Posts Tagged ‘color’

Gift ideas | 10 days of gift ideas (& promo codes)!

Monday, November 22nd, 2010

It’s getting to that time of year — when you’re looking around for that ‘just right’ gift for certain people in your life.  Some are easier than others!

We’re hoping to ease that a bit with a few gift ideas over the next ten days. Each day we’ll feature a different idea, and as an extra bonus, there will be a promo code to go along with it ;)  So let’s get started shall we?

Gift idea 1: For the gardener and flower-lovers

(or for people who’d like flowers but complain when they die… not that we know anyone like that…)

Flowers never go out of style and these necklaces add a bit of prettiness and cheer to those winter days where you long to see green grass and fresh flowers.

Take advantage of this gift idea and use the promo code GiftIdea1 to get 30% off* any Foliage necklace purchase. Just be forewarned, this promo code is good for TODAY ONLY and expires at midnight tonight.

*As with all promo codes, you can only use one per order.

P.S. If you’d like to get the scoop on what next week’s gift ideas and promo codes are ahead of time, make sure to sign up for our newsletter before Monday, November 29th.

Inspiration | Pantone colors for Fall 2010

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010

While Pantone names a Color of the Year every year, they also release Fashion Color Reports for each season.   Pantone says, “[these colors build from] the color palette from the spring… and conjure images of travel and adventure, whether real or aspirational”.

If you’re looking to Fall 2010 modern accessories either as jewelry gifts or for yourself, we’ve got some suggestions!

Endive (13-0632):

Get this color with our “Cherry blossom” jewelry (as pendants, necklace or earrings) in the yellow-green version.

Golden Glow (15-1050) and Living Coral (16-1546):

Get hits of both of these colors with our “Gerbera” jewelry (as pendants, necklace or earrings) in the gold version.

Purple Orchid (18-3027):

If you have a penchant for purple, show off a hit of Purple Orchid (18-3027) with your fall fashions with our burgundy hydrangea, or a dotted floral washi (available as earrings, necklace and pendants).

Lipstick Red (19-1764):

The name, Lipstick Red (19-1764) conjures up something sexy, spicy and fun and you can also do a something on the sweeter side with our Boronia foliage necklace.

Chocolate truffle (19-1526):

Such a delicious name for a color that has such overtones of deep violet in a rich brown.  Our pick for showing off this colour is our Bouquet washi jewelry in the purple and pink version, which all have a background color in this rich brown-violet.  (Available as earrings, pendants and necklace).

Lagoon (16-5418):

While Turquoise is the color of the year for 2010, the Fall 2010 version of this shade, is a little more subdued; a little cooler perhaps.  Our pick for showing off this shade is our peony pendant in light green (also available as a necklace).

Woodbine (18-0538):

Of all the colors in the Fall 2010 palette, Woodbine (18-0538) is the one that when seeing it, I can almost feel the cooler fall air, and the crunch of leaves underfoot.  Our pick for this color is the Nepalese floral paper inlay jewelry in the green version.

Oyster Grey (14-1107) and Rose Dust (14-1307):

Neutrals are can’t-miss colors and for that reason, we’ve chosen these updated classics: Pink faux-pearl torus necklace and a genuine freshwater pearl torus necklace.  It’s 2010, and these aren’t your grandma’s pearls!

Inspiration | Test your Colour IQ

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

Being in a creative field such as design, we make it a point of pride to pay attention to small details (like the intricate patterns of our engraved-wood designs, or the tiny radius in the corners of our bamboo inlays — that’s not a result of happy accidents; it’s all on purpose!)

Another thing we can be rather picky about is specific shades of colour – how to name the various washi patterns we have is always fun.  I had seen this a while back and meant to blog about it, and then noticed that Drawn! mentioned it today — this is a fun little test to see just how well you can discern varying hues. Good fun for all you visual-types :)

It doesn’t take that long to do, and in case you’re wondering here’s Vivian’s result:

The lower the score the better, so not too shabby.  So you can see why we make it a point of contention to identify ‘vermillion’ versus ‘rust’!