Pink. Aqua. Cake. Mermaid. Queen. Laundry.

Cake. Mermaid. Pink. Aqua. Queen. Laundry.

What do these things have in common?

Do you remember my party post back in February

where I painted a giant

5'x4' CAKE?

It was a great photo backdrop

but where does one hang a five foot wide cake painting?

In the laundry room of course!

I've had the pink retro kitchen in here for the girls

to play with and decided to go with more

PINK with AQUA accents

to make a colorful room to do laundry in.

...Because I like to be the Queen in every room....

The only things I bought were some pink hangers

and an aqua throw rug

This is a self-portrait I did several years back

that is just right for the laundry room.

{ someone else's clothes line }

My friend Anita made me an aqua cake

with a pink bird on top

which is currently on the pink fridge

 Those cute aqua bowls are from Anthropologie

and we use them for ice cream quite often.

Don't you just get so frustrated

when the laundry fairy is doing her own laundry?

... One has to call in the laundry mermaid on those days ...

~ Violet ~

R A D I A N T love

C O L O R

was what was needed

While winter holds back the flowers

and color that spring will reveal

I bought these colorful vases at a thrift store this week.

~ a combination of fuchsia and radiant orchid ~

and a little aqua/turquoise

One cold morning as the sun reflected their light

I was mesmerized

and knew COLOR and LIGHT was what

I'd been longing for

May the blessings and beauty of

color

light ~ and ~ love

be splashed all over you this Valentine's week!

 God's love for you is gloriously radiant

~ Violet ~

Pink HAPPINESS

 Pink Frosting + Pink Tulle = HAPPY

{math lesson for today}

I am eating this cookie right now

She wanted to play dress up

and I wanted to eat pink frosting

She is maintaining her small waist size

( me, not so much)

 ~ but we are both happy in pink ~

Paris Pink and Sparkly Shoes!

She put on her

SPARKLY SHOES

~ And her SKIRT of tulle ~

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Painted her toenails

PARIS PINK

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Kissed her little FiFi goodbye

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And was off to

P A R I S

with Anita and the other travelers

to the city of lights

You too can visit Paris

by coming along and viewing the blogs that are participating!

Find the links on Anita's blog

Castles Crowns and Cottages

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{click on the image below}

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And I will see you there!

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This is my most recent painting, and prints of it

~ with shoes embellished with glitter ~

are available in my Etsy shop

Gilded Sparrow

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I have so many new items that will be appearing soon,

This whole packing and moving thing has really cut into my creative time!

I will be coming up for air soon.

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After I get back from Paris that is!

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~ Violet ~

Pink is a Happy Color

P i n k !

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such a happy joyful color!

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Just ask any little girl ~ She will agree

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Oh wouldn't it be lovely to have a room that this pink leather chaise

could rest?  And that green, oh how it sings out  "J O Y"  !!!

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(... a photo I snapped in Nordstroms the other day...)

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The only pink in my home is in my studio,

where one of my dress forms is wearing a pink tutu,

pink pearls, a pink scarf, and pink flowers

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And in a guest room that I have named

"The Paris Garden"

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And as I studied my clothes hanging in my closet

I found only a couple of things that were pink!

I am seriously thinking I need to get more pink in my life this spring!

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Even in small ways, as in this bright pink belt

(Also snapped at Nordstroms)

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How are you incorporating

P  I  N  K

into your life this spring? Do you love that color?

This years pink is luscious

~ H O N E Y S U C K L E ~

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What's your pink opinion?