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Color Palettes: Pantone's 2015 Color of the Year, Marsala! {part 1}

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marsala inspiration board - burgundy, purple, navy, cream - grace and serendipity
pantone color of the year - marsala

When I saw that Pantone had chosen their color of the year for 2015 to be Marsala, my mind instantly started swirling with ideas.  There are SO many different color palettes that you can create using this color, and every single one of them screams romance.  It may look like a bit of a rust red color, but I chose to use it as an inspirational color and design a few inspiration boards using the color hues in this color, incorporating the deep berry reds that are also in this color family, with burgundy, aubergine, maroons, and created a few different boards for you to use as inspiration for your wedding, if you'd like to incorporate this color!

Also, back in September, I wrote a post about the 2015 Color Trends ... click here if you'd like to read more about where Pantone thinks color designs are headed for next year!

There were so many combinations that I loved, that I decided to split these into two separate posts.  So, today you'll see part one, and tomorrow I will share part two with you!

Isn't this color just a gorgeous one to use for your wedding?? I hope that seeing these boards will inspire you with your own wedding to use a color that you may not have thought of before ... and I'd love to hear what your favorite combination of colors is as well!

Happy Planning!

 
I have had multiple conversations with women this week who feel like they are not _____ enough. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Not good enough. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Not confident enough. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Not busy enough. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Not doing enough. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Not enough, in so many different senses of the word. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ So, I felt I had to hop on in to these squares today to share that I fully believe that there is someone else that is reading this that is feeling that way too, and friend, I am here to tell you that ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Yes. You. Are. Enough. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ In every season you are in, you are experiencing it or going through it for a reason. We all have to start somewhere, and we can't compare our beginnings to someone else's middle, if that is what is making you question if you are enough, in anything you do. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Especially if you are just getting started, or if you've been at this for a while and you are feeling like you're not (fill in the word here) enough, don't let that negativity take over. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ You are right where you're meant to be, and the fact you are trying, recognize that. Celebrate that. Because making the choice to continue to keep at it day after day, putting in the work, building your business and your life up day by day, is telling you that you certainly are, definitely, enough. 💕
My husband and I are coming up on 10 years of marriage this year, and it's definitely a milestone we want to celebrate in an out-of-the-norm for us fashion. The last few days a few things aligned perfectly for a vacation for just the two of us to happen, and I am SO excited that we are going to celebrate by traveling to an entirely new country for a few days! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ So, friends, what are your favorite things to do in Brussels and Paris in the spring?? Because this girl can hardly believe this adventure is happening, and we are so, so excited for it already! 💕
Pretty excited for today ... it's Day 3 of the Product Powerhouse Summit by @bossproject and it includes a session that I feel so honored to get to lead for @creativefounders today, all about Planning and Marketing your Product Launches Gracefully! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Y'all, planning is one of my favorite things to do but let's be real. I used to not plan things out when it came to running my business. I used to fly by the seat of my pants, I pulled a few more all-nighters than I'd like to admit (and thought that was "the thing to do" to prep for a launch!! Just no people, NO.) and I do believe that those years of hustling and being stressed have now prepped me 100% to plan for launches now from a place of calm and rest instead. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Whether you're a product designer or a service provider, if you want to plan out your launches and market them gracefully, you'll want to catch my session today at 12pm CST. If you can't make it live, that's okay! It'll be available at the link above to watch for the next 24 hours or so, depending on when you see this post. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ So why, do you think, I used an image of pencils for this caption today? Specifically, why am I showing erasers for a nod as to how planning out your year needs to go?? Sound off in the comments below, my friends, and I hope to see you there today! 🎉 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #creativefounders #bossproject
Oh hello, beautiful. Pensacola Beach, you were showing off today. 😍 #upsideofflorida
Funny thing about making Annual Plans. Sometimes when the first quarter of the year is up and you look at what you accomplished and what you wanted to make happen in the months ahead, sometimes you look at everything you had planned and you simply find yourself saying two words. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Slow. Down. 💕 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ In January, I had a list filled with business goals and ideas for the year - but instead of doing "more more more" with a business where that definitely, easily, could be the case, I'm instead choosing to hone in on what matters most to invest in people well, and putting less of the “more” on my annual goals list. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ There is the hustler side of me where it feels “natural” to work and work and work - which I did a lot of last year - but this year, I've found that I definitely need to take better care of myself, so instead, I'm choosing rest over hustle, and calm over stress. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ In March, I was pretty quiet here because I fully stepped back to re-evaluate everything, and from that, am working with a different plan for the remainder of the year. One that includes goals and hopes and dreams for what I want this year to encompass, in the time I have to do it in, with the consideration that my kids are out of school for summer, and one that includes building a team rather than trying to do it all myself. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Because let's be real. When your dreams are this big, choosing to bring people in with that same passion and drive to help you to accomplish what has been placed on your heart to do for it all, only builds all of us stronger, together. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I say all the time that your business is meant to support your life and not the other way around - I love my business and love what I do, but last year I may have let it run my life a bit more than it should have. This year, I'm making the decision to not let it run at top speed, rather I'm choosing to walk with it instead. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Consider this encouragement if you are there too - you get to decide what you need and want to do every year. Any time you feel the need to step back and re-evaluate, listen to that gut instinct. It won’t lead you wrong. 💕 . {photo by @annafilly}
So today is April Fools ... a day filled with jokes and jostlings, silliness and fun tied into it all. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ A couple of years ago, I saw a teacher (Joey D?) make up a spelling test with his students and it went viral all over Facebook ... to this day, that is the best April Fools joke I have ever seen and to this day, I still wish I had had students to do something like that with years after. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ My favorite words were all of the ones with the random silent letters he added into the middle of them. 😂😂😂 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ What are some of the good, happy, wholeheartedly fun April Fools goodness you've seen or participated in over the years? Let's hear it, friends!
Alrighty y’all. Honesty hour. I have this thing for coffee mugs. My husband lovingly told me a few weeks ago that every time I bring a new mug in the house, one has to go out simply because we shouldn’t have a kitchen cabinet shelf entirely dedicated to mugs (um, yes, we should) and so of course, I brought a new home from our recent Disney trip. And I refuse to let any others go because I already pared it down to my multiple favorites. 🤣 So help me to help him to understand here, my friends ... how many mugs would you say you have, what do you use yours for, and do you think you can ever truly have too many?? I mean, they have so many purposes other than only holding coffee! 💃 ..... {pic by @xoashleyvictoria}
Less than 24 hours from now, our Fall Conference opens for @creativefounders. Every year, the night before I open the "digital doors", so many thoughts run through my mind. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The majority of which, honestly, are making sure I remembered to do everything even if all of our Trello checklists are complete. 😂 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Today, however, has been a different kind of a "day" than I have ever had the evening before our Conference has opened. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I've had a few friends reach out to me throughout the day checking in to see how the final things are coming along, and to pretty much everyone, I have responded pretty similarly since the day began. Today has been so peaceful, joyful, just a good, good day. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Because today, for the first time ever, I have prepped everything needed for opening our Conference from a place of rest, not hustle. A place of calm, not stress. And y'all, I can't even begin to tell you how good that has been for my heart today. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I fully believe that every year, the women who are meant to be there, are there. I know that again this year, that will be the same, and the women who are meant to be there this year will be signing up to join us tomorrow or in the days ahead. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ And I can't wait to see who that will be. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Cheers to finally, finally, learning how to do the slow and steady lifestyle when it comes to running my business. I don't have it all figured out by any means and there is always, always, something more that could be done, but little by little, progress truly does add up. 💕 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ {photo by @annafilly}