{"id":4913,"date":"2009-07-24T03:05:37","date_gmt":"2009-07-24T10:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=4913"},"modified":"2010-02-26T16:24:41","modified_gmt":"2010-02-27T00:24:41","slug":"polymer-clay-color-recipes-blue-hosta-premo-sculpey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/polymer-clay-color-recipes-blue-hosta-premo-sculpey\/4913\/","title":{"rendered":"Polymer Clay Color Recipes | Blue Hosta Inspired (Premo Sculpey)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/2009-07\/24-blue-hosta-colors-015-A-blue-hosta-2009-07-07-089.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Blue Hosta Polymer Clay Color Palette\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" width=\"250\" height=\"188\" align=\"left\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">1A:<\/span> BlueHosta Blossom<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\">2A:<\/span> Cafe-o-lait<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\">3A:<\/span> Stone Hearth<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\">4A:<\/span> Bitter Chocolate<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Up until last month, I was creating my recipe palettes based on all four of the colors being <em>pulled<\/em> from the same background photo.<\/span><!--more--><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> However, this approach is somewhat limiting since it&#8217;s difficult to always find photographs that match all of the color combinations I&#8217;ve been wanting to share with you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">So I&#8217;m going to try something a little different. This month&#8217;s palette begins with a dominant color from the background photo&#8230; Blue Hosta Blossom (1A) in this case.\u00a0 But the three other supporting shades (2a, 3A, 4A) are tied into the pallet based on current fashion and design trends&#8230; muted natural tones are popular these days.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I hope everyone is OK with this new approach. Please let me know what you think in the comments section below.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The following individual recipes will be added to the Polymer Clay Members Library during the month of Aug&#8217;09 in Volume-015 [A-Series]:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>Blue Hosta Blossom <\/strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(Recipe 015-1A)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>Cafe-o-lait <\/strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(Recipe 015-2A)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>Stone Hearth <\/strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(Recipe 015-3A)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>Bitter Chocolate <\/strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(Recipe 015-4A)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><em>Blue Hosta Blossom<\/em> is a soft smoky mauve blue, inspired by the bell shaped blossom of a flowering Hosta. <em>Cafe-o-lait<\/em> is a rich deep coffee and milk color that warms the soft blue. <em>Stone Hearth<\/em> is the smoky gray brown you would find in the stone surrounding a cozy fireplace. And <em>Bitter Chocolate<\/em> is the deep black brown of a good piece of chocolate enjoyed with a rich cup of Cafe-o-lait.<\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"background-color: #f2ecd8; width: 512px;\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>**************************************************************************************************<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>If you would like more information about the Members Library, here are some direct links:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beadvideos.com\/category\/benefits\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">Library Member Benefits<\/a> and What Others Are Saying<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Order Page for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beadvideos.com\/back-issues\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">Color Recipe and Video Back Issue Packages<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beadvideos.com\/become-a-member\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">Become A Full Member<\/a> at the Library<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/common-polymer-clay-brands-in-north-america\/9\/#video\"><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>**************************************************************************************************<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/cindy-sig.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Cindy Lietz Signature\" width=\"114\" height=\"99\" align=\"right\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/polymer-clay-tutor.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Polymer Clay Tutor\" width=\"200\" height=\"26\" align=\"right\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1A: BlueHosta Blossom 2A: Cafe-o-lait 3A: Stone Hearth 4A: Bitter Chocolate Up until last month, I was creating my recipe palettes based on&#8230;&nbsp;<span class=\"cmtcnt\">15<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,596],"tags":[588],"class_list":["post-4913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-color-recipes","category-promotions","tag-flowers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4913\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}