Some inspiration and meaning on the 'TRUE' natural colour palette. It seems that every interior magazine, homemaker show or person you speak with is extolling the virtues of a natural colour palette. Various shades of brown, beige, latte, wheat, rust, charcoal, cream, white or perhaps with a little pale blue or a green seems to be the standard. But what is a natural colour palette really? So much more than this, as you will see! If you look back through history, all colours originated … [Read more...] about Getting real about Nature’s colour palette
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Black is the colour!
How to make colours ‘POP’ by using the colour black A little diversion here from the colour black...I have always wanted to play the saxophone. For 20 years I have been ranting about how I was going to take it up when I turned 60 and be a “groovy granny” and form an all-girl geriatric jazz band. Thankfully, I was persuaded to take it up much earlier than planned! Two and a half years have now past and my little brain cells (which have never experienced learning to read music or play an … [Read more...] about Black is the colour!
Smashin’ Fashion from times past
Looking at my fashion from the 1980's and 1990's. I recently got the urge to drag out all my old fashion photo albums to do a bit of good old reminiscing. I was confronted by my various fashion incarnations, generally, beaming back from the pages, dressed in what I thought were “groovy outfits” (although, in some I was scowling and downright horrible!). Squeals of disbelief emerged from my mouth and emotions stirred in my belly! Bad hairstyles aside (and believe me there were … [Read more...] about Smashin’ Fashion from times past