{"id":3309,"date":"2017-01-15T15:31:49","date_gmt":"2017-01-15T23:31:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/box5710.temp.domains\/~pippinst\/blog\/?p=3309"},"modified":"2017-01-15T15:31:49","modified_gmt":"2017-01-15T23:31:49","slug":"filling-out-the-pippin-closet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pippinstudio.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/15\/filling-out-the-pippin-closet\/","title":{"rendered":"Filling out the Pippin closet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3315 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/box5710.temp.domains\/~pippinst\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/fullsizeoutput_85-e1484521072872.jpeg\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Well those black dresses have been ruling the roost for a bit, time to give them a friend.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3306\" src=\"http:\/\/box5710.temp.domains\/~pippinst\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/fullsizeoutput_83-e1484514336399.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"655\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s sort of like something from Grease, right? The jump from the black dresses to the pastel summer ones.<\/p>\n<p>Five summer dresses. \u00a0I am a big summer dress girl. \u00a0I haven&#8217;t done so well in the winter dress department, still on the look there, but over the years\u00a0I haven&#8217;t been able to resist bringing a number of the summer variety home to my closet, especially with those summer sales. \u00a0\u00a0They make me so happy looking at them there, like they hold a bit of summer.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1394\" src=\"http:\/\/box5710.temp.domains\/~pippinst\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Image-9-821x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"798\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I painted one of my favourites. This one has had my back at many events.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3313\" src=\"http:\/\/box5710.temp.domains\/~pippinst\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/P1010177-1082x1424.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"842\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pippinstudio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/P1010177-1082x1424.jpg 1082w, https:\/\/pippinstudio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/P1010177-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/pippinstudio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/P1010177-768x1011.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pippinstudio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/P1010177.jpg 1455w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When my kids and I had a\u00a0magical Hawaii trip together a few years ago one of the sweetest things (amongst so many sweet things) was throwing a bikini on in the morning, a summer dress over top, and being ready for the day. \u00a0In February. \u00a0For me that&#8217;s pure bliss. \u00a0Throw a pomelo and a good book in the beach bag and I&#8217;m good to go. \u00a0The simple life.<\/p>\n<p>The rest of the year I seem to always be in jeans and top. \u00a0My uniform. \u00a0&#8220;She always wears black but she has the most colourful mind.&#8221; Should be tattooed somewhere on my body. \u00a0I&#8217;ve thought of painting it around the top of my office.<\/p>\n<p>I think maybe when someone is colour obsessed, like me, you have to buffer yourself a bit. \u00a0Black shirts, white walls, lots of greys to make the colours pop but not take over.<\/p>\n<p>But in summer that heat and sun\u00a0seem to suck up enough colours that the buffer can take a breather. \u00a0Maybe go to the beach.<\/p>\n<p>The Pippin closet also has some new shirts and ties. \u00a0Nine of them.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3307\" src=\"http:\/\/box5710.temp.domains\/~pippinst\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/fullsizeoutput_75-e1484514189923.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"890\" height=\"900\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When I handed the first copy of this design over to Mary last summer &#8212; it always feels so great to hand that production copy off &#8212; it was all good but weeks later she had to point out that I&#8217;d forgotten to paint the coloured squares behind that I always do in nines.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3317\" src=\"http:\/\/box5710.temp.domains\/~pippinst\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/fullsizeoutput_86-e1484522102143.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"822\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Oops. I tried to play it like it was on purpose that it looks good with just grey behind, \u00a0but it does look better with a bit more colour I think. \u00a0Otherwise there would have been a lot of grey stitching. \u00a0Even for me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Well those black dresses have been ruling the roost for a bit, time to give them a friend. 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