New things are coming soon!

I've disappeared from the blog a bit the last two weeks, work and personal issues are big time suckers for me, like they are for most people, but I've also been hard at work on new things for my shop and the blog.  I've been working on this black rose for a customer, as well as putting together a new bouquet that will be debuting with another photo shoot next week!  

Also, I've been doing lots of research on the new trends for 2014 and I can't wait to get started on some new items in these colors, picked by Pantone for Spring 2014.  I already have items in something like hemlock and, of course, radiant orchid, but I love some of the others too, like the pretty Cayenne below!  I love these bright colors for spring... winter is almost over!

via The Perfect Palette

Thanks for looking... check back soon!

GLITTER + PLUM by KARO on ETSY

I'm really digging this treasury on Etsy that I was featured in recently.  It combines the gold glitter that I've been loving on everything lately and the purple that's becoming more popular with the declaration of Radiant Orchid as the Color of the Year.  Really pretty.  This could be a really great color scheme for a wedding.  Shades of purple with some gold glitter thrown in for good measure, I like it!

UPDATE: radiant orchid in my shop

So, a week or so ago, I posted about all of the hype over Radiant Orchid, this year's Pantone Color of the Year.  While I had a few purple things in my shop that could be called that color, it was time for me to fully jump on the Radiant Orchid bandwagon and list some new products for 2014 that were most assuredly Radiant Orchid.

So here are some of my newest items for 2014!

Radiant Orchid boutonnière with peach button and flowers

Shades of Purple with Radiant Orchid boutonnière 

Radiant Orchid corsage with lace, flowers, and gold dots

Check it out in my shop!

I MIGHT AS WELL TALK ABOUT RADIANT ORCHID- PANTONE'S 2014 COLOR OF THE YEAR.

It seems like EVERYONE (design geeks, at least) is blogging about Pantone's 2014 color of the year, Radiant Orchid. I'll admit, I was a little put off when I found out what this year's color is.  I was a huge fan of last year's Emerald (green), a la everything Emily Henderson has ever done.  

Emily Henderson putting Emerald to work in her guest room.

While I love me some purple, to me Radiant Orchid is a contrived way of saying Lavender... a little too reminiscent of the lavender pleated Bongo shorts I owned circa 1997 (which are apparently considered vintage now... yikes). I changed my mind a bit when I saw the Etsy blog's round up of Radiant Orchid.  

Color Crush: Radiant Orchid for 2014 on the Etsy blog