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I got sunshine on a cloudy day

I know that when it comes to cold and gloomy climates, SoCal’s sporadic rainstorms and 60 degree temps seem downright balmy. But January certainly brought more gray, drizzly days here than this weather wimp is accustomed to.

Alas, wherever you live and whatever the season, sometimes you have to bring your own sunshine. Or at least that’s what I told myself when I bought this:

This will brighten whatever gray days are left of winter, and I can bask in its cute, sunny yellow patent radiance all the way through spring and summer, too. (And did you see that zebra print lining?) The perfect cure for the winter doldrums!

Teal

I have rekindled my love for teal. The last time I was crushing on it was 1985, when much to my mother’s chagrin, it HAD to be my wedding color. Sorry mom, but I wasn’t raised to be the kind of person who could be satisfied with the same old pastels everyone else was using! Could I help it if I was 22 years ahead of the color trends? Let’s just say choosing a difficult-to-find color wasn’t my biggest mistake where that wedding was concerned. But I hold no grudge against teal. In fact, I can’t get enough of it these days.

 

Gloves I saw at Urban Outfitters; felted bird hair clip by me; Wishful Thinking flats from Anthropologie for $138 – ironic name, no?; dress from Old Navy (just bought it for Taite over the weekend); Orla Kiely Blossom wallpaper from Anthropologie that I cannot afford; super cool screenprinted labels by Remake that I just bought; EK Success Inspirables 12x6 album from Scrapbook.com that I want.

gratuitous shot of cute kid wearing teal

 

Color me energized

Is it just me, or are this season’s color trends more inspiring than ever? I mean, I am a hugely color-motivated person to begin with…but something about those saturated, beach ball hues that are everywhere right now just energizes the heck outta me. Seriously, how can you help but catch a little of the vibrancy when you look at these shorts and pigtail holders?

Here’s what I did with a little bit of that color energy this weekend:

The whole “colorpalooza” of it is making me so happy that I can’t bring myself to hide it away in an album just yet. I may have to pop it in a page frame and hang it on the wall in my studio for a while.

And speaking of my studio, I’m hoping to upload a bunch of pics this week. Stay tuned!