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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 be used in unexpected ways and...     (levis

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't remember where the orange glitter leave