson

How are you this Monday? I had a great weekend, spent at the French countryside with a dear friend. Longs naps, short walks... just an amazing landscape, and wild horses surrounding us...

Now I wanted to share with you some Pinterest love with you this morning, esp. my Type Love, my Tea Love, and my Love for Beautiful Butterflies...

Enjoy!

-Vic from TeaButterfly.

PS: I'm now off to add new drawings and paintings to my Etsy shop. ;-)

Monday Mood with Grant Hamilton.

Hello Lovelies,

I really love  abstract art (I paint some myself sometimes) and I also move polaroids. Now you can see both trends reunited. Just check this out: http://www.flickr.com/photos/granthamilton/collections/72157620090299380/

Also of note, Grant Hamilton's photostream : http://www.flickr.com/photos/granthamilton/

-Vic from TeaButterfly

Monday Mood: Happy in Black & White.

 Hello Lovelies!

This Monday, I'm feeling especially happy and in a good mood. So here's to happiness in classy b&w:

1. HAPPY FURRY FRIDAY :), 2. Black & White Becki, 3. Reach For The Moon! (Black & White series) 48 x 36 in. Acrylic on Canvas. Donation for Holy Family Hospital Spokane, WA. Annual Fundraiser, 4. Untitled

Don't forget to go and visit the original photographs, they're stunning!

And also of flickr note, I just discovered Zoë Murdoch's photostream, it is very much worth a look!


Have a happy monday everyone, and see you tomorrow!


-Vic from TeaButterfly.

Monday Mood: Iridescent Grey!

Hello Lovelies!

 image found via the jjjjound blog

Did you know? Even the otherwise colorful Miro drew in grey sometimes! But more on that later...



First, let me ask you if you had a great weekend! I hope so! I didn't shop for gifts but curled up on my sofa and watched the great movie "Lola" by Jacques Demy.

Now I'm singing all the time:

"C'est moi... c'est moi Lola !
Celle qui rit à tout propos,
Celle qui dit : "l'amour c'est beau..."

You can view a subtitled excerpt of that great movie on youtube, right here. Really worth watching, even if it's just the trailer...

"Winter sun" by Vic Lipson. (c) 2010.

And this sunny (at least where I live) Monday? I'm in the mood for grey/gray.

Like on this iridescent butterfly's wings:

or these matte Whitney Smith's vessels:

grey can be silvery, too, and become a seasons' decor!

...so silvery it becomes a mirror and reflects light... lovely!

Grey can become a great outfit for winter...

photo by Kamel Lahmadi from http://www.styleandthecity.com/

...or that perfect summer grey street style outfit in the wonderful grey capital that is Paris.

Grey is great for drawings....

And a soft yellow can nicely compliment the pattern...

Black and grey adorn the most handsome men in town...

Grey can express love and tenderness... (photo via the jjjjound.com blog)

Jane's Flanagan Furla grey bag (I just love Jane and her great blog, ill seen, ill said):

photo from this blog.

Grey is great for depicting ghosts, of course! (photo by Rodney Smith).

Michelle's twin grey paintings (via apartment therapy)

Find the perfect grey paint, wallpaper, or cushion for your home and peruse "greige" , too ! I love grey!

Grey can be rusty and weathered : see jelens' diptych and Susan Wolfe's bench with lichens...

So... Iridescent, matte, greige, on leather, a canvas or on a butterfly's wings, which is your favorite grey?

Vic from TeaButterfly.

PS: I'm trying my best to locate the actual owners of the pictures used here. Please let me if a photo is yours and I'll be happy to oblige and add your name.

I Thought I Was Sad Today But...

 ...but then I stumbled upon this poem - Mondays are for Moods, aren't they?:


(and the perfect picture to illustrate this would be this one, a fave of mine on flickr)


The Charm Of 5:30
It's too nice a day to read a novel set in England.

We're within inches of the perfect distance from the sun,
the sky is blueberries and cream,
and the wind is as warm as air from a tire.
Even the headstones in the graveyard
Seem to stand up and say "Hello! My name is..."

It's enough to be sitting here on my porch,
thinking about Kermit Roosevelt,
following the course of an ant,
or walking out into the yard with a cordless phone
to find out she is going to be there tonight

On a day like today, what looks like bad news in the distance
turns out to be something on my contact, carports and white
courtesy phones are spontaneously reappreciated
and random "okay"s ring through the backyards.

This morning I discovered the red tints in cola
when I held a glass of it up to the light
and found an expensive flashlight in the pocket of a winter coat
I was packing away for summer.

It all reminds me of that moment when you take off your sunglasses
after a long drive and realize it's earlier
and lighter out than you had accounted for.

You know what I'm talking about,

and that's the kind of fellowship that's taking place in town, out in
the public spaces. You won't overhear anyone using the words
"dramaturgy" or "state inspection today. We're too busy getting along.

It occurs to me that the laws are in the regions and the regions are
in the laws, and it feels good to say this, something that I'm almost
sure is true, outside under the sun.

Then to say it again, around friends, in the resonant voice of a
nineteenth-century senator, just for a lark.

There's a shy looking fellow on the courthouse steps, holding up a
placard that says "But, I kinda liked Reagan." His head turns slowly
as a beautiful girl walks by, holding a refrigerated bottle up against
her flushed cheek.

She smiles at me and I allow myself to imagine her walking into
town to buy lotion at a brick pharmacy.
When she gets home she'll apply it with great lingering care before
moving into her parlor to play 78 records and drink gin-and-tonics
beside her homemade altar to James Madison.

In a town of this size, it's certainly possible that I'll be invited over
one night.

In fact I'll bet you something.

Somewhere in the future I am remembering today. I'll bet you
I'm remembering how I walked into the park at five thirty,
my favorite time of day, and how I found two cold pitchers
of just poured beer, sitting there on the bench.

I am remembering how my friend Chip showed up
with a catcher's mask hanging from his belt and how I said

great to see you, sit down, have a beer, how are you,
and how he turned to me with the sunset reflecting off his contacts
and said, wonderful, how are you. 

-David Berman

poem found at Jane's blog, Ill Seen, Ill Said. Thank you so much Jane, you made my day!


-Vic from TeaButterfly

In the Mood for Green!

Hello !

Below is my Monday Moodboard, especially made for this bright and sunny day here in France, Europe!

Please note that all three images come from my flickr favorites and that I highly recommend that you click on the links to see the original photographs, as they are stunning!

1. Anahata Chakra - 1 di 2, 2. Green kyanite briolette earrings with oxidized dotted circles and 14k goldfill, 3. *Grow*

Have a nice week!
-Vic

Busy Bee

Hello Lovelies!

"Tea with Lost Feather" - original art by Vic Lipson

...and Happy Monday to you!

I'm busy as a bee preparing a Monday Mood Board - made out of my flickr faves - for you to enjoy, as well as fine tuning this brand new blog for an optimal enjoyable reading experience. If you have a look at my complete profile, you'll see I'm adding a lot of goodies to my blogroll, while trying to keep "My Cup of Tea" (favorite blogs) to a maximum of five highlights!

Now to the fun, creative part... :-) I've been drawing a tea scene in a entirely different style (for me) this past week-end and I'm happy to announce it's up on the shop! It's called "Tea with a Lost Feather". More photos and views are available here. Please note that just *one* image is a scan, while the other are photographs that I took, trying on different settings and lights, so you'll get the best idea of how this piece of art really looks!

Hope you enjoy it!
-TeaButterfly

Simple Inspiration: Have a nice week-end!

Hello Lovelies!

Have a nice week-end!

And remember...

enjoy the simple pleasures of life!
Simple is best. Simple is beautiful.

-TeaButterfly.

Note: photo above was found somewhere... that I can't remember. So sorry!
If this mood board is yours, please contact me! Thanks!