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Home » Start with Flowers: Cherry Blossoms

Start with Flowers: Cherry Blossoms

June 3, 2014
 

In an otherwise extremely unremarkable outdoor mall, we found this lovely tree (proving that if you look for beauty, you WILL find it):

photograph of cherry blossoms
I’m pretty certain it was an ornamental cherry tree – I’ll check back later this summer to see if, in fact, it produces cherries!  But what really caught my eye was the juxtaposition of the grey/taupe of the tree bark, and the surrounding pavement, with the green, white and yellow of the flowers.  So (you know me) I thought of color schemes for travel and summer…

 

a photograph of cherry blossoms and a color scheme drawn from the photograph
 

Linen dress – Sandwich, seersucker shirt – L.L.Bean, shorts – Mint Velvet

Cardigan – Majestic Filatures, dress – Rag and Bone, tee shirt – Dash, shorts – Uniqlo

Top – East, trousers – Nicole Farhi, sweater – Uniqlo, white tank – Velvet, capris – Dorothy Perkins

Green cardigan – Proenza Schouler, earrings – Allurez, bracelet –  IAM by Ileana Makri,  tee shirt – Madewell, scarf – Burberry, bag – MZ Wallace,  taupe flat sandals – Matisse, green sandals – Office, ballet flats – Repetto

bracelet – IAM by Ileana Makri, green cardigan – Proenza Schouler, cardigan – Majestic Filatures,   sweater – Uniqlo, top – East, tee shirt – Madewell,  linen dress – Sandwich, seersucker shirt – L.L.Bean,  shorts – Mint Velvet, dress – Rag and Bone, tee shirt – Dash, shorts – Uniqlo, trousers – Nicole Farhi,   white tank – Velvet,  earrings – Allurez, scarf – Burberry, bag – MZ Wallace, capris – Dorothy Perkins,  taupe flat sandals – Matisse, ballet flats – Repetto, green sandals – Office

 

Lots of lovely options available here!  If you have some nice floral photographs, send them on – [email protected]  I’ll do what I can….

 
love,
Janice  
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06.03.14 17 Comments

Tags: green, grey, Start With Nature, warm weather, white, yellow
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  1. Anonymous says

    June 3, 2014 at 12:37 pm

    Love using nature as inspiration!

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  2. Pam @ over50feeling40 says

    June 3, 2014 at 12:54 pm

    So soft and beautiful. I love dressing this way…inspired by nature and art. Thanks for all of the inspiration and ideas you bring, Janice!

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  3. Nancy says

    June 3, 2014 at 1:01 pm

    This is so fresh and pretty…Thanks Janice!

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  4. LauraH says

    June 3, 2014 at 1:14 pm

    Lovely fresh colour scheme.

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  5. cheryl :) says

    June 3, 2014 at 1:17 pm

    I love this shade of green! Gorgeous!

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  6. Virginia says

    June 3, 2014 at 1:23 pm

    I have a serious crush on that green dress!

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  7. sisty says

    June 3, 2014 at 1:33 pm

    My hunch is it's a crabapple, which are in bloom in Chicago right now, so look for little apples instead of cherries. Beautiful color combo — I have an Eileen Fisher linen cardigan that shade of green that I have had for several years and look forward to pulling out and putting on every spring. Ahh, Spring!

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  8. KBG says

    June 3, 2014 at 1:54 pm

    Gosh that's pretty! And I could see this particular color combo being very flattering on women with both warm and cool coloring. That's the beauty of taking inspiration from nature – its colors suit us all so well.

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  9. Anonymous says

    June 3, 2014 at 2:08 pm

    Wonderful, divine, thanks.

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  10. celkalee says

    June 3, 2014 at 2:26 pm

    Wow, what an amazing combination. All things can be defined in nature!

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  11. Anonymous says

    June 3, 2014 at 2:40 pm

    The green dress is perfect!

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  12. Little Miss Know-it-all says

    June 3, 2014 at 2:43 pm

    So that's why I bought a green linen dress from Hobbs last year?! ;) To go with my sandals and grey drape cardigan, of course… and this year the white linen tunic, ditto…?!
    Lovely colours.

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  13. Kathy Niederkorn says

    June 3, 2014 at 11:38 am

    Love the taupe and white neutrals with the pop of colors for summer. What a great wardrobe combo.

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  14. ladylighttravel.com says

    June 3, 2014 at 5:46 pm

    I agree with sisty – it looks like a crab apple. The colors are beautiful. My only quibble is the length of the sleeves on the green dress. If they were slightly shorter you could layer some of the tops over the dress when it gets cooler out.

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  15. Runcarla says

    June 4, 2014 at 1:11 am

    Love apple green! And yes, I'd put down money that those are apple blossoms. :-)

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  16. Lynn Davison says

    June 4, 2014 at 12:59 pm

    Thank you for brightening my day every time you post, Vivienne.

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  17. Lisbet says

    August 21, 2014 at 9:02 am

    Nature is never wrong. Whenever one sees an ugly flower colour, it is usually a "man-made" hybrid. Great place to take inspiration from.

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