Challenge #10 was a photo challenge to be inspired by Monochromatic Color.

We were to choose a color and let it inspire the photos we took.  And we are to tell:

• About the photos you took.
• Why did you choose the color?
• How does the color make you feel?
• What does the color make you think about?

I had originally planned to use a bright, fun color.  However, winter in Minnesota went on and on …and on…and on…and on.  On May 1st, when it snowed AGAIN, I finally thought “To heck with it….I’m using gray!” 

That seemed to be the only color around at that time!  After that, I got excited about using the gray because as the journaling says, Joe and I put an addition on the house last year.  I used a gray color theme, and really do like the color…unless it’s the weather!  My kitties (who are growing fast!) have gray stripes, Joe’s car is gray, my quilt has many gray on white patterns  (the one inch squares),

 and I got lucky and got a photo of a gray squirrel on the gray wall in our back yard. 

I took a picture of one of my kitty's feet on the carpeting, and then some of the tiles, the granite countertop, and a stack of towels in my bathroom.  The upper left photo is the corner of my bedroom where the 2 shades of gray meet (guess the little spider web also added an extra "shade of gray"! LOL!), and the right side is a section of my comforter.  And of course, my much loved new shoes!!

 Combined with the photos of “gray” weather,

I captured what I titled “not quite 50 Shades of Gray”! 

The journaling says a lot about the color, what it makes me feel and what it makes me think of.

The grid paper I chose is just basic black.  I used a variation of page pattern number 20.  The one inch squares are from photos of my quilt, my dashboard, my carpeting, and a few squares cut from the new Lifestyle Crafts Paper Goods Shape 'N Tape (the middle square below).  I also used that to back the journaling and a couple of the photos.  It's really neat new adhesive sheets that you cut out, peel off, and stick!  I used gray and silver...patterned and solid. 

Enjoy! :)