Slow down a minute, my friend, and ponder with me in color.

It started with Anthropologie's Oh To Dream quilt, pinned long ago with the phrase "softly against black." This (for me) unusual palette contrasts a soft, playful aesthetic with splashes of darker hues.

Center. Carnival 1. Plates  2. Mask  3. Lily Moth  4. Owls  5. Leila's Quilt  6. Sania Pell  7. Mushrooms  8. Leaves  9. Design Sponge  10. Shells  11. Flowers  12. Color Collective

Today I've spent awhile wondering among soft halls, where glints of color seam to retreat into the dark edge of the night.  I see dreamy pinks.  Mysterious blues.  Romantic purples.  But most any color will do, tempered - - - softly, softly by feathered grays and dusky blacks.

This mosaic contest is now closed.