Author Archive for Angela

Color You Can Eat~Pantone Color Inspiration

  I am sure you have heard someone say, “That color looks good enough to eat!”  Maybe you have even said it yourself when looking at a particularly rich color of red or a sweet cotton candy pink.  Well a blogger has been playing around with Pantone colors and her food.  Pantone is a wonderful [...]

Kipper Color

  Are you familiar with the children’s show Kipper?  My granddaughter simply loves it.  It’s easy to see why.  Kipper’s world is gentle yet exciting.  Recently while she was watching an episode, I noticed how beautifully the artists use color in this show.  Many children’s shows have wonderful palettes, but Kipper is one of the [...]

Thank You Flowers

  The eyes we see with become flowers, the ears we hear with are flowers, the lips we speak with become flowers. ~Thick Nhat Hanh Whenever we undertake a project, we work hard to ensure that our clients enjoy the process.  Often after completing a project, many customers tell how much they miss our painting [...]

Bill’s Movie List~One

I like to think of this  blog space as a place where we explore care of the self through care of our home environment and awareness of life all around us.  We share things that inspire us whether that inspiration is a cool, dark blue, blueberry, a finely appointed kitchen, Van Gogh’s Siesta or a [...]

Blue

Ask a person what his or her favorite color is and the answer is usually blue, and with good reason too.  Blue is an aspiring and inspiring color.  It symbolizes hope, confidence.  It can be happy or moody, silly or reserved.   Blue is calming and blue is electric.  We see this certain calm when we [...]

Autism-We All Have a Little Bit

Autism.  There are so many feelings and realities associated with the word: fear, hope, trust, anger, despair, relief, determination and happiness.  Years ago an autism diagnosis was fairly rare.  Parents were told to put their children in asylums.  Mothers were blamed for their child’s condition.   So much was unknown. Today, we know more about autism, [...]

The Color Green

This week we are talking about the color green.  I couldn’t make it through the entire month of March and not talk about the color green, now could I? Green is one of those colors that people approach very cautiously.  This is understandable as I think we have all had some unfortunate experiences with green [...]

Green Paint – No, Not the Color This Time

It used to be when I mentioned green paint, folks’ minds would immediately turn to the color green.  Sometimes even their faces would turn slightly green at the thought of  that 1970′s avocado shade of green.  But that is a subject for another post.  Today we are exploring green paint of every color. Gone are [...]

Color Clash or Not: Finding Color Inspiration in Nature

I can’t get enough of color.  It brightens my mood, inspires me, calms me and affects my everyday life in beautiful and significant ways.   One of the best ways to enjoy color is to have it on the walls of your home.  Many times people don’t know where to start when choosing paint colors.  Will [...]

March is Green

It’s hard to believe March is already here.  I know many of you are looking forward to Spring and all the season offers.  Thoughts are turning to spring cleaning and renewal.  Many people are already looking at ways to have a healthier and “greener” life – choosing  to use fewer chemicals in their homes, using [...]