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Wishing You A Sensational Holiday

Kate Smith — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 04:48:11 +0000

From Kate Smith and everyone at Sensational Color

May your holiday season be brimming with
an abundance of family, friends, happiness, and fun!

Colorful Halloween Tricks, Treats and Trendsy

Kate Smith — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:07:29 +0000

Halloween Happenings seem to have started last night and are sure to go on all weekend. I won’t be donning a costume this year but it is still fun to bring some sensational spookiness home and Julie gave me some great ideas this week on Live in Full Color on just how to do that.

My favorite was the Spookatini but Julie has so many tricks and treats up her sleeve that it took three post to share them all. See ‘ A Few Hallowed Ideas’ Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3

Spookatini by ‘It’s 5 O’Clock Somewhere: The Global Guide to Fabulous Cocktails‘ author, Colleen Mullaney.

Recipe on Live in Full Color

Kiki grew-up in the “Halloween Capital of the World,” so is it any wonder she is the best when it comes to holiday color? She shared so many different ideas for using this year’s Halloween trend colors that it was difficult even for me to decide which I liked best. See them all ‘Trend Tuesday: Tricks and Treats for a Stylishly Spooky Halloween’.

Happy Halloween!

Ten Tips for Creating a Naturally Beautiful Holiday

Kate Smith — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 04:41:20 +0000

My article ‘Bringing the Outdoors In: Ten Tips for Creating a Naturally Beautiful Holiday’ written on behalf of House Beautiful is posted on the Mohawk Flooring website.

And don’t miss the video of Sean talking about Fall trends.

Read the article on MohawkFlooring.com…

Deer Me

Kate Smith — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 01:08:57 +0000

The wonderful thing about working with smart, creative people is that they are a great source of inspiration. As usual Julie finds the best products and I’m stealing this one for my own color inspiration for today.

It come from a post Julie wrote today on creating a December fete where the mood is festive- yet nothing is quite as it seems. Her inspiration began with designer Caroline Gardner’s not so typical holiday palette and a deer motif that feels more ‘optical illusion’ then ‘yuletide cheer’.

This is an unusual combination of color especially for the holidays but shows how unexpected combinations can be so much more interesting than typical combinations. Would you find this paper nearly as interesting if if was red, green and white? Or even different hues of blue and silver? I’m not sure I would have even given it a second look.

When choosing colors for a wardrobe there is a rule of thumb many people go by– If the style is quite unusual best to stay with classic colors but if the style is classic unusual or bolder colors are much more interesting. I think you could say this same idea works for just about anything.

Don’t miss all of the items Julie found. They are a fun blend of fantasy and festivities and can be seen on her post– An Inspired Holiday Event. Enjoy!

Christmas by Colour

Kate Smith — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 17:33:05 +0000

Frustrated at the plethora of Christmas reds, whites and greens those pesky designers at Raw Design Studio began exploring what colors people really associate with their Christmas.

Through a collaborative effort via the Internet this self-initiated project produced this spectrum of Christmas colors.

Yup, you guessed it. I just bought one. The posters including shipping go for just over $20.00 USD and you get a bonus piece of wrapping paper. Go here to buy one for yourself.

Now I just have to decide who on my “nice list” will have their gift wrapped in that great paper.

You will also want to check out the color names. Some of them are just too funny.

And if you’re feeling guilty about buying yourself a gift at least all profits will be donated to the charity Calm.

Visit Christmas by Colour