It was a great trip. Incredibly relaxing, fun, with nothing to do except lay in the shade (I'm pale, yo!) and drink fruity drinks. I'm back at work now, with nothing to show for it except a nasty necklace induced rash on my neck and a few cheap Mexican bracelets (20 cents each, kind of a steal).
I'll get around to getting the real pictures off my computer and editing them soon (thank god picnik came back in the form of picmonkey). I have some frames to fill anyway.
As gaudy as the boat was, there were some things I found inspiring. The white and royal blue color scheme on the sunny decks and all the smooth wood hand-rails. The sun-faded wood decks. The dusty blush, lavender, and gray tiles in our stateroom's shower. The washed out colors of the Spanish style homes in Merida. Beautiful.
I finished my book and slept on the deck, and managed to get away with just a minor sunburn on my shoulders from playing minigolf on the very top deck in a tank top. I learned how to play roulette and won enough money to be a little giddy about it. And I enjoyed my husband. But it's over and now I'm at work again, and there's no deck chair in the sun where I can enjoy my lunch break.
I've recently decided I'm taking on a new, big (for me) project for the summer. I'm going to make my first quilt. After talking to my grandma who teaches quilting, I think I'll send it off for finishing and binding. But just making the layers is enough for me. I'm making a baby quilt, not because I'm having a baby anytime soon. But because it is small. And small is good for a first timer.
My inspiration is going to be an abstraction of the color wheel. I'll start with a few white square in the very middle and move outward from there with colors that blend into one another. I hope it looks cool and not cheesy? Fingers crossed.
Like this (from quilter fromthebluechair)
