Living in Color

It's so true that the moment the Holidays are over, our minds immediately head into Spring. While we have barely gotten cold yet here in San Diego, other parts of the country are buried in weeks and weeks of snow. Considering how excited I got when the Nordstrom catalog came last week, I'm sure they just wanted to throw it out the window when they turned the page to see this: 

I mean really, this was almost cruel of Nordstrom's to do.

And wow, I really want this green fedora. I want to plan a trip to Palm Springs JUST to be able to wear this hat.

But then again, I love color. While in the winter and for basics, I will stick to black, I really make an effort to not buy everything in black. The total opposite of my mother, I love color and big, bold patterns.

It could be my ultimate rebellion that I love that 50's 60's patterns and would love nothing more than to wallpaper my house ala The Brady Bunch.

When we first started researching and talking to people about the traditional look of a Mid-Century Modern house, the thing that tuned me off is the stark minimalist feeling of "modern". Thats not me. I'm mix pattern bright color girl. 

I'm like this hat. The brighter the better.

Which was interesting that yesterday's Daily Shoot challenge was about color and framing a picture of your favorite color. Naturally, the color most people associate with me is HOT PINK. Which I do SO love... but my ultimate favorite color has to be Tiffany Blue.

Had I not had a boy first and in desperate need of buying PINKPINKPINK for my baby girl, I would have done Zoe's room in Tiffany Blue and white. 

The way that particular blue jumps when accented with white or red amazes me. The color brings a smile to my face and makes my heart flutter. Yes, it could be the ultimate association (there is nothing better than a gift in a blue box) but I really just love this color.

 #ds57

If You Give A Mom A Camera...

If you give a mom a camera, and a directive each day of a photo take, she just may do it.

And on day 5 when she is asked to shoot a reflection in a body of water, she is going to walk outside to the puddle on the sidewalk. And she is going to take way more pictures than needed to make sure she gets the shot that she wants. 

Then her daughter will walk out to see what she is doing. And then the mom will try to capture the reflection of her daughter in the sidewalk puddle. 

And her daughter, of course will be in an adorable outfit, and saying "cheese" like she does whenever she see's a camera (or the iPhone, ha!) and the mom will just have to take a picture of her.

Then her mom, while uploading her daily shot to Flickr, just may look at little closer at the picture, and think of her daughter just one year ago. Which may cause her to look back to her older pictures. Which will find her to find a picture of her little girl taken almost one year ago to date. (Jan 10, 2009)

Which, will cause the mom to get all nostalgic about her BABY GROWING UP. Which means that the mom may feel the need to take more pictures tomorrow...