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snapshots; color, line and shadow; vignettes from around my house

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Line, light and shadow amazing fresh green color palate Illumination on linen  This container is so appealing, but I can't photograph it! Better? I just learned of this inspired Australian designer/decorator Anna Spiro. She has a shop Black and Spiro, and a new, gorgeous, inspiring book Absolutely Beautiful Things, named after her blog. I am really enjoying pouring over her pages! I am going to learn a ton. What Anna says about color in her book Absolutely Beautiful Things Next post will be my love of blue, and another vignette.

Post one: I love this fabric

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Trying out an idea for fun. I am doing a new blog focused on all things beautiful. I will have to make sure to take the best photos I can. I realized recently that I love clothes and house styling. Maybe if I work at it a bit, and have good examples to show, I might create a little side hustle as a stylist. But only for joy, not ambition. This is how I get anything done. With a little darling in my arm. (Poor little thing, she has been fighting a nap.) Now my plan begins! I love this fabric. I discovered recently that any color with gold in it looks great on me. I learned from a beloved youtube channel, Justine Leconte, https://youtu.be/lbwgkaa3SFY  about color capture apps. You can get color palates based on photos you take! how cool is that? Very helpful if you are trying to create a color palate for planning your wardrobe or the design for a room, as well.  As you can see, the lighting makes a difference! The daylight in the second picture gives a more true ...