HAPPINESS IS...

Pink & Orange

Pink + orange = match made in heaven.


{Images via: 1. Travelettes; 2. LoveLush; 3. Ruffled; 4. Bolig Magazine; 5. Polyvore; 6. Revel; 7. Luxe & Lace; 8. Fashion Gone Rogue; 9. Pink+Orange}

Holi

I knew that Hindus celebrated Holi (Festival of Colors) on the first full moon in March to announce the arrival of spring. But I wasn't sure how the powder came into play. Apparently, Krishna would flirt with all the young women tending cows (gopis) by spraying them with colored water. I love it. Reminds me of kindergarten.

Holi is spreading around the world as a way unite all races and religions with a feeling of oneness and social harmony, as light and dark skin colors quickly disappear under layers of green, red, purple, and blue powders.These photos were taken in Berlin last year. And Los Angeles celebrated this past weekend.

Have you ever been to a Holi fest? I'm dying to partake. Or perhaps I'll just throw a smaller-sized Holi of my own!


{Images via NBC News by Thomas Peter/Reuters}

My Wedding Colors

When I initially told people our wedding colors, I got strange looks. For some reason, people couldn't imagine emerald-green, mint-seafoam-sage green, and sparkly-gold going well together. Oh yeah and wood grain! So I created this mood board to make it easier to visualize the colors. So tell me loves, do you see it how I see it? :)

My seven bridesmaids are wearing mismatched vintage cocktail dresses in either green, mint, or gold. With wood shoes. Just kidding about the shoes, but wouldn't that be rad? I think they're going to look so gorgeous together!


{Images via: 1. That Bohemian Girl; 2. 3. Maggie McGowan; 4. Wildcat; 5. 6. The Lisa Porter Collection; 7. Anthropologie; 8. Coming Up Strong; 9. This Is Glamorous; 10. Yummy & Olympic; 11. My Favorite And My Best; 12. The Fashion Spot; 13. 14. 15. Specs & Wings; 16. }

Color Palette Heaven

I'm not sure why it took me so long to discover Jessica's blog. It's strictly devoted to luscious color palettes and allows you to search by theme or hue. I could get lost in there for days.

P.S. I'll be sharing my own wedding color palette one of these days. Stay tuned!


{Images by Design Seeds}

Rust

 

One of my favorite sweaters is rust colored. That toasty yummy seventies burnt sienna orange-brown. I'm so happy it's coming back into vogue.

P.S. Want to see more colors?


{Images via: 1. No. 6 Daily; 2. Which Goose; 3. Twig & Thistle; 4. Freshly Picked; 5. Because I'm Addicted; 6. Joliejye}

Gold

Can't get enough of the color gold these days.


{Images via: 1. Just Be Splendid; 2. Bijou and Boheme; 3. AphroChic; 4. World Gallery; 5. Emmas Designblogg; 6. Wedding Bee; 7. Erin Ever After}

Gray

Gray skies get some people down, but I'm not sure why. It's such a warm, cozy, understated color.


{Images via: 1. Decor8; 2. Moeys Photography; 3. Love and Happy Riss; 4. Little Miu; 5. Goose Goddesss; 6. Zarakhan; 7. 79 Ideas; 8. Let's Drink Coffee In Teacups}

Mint

I'm going to Home Depot tonight to pick out paint colors for mi casa nueva. We're sort of on a time crunch and would like to get everything painted before we move in. So I've been obsessing over wall colors. Let's just say my dreams have been very colorful lately :)

Mint is at the top of my list for the living room. Maybe paired with a chocolate trim and a white fireplace. I usually go for bold and bright, but for the first time in my life, I'm vibing softer muted hues.

Is mint too pastel or girly? We definitely have to be man-friendly here. What do you think?


{Images via: 1. House of Turquoise; and by: 2. Inez; 3. Mia Takahara; 4. Sfophoto; 5. Love Miss B; 6. Krista Palmu}

Orange

Happy first day of Fall y'all! In honor of, I present to you one of my favorite colors... orange. Not that I'm seeing any of it in nature yet. But those autumn leaves will arrive before ya know it!


{Images via: 1. Ting Hay; 2. Ohlala; 3. The Heat; 4. Where There Is Life There Is Love; 5. C.Zwerg;  6. Evin Haobroto; 7. Cassia Beck; 8. I.Anton}

White

Looking out the window and all I see is white. We're getting a mysterious marine layer today, gently moving through the city like a magic potion. It's strangely beautiful.

{Images via: 1.Yosigo;  2. Holy-Moly!;  3. TrendLand;  4. Karok;  5. La Bella Vita;  6. Forum.hr;  7. Beauty In Everything;  8. This Is Glamorous}

Aqua

How can you not love it?  :)


{Images via: 1. Portfiber; 2. Skinny; 3. Emily O. Photography; 4. Poppytalk; 5. My Name Is Jonee; 6. Sortvind; 7. ...Arjun; 8. Obsession MIA}

Coral

Might be my new favorite color.

{Images by: 1. Pom Love, 2. Camilla Akrans,  3. Trisha Brink Design, 4. Sebastian, 5. Color Me Katie, 6. That Girl, 7. Decor8}

Green

Since I apparently have Spring fever, I wanted to share some beautiful images of green from Poppytalk's Spring Color Week. Green has been a favorite shade of mine since grade school. I've acquired new color obsessions over the years, such as orange and turquoise, but green has never faded from my mind. Isn't it soothing?


{Images by: 1. OttomanHandmade; 2. AbbyTrysAgain; 3. Emma Lamb; 4. OrangeSparrow; 5. Cori Kindred; 6. Honey Trees; 7. Lisa Lover of Monkeys}

Red

I've been seeing red. It's been a rough and trying week, so I thought I'd turn some anger and hurt into beauty. Red also means love, right?

{Images via 1. Nineteen, 2. Lucas4You, 3. Mandy_Kay, 4. Sebastian, 5. Tumblr, 6. Buttonheart}

Yellow

I needed a bit of yellow this morning. That will happen on cold gray drizzly days when my internet continuously fails me. But I'm slowly starting to feel it's warm effects. Does yellow cheer you up too?


{Images by: 1. Christiaan_25, 2. Mlibrarianus, 3. Strange Eyes, 4. Country Living}