A few of my favorite things

 in Purple!

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Lots of family stuff going on -

which makes me very stressed.

I know things are out of my hands

and always in God’s hands,

so I try not to worry.

Be relaxed.

Calm.

Which brings me to thoughts of

Purple!

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Purple has been a fave color of mine for quite awhile now.

Today I want to share with you some of my favorite purple things!

They’re not in any order, really.

And no, the photos are not the color of the bold shades of purple.

Just all shades of purple,

and some of my favorite things.

All kaleidoscopes by inkspired

😁

Lilac

Jewelry Television

Amethyst 

I love using recycled postage stamps in my art!

Wisteria

Salvatore Ferragamo, Italian, Metro Museum of Art

Grape

Sandra Bullock, SFGATE 2021

Violet

Amethyst Deceiver mushrooms (Laccaria amethystina)

Plum

Iris Folded card by inkspired

Lavender

“Lavender Locks”, Etsy CA

Orchid

Olga Suvorova 

Pansy Purple

(Yes, there really is a color named that!)

Heliotrope

Evening gown, House of Worth, French, 1910’s

Metropolitan Museum of Art 

Heather

Miss South Carolina 2014 Barbie, by ninimomo

Periwinkle

Chandelier by Horchow

Iris

Purple Cichlid fish

Boysenberry 

Madame Mim, Disney, by Cory Jensen

Thistle

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Well, that’s it for today.

I have many other purple things saved, but I don’t want to overwhelm anyone!

‘Til next time,

inkspired

Favorite things shown:

Birds

Glass

Kaleidoscopes

Jewelry

Postage stamp art

Shoes

Red carpet fashions

Mushrooms

Iris Folding

Mermaids

Olga Suvorova 

Pansies

Vintage dresses

Barbie

Ninimomo

Pretty home decor

Colorful fish

Paper dolls

Cory Jensen

Watercolor painting

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A Plethora of Purple

 Welcome

All kaleidoscope by inkspired and KaleidaCam 

Purple.

Let’s explore everything PURPLE!

Jellyfish:

DivePhotoGuide, Lea Lee’s Gallery

Flowers:

Ground over, Balcony Garden Web

Pysanky eggs:

Lobelia, Ukrainian Pysanky Easter egg by So Jeo

The first recorded use of the word ‘purple’

was in the AD 900’s.

Footwear:

Fabulous Maribou Slide, Walmart

From an article from bettinaelcreation.com

Are you feeling purplish yet?

Glassware:

Godinger Serveware, Macy’s

Feathers:

Macaw feathers close-up, iCanvas, by Michael Fitzsimmon

Nudibranch:

Nudibranch, posted by bouphonia.blogspot.com

The word ‘purple’ comes from the name of a Tyrian purple dye made from 

mucus secreted by 

the spiny murex snail!

The Phoenician trading city of Tyre

is now in modern day Lebanon.

Furniture:

    French Louis XVI Settee, purple velvet, Etsy

Hand beaded jewelry:

Hand-beaded jewelry set by KHandsJewelry, Etsy

That’s a LOT of snail snot to create a

tiny bit of dye.

Fish:

Cichlid; photo credit: Amy Downs, Pinterest

Ballerina:

Uploaded by Teresa Souza, Pinterest; no other credit given

Posted by Wendra Nolan, Twitter

Automobiles:

LucyLovesYa Blog; Flickr

Fungi:

amethyst Deceiver mushrooms, JustMandy, Twitter

PURPLE was exotic & rare;

Initially worn only by 

Japanese emperors, 

Roman magistrates,

Byzantine kings

and

Roman Catholic bishops.

Handbags:

PandaHall.com

Garden Kaleidoscope:

By inkspired

Cake:

50 shades of cake; Allrecipes Dish

The color purple has been found 

in Pech Merle (France) cave art,

dated back to 16,000 - 25,000 BC.

Clothing:

Vintage clothing by 1st Dibs; overstock.com

Octopus:

Octopus, article from Steemit, 12/11/2017

I think that’s all for today!

‘Til next time,

inkspired

I gathered information from several sites.

Here are a couple of them:

en.Wikipedia.org

Artsandcollections.com

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