A Colorful Spring

March 29, 2018

A Colorful Spring

Hello again

Here in central Ohio it isn't quite colorful outside yet, but I did turn my spring cleaning into a colorful event. This past weekend was the first weekend in all of March when I did not have anything planned. I decided to take advantage of it and do some "home" things that I haven't done in a long while.

The first thing, which took up most of Saturday was cleaning out my closet. During my breaks at work I have been re-reading my "Lessons from Madame Chic" book. I decided to re-read it now to help me out of my winter blues. Its about connecting and translating the French "joy of life" mentality into everyday American life. I admit that I cannot do the 10 piece capsule wardrobe, but I did go through my closet and eliminated a number of items that made me feel "ugly."

I even got rid of a couple of pieces that now are an improper fit (which makes me feel ugly), but I still liked. For those, I did take a few good-bye pictures, focusing on why I liked them.

With the first round of ugly out of my closet, I reorganized my closet via colors.

Front half is...

White/ Ivory
Peach
Pink
Reds (more wine and burgundy shades)
Purples

Back half is...

Aquas
Grays
Blues (quite a few of this)
Blacks

An order of Philips Hue White and Color Ambiance LED bulbs arrived on Saturday. So I have been playing around with that some as well this past week. And I am still playing around with them. Its nice having more control over my lights, including intensity and mood. I actually had the lights on reading mood when I was working on another skirt piece pattern blades. It was really nice and bright but not blinding.

As for my creative projects...

I did not get very far in regards to sewing. I managed to draw up the blades for 1 of my 2 remaining pattern pieces and that was it.

However, I was more creatively inclined in the Kitchen. I made Ghirardelli Chocolate Brownies and Chocolate Pudding (this is what happens when you accidentally order a gallon of chocolate milk) as well as Popeye Quiche and Madeleine cookies. It has been a while since I have done this amount of varied baking.