Going back to colours

It's officially colour-time again. As spring-time is well and truly here, I can't but help feeling excited about wearing real colours again. Now you might ask... what's to stop her from wearing colours even in winter? Why does winter always have to be about wearing boring, staid, depressing colour?

Have tried to shake off the feeling of un-enthusiasm where winter clothes are concerned, and I honestly need to find a way and a means to do that come next season. Perhaps it's because shops seem to automatically switch to 'winter' colours leaving behind the fund and the joy of pure colour fun to spring and summer.

Today, I found some time to re-shuffle my wardrobe contents and I must admit that the experiment which took place last season where I had decided to organise my hanging clothes by item rather than by colour, has well and truly failed to inspire me.

So, I have re-shuffled blacks with blacks, blues with blues, purples with purples, reds with reds, etc, etc and already my wardrobe contents are making real sense.

At a glance I could pick out three or four outfits ready to be ironed and pressed for wearing during the coming weekend.

Now I am starting to re-evaluate what I have ready to wear for summer and am eager to get myself some new stuff. I have been eyeing Etsy shops to get inspiration and boy, is there a lot out there!!

Clothes of many Colours

Taking direct inspiration from a very favourite song of mine - Coat of Many Colours by Dolly Parton, I am referring to clothes of many colours - all the ones in my and your wardrobe. How many colours are there in yours?

First of all, my wardrobe is divided in colours... at least I try to organise it by colours - from black through to white with all the other colours in between including colour combinrations that can mould and blend.

The clothes in this picture are just some frok my vintage collection. Some have already become owned by other vintage lovers, others linger on....

Some pick their colours very carefully, only wearing a very minimal range of colours all year round.

Then there are those who wear one-colour dress only. Colour analysts claim that one-colour dressing is great to get you noticed, to make you look slimmer and to make your life that much simpler... then again, if you decide to wear red..... not all reds are the same, there is cherry red, crimson, ruby red, vermillion....

And what about blues? navy, royal, powder.....

My favourite colour?

To have around me.... definitely yellow.

To wear.... all shades of purple and lilac.

To wish I could wear effectively.... green which is not always my best friend.

To make me stand out, always...... red.

To make me feel alive..... turquoise.

To leave aside most days... pink.

To make me look washed out - white and shades of light brown.

And then it depends on the colour of my skin.... if I'm in winter, I tend to look better in some colours than in others which are my favourites in summer.

How does colour work for?

Easter Treasury and my new Etsy look

Vintage Yellow Bandana-sized scarf

Yesterday I dedicated an Etsy Treasury to some exceptional gift ideas with budget-proof prices. It's amazing what fantastic items you can find on Etsy for under a tenner. Find these great buys here and do leave your comment when you pass through. 

  

Meantime, I loved the mimosa flower pictures I took recently so much, that I decided to use one of them as my new Etsy shop banner... Visit here and let me know what you think.

Incidentally I love the colour yellow and although I don't wear it much, I like to be surrounded with it. What's your favourite colour?