You might have heard that the Pantone color of the year, which will influence fashion and home design and many other industries, has been announced for 2012. A bright, reddish orange called Tangerine Tango. Back in the '80s, my mother had a lipstick just this shade and I thought it was the height of glamour, utterly to die. I would wear tangerine lipstick myself, one day. I promised.
Only by the time I was old enough for lipstick, I'd learned that this was not my shade. No matter--I'm still loving the little pops that are everywhere, these days. This year, I'm going to bring more of it into my life. To that end, I want this, this, and these.
Even the name of the paint color is exciting. Tangerine Tango: It sounds like a resolution in itself. I'm still working on my 30 Things to do While I'm 30 list (How is it that I can think of 500 things right now that I DON'T want to do...but only 18 that I do?) but in the meantime, I am enjoying reading about people who have already started on making 2012 even better than 2011. Here's a list of some of great blogs that are inspiring me to keep my resolutions this year.
-Melanie has resolved to exercise her B.A. in painting by painting everyday and writing about it at An Art Bin
-Kirsty Colquhoun makes daily creations inspired by recipes and projects found on Pinterest
-Richard Radstone is taking 365 portraits of strangers and chronicling their stories.
-This one's kind of a cheat because it's from last year, but it's a goodie: 30-year-old mom Elizabeth Liu resolved to go ONE WHOLE YEAR without shopping and recorded her progress at Flourish in Progress.
-Can you do one kind thing everyday? The folks at Year of Kindness have vowed to.
-Serena has been taking a picture of her breakfast every day for the past 11 months and posting them at 365 Breakfasts. A great reminder not to skip the most important meal of the day!
And it's not exactly the same thing, but it's still exciting: Godfather Patrick is currently in Mexico as we speak where he'll be spending a week learning the art of Mexican home cooking. If we're lucky, he'll share some of what he learns with us over at his blog.
What have you resolved to do in 2012? How is it going so far?
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Tangerine Tango: A spirited color to provide "an energy boost...to recharge and move forward."
Sounds about right to me.
What beautiful shots! Your Lulu is so cute!
ReplyDeleteI totally respect the no shopping for a year thing. That's awesome. Of course, most of my shopping is done thrift anyway ;)
Love the projects from Pininterest & 365 photos one :)
How is that I feel that I have heard so much about tangerine tango this year but don't remember hearing about any of the colors of the year previously? Where was I last year?!
ReplyDeleteThat's what I love about being thrifty! Thrift shopping doesn't count, everybody knows that.
ReplyDeleteAmused: Surely you were around in 2010 when EVERYBODY. AND. THEIR. MOM. was all up in everything turquoise?