Patterns...

  Swoooooon!!!   
Bead stacks...     Recycled clothing artwork by Stephanie Brachmann      Free Apache Tears Pattern    Painted texture...      Soap goodies...      Muted...      Crystal collection...    Soooo pretty....      Feathers of a kind...       

Each of these photos expresses a unique and beautiful relationship between colour and pattern ~ which then  relationship creates a mood that tells a visual story one could get lost in.

African Textiles...

sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net   http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals http://www.style.com/fashionshows/photowall/S2012RTW-BURBERRY http://bysmashandglam.blogspot.com   http://www.kampalafair.com/      http://hi-imcurrentlyobsessed.com    http://michaelisiahphotography.tumblr.com    http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com    www.etsy.com/market/ankara_jewelry‎    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/09/the-front-lines-of-fashio_n_111604.html  

Living in Ethiopia has been an amazing journey of many ups & downs...but one of the 'ups' has been my exposure to the textile designs of countries across this wonderful continent ~ from Sierra Leone to Uganda.

I love the textiles that are being designed and created here in Africa ~ 

they are full of colour, texture and originality.

But most importantly, they tell the visual story of the culture of each country and its people, all while making women look beautiful!

I think it is time for the rest of the world to start taking even more notice of the amazing textiles and fashion designers based here in Africa. 

Universal Dancing

As above, so below....

We are one.

by Erik Soderberg borrowed from http://thingsthatquickentheheart.blogspot

From love Love: http://delusionalillusionsoflove.tumblr.com

Goddess ~ from /www.tumblr.com

Spiral staircase from www.http://piccsy.com

Tree spiral from http://jar-of-elixir.tumblr.com/

Mandala Staircase, Montmatre, Paris

Draped in a Mandala in a serene forest (love xxoo)

 

Amazing Fractal 'flower of life'

Nivasa is inspired by  the Experience of the Natural World in all its Beauty and Truth, knowing that one needs the Freedom to choose objects which bring Light to Hearth and the Heart. 

This whole Earth is teeming with the Wonders of Life. 

When we reach out and touch the fabric we feel the ancientness of the Sands of the Sahara. 

When we sit amongst the cushions of the Kashmir sharing the fruit of the vine we are transported to the markets and bazaars beyond our everyday world. 

When we listen to the rain fall upon the roof and see its dancing pattern on a simple glass sunroof we reveal in ourselves our affinity with the dancing fractal patterns of nature. 

When we open our eyes in the morning light to the colours and textures of the art of our fellow beings that we share in our home, we are travelers on the eternal road of our living Earth.

What inspires you? What influences your Heart & Hearth? 

(Personaly, I love the second last photo)

N.