Last week, we turned a spotlight on our love for blue.
Now today, let's lovingly gaze at blue's twin sister, green. Not an identical twin mind you, a fraternal one.
Green is the background that lets life appear.
It does not compete. It supports.
I'll claim that green is a neutral, and I bet you'll agree. It pairs easily with blue, pink, yellow, brown, purple, and even animal prints.
Because green already belongs to everything. READ MORE
Blue endures. We all love it. We all look good in it. I'd venture to guess that everyone reading this has at least one blue room in their house. Blue feels steady and familiar, kind of like home.
When I'm buying stones, I'll buy half in blue and split the rest among all the other colors. Why? Perhaps because our subconscious tells us that blue evokes calm, trust, steadfastness. After all, it's the color of deep water, wide skies and open horizons. I think it invites me to pause, to breathe, to see with more clarity.
Let's turn our collective Love Note gaze to the why. READ MORE
Good things come in small boxes. And sometimes with small price tags too. Today, we're looking at little treasures.
Are you familiar with the lover's eye?
It all began in the late 1700s, when King George IV (then the rakish Prince of Wales) went to the opera and that evening fell madly in love with Maria Fitzherbert. She was a Catholic, a widow and a commoner; he was heir to the throne. Marriage was thrice forbidden. While this deterred Mrs. Fitzherbert, George was relentless in his pursuit of passion, and in a gesture as secret as it was romantic, he sent her a tiny portrait of his own eye, painted in watercolor on ivory. READ MORE
Welcome, summer.
There’s something about these first few white-hot (or not) days of summer that feel like a blank page—sun-drenched, wide open, and humming with possibility. Maybe it’s the light: longer now, softer, spilling into the evening with no sense of hurry. Maybe it’s the white dresses—satin and linen, cotton and embroidery —appearing like a quiet little parade of joy in motion. Or maybe it’s just that this season, more than any other, invites us to softly begin again. READ MORE
Happy President's Day. I hope you're off somewhere fun, or perhaps better yet, enjoying some recharging of the soul while nestling in right at home.
Today's note is a quick postcard with a few new sea-ward designs and travel tips, accented with a patriotic musical flourish.
May I suggest you start your President's Day off by listening to Jennifer Hudson's inspiring rendition of the Star Spangled Banner? Click on her image below to see her performance at the 2009 Super Bowl ... in my mind a contender for the all time best version of our national anthem ever, wait til the end for her bone chilling high F note! READ MORE
