Purple Phase: Introduction

Hello again.

So, why purple? Well, a few reasons.

• Recently, while stood staring at my clothes trying to decide what to wear [note: this isn't at all an unusual sight in our house] I realised just how many of my dresses had purple in them somewhere.
• Prior to that, if you'd asked me if I wear a lot of purple I'd have said no.

Then ...

• I had a Twitter conversation about 'what colour do you find yourself returning to?' where I mentioned purple.
• The response to this revealed that lots of people struggle to use it, even going so far as to say it's the hardest colour to work with.

 Which got me thinking a few 'how to make purple work' tips might be useful to someone ...

• because, as you might have guessed from my attempts to get people to embrace Twitter, or to look into Design Team opportunites ... I like fighting a corner. Persuading. Coaching ... cajoling.

So now I'm back, and this time ... it's purple:

Between now and the end of Autumn I'll be scattering purple posts throughout my regular blogging schedule. There'll be posts featuring:

• Scrapbooking + cardmaking with purple;
• Wearing purple;
• Accessorising with purple;
• Living with purple;
• And anything else which catches my eye!

And yes, this inevitably means there'll be lots of photos of me and my aubergine-shaded items but whatever I use it will only be to illustrate:

• general effective colour combinations featuring purple;
• how to make purple 'work' in crafting;
• ways to introduce purple to an existing wardrobe [without looking like you've won 1st prize in a Barney look-a-like competition.]

Basically, what I'm trying to say is, it won't be all about me!

So, if you like purple - this will be a series might just be for you. But if you currently HATE purple ...

• then this series is DEFINITELY for you!

I'm honestly no great purple fanatic. I think we think of purple a bit like we sometimes do about pink. We imagine that if someone happily admits to a preference for it, that it automatically tmeans they reaaaaallllly like it and that their rooms are decked top to toe in it!

It's not going to be like that here. I promise. I hope to show that you can introduce purple into a purple-free life in some subtle and useful ways.

OK, you get the picture. I'll best go and prepare something plummy for you. But before I go ... ever since deciding I'd start this series I've had a certain song going around and around and around in my head ... and I don't see why you should miss out on that ... did someone mention wearing purple?

Enjoy ...

Non-purple blogging shall resume later. Until then ... all together now ... start wearing purple, wearing purple ... na na na na naaaaaa ...

Julie x