Paperwhite Creations: January 2016

Friday 22 January 2016

Wedding Planning and Prep

We have a bride to be here at Paperwhite Creations. Yes, our very own Nicole is going to get married this Spring and we are going to blog about it! She is doing a lot of DIY projects and we are going to makes tutorials as we create things for her wedding. First up is the start of the dress and then next week...the super important invitations!

Today was a very exciting day. She went and picked out fabric for her wedding dress. We went wedding dress shopping a few weeks ago and she tried on some really pretty dresses and almost said yes to one dress but it was missing something very important to her, a train, so she asked a friend of the family to help her out in creating her dream dress. She has come up with some ideas to help guide the seamstress, like the neckline will be the Audrey Hepburn Sabrina neckline which the dress that she liked at the bridal boutique had. It’s also going to have beading and sequins on the bodice similar to the other dress too and it will have pockets, the all-important train, and a gorgeous flower and beaded belt that is going to be custom made for her by one of the bridal consultants that we met along the way. So today we are sharing with you a little sneak peek at this custom made dress by showing you the fabric that she picked out. I can't believe all of this fabric is going to be a real life wedding dress!

Friday 15 January 2016

Colour of the Year Cards

In keeping with the colour of the year mini theme, this week we have found some really neat greeting cards and invites (because that’s our thing) that we think best show of this year’s colour of the year. So enjoy! We going to start a wedding theme next week, so stay tuned for that.

Friday 8 January 2016

Colour of the Year

It’s that time of the year again, yes, Pantone released the colour of the year and we are going to review it and pick out some items that best display this colour.

Both Nicole and I were looking up and waiting for Pantone to release the colour of the year at the end of 2015; it was kinda funny. I think it is a very exciting thing because it foreshadows a lot of the clothing styles and colours this year. It also hints at what will be popular shades when it comes to home décor, makeup, accessories etc. It’s also good to know for all the artists out there who want to create new creations that are popular and trending.

Compared to last year, Rose Quartz and Serenity is a lot softer and calmer; it’s actually two colours blended together which they have never had before for the colour of the year. Last year was a super deep dark burgundy wine colour that gave off a warm feeling. It’s true about how the colour of the year affects fashion and what is trendy because I saw a lot of burgundy this past year especially when it came to makeup and nail polish/lip colour.

If you take a read here at the home page of the pantone website, they give you a little more insight about the colour and how they came up with it. https://www.pantone.com/color-of-the-year-2016

I really like how they came up with the colour this year. 2015 was a year of stressfulness throughout the world and they used that to create a soothing, calm, and relaxing blended colour. As they said “Rose Quartz and Serenity demonstrate an inherent balance between a warmer embracing rose tone and the cooler tranquil blue, reflecting connection and wellness as well as a soothing sense of order and peace.” They are using the blending of these colours in a symbolic way to demonstrate how the cultures of the world are blending together and they have the colour “serve(s) as an expression of a mood and an attitude.”

The website also provides a bunch of colour pairings that can go with Rose Quartz and Serenity, so you can use them as accent colours when putting together an outfit or when decorating a room or even when creating a greeting card!

So we hope that you enjoy our colour of the year picks and take a look at the Pantone website if you get a chance to too; they have lots of information on the current colour of the year and have a list of the past colour of the years too.

ROSE QUARTZ and SERENITY

Sephora actually has a line of makeup products that are inspired by the colour of the year and its parings, so take a look at this makeup inspired by Rose Quartz and Serenity. http://www.sephora.com/sephora-pantone-universe

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Friday 1 January 2016

Happy New Year!

Happy 2016! We decided to do a blog post of our top five favourite blogs we did this past year...

We've had a lot of favourite posts but these 5 were tops for us. I think both of us agree on our number one blog post of 2015; we had so much fun doing it that we are going to do another one this year, so keep your eyes peeled for it. Take a look at the links and read over the posts and maybe give them a try if you haven’t already. Enjoy and get ready for our colour of the year post next week!