a creative mint

Color Me Pretty Time

Hello Friends,

If you have a moment please join me over at decor8 for my Color Me Pretty column. Many bright fruity colors this time around! I will post the rest of the images from the series late this week and I will have more Europe photographs for you soon.

xoleslie   

Corals, Spring Greens and a Little Blue

Hello Friends,          

How are you? I just returned from another trip to Canada and will now have some time in my studio. There are lots of projects I have on the go and I will share them with you as I complete them. The photos in this post are from my Color Me Pretty column a couple weeks ago. I tried to format them a little differently (to make them interesting for you) using clipart borders which I then made into frames. I know many of you have been asking about the frames I put around my images and most of them are Japanese clipart I purchased in Tokyo in the Fall. There are many clipart stores online that you can download borders and frames from for a small fee to help jazz up your own posts or images. You can also buy clipart collection books at many computer stores.

I am off to pick up the remains of my old hard drive! Tonight I will be going through all the photograph files to see what is left. I will be back with more for you later this week. 

Until then, take care. xoleslie

Color Me Pretty Time

Hello Friends,

If you have a chance please join me today at decor8 for this month's Color Me Pretty column. 

See you back here soon.

xoleslie

Blogging Your Way

Hello Friends, I am back in LA working on some more color stories for you! I will post some travel notes from my trip soon but I first wanted to let you know that I will be team teaching "Blogging Your Way E-Course" with Holly Becker of decor8. I am truly honored to be a part of such a wonderful learning environment. I must admit I started this blog the weekend before the course ran last April, yes, I set up this blog to participate in that course! I learned so much about blogging from the experience. This time around I will be sharing what I know about photography and styling along with Holly's vast knowledge of everything to do with blogging. Not only is Holly a wealth of blogging knowledge she is an amazing,inspiring and generous teacher. If you are at all interested please hurry and register while there is still space! xoleslie

Pinks, Melons and Peach

Hello Friends,

These are some of the photographs I took for my column on Decor8 called "Color Me Pretty". As you can see the palette focuses on pinks, melons, peachy tones, a little black and a touch of gold. This combination is warm, feminine and not too cutesy thanks to the black. Like many, I am on the whole obsession with Morocco band wagon. I can't help it. I am fascinated by all the tile and iron work patterns. Not to mention all the other architectural elements like arched doorways, interior courtyards and fountains. I love the bold blues against the whites and the dark woods, really beautiful. However, it is fun and dramatic to borrow some of these ideas and mix them with a less expected color, like pink -don't you think? As I suggested in the column, it adds such personal flavor to one's home if you are able to bring in a few design touches from your favorite places around the world.

Let me give you some of the links for items used in the photographs. The black cameo buttons came from Michael Levine quite a while ago, but they may still carry them. The pink vintage stamps came from a recent day at the Rose Bowl Flea Market. The graphic black and white patterned paper is by Midori. I bought my well used white pouf from the former Shabby Chic a very long time ago but I know they are available at John Derian. In Los Angeles, Kenza Imports has a fantastic collection of Moroccan made furniture, lanterns and housewares. I used watercolors and screen printing to create most of the patterns in the photographs. I will be back to give you the name of the bright fabric paired with the white lantern as I am traveling right now and do not have it with me. Have a great weekend and thank you for checking in with me!