Purple Phase: purple as a pattern with stone + denim

Hi, hi, hi.

Happy 1st of November!

I've got a back-log of purple posts to share and only 30 days left to do it if I'm to meet my self-imposed 'no more going-on about purple after November' deadline ... so here we go ....

Wearing any colour you're unsure of as part of a pattern is usually much more appealing than the idea of bold, in-your-face, colour-blocking .... so how about easing your way in to purple with a print?:

 

Worn with sandals and a pretty little shrug or shawl, this can be quite a delicate summery dress ... but I'm not often in the mood for delicate so, more often than not I wear it over leggings ... or jeans:

And yes, apparently I have 2 pairs of purple shoes - the ones in this previous outfit post and these:

When I remembered that I had this pair lurking in the bottom of a shoe box it came as almost as much of a surprise as the time I remembered I had at least 3 pairs of silver shoes ... and 1 pair of gold ... and yes, 1 pair of bronze ... I think maybe I need to make a shoe spread-sheet to keep track!

Anyway ... as I've mentioned so many, many times already in this series, neutrals, like this off-white / stone jersey cardigan takes the edge off the 'sweetness' of the lilac:

Dress: TK Maxx ¦¦ Cardigan: Vero Moda from House of Fraser ¦¦ Jeans: GAP ¦¦
 Shoes: Primark ¦¦ Belt: Peacocks ¦¦ Garden: Mine!

So, what do you think? Do prints and patterns make purple more palatable to you? And can you say that fast 3 times?

You really don't have to go the whole 2--pairs-of-purple-shoes-plus-matching-belt route to wear purple, just allow a touch of it to sneak into your wardrobe carried along on a pretty pattern and take it from there!

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While I'm here ...

• Thanks for continuing to send me links to your own purple posts and for all the Purple Phase mentions I've noticed popping up around the place. It's been funny to see the same faces in comments sections, sharing their conversions to the purple-side!

• I'd forgotten to keep the Purple Phase post list updated but it's back on track now! So if you want an easy way to flick back through the colour posts then that's there for you now, otherwise, you can just jump to the Pinterest board where I've pinned all the palettes so far

And on a non-purple note:

• I've set up a Facebook Page for myself here - just to keep all my etsy /businessy / selling type posts in one spot, especially [hint, hint] as I've just launched a brand new product Plundered Pages -my vintage paper packs which I'm really [like, ridiculously] happy with and proud of.
• But ... I'm having all kinds of confusion with the FB page at the moment, so if I invited you to join twice already - my apologies! And if I haven't invited you at all - my apologies!! You can join anytime, I promise! It's just it's making me feel like I've never been online ever in my life ... I don't know what's going on!
• Anyway, if you'd like to 'Like' my page over there then great! If not ... I've got a thicker skin than it might first appear, so I reckon I'll get by OK.

Thanks for dropping by today. I hope November has gotten off to a good start for you.

Julie x