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For some reason I was convinced the Pantone Color of the Year for 2014 was going to be a bright yellow.  (i.imgur.com) I got started down that road and the further I let myself go, the more convinced I became that I was on the right path.   (myhomerocks.com) I don't have any yellow in my house.  Not one tiny bit anywhere.  So it was not because I love yellow.   (visualvamp.blogspot.com)  But because I had yellow on the brain, I started noticing it in rooms like these on pinterest.    (design-milk.com) Yes, for sure, yellow was going to be big.   (apartmenttherapy.com) And it was going to be bold.   (dezeen.com) It would be a hit in lighting...   (sunainteriordesign.com) in furniture...   (myhomerocks,com) and in draperies.   (myhomerocks.com) It would be the new neutral for "genderless" kid's rooms.   (designismine.blogspot.com) It would b...

I have no reason for this post other than the fact that it is raining and I had an urge to play.  Since there are no other reasons, there is no need for captions.  This is just a random string of photographs.                                    

Last week I took a few minutes to check out one of my favorite resale shops.  Nothing caught my eye but this. Just one word in a fanciful font and flocked with orange glitter.  I smiled when I saw it and then walked around the store.  On the way out it caught my attention again.  The price was $2 and although I didn't know why, I thought I should buy it. I did. Even before I got home I had an idea for how I wanted to use it.  It is orange, after all, and it will soon be October so the timing seemed right. I had this twiggy thing in my holiday/seasonal closet.  It has been my Easter decoration, my Fall door decoration and also had it's day filled with tulips and pussy willows.  This time was going to be different.   I had this jeweled butterfly clip.   Actually, everything I used I already had on hand from previous decorations.   The acorns I bought one year on closeout after the holidays.  Honestly I don...