Hello everyone, Happy New
Year! I am happy to be back on my
original blog site doing what I set out to do when I first started my blog in
2011. My original intent was to share my
creative life with other like minded people who love to read about living a
similar lifestyle to their own and getting inspired to try new things via my
projects and experiences. Last year I got a wild hair and thought I needed to
split up my blog posts so that only sewing projects would be featured on this blog
page and all the rest of my projects should be on a different blog page. Not the best idea I ever had, it was just way
too difficult to split them up and find time to write for two separate blogs,
total failure! Oh well, live and learn!
Time to move on and go back to doing what I love best which is being my
all around creative self and writing about it as I go along on one blog
page. I may still post one of my
painting projects on the other blog page from time to time but I will let you
know when that happens, the rest of the time everything else will be right here
where it belongs.
Buttons, Bows & Bling is
back and hopefully much improved, with that being said I want to share the new
Pantone Color Forecast for 2014. Pantone
is the industry leader in color forecasting for all avenues of design and fashion,
setting the stage for color ways through every industry. And now…
Here it is…. Pantone’s Color
of the Year 2014 is…… (Drum roll please!)… Radiant Orchid; which is an enchanting
harmony of fuchsia, purple and pink undertones blooming with confidence and
magical warmth that intrigues the eye and sparks the imagination. Radiant
Orchid is an expressive and embracing purple, one that draws you in with its
beguiling charm and captivating harmony which emanates great joy, love and
health.
Radiant Orchid is already
sweeping straight across all industries with the production and release of
products to professionals and retail consumers. Here are just a few examples of
how Radiant Orchid is already being shown.
A wide variety of textile
prints, fabrics and threads.
Fashions and accessories
Cosmetics
Paper textiles
Paints for every surface
Furniture, upholstery and
accessories
Last but not least, interior
design.
As you can see for yourself
Radiant Orchid has touched just about every industry and is very widespread
with possibly the exception of the auto industry, but don’t quote me on that,
you just never know what they are going to do next.
For myself, I love every
shade of lavender and purple and Radiant Orchid is no exception, I am sure I
will be found wearing the darker purples during the rest of the winter months
and the lighter shades right into spring and summer. However, I do not think it will become part
of my home décor or painting projects unless I am creating something for one of
my granddaughters, time will tell and I will share it with you if I do use it
in a project. For those of you who sew,
paint or design for a living this is a good heads up as to how color is
trending throughout 2014.
Although Radiant Orchid is
the color of the year it is not the only color trending for this coming spring;
soft pastels paired with vivid brights will create new looks and color
combinations that refresh and revive everyday fashions. I will share those with you in a future post
so you can be right on top of the current trends and maybe even ahead of the
game.
Thanks for letting me share
the color of the year; it was great fun putting it together for you. Come along
with me as I share all my creative adventures and inspire you to step out of
your comfort zones and try some new things this year. I wish all of you a very Happy, Productive and
Creative New Year!!!
See you soon.
Laurette
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