COLOUR CRUSH: Green With Emeralds

Hey guys!  Hope you had relaxing weekends and are having a great start to the week.  I've been working all day on a project - but it's been fun, so I can't really complain.  But now it's 10 PM and I haven't had dinner, and that's just the story of my life.

Exciting stuff though, I have a new COLOUR CRUSH for you today!  It's been awhile, hasn't it?  For this week's colour, I decided to go with PANTONE's Color of the Year, Emerald Green!  It's so vibrant and full of life.  Grassy lawns, and rolling hills - it's the perfect colour for summertime! 

/ 1 Around the Green Earring  / 2 On the Bow Bracelet / 3 Vintage VOGUE Poster / 4 Retro Reminisce Dress in Green / 5 Butter "Thames" Nail Lacquer / 6 iPhone 5 Pantone Universe Case in Emerald / 7 Alberto Gozzi "Jennifer 1" Slip-on / 8 Kate Spade Grove Court Maise in Bright Beryl/Faded Mint / 9 Cycle Wall Hook from UO

ILLUSTRATOR CRUSH: Malika Favre

Hello friends!  Happy Friday, I can't wait for this weekend.  It feels like I've been super busy this week, and it will be nice to kick back with my family in the suburbs for a couple days (hehe, and swim in their pool)!  

Can you believe that tomorrow is the first day of June?  I certainly can't!  It seems like just yesterday I was with Pedro's family in Brazil ringing in the New Year.  Time, as always, is just flying by - seriously.  It's been a crazy ride.  But a really special crazy ride.. ahha.  

Today I have a new ILLUSTRATOR CRUSH and inspiration for you.

I've fallen in love with the work of Mailka Favre.  A French illustrator based in London, her work is full of stark lines, minimal colour and lots of movement.  I love the "flatness" to her work - the illustrations have a reductive + minimalist quality to them, and it's really great.  They are simple + bright + beautiful - and I can't stop looking at them.

​"My approach to illustration is about paring things down as much as possible.  I try and get to the essence of my subject by using as few lines and colours as it needs to convey the core of the idea."

- Malika Favre