Kickin' it Old Skool: Color Swap

Throughout December I'm Kickin' it Old Skool with Jamie Ridler, Sharon Ridler and a wonderful group of creatives!  We're having loads of fun remembering when blogging was just that...fun!   Join us any time!

[ BROWN ]

1. What's the first thing you think of when you think of brown? My dogs
2. Closest brown thing to you? My dogs curled up in their beds
3. What is your favourite type of chocolate?  Dark chocolate with caramel and sea salt...delish!
4. What makes you feel grounded? My tea rituals are very grounding to me.  
5. Paint the wood or always leave it au naturel? Leave it natural

[ RED ]

1. What's the first thing you think of when you think of red?   (Red) Learn about it
2. Closest red thing to you?  The shawl my mom gave me.
3. What is the last thing that made you angry? Smashing my fingers as I was moving the old couch to make space for the new one
4. Are you a fan of romance? With all the paranormal romance audiobooks I'm saying yes to this.
5. Do you have a temper? Yep...I slowly simmer.

[ PINK ]

1. What's the first thing you think of when you think of pink?
2. Closest pink thing to you? My 'It's a small world' LeSportSac
3. What sweet things do you like? I think the easier question would be what sweet thing do I not like!  And the answer to that would be fudge....I can't stand fudge.  I like it in things (like fudge brownies) but on it's own I detest it.  That and mazipan...I don't dig them.
4. Are you sensitive? Sometimes.
5. What is your favourite flower? Roses
6. Do you have a crush on someone? Tom Hiddleston especially as Loki

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Earth Goddess Atlanta Botanical Garden

[ GREEN ]

1. What's the first thing you think of when you think of green? Kermit the Frog
2. Closest green thing to you? A green pocket board on my wall
3. What's your favourite green environment? The Atlanta Botanical Garden...they have a beautiful Earth Goddess display made out of living plants that is just gorgeous!
4. Are you jealous of anyone right now? No
5. Are you a lucky person?  Yes...yes I am.

[ PURPLE ]

1. What's the first thing you think of when you think of purple? Amethyst...my favorite crystal.  
2. Closest purple thing to you? The skin on my Ipod and a lavender sachet.
3. Do you like being treated like royalty?  Oh yes...and I do treat myself like royalty!
4. Do you like mysterious things? Sometimes...
5. Are you intuitive?  Very much so.  I've learned to develop and work in partnership with my intuition and I love helping people enhance their own intuition!

 
[ BLUE ]

1. What's the first thing you think of when you think of blue? That song by Eiffel 64
2. Closest blue thing to you? My son's lego bricks
3. Are you good at calming people down?  I think so...I've often been told I have a calming effect
4. What's your favourite body of water (i.e. lake, ocean, etc)?  Well the first one that comes to mind is being in Myrtle Beach, SC but I went on a Disney Cruise this year and the water in the Bahamas was the bluest I've ever seen and I have to say that was my favorite experience with a body of water.  
5. What was the last thing that made you cry?  A couple of weeks ago the tip of my baby doggy's tail got slammed in the door and was cut to the bone.  She had to have the tip removed and stitched.  I was terrible sad and cried quite a bit more than it deserved.  But when I went deeper into the tears I discovered I was actually crying about having to put my first dog to sleep when I was 12.  I hadn't thought about that in years but it felt good to clear those old feelings.
6. Are you a logical thinker?  Sometimes

[ YELLOW ]

1. What's the first thing you think of when you think of yellow? The fields of sunflowers where we used it live in Italy.
2. Closest yellow thing to you? A feather my daughter 
3. What was one of the happiest times of your life?  When we lived in Italy and Germany.  I was really happy most of the time because it was such a blessing to live there.
4. What's your favourite holiday?  Halloween
5. What makes you happy?  Sharing a pot of tea with friends, solitary cups of tea sitting by a crackling fire, my doggies curled around me, a good book, the feel of chunky yarn running through my fingers as I knit, Disney movies, teaching people how to connect with the elements, discovering new music, having beautiful things around me, and the list goes on from here...

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Halloween 2013

[ ORANGE ]

1. What's the first thing you think of when you think of orange? Clementine oranges
2. Closest orange thing to you?  The peel of the clementine I just ate
3. Do you dress up for Halloween?  Yes...even on the rare occasion when I don't feel like dressing up, I usually find something in my closet to pull off a costume...like this year I dressed as Morticia Addams and my hubby was Gomez.
4. What gives you the warm fuzzies? The baby doggy curling her nose under my arm to keep herself warm
5. What would your superpower be?  I'd want super speed so I could travel all over the world.

[ WHITE ]

1. What's the first thing you think of when you think of white? The Beatles White Album
2. Closest white thing to you? The containers my son's legos are housed in
3. Do you always try to keep the peace? I do try...I don't know if I always succeed but I do try
4. Do you like to play in the snow? Oh yes though it doesn't snow much in my part of Georgia I do love playing it it.
5. Are you afraid of going to the doctors or dentist?  Yes.  I always feel like they are passing judgement on me...I avoid going if I can help it.  

[ BLACK ]

1. What's the first thing you think of when you think of black? Night
2. Closest black thing to you?  My daughter's gorilla slippers
3. Are you sophisticated or silly? I think I'm more sophisticated and with that I tend to take myself too seriously so I try to balance that with adding silly to my day, like wearing animal hats and giggling like a school girl over Tom Hiddleston dancing
4. Do you have a lot of secrets? No...not a lot of secrets but I am a rather private person.
5. What's the new black? I have no idea...I can't keep up with what's the new black because I'm too busy defining and refining my own signature style!

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