Autumn 2010 Colour Palettes

I picked up some make-up this weekend - nailpolish in pewter, eyeliner in olive - and got to thinking about fall colours. I recall making a fall colour palette before - it was something I wanted to put together seasonally, but promptly forgot about it. So why not start again now?

This fall, I'm obsessed with grey. It has always been my favourite neutral & is a huge part of my wardrobe. Which is why I gravitated towards this gorgeous shade of polish by Sally Hansen, called black platinum.

It's dark, but has a great blue iridescent tint. I'm not a fan of doing my finger nails (as opposed to my toes), but I do love this:

And my shirt is just another example of the grey in my wardrobe. This is my newest shirt - one I picked up at the Roger Waters concert I went to last week (don't mind the track pants & bed hair).

I always regretted not picking up a Neil Young one when we went to his concert, so I had to grab one this time.

Of course I went with the gray one. It was definitely the coolest one. Obviously.

Anyway, back to the palettes. Let's start with the grays. Here are some of my favourite shades - with hints of teal & brown:

Grey can be a little washed out & casts a dull hue on brighter shades. Personally, I think this faded look is perfect for fall, but greys can pack a punch too. Here's a similar grey palette, with slightly bolder shades:

Not bad - I particularly like that sage. But enough with the greys. The following is my official Autumn 2010 colour palette:

I chose to keep the teal and steel shades of grey as I think they complement the olive, berry wine & dusty camel quite nicely. So these are your must-have colours this fall! Feel free to mix & match - grey is so versatile it looks great with anything!

What's your favourite hue this fall?

Apple Picking

I went apple picking today (thus crossing off #14 on my 25 things list)! We went to Puddincombe Farms & Winery this afternoon & picked a 10lb bag of apples:We chose a variety of what was in season: red & golden delicious, granny smith, empire, mutsu, fuji, spy & McIntosh. I have so many (I've already eaten one before these pictures were taken)!I need to find some new apple recipes - I want to try these pancakes, this baked pancake & some muffins (though I'll probably wing the recipe on those)...

We also did a little wine tasting while we were there. I really liked the raspberry wine - and I don't really like wine - so we picked up a bottle. Looks like we're having wine & cheese with a baguette for dinner tonight.

And........................ we're back!

Back online - and at Ulixis.com.

Did you miss me?

Everything's all fixed up - my new domain is working! How exciting! Now to work on a custom favicon - the little picture you see in your browser tab or address bar...

Friday Five

I had a really busy week! Here's what I was up to:

1. Sunday, I bought the domain name for my blog... of course, I didn't set it up properly & my blog was offline for awhile there. I asked Pat to help & he did ... but he prefers the "wait & see" approach, so it took him 2 days before double checking if he did it right. He just admitted that he had suspected he had done it wrong........ grrrrr. BUT, everything is working now (& it took 2 seconds for Pat to fix it today). So change your bookmarks to ulixis.com!
2. I hosted the coffee house at St. Joe's on Tuesday. Free coffee for grad students!
3. I TAed the first biopharm lab of the year. We went over dilutions & pipetting. I'm looking forward to the year ahead.
4. I made a pear crisp - my first time baking pear. It was quite delicious, with the same consistency as apple. I was afraid it would be mushier, but not at all! Yum!
5. I saw Roger Waters play The Wall. WHAT AN AMAZING CONCERT!!!

My Creative Space

Last week I promised to update you on the progress of my latest mixed-media painting, so here it is:

I took some of your advice & collaged some newsprint to finish off the city.The hill was next - it's a much lovelier shade of leaf green now.A bit more inking, some oil pastels & charcoal ... and I think I'm done.I'm leaving it displayed for a few more days before I seal it. I want to make sure I'm completely done fiddling with it.

What do you think?

Item of the day: Hand Painted Pendant

This hand-painted maple leaf pendant by madredeolivia is absolutely stunning!

Wordless Wednesday

Treasury!

So remember that MMG contest I mentioned a few days ago? Well, I made a treasury featuring some of the lovely MMG ladies & wanted to share:

You should definitely check out this rainbow treasury by Dorana too - it's so well put together (mention my name if you do)! You can also search for MMG or More Meaningful Gifts in the treasury to find more contest treasuries.

(If you leave me a comment in the treasury, I'll get some points! You can drop by the thread too - tell them Uli sent you so I can get more points! Shameless, I know, but there's a prize up for grabs!)