Dork pants and high ponies

I present to you a wonderful pair of "dorky pants" passed along down to me from the illustrious fashion headquarters: Davenport's own House of G-ma.

yay bad photoshopping!

While I was introduced to them as "dorky pants" all those I met today who chose to speak their minds about these fine trousers thought they were anything but!  

I'm telling you, corduroy+ florals + high waisted pants = one wonderful combo!

 

Every time I look at these pants I can't help but feel they came whizzing straight out of the 90s to smack me in the face.  A pleasant smack in the face, mind you.  

I felt they would be best accompanied with the top-of-the-head-ponytail.  But of course there is always one problem with wearing a high ponytail...

It's tendency to migrate down the side of your head as the day wears on!

But keep a spring in your step never-the-less,

and do a jig like a wee leprechaun!

(also don't get the flu.  None is allowed to get the flu.)

Addiction

Alright, here it goes.  The world finally needs to hear my addiction confession.

The truth is:

I'm addicted to color

Seriously, color is just about the most amazing thing to grace this planet - and I am absolutely in love.  

I mean just look at this:

and this!

and so on, and so forth.

I'm sure to some I may get border line clownish with some of my outfits, but I like to hope I keep my color to a tastefully outrageous level at all times.

The other night, zee roommate introduced me to a most glorious site-web:

Design Seeds

Pretty much what goes down at this website is as follows:

- genius lady finds or takes (unknown) gorgeous pictures

- genius lady creates color schemes from pictures

- my eyes are very happy.

And there are over 300 pages of these...

Honestly, if you ever feel like you're out of color combinations, take a look outside.  I think you'll change your mind quite quickly.

I really like the idea of getting color schemes from photographs you love.  I never really thought about the option, but it would really be quite simple.  

- open up a photo in photoshop or similar program

- use the little eyedropper tool to suck up colors

- create palate of beautiful colores!

So after spending a good 20 minuets staring in awe at all the wonderful colors, we decided it was time to take action ourselves.  H had been collecting paint chips over the summer, partially for inspiration for the family living room, partially because they were really pretty, partially because she thought they might make good tiny canvases to paint on.

Splaying them out of the floor, it didn't look like we had a very smooth spectrum going on.  There seemed to be loads of one color, few of another, and very stark transitions.  Still, we set our minds on and end goal, and got sorting...

some hours later, we had almost completed a project that makes me just that much happier ever time I walk into the room:

it began on the floor...

then migrated to the wall,

crawled up a little more,

more complete than it was before,

 until finally...

IT WAS COMPLETE!

Personally, I love the energy it brings to the room - and inspiration for that matter!

 It's like a big, glowing, power-circle of radiance and majesty...

well, maybe that's taking it a little too far.

~ what says the general public? ~

bum-shot!

(sorry)

Happy 2013!

Might I offer my heartiest of welcomes to the 25th day of the year 2013!

I hope that everyone's year is off to a rip-roarin' good start so far, and continues on that trajectory for the rest of it's days, weeks, and months.

Before the return this week to school life, my 2013 consisted of:

Crafting

Parties

Kitchen Adventures

And of course, Costumes!

 

 Plus a whole ton of wonderful fun with many wonderful folk and many absent cameras...

So here's to an inspiring, enlightening, and jovial 2013!