The Muse: A Little Corner of Bates Mercantile Co.: colors

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Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Just A Couple Of Things

In Progress: Blog Redesign

Here we are at midweek. It is so ridiculously foggy here today that the schools had a two hour delay. You just can't see a thing. Our temperatures are seriously fluctuating. -14F last week. Today, 53F.

I am not kidding.

Such craziness.

Did I mention I'm working on a blog redesign. Hopefully what will be a complete overhaul. It's going to take awhile, a good while before I'm ready to launch my 'new and improved', but I thought I'd share with you what's running through this little head of mine.

At least colorwise.......

sources: via fryd + design; style me pretty; precious me

I'm drawn to these colors right now. I even love the gold glitter.

Well, that's the scoop. I'm obsessed with these colors.

What do you think?

Speaking of Obsessed

I have a serious love of cheese. I mean, I LOVE cheese. What I'm trying to say is, I have a problem and I don't care because.... because....... because....IT'S CHEESE.

Hello?

Any of you hearing me out there on the cheese front?

Well, one of my favorites is Delice. A double cream brie.

Ooey, gooey heaven.

Lo and behold, when I was shopping the other day I came across Delice that had been taken up a notch.

How is this possible you ask?

This is how.

Oh yeah.

You read it right.

Delice with Black Truffles.

It is indeed a thing of beauty.

Need I say more?

OK, fine. I will.

It's what's for lunch.

Ciao for now,

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Over The Rainbow For Color.

Color! Hot Dog!

Target introduced their new Missoni collection yesterday. The stores were jammed with people buying up the now affordable designerwares. Chevrons all over the place. I am all for Chevrons, in fact I love 'em, but the other thing that draws me to the Italian design house is the explosion of color. So in the spirit of Missioni, here are some of my favorite colorful pieces I've found on etsy recently.

How about this little french man........just loving his daring red and chartreuse outfit. He's hipper than hip.

Groovalicious is the only word for these boots. Dang, now where'd I leave my disco ball?

LADY STARDUST 70s Glam Magenta Leather Boots, 6

A dapper daschund whose getting his Missoni groove on with both their classic combo of chevrons and color.

A colorful collar to make your little black dress pop.

Hand felted Necklace from wool of "Bordeaux"

Good things come in small packages. So do chevrons.

Chevron Love in turquoise, embroidered ring

Adorn yourself with some beautiful jewels. One size fits all. Isn't that the best thing about jewelry?

Necklace and Earrings Set, Beaded Necklace, Pendant Necklace, Beaded Jewelry

Lovin' Tova's work. Lemon tree, very pretty.............

Naive Scenery Painting, Folk Art. Lemons And Oranges - "The Orchard"

Color is a cinch with this belt.

WILD RIVER, hand woven stretch belt THICK 6 color

Charlie was The Man, before Missoni became hip. Maybe Missoni copied his style.

gaf Charlie Brown View Master gift pack Peanuts Snoopy with 7 Reels vintage

Finally, two of my own digital illustrations. The first was included in a couple of Missoni inspired treasuries yesterday here and here.

Chevron Printable Wall Art Home Decor Missoni Inspired

And the second........Chevron V. Circles. I am not trying to breaking up this fight.

So, if you are looking for a little Missoni inspiration, Target doesn't have a corner on that market. Our fellow etsy shop owners have plenty of color and chevrons to offer. There's LOTS of happy to be had.

Please support these independent artists and vintage purveyors by visiting their shops. You won't believe what you can find.

Have a wonderful midweek kind of day. The sun is shining here, and I will be getting in the pool again later. It was heavenly last night.

See you on the flip side.

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

The Moon Is Blue

Blue, Teal, and Turquoise On My Mind

I am not a 'shopper' so to speak. Malls aren't my thing. Clothes shopping generally isn't my thing. Vintage shopping, yes. Vintage clothes shopping, sure. Used to be a thrift store nut. Well, yesterday I stopped into Marshall's on my way home. Again, something that doesn't happen too often round these parts. Just making a quick stop to see if they had any end of the season bathing suits since mine is just about toast from all my pool time. Hardly anything. Bummer. Then I saw this skirt. Number one, I haven't bought a skirt in years. Number two, not for lack of trying. Been looking for a parachute skirt for a couple of years to no avail. Then there was this one staring me in the face. Anyone who knows me, knows this tie-dyed beauty was screaming 'me'. (Yes, Susie, I bought something new tie-dyed. Could not resist.)

I think I love the transition of hues in tie-dyed things. Well, this little number tickled my fancy and was on sale. Woohoo. Don't you know I love the word sale?

What I also love are the colors. Seriously LOVE. Reminds me of the ocean or the Mediterranean.

Let's recap. This is not about the fact that my foot looks eency weency, and my hand looks huge. It's about the colors. Did I tell you my kitchen was painted the dark Mediterranean blue in my skirt for 13 years? Couldn't find the color I wanted on any paint chip. Then I looked at the legal pad I was writing on one day realized the top was the color I wanted. I ripped the legal pad header off and had the paint store match it. Yup. Told you I loved theses colors.

They were still on my brain this morning when I created The Moon Is Blue treasury for etsy's treasury island team (Hi team!). I'm the captain and we put treasuries, a sort of curated shopping flyer, together to pay it forward and help fellow etsy shops get noticed.