It’s Ornament Thursday again!
The theme this month is “Heliotrope”, which I was pretty sure was a shade of purple. In fact, it’s a “light tint of purple”. I immediately thought of these beads, which I made into this fun necklace. Susan Sheehan made these pinwheel glass beads and I’ve loved the color. But then I am a fan of purple in all shades.
It looks more light purple in person so blame my photo skills. The glass “wheel” beads are just a lot of fun. But then when I was looking further, I thought maybe Heliotrope is more like this color:
More of Susan’s beads in a whimsical pair of earrings. You just can’t help but smile at purple. And these beads are probably truer to looking like the flower in the heliotrope plant.
In case you have doubts, here’s a true heliotrope plant. Looking at it, I guess the color is somewhere in between both of my examples. 
Check the other OT members sites to see how “Heliotrope” makes it’s way into Ornament Thursday.
Farm Girl Roots, City Girl Style
Check out Linda’s necklace and don’t miss the giveaway!
Heliotrope-Ornament Thursday
Did someone say violet?
Heliotrope: Purple by any other name…
Lisa waffles on what shade of purple is really “Heliotrope”
Ornament Thursday is here!
Michelle Zimmerman gets funky with these home made mica shift bead earrings and Helen Bradley secretly raids someone else’s bead box for a fun silver bracelet.
Shelly…
Michelle shares a heliotrope layout of her her and her fish!
February 25th, 2009 at 9:33 pm
Cool stuff Lisa.. and I had no idea Heliotrope was a plant so I got a beading and an horticultural lesson all in one.. cheers! Helen
February 25th, 2009 at 10:23 pm
Thanks Helen…guess I could have given a little more insight into the plant. I’m just darned lucky to have a post at all this week.
February 26th, 2009 at 7:03 am
[...] Heliotrope: Purple by any other name… Lisa waffles on what shade of purple is really “Heliotrope” [...]
February 26th, 2009 at 4:24 pm
This is the prettiest color i have ever seen i wish i could color my room that color!!!!!!
February 27th, 2009 at 10:24 am
I had trouble figuring out what color heliotrope was too. Then I saw pics of the flowers and decided it didn’t matter. LOL
Fun stuff you got there.
March 2nd, 2009 at 11:39 pm
Just dropping by.Btw, you website have great content!
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February 18th, 2010 at 8:53 am
Thanks for the ornamental infos. Glad to have found your this blog. Waiting for the next postings.