Colour Crush: Shades of Suffolk

I loved the colours on holiday. 

pale mint with this rust

 faded turquoise with green mildew

 a MUSTARD beach hut!

 THAT colour in the middle- wow!

and sand. 

Pure colour. Bliss. 

xxx

Colour Crush: HOT pink

 I have become obsessed with neon pink. I blame Selina Lake. I love the way it peps up pastels, and looks gorgeous with gold. I've never been drawn to pink, but lately I just love it. As usual, I limit my colour obsessions to my crafting. I'm just not sure I am young and cool enough to WEAR hot pink. But I sure love to craft with it!

L-R: Necklace was handmade by me at a fab workshop taught by Lotts and Lots' Charlotte; see her blog for me neon tutorials; Candy Pink cotton aran by Rico, odd buttons and pink hooks from back issues of Mollie Makes, Stylecraft Special DK in Fiesta, Clover Amour 3.5mm hook from Wool Warehouse. 

I love flashes of hot pink on my nails, too, and adore Pink Bikini Shellac, and have the most gorgeous hot pink MAC lipstick ('Flat out Fabulous'), as well as an awesome Accessorize backpack adorned with neon pink beads that my Nan gave to me. Personally I love it with plain stripes and jeans, and often wear my neon collar necklace with a plain grey tee to show off the bright colours. 

For me, you can't beat hot pink for an instant tropical flash.

Follow more colour adventures over on instagram, under the hashtag #rainbowflashmob...it's basically a worldwide colour crush! 

xxx

Colour Crush: Mint

I am in need of colour therapy today. George has not slept alllllll week during the night, so I'm pretty much an angry zombie. I'm not good when I've had too little sleep. Also, I'm on deadline so I have been crocheting like a FIEND. And now I have RSI! Ahhh my old friend RSI. We've been chums since we were crocheting all the blocks for 500 Crochet Blocks in 2012. SO. Enough rubbish from me, and feast your eyes on this pastel palette. 

Isn't mint lovely? I really think that green might be my second favourite colour. I love how many shades of green there is, and particularly this mint. As you can see I have some beautiful mint green yarn and more crafting supplies. I also have some mint green tights in my drawer, and some pretty little frilly socks in a similar shade. 

Clockwise from top: Vintage thread spools; Annell Rapido; Annell Cotton 8; Vintage knitting needles; Mint ric rac from The Village Haberdashery; Drops Paris cotton; freebie hook from Mollie Makes; Mint (scented, too!) pen from Paperchase; Nail polish from Topshop

I'm hoping this fresh breath of colour is just the thing to perk me up! Time to pour a mint tea and soak up the day. 

Have a happy day!

xxx

Colour Crush: Mustard

I love the advent of Spring. The sunshine pours into the house again, with that pure, fresh light that has been missing since September. Living in a small terrace on a narrow street, our little north-east facing house misses that light in the colder months. So when the light is back again I'm filled with hope and that feeling that summer is soon, very nearly soon. Until then, I have colour. Colour is the most inspiring thing to me. 

And for those who know me 'IRL' (in real life) and even over on Instagram, I'm known as 'Lady Mustard'. Some might regard it as an autumn colour, but for me it works all year around.

Mustard for crafting...

The knitting needles and thread are vintage (from my nana's sewing box), the bow brooch is made from Rowan Handknit Cotton in Ochre, Drops Paris cotton aran in Mustard (isn't this the most perfect mustard yarn?), Clover Soft Touch hook, Fabric- Japanese double gauze from The Village Haberdashery and those beautiful vintage barkcloth buttons from Folly & Glee

Mustard for wearing...

THE mustard dress, tights and cardigan from Primark years ago, purse made in Debbie Bliss Cashmerino Aran and 1940s felt posy brooch by Hen House Handmade

And even mustard on the walls!

After two and a half years we finally got around to decorating our bedroom. Me and the Mr couldn't decide whether to decorate my way (Cath Kidston) or his way (Sherlock Holmes) so we compromised with mid-century modern. Just like the downstairs of the house! We painted this main wall in Crown Vintage Mean Mustard, and accessorised with my handmade cushions and new Orla Kiely bedding from TK Maxx. The other three walls are a soft pigeon grey- Crown Vintage Easy Rider- and we have huge posters from our favourite movies- Breakfast at Tiffany's and North by Northwest. The prints above the bed are from Woop Studio. I re-covered the Ikea lampshades with my favourite Sanderson Dandelion Clocks fabric and we installed a super duper retro Ikea lamp on the ceiling. I'm still searching for the perfect fabric for a roman blind. The crochet cushions are of course my own work! The longwave stitch cushion was made for 500 Crochet Blocks, and the granny circle was a recent make using Drops Paris yarn and Whitney from The Purl Bee's pattern. 

In my basket at the moment I have more projects in mustard lurking, biding their time until the moment when I can do some selfish hooky. For now I'm fully immersed in my projects for Simply Crochet. 

What are your colour crushes? I have many more to share over the coming weeks. In the meantime, I have set up an ode to mustard over on Pinterest...

xxx