Daily Mood: Vermilion Dreams

Hello there! I am back on my feet (thank you for all of your well-wishes!), and enjoying a particularly glorious day here with that magic autumnal light – all of the trees in my area are now in full, blazing color, and for this California girl it still feels surreal to drive down road after road of tree-lined streets, ablaze with color and light. Even if it was the red of the trees outside my window that got me going on a hunt for all things vermilion, what I really think of when I see this shade is the technicolor red in old Hitchcock films, the phone booths in London, classic film stars with matching vermilion lips and nails, and fields of Dutch tulips. Let it be noted that I am very picky about red. Muddy burgundy depresses me, and too-bold blood red gives me the willies. But Vermilion…even the name sounds mysterious and wonderful. This perfectly clear red-orange is such a happy-go-lucky, optimistic shade, what’s not to love?

Clockwise from top left: An embellished door in Marieke van Proosdij’s Amsterdam apartment, here; Scrumptious rose candies from Celine Steen of Have Cake, Will Travel, here; Vintage 1940s hat from Dear Golden Vintage, here; Amazing wool felt skirt here; Hand-printed pillow from Hazel & Hunter, here.

Happy Monday, friends!

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