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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!

 
Y’ALL. I think I’m probably officially the last one to hop on the Marie Kondo train. Just yesterday afternoon I watched the first episode of “Tidying Up” I’ve ever seen on Netflix and last night?? My littles laundry got put away entirely differently. I’ve never been so excited to see nightgowns stacked so neatly in a drawer. (I’m still working on folding them right, I’ll get there! 😂)⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ And considering I already have a thing for having all things organized when it comes to business details, this might just be a new favorite love (and NEED) in our home.⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ Because let’s be real. We all know we have a “secret closet” like Monica had in that fave Friends episode that needs to be tamed.⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ If you are a “Marie Kondo method” master, what are some of your favorite tips and tricks??⠀ ⠀ ________________________⠀ ⠀ #tidyingup #mariekondomethod #organizeallthethings #organizedhome
Today is my daughters last weekday at home before she begins school on Monday. It’s a bit of a bittersweet day, honestly.⠀ ⠀ This morning when she woke up she came out to the back porch where I was re-reading loved sections from the book for this months @letteredgrace book club. With her Lisa Frank notebook and markers aplenty in hand, she snuggled in next to me and started doodling tulips.⠀ ⠀ We sat there for over an hour in silence, enjoying the sound of the birds and the joy that comes with the morning of each new day.⠀ ⠀ Soon after, my son woke up and joined us too. He asked if he could color with her in her notebook and surprisingly, she obliged.⠀ ⠀ During the school year, we don’t have mornings like this. They’re filled with breakfast and backpacks and brushing and bustling but today isn’t one of those days. So today, we’re spending the whole day however she wants to, which is looking to be sweetly slow and intentional.⠀ ⠀ Perhaps we’ll see a movie, perhaps paint. We might go to the park, or make our own ice cream again, play in the sprinklers or maybe even just read and draw all the day long.⠀ ⠀ All that I know is that we’re going to make the most of this last day of summer for my sweet girl.⠀ ⠀ Because there is a special kind of happiness in the quiet, unspoken moments that come with days like these. 💕
Today marks two years since I stepped into the role of owner for @creativefounders. This time has been filled with SO many amazing experiences. A lot has been learned, I have a lot more to learn still ahead, but today, I wanted to take a moment to encourage you with a few things that have kept me going continually.⠀ ⠀ (1) Don't let fear make decisions for you. Don't let the fear of the unknown or the possibility of things not working out hold you back from doing things, especially ones in your heart that you know are good.⠀ ⠀ The world of being an entrepreneur has so many decisions that come with risks. Pray through it all and listen to the ones that continually surface when you take the fear factor out of it, and then go all in.⠀ ⠀ (2) Make thought-out plans, put your blinders on, and run your own race. Other people may do what you do, but YOU are the only one who gets to decide if it's worth spending your time paying attention to them, or spend your time growing something YOU know in your heart is good.⠀ ⠀ (3). There will always be something more to do. Commit each day to doing your best with the time you have, and take care of yourself in that time too. Work towards goals steadily and know that you will get there.⠀ ⠀ (4) Trust, every single day, that you are making a difference. When you create, design, paint, write, make, sketch, whatever - it wouldn't exist if you didn't make it. Although you may not see how far of a ripple effect you have with time spent creating, I can guarantee you that you do.⠀ ⠀ (5) YOU get to define what YOUR success looks like. For me, success looks like being able to harmonize the ebb and flow of business with life, knowing that some days you may work 10 hours and others, maybe 2. Success to me is being able to eat lunch daily with my littles and be home with them when they're sick. To be my own boss, to get to say yes to things that fill my cup, and no to things that don't.⠀ ⠀ Success to me is getting to create a life I love every single day.⠀ ⠀ If you've been involved with @creativefounders these last couple of years, thank you for being a part of this journey with me. Cheers to all of you. 😘 {📷:@annafilly}
I've been going back and forth on getting back into shape for months. Literally months, y'all. A few weeks back I finally got back into a groove and slowly but steadily, I'm getting there.⠀ ⠀ This past Saturday, I was about to head out on a morning run around our neighborhood and my son asked to come with me. Although he's probably too big at this point, I tucked him into the jogging stroller and off we went, just like old times.⠀ ⠀ And let me tell you - having a 4 year old saying "go faster, mommy! You're going too slow! Be fast like a racecar!" is definitely it's own encouragement all it's own. 🤣⠀ ⠀ At the end of our run, I asked him to sit up way high and wave at our shadows on the ground next to us (even if they are definitely disproportionate to reality 🤣). This was one of those memories of ours that I know are so limited in the future, and so it was kind of bittersweet.⠀ ⠀ Both of my babies used this stroller - it's the one we took my daughter out on her first walk in seven years ago, the one that has stayed in our garage for months waiting to be used, the one that I know has limited use moving forward.⠀ ⠀ But for the meantime? Every time he wants me to pretend to be a racecar on a run (but oh, please not uphill again, son), I'll gladly take him with me. Those are the moments I know I'll miss as they get older in the years ahead.⠀ ⠀ What are some of the moments and memories that you miss the most about when your kiddos were younger? Reminisce with me today! 💕
A conversation came up this past weekend about offices and using the space you have to make it work for you in the @creativefounders Community.⠀ ⠀ My first official office was a closet, but now that I actually have a space to call my own, one of my favorite little details that I shared was this - when I laid it out, I literally played tetris and mathed (yes this is a verb 🤣) my heart out to make everything fit in a way that I loved aesthetically, in addition to having necessary things "hidden". Specifically, hidden inside of two long-way kitchen cabinets.⠀ ⠀ Inside of the first cabinet is a Cricut, a storage container for my essential oils and distilled water so that I can fill up my diffuser above it as needed, and Cricut items and shipping supplies are tucked away neatly in the cabinet underneath. Cricut mats are hung with Command hooks in the longer cabinet below, so they're right there where I need them without being seen unless it's propped open!⠀ ⠀ When you open the doors underneath at an angle (as shown here), they hold the top cabinet door so that it's fully supported and I won't break a hinge.⠀ ⠀ This way, when I need to take the items "out" to use them, I don't need to use my desk space, and they simply move forward to the ledge.⠀ ⠀ It took FOR-EV-ER to wrap my head around all of how to create this space - but now? Knowing that I have everything I need "hidden away" and not taking up precious counter space so I can display books and photos rather than "technology" is one of my favorite details about finally getting all of this put together at the beginning of this year.⠀ ⠀ Regardless of what kind of an office you have, what is one of YOUR favorite details about your space to create? {📷:@xoashleyvictoria}