Fleur Rouge

Frenchy of the blog, Le Chateau Des Fleurs offers a simple tutorial for dressing up a bag and shoes with a few simple materials. Love her photo-heavy tutorial, and her classy red lips she sports in her header! Now, if only I had a gala to attend!

Click on the photo to see the tutorial and read more about Frenchy and her many hobbies!
Merci, Frenchy!

From the Top

What better place to kick-off "This Week in Color" than the top of the rainbow? This week's feature color is RED.

I'm loving this necklace titled, "Red Clover Fairy." Dorothea Joy Alter's handcrafted jewelry can be found online at "A Little Something Different." She draws her inspiration from nature and describes her one of a kind peices as "deeply feminine with a definite organic feel."

Polymer clay handmade pendant with 18kt gold paint.
Beautiful freshwater pearls and swarvorski crystals!
14kt gold filled toggle clasp.

With the whimsical fairy pendant and the fresh pearl accent, this peice definitely says feminine and flirty and the brilliant red beads add just enough girl-power. Everyone needs a good "statement necklace," and if you're going to make a statement, make it unique! A Little Something Different has a great mix of the beautifully simple and the wildly dramatic. Check it out.

The Lovers, the Dreamers and Me

Welcome to This Week in Color!

I'm Jen. That's me in the photo, 2+ decades ago. Like many of my contemporaries, I was obsessed with rainbows...and unicorns...and Michael J. Fox.

While my infatuations with the latter may have matured, I am still in awe of the beauty and wonder of rainbows. There's something magical about their abilities to transform your mood after a rainstorm and spark your imagination.

Overheard yesterday following a downpour: "I bet there'll be a rainbow. Look, there it is!" Ooohhh...ahhhhhhhh... "Oh! And there's the end! The whole thing is in our backyard!!"

There it was in living color, a full spectrum from one end of the bow to the other just yards away from us. A tangible illusion? I wanted to grab my camera, and a shovel of course, (I may be over unicorns, but that pot o' gold is real, right?) but I stayed to enjoy the moment as my 1.5 yr. old son caught his first glimpse and joyfully said, "rainbow" after having just picked up on the the word 'rain' that morning.

Inspiring. That's what rainbows are. And, that's what this blog is meant to be. A grab-bag of sorts featuring creative inspirations and fashionable finds, all centered around a colorful theme that changes from week to week.

Please follow along. It's going to be...well, colorful!

Have a Smurfy Day!