Why COLOR?
I freaking love COLOR. Vibrant, happy colors have become a part of me—family members and friends will often say, I saw this or that colorful thing and it reminded me of you!
Years ago, as editor of Simple Scrapbooks magazine, while putting together a special issue all about color, I was given the opportunity to attend a 4-day seminar with world renown color expert, Leatrice Eiseman an executive director for the Pantone Color Institute. I essentially sat at Lee’s knee and was taught—not so much the science and theory, but the use and influence of color. Lee gave me the permission and encouragement I needed to infuse my home, wardrobe and creative expression with brightly hued and joy-filled COLOR and I have, ever since.
Now, I want to help you feel more comfortable and confident using color in all the ways, but most particularly in your storytelling.
I have a brand NEW course, Fun and COLOR that is designed to guide you into and through the basics of using, organizing and curating with color.
BUT WHY?
You might be asking, why does color need to play a bigger role than just being an aspect of the pretty papers and embellishments that I use when designing?
The answer lies in the fact that COLOR is essential to the human experience, it is ever-present in the ways we perceive, make decisions and communicate.
AND, by that I mean: Color is the key to unlocking stories and guiding you to connections that create more compelling personal narratives. Sure, it’s fun to scrapbook an event, like Thanksgiving (nod to yesterday) but IF you’re ready to really dive into your life, your family and the past, then color can help you understand and document in a deeper way.
I’ll explain …
Because I curate some of my favorite digital images by color, I recently discovered a connection that will help me tell a super-cool family story!
After my husband’s grandfather, Russell Julian passed, Geoff was given a red flannel jacket that was a favorite of his grandfather. Geoff told me, “Grandpa loved that thing and wore it all the time!” I hung it in the coat closet and both he and I would occasionally slip it on to work in the yard, go for a walk or run an errand—notice the photo of me and Trey (top right) at breakfast one morning in 2002. Fast forward a few years and Trey is a teenager and starts wearing Granda’s jacket everywhere. In fact, he chooses to wear this jacket for his senior pictures and when he leaves home, it is one of just a few sentimental items he takes. I have definitely thought it would be cool to find a photo of Grandpa Russ in this jacket, but have not been able to find anything.
More recently, I’ve been helping Geoff’s dad write a rather extensive family history and we’ve sorted and scanned LOTS of old photos. Last week we came across the photo of Russ and two of his daughters at the Dad’s Day event at Indiana University 1966. I scanned and imported it into my digital library. Then scrolling just a few days later, I added it to my RED album and that’s when I saw it for the first time—Grandpa loved his red jacket because it was Indiana University colors. He loved the RED and WHITE of his alma mater. Trey’s favorite color has always been RED and now I can tell a story about school pride and favorite colors and family connections.
Trey’s senior photo,
Listen …
❤️ Color is the language of meaning, memory and emotion. I want to help you speak it more fluently.
❤️ I want to help you SEE your photos in new ways, so that you can discover stories lurking deep inside that endless and overwhelming scroll.
It’s possible I would have made this connection without the aid of my color albums, but it would have been much more difficult and much less FUN.
I’m inviting you to come explore color with me in this new course. You have amazing stories to tell and COLOR can help you tell them!
Even better, you can SAVE $10 through Monday, November 27th. USE the code COLORFUL at checkout and I’ll see you in class!
