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Debbie!

 

LOL.

 

Thanks for sharing your wardrobe story with all your greens. It's amazing the difference that absolutely KNOWING makes in the selections that you wear. Now that I know how my aquas/blues/greens are classified as best, better, good... I'm looking at my other colors with raised eyebrows. :eek:

 

When we get finished with these color parties, we are going to have some amazing closets!

 

With all that is on my agenda, I'm not sure that I can participate in another color party before my trip. With Anita getting ready to do orange, maybe coral would be good for the next color go round? IDK. You ladies will probably decide when we get through with the aquas that are coming; we've got Kim's and Linda's and your aquas... and your blues, right? So the way things are going... it'll take us some time to get through. AND I'm having computer issues. Which only adds to my time line complications.

 

But, I'm happy! I feel so energized that we managed to get through the greens/blues/aquas for me. I'm really looking forward to my trip... and to the holidays... and to getting back and doing some more wardrobe weaning!

 

It's all good...

 

I soooo agree, Pam. It make me happy in a way that I can hardly explain to know my greens are good.....for sure good.....no question about it good.

 

Wow, Barbara. How stunning! The after picture doesn't look like there was a huge change in color, but it made such a major difference in your overall look. How great to know the secret, right?

 

That's how I feel about our color parties, KWIM everybody? Like I've been given privileged info and the secret is such a benefit.

 

Linda, I'm glad your mother is progressing. Great news!

 

Ladies, I took blue pictures yesterday and will work on weeding through them myself before posting. I will try using the method Anita showed several posts back and see if I can accomplish it myself. --Debbie

Everybody understand that I must make up for lost time on this thread, right? I've finally caught up with work a little and can devote a few minutes to sharing my thoughts. It will be tomorrow morning before I can take blue color party pictures to post and tomorrow is another very busy day for me. I'm not sure where we are in blue/teal/aqua, but if everyone is waiting for me to catch up, please move on. I'll post as soon as I can, but I'm not sure when that will be.....maybe, Monday.

 

I thought I'd share a few thoughts about our short jaunt to the Smokies.

 

Pam, when I went back to catch up with everybody's posts, I re-read your post about clothes on your long weekend trip. Soooo funny, because guess what I took with me? That's right, it was green party all the way. I didn't even realize what I'd done at first.

Because this was strictly a casual jaunt, I took mix and match and everything including my make-up kit went into my carry-on. I carried my special pillow separately.

 

I like to wear capris if at all possible when travelling. When you stop in some of those iffy gas stations for a potty break, I don't have to do the balancing act of holding up my jean pants legs with the purse around my neck while reaching for the TP, KWIM? Mental picture you didn't need, right? TMI?

 

I wore a chocolate brown zip jacket and exercise sport capris. The capris aren't compression fit, but they maintain their shape. They still fit but are a little loose since I bought them before the weight drop. I wore a patterned shirt that has our yellow green swirled with cognac and a little darker color, cinnamon, maybe? The top has bright gold thread swirled through it also. Hard to describe and I don't have a picture of me in it, but will be sure to post it when we get to our browns. I wore this top both travel days. On our trip home, my BFF mentioned that it had my green color in the top. When I told her that I had worn it the first day with another jacket, she hadn't noticed it was the same top. How about that? Was it because I was wearing my green hoodie with it?

 

I took one pair of jeans and wore them both days for our excursions. We shopped antique stores in a quaint little town in North Carolina, walked through a flea market, toured a working apply orchard.......wow, the BEST apples!........ and visited an elk preserve.

 

I took my honeydew tank and wore it with my green hoodie one day. We had one day that was very overcast and cool. I wore my green sweater that was everyone's favorite and a brown raincoat. The raincoat was actually an experiment. It begain it's life as a black raincoat. It is the perfect above the knee length and can be worn with EVERYTHING. It has a hood. It is twill and fully lined. The only thing wrong with it is that it was black.

 

When I was first given the good FIRE word from CJW, I read everything I could on his site. I learned about tea staining and tried it. It worked somewhat well. By that, I mean that the items I tea-stained were no longer bright white, but they didn't seem quite right for me. I thought most of them looked better suited to Anita and Barbara's EARTHY palette. The tea-staining didn't set well either and after a few washings, they just looked dingy.

 

However, bleaching blacks worked somewhat better. I ruined a few items. Well, I didn't technically ruin them, but they were no longer black and weren't a very pretty shade of brown either. The fabric itself and the garment were wearable, but I just didn't care for them and donated them. But the brown raincoat was mostly cotton material if not 100%and until I shrink completely out of it (soon) and until I find a reasonable replacement for it, it works.

 

So, that's my trip. I've nearly caught up at work, but have a jam-packed weekend that begins at 4:00 p.m. today. I will be back home tonight after 11 pm and leaving the following morning at 9 am. I won't be back home until Monday sometime and that's Zumba night, so please don't wait for my blue color party to move on to the next round. I'll catch up when I can.

 

Pam, do you want to choose a color next? Do you need input for the cruise?

I really like the idea of looking just at the faces and not the color of the clothes to make the decision. Fabulous. And I agree with the order that Joby had them in.

 

As for getting cruise clothes together... ack. I seriously need to do that and no idea what the weather will be like for my first Transatlantic cruise. I figure I'll have to take some layering pieces cause I just don't know what to expect.

 

I agree with Barbara. Kim, you nailed it for Pam. Great idea.

 

Okay, Barbara and Pam are down to two weeks before sail-away. What I would give......

 

All the talk about hair color has me wondering. Well, that and the fact that I'm seeing LOTS more gray on my own head. I swore several years ago that if I could get my hair back to it's natural color that I wouldn't EVER color it again. I don't want to look like some of the ladies I see on the street. The poor things just look awful. I know DD will tell me if I look bad. She's the best when it comes to helping me edit good from bad. She just thinks this color party stuff is silly and that everyone should be able to wear what ever color they want. She's just a baby (31) and hasn't gotten to the age where she needs all the help she can get like I have. One day.....she'll understand.....and I'll be ready to help her! But my question is, at what point should I consider haircolor? If it wasn't that you just wanted something different, what was the determining factor?

Sorry, all, but I'm gonna be MIA for a few! These past couple days are a whirl...Mom is in hospital and I'm only one here to look after her... will check back when I can...

Pam- have a great cruise! Can't remember when you leave so if I don't get back here~ Bon Voyage!!!!

 

Oh, Linda. I sure hope your mom gets well soon. My thoughts and prayers will be with you and her.

 

It's late, but I agree with the others about your blue party. I have a green sweater that is very similar to your blue. It is super warm also. I didn't include it in my green color party becauseI was afraid everyone would say it was too muted. It definitely has the right green but has darker colors also--just like your blue includes either a really dark blue or black. I determined if I could wear one of my known FIRE green tanks with it, it must be companion. KWIM? Does your blue tank look like it works with your blue sweater or should stand alone? --Debbie

Quick reply to everyone to let you know I didn't fall off the face of the earth. Crazy at work today trying to catch up. On my way in to "no Internet land" to check on the camper. So it will be tomorrow afternoon before I can look at pictures. Everyone carry on without me and know that I'd love to be catching up with you all. Soon. Very soon.

Thanks, Ladies. I appreciate everyone's help. Isn't it amazing that the only top that isn't a good match is the one really needs to go away because it's too big!?! It's almost 11 pm here and I'm still not packed, so I'd better get off here and get busy. We're leaving at 7:00 am, so I'd better hurry so I can get to bed. I really do appreciate all the time and trouble every body went through with me. I'm almost as excited that I have F I N A L L Y discovered a place to take pictures. Yippee!!! Next I'll learn how to post pictures side by side, maybe, so I don't plaster myself soooo large on the screen EEK!

 

Linda, I feel like a hijacked your blue party and I apologize. I'd love to see you in all three tops of row C and any tops you feel are bright navy. I can't tell for sure, but thought maybe A2, A3, and possibly the B2 print? I can't tell about the print, but is it blue and periwinkle together? That would make 6 and I think that six was the limit it would let me post at one time.

 

I'll try to check in from time to time, but not sure how much I'll be able to post until Wednesday. --Debbie

Wow, Barbara. Thanks for the kind words. Those pictures are without makeup and by the time you pull that many tops over your head, whatever hair isn't sticking straight out or up, is a tangled mess. Not my best by any stretch of the imagination, but I agree that when the colors are just right, it makes a huge difference, doesn't it?

 

If you notice how long I've been a member here and how many posts I have (nearly all of them on this thread) you'll know it took me an extremely loooooong time to begin posting. But since I began, man oh man, have I made up for lost time. Glad to see you posting here and on your thread. Welcome! --Debbie

Yes, Pam. I was trying to label the tops from memory. I messed up. Got them in the wrong order AND labeled two of them the same number. You are correct. C1 is light colored. C2 is the more blue-green and C3 is the pattern. Sorry for the confusion.

Probably the best shot I have at FIRE, IMHO.

 

The one I swear is the same color as my CJW color card.

 

 

OK, folks. That's it. Last time, I promise. Make comments if you'd like. Like I said, if this is too much light, or everyone is simply too tired to rehash this yet again, let's please move on to Linda's blues, ok? --Deb

Debbie,

 

I couldn't get the top/picture bingo to work for me. So what I did is go to your photobucket and look at the pictures. Then, I picked the ones that I thought were the best and I really looked at them to figure out the ones that I felt were my favorite. I don't have any idea what the label(s) are for these tops, so the only thing that I can think to do is to post them. forgive me... but I can't figure out another way.

 

I don't think that any of the greens holds up to purpleberry. Sorry, but that purpleberry is just fabulous on you. So I'm wondering if either: the greens are just not FIRE and so won't hold up to a true FIRE color, or... green just isn't as fabulous on you as purple is? IDK... I'm just commenting on thoughts and opinions here.

 

So, here goes:

 

OK. So, this is what happened. After I pasted the pictures here, I scrolled down to read the opinions and Anita's post that identified C1, C2, C3 as the pictures that showed the best skin tone were exactly the pictures that I had posted. So, I guess that I'm in agreement with Anita that, of all the greens that were posted, I prefer C1, C2, C3 the best. Again, I don't think that any of them are as good as purpleberry though!

 

So, scrolling down further... I see that Kim doesn't agree with C2. You know, I think that Kim has a "mind's eye" color in that she's remembering the top that Piper ate. I know that I have had what I thought was a color in my mind's eye that IRL appeared very different... I'm talking about being in a store and thinking that something would match with something back home in the closet (before color palette days) and then coming home and having the darn colors be totally different. So, IMO, that's what is going on here. I think Kim is being reminded of a color that ended up being cool and so she's predisposed against the C2... maybe...

 

Agreement on C1...

 

which leaves C3 as a puzzle... but you know what?... it appears muted on the screen, that's for sure... but maybe C3 is in the mix (although Anita's favorite) as just being the best of choices that aren't as great as they could be. I would love to see you in Honeydew! LOL!

 

I think the majority of your tops that aren't working well are cool... so the warmth factor isn't there. Here are my thoughts on the B2 top taking such a great picture in the restaurant... lighting. What type of lighting was in the restaurant at the time? For us FIRE ladies, we can take some pretty spectacular pictures in restaurants, especially if there is any hint of warmth coming from candlelight. The warm yellow that candlelight adds to the lighting of the camera's eye is perfect for helping blend our skin tone. If the restaurant picture was taken during the day... well, I'm still going to go with the lighting! Because restaurants have very mellow, comfort lighting.. not only in the bulbs that they use but also in most of the window placements... to allow for cozy, comfortable dining.. that and the fact that inner thoughts like being with your DD will light up your face... I'm going with that as a possibility of why the picture turned out so well. Can you post it so we can see?

 

Okay, Pam. I'm going to try my best. I've taken new pictures this afternoon facing a southwest window with afternoon sun streaming in. This may be too much light (LOL), but I'm trying to get the most light and this afternoon is all the time I have to devote to picture taking in decent light conditions before we leave in the morning. If these pictures aren't good, let's please move on to Linda's blues. I just thought since you asked that I'd try to show you since you asked for the honeydew top and I had the others close by.

Here's the purpleberry as a control again.

 

Here's the honeydew tank as requested, Pam.

 

What had been labeled C1 (the top I bought thinking it was a known FIRE top from Old Navy).

 

What had been labeled C1.

 

The troublemaker top C-3 (blue-green? FIRE or not?)

 

The restaurant good picture. Two more pictures in the next post.....

Sorry, I've been MIA for a while... busy time for me...

Debbie~I still vote for A1, B3, C1. Maybe I'm not seeing on my monitor what everyone else is seeing.

 

Glad to have you back, Linda. Thanks for your vote. You and Kim agree. C1 is a color that was posted here early in the thread as an Old Navy FIRE top. I can't remember the color name, but do remember that I ordered it as a boatneck. I have lost enough weight that the boatneck is in danger of sliding off my shoulders less than an hour after wearing it. You know how it is--the tops you need to stay the same size will shrink in the dryer and the tops you need to shrink won't shrink no matter how high or how long the heat setting is? That is my C1 top--it grows as the day goes along. I will try one more time, but expect to put this one in the discard pile. I used it because I thought it was a known FIRE color.

 

A1 matches my color card exactly, but IRL I think it is borderline ICE.

 

B3 is probably borderline EARTH, but plays very well with any combination of my green party. Heck, it plays well to my untrained eye with my Happy Color Party. I think the sheen of the material throws a shadow somehow in pictures, because it is definitely bright yellow green IRL.

 

I think Anita is right. Either I haven't given everyone my very best photos taken in the best possible conditions, or I don't have any great FIRE green tops among the multitude of greens that I own. I see that the green matches my eyes and think everything else blends, but it doesn't sometimes. I have taken four different sets of green pictures now under very different conditions, plus several that I haven't posted. Based on all the pictures, I have kept two sleeveless, two light-weight multi-seasonal tops/sweaters and two heavier weight top/jackets. Since I work in the professional world and camp 2-3 days nearly every weekend, I need professional and casual outfits available both at home and the campground. We sometimes spend the night at camp and drive to work the next morning. I'm sure that as time goes on and I learn more, I will be able to reevaluate my decision and "let go" of the greens that do not truly belong with the party.

 

I appreciate and have benefited from the rehash, but we've exhausted my green party, I believe. I may not be able to post my blue party for about a week. We have unexpectedly hosted #2DSS, wife and three children. We're not sure how long they plan to stay and we leave Saturday morning at 7:00 am for Gatlinburg, TN (Smokey Mountains). If I have time, I will try to post my thoughts about packing before the trip. If I don't have the time, I'll post when I return about my choices of capsule wardrobe.

 

ChollaC, have you heard the good word from CJW? Do you join us here, join Anita or do we join your conversation on your new AIR thread?

 

I thought I remembered today being Pam's travel day back home. Can't wait to hear your thoughts.

 

So, Linda, have you posted your blues or did I miss it while catching up with the posts over the weekend? ;) hint--hint

 

As always, I'll be reading, but may not be posting as frequently. I have more time M-Th 8-4:30 for some reason. ;)

Debbie,

 

For years, I did not build a wardrobe. I just filled a closet with clothes. Part of it was disliking my size. I didn't want to invest clothing of THAT size, but knowing that I had gotten too big for my clothes, I knew I had to have SOMETHING to wear...so I limited my clothing purchases to whatever was cheap and somewhat likable and somewhat comfortable. My closet was filled with a bunch of clothing and I always felt like I had nothing to wear.

Most of my closet qualifies for this catagory. Covering my body was my only goal. Closet of clothes with nothing to wear........yes, ma'am, that would be me.

 

After I found Curt, and discovered my Earthy self, I really embraced the idea of BUILDING A WARDROBE rather than filling a closet from that time forth.

I've embraced it; I just haven't accomplished it very successfully.:)

 

With anticipated weight loss, I really wanted to make better clothing decisions. I knew that I would eventually have to replace every item of clothing, so I started clearing out my closet and dresser. Ruthlessly. Repeatedly. I read books about style, fashion, building a wardrobe, etc etc. And ruthlessly and repeatedly, as I lost weight and shrank out of clothing, I removed the clothing.

I'm getting there. Reading.....check. Clearing out and removing.....working on it.

 

I had decided that I wouldn't buy ANYTHING until I had nothing that would fit me any longer. I had to shrink out of all my clothing first. At one point, I only had 1 pair of jeans. I understand that I was in a unique situation, I didn't work outside the home, so I'm not thinking everyone could do this...I'm just telling a story...

This might have been a better plan for me than the plan I actually used. Instead, I've bought what I thought was right, only to find I have purchased....well......almost right. These are the pieces I'm now finding difficult to discard. The ones that no longer fit or were cheap replacements for the old cheap replacements can go away, but the more costly things that haven't been worn but twice.............that's painful for me.

 

The interesting part of the story is that when I did start buying clothing I didn't just end up buying a skirt and taking this skirt home and having a couple shirts that would go with it. That one skirt would come home and I would have a TON of shirts that would go with it. One item of clothing = MULTIPLE OUTFITS. When you establish your wardrobe around a color palette, you end up with more outfits that you would think because so much of it will mix and match together.

I have loved this concept since my first capsule wardrobe in..........dare I say it?.....1972, my sophmore year of high school when my Christmas present from my parents was a shopping trip with DM that resulted in two skirts, 1 pair of pants, 2 argyle sweater vests, a cardigan and 2 blouses that mixed and matched. My mother's first attempt to make a blazer finished the collection. She matched every seam of the checked camel, green, gold and orange LINED garment. Such a wonderful mother. Camel was the base color for the collection and one of the vests was dark aqua.

 

I have over the years had capsules of various colors. I love to put together new capsule variations by shopping in my closet, but I now own too many clothes. This process is helping me correct that situation.

 

I say this to encourage you in clearing out your closet. There ARE only so many days in the week...you can only wear so many clothes...for a while, you may uncover big gaps in your wardrobe, but they will be easier to fill...you may keep something non-ideal (a black skirt for example) until you can find a chocolate brown, tan, camel, FIRE navy, or other appropriate neutral...but once you do find it...you will find that it goes with everything. One item makes a huge difference.

 

It's fun to have a closet full of choices (even if there are only 5 shirts) and KNOW that you look fabulous in every single one of them. You never get dressed, decide it doesn't look right, take it off, find something else...but it doesn't quite go with those bottoms...take it off...

 

Maybe you don't do this. But I did.

OH YEAH! I so did.....er, do. Well, to be honest, some of them are too big when I pull them out to put on, so I have absolutely no problem putting them in the discard pile. I sure don't want to go back there again and I'm not hanging on to those clothes in case I do. I don't plan to revisit there, thank you very much. It's the new "not fabulous" items that hurt my thrifty soul to discard.

 

Don't be attached to money that has already been spent. Let it go. I bet you will still have plenty to wear. And while you deal with what you have, you will have time to formulate what you want. :)

In the end, that is what I must keep foremost in mind. The money has already been spent. It's already gone, so let it go. I read an article recently on that very subject. I have copied and pasted it where I can keep it handy to re-read when necessary. I'm third generation thrifty mother and it's hard. But, it's already gone. I must let it go.

 

Anyone else dealing with this? How do you cope? --Debbie

So Debbie. I think that the problem we have been having with your color party is that none of them were really great FIRE colors. This new shirt that you have brought into the mix seems to be the best by far.

 

C3 is my absolute fav.

 

I would put C1 and C2 as better.

 

And I would get rid of everything else. With only 7 days in the week, and shirts like purpleberry and C3 around, why bother with all the others?

 

While I was working, answering the phone, and composing my last post, I missed your comment, Anita. You are EXACTLY right!! I will copy that statement and paste it on my closet door.

 

With only 7 days in the week and shirts like purpleberry and the others that I LOVE, why bother with all the others?

 

I LOVE IT!!! Bye, Bye, almost good enough greens! --Debbie

 

OK. You know that I try to be as helpful as possible. I hereby dub that purpleberry shirt as your control Debbie. Whenever you take a series of photos, we want to see a picture of that shirt also so that we can interpret what is happening within the current series of photos.

I will include the purpleberry shirt with future photos.

 

Compared to this photo of purpleberry, are these green photos taken at a different time of day? Or was it more of a cloudy day? Can you compare? Because, when I look at these photos...what I am expecting to see happen, is not happening at all. And so I am a thinking to myself hmmm.

Yep, Anita, you are as right as rain. I waited as long as I possibly could that morning to give the sun a chance to rise more (days are getting shorter) and clear through a few clouds. I was still late to work because photos were without makeup. The sun came out during the last couple of shots, so C-2 and C-3 should have more sun exposure; possibly C-1 also.

 

However...B2 IS making you gray. It is just YOUR version of gray. Debbie...you appear to have a rather constant redness to your skin...certain colors will tone that down because I THINK what is happening is that the yellow in your skin gets turned UP with good colors...In B2, pictured to the right of purpleberry, you are gray, in the way that you are gray...your skin is not lit up...it is more red...the shadows around your eyes are more pronounced...the color of your eyes is less pronounced.

 

I do not know if these two photos, which I expected to have the same effect, are having such a different effect because of some other lighting factor or not. When I go looking for "lit up" Debbie...I see her in

C1, C2, C3. The effect on your skin looks the same in these photos to me:

 

 

In every other photo...you look gray. There is only one stand out in the group, A3. Your skin looks the same to me in all the other ones:

 

 

The lit up effect in A3 is not complementary. Rather, A3 looks blotchy, not blended. Makes me think that A3 is cool, for sure:

 

 

I'm very surprised to see gray in A1...because you are very sure that A1 is an EXACT match to your color cards...BUT...there it is:

 

 

Now, we can talk about how the lighting is affecting these, BUT...in this series...this is what I see.

 

Remember that we can only see a real effect by comparisons. If you try to take a picture of yourself and think, Do I look good? Well...there are many influences there that you may or may not be aware of. Lighting. Background on the photo. Happiness level. Relaxation level. etc. It is only within a series of photos taking under the same conditions that we can look at one shirt over another and say...wow...I look much better in that shirt than this shirt.

 

Based on this series of photographs, I would have to say that FIRE is C1, C2, C3.

 

While a part of me is surprised to see this...another absolutely isn't. I've been taking enough pictures of myself to realize that the pictures don't lie. I can try to explain away the effect that I keep seeing in photos, hoping against hope that I can find evidence for what my brain is saying should be so, but in the end, the pictures tell the story and I have to rely on the pictures more than what I THINK should or should not be happening.

I AM surprised to see this. In order to give everyone the best shot at giving me opinions, I have learned that I must obtain the very best product I can for you to work with in order to make your decisions. Thanks for the explanation, Anita. It helped greatly in the process of me learning what I am seeing and what I am looking for when determining good from bad.

 

Being ruthless and ready to make items leave my house to go play at somebody else's party and based on the opinions so far, what my mirror tells me and what the color party shows IRL, I think my best greens are C1 and B3. I think A2 and A3 are ICE and B2 is EARTH. A1 and C2 are borderline ICE/FIRE. B1 and C3 are borderline EARTH/FIRE. I think I can "get by" with the borderline items and will keep them for a time. So, I have two green tops to wear, four that will stay for now, and three that will go away to play with others. Surely, my blues won't be this hard. Right???

 

Thanks so much everybody for the help. --Debbie

Debbie, much better picture of your green color party! Here is my vote:

 

FIRE

A1

B3

C1

 

I still don't buy into C2. It reminds me of the green top with white design that Piper ate. I'm not convinced it's FIRE or looks that good on me :)

 

Yea! for at home Internet :)

 

Sorry, I didn't respond about C2. IRL, this top is St. Patty's Day Green or Crayola Green and is very saturated with color, but looks like it could be ICE or borderline FIRE/ICE. If I put it with my red, yellow, blue, teal, and aqua tops, it makes me think it is a Happy Color Family. If I put it with the more known light colored FIRE tops like C1, it stands alone outside the family. I do honestly believe I could grab any FIRE jacket or overshirt I own and put C2 with it and they would work together. Again, it's the dark richness of the bright, clear color that works with the other darker bright, clear colors. In this case, C2 is bright and clear. I'm just not sure how warm, bright and clear it is. KWIM? It is a t-shirt I inherited from DD due to our weight-loss adventure together, so I'll keep it for now.

Debbie, much better picture of your green color party! Here is my vote:

 

FIRE

A1

B3

C1

 

I still don't buy into C2. It reminds me of the green top with white design that Piper ate. I'm not convinced it's FIRE or looks that good on me :)

 

Yea! for at home Internet :)

 

Thanks for the vote, Kim. I appreciate everyone's patience going back over the same green field. ;) Actually, staying in this same color has taught me a lot. I've really, really looked at the colors. Hard to explain, but I think I was more focused on trying to let every item stay rather than look at each piece and decide what group it actually belonged to, KWIM?

 

Anita, thanks for telling me which of the four seasons you thought each top belonged. I agree with each vote you cast. DD took a picture of DGD and I over the weekend and I was wearing B2. Rather than wash me out and make me gray, it was very flattering. When I told my daughter, she said she'd wear that sweater every day if she could and look that good.

 

So, here's the questions, Ladies. I agree that B2 is EARTH, so what's up with that? The only explanation that I can come up with is because it is so heavily saturated in color. When I put it with the other FIRE colors I have: red, blue, yellow....the saturation factor, or hue, or tint, or whatever the correct term....all colors are equally just loaded with dark rich color. Her camera was set on a simple flash setting and casually taken while sitting at a restaurant table. But, wow, does that picture make me look GOOD! Thoughts? --Debbie

This is a great photo...

 

According to this photo, I think A2 and A3 are ICE. I think B2 and C3 are EARTH. B1 looks like a borderline FIRE/EARTH...And the rest are FIRE. In my best guess. The real photos will show us for sure.

 

Debbie...My post of your photo is from your photobucket account. You are in total control there. OK? I just used your link...

 

Thanks so much, Anita. For some reason, my phone shows the links but won't allow me to copy and paste. The photobucket email link is just the http link. Trying to input the IMG didn't work for me either. Technology doesn't work interchangeably in all situations for me. Obviously.

 

If you'd like to convert the rest of the pictures, that would be lovely but if not, like I said, I'll try again tomorrow evening. Debbie

 

http://s1095.photobucket.com/albums/i480/aoknkentucky/?action=view&current=photo-2.jpg

 

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Just got home from my teaching my first back to back classes and my first corporate wellness class...OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!....SO FUN!!!!

 

I LOVE the set up for the corporate class...LOVE it! I haven't ever taught from on a stage and facing the class. I LOVED it. The response was very positive, so I think our first class was a hit.

 

Our instructor is on a small platform facing us.

 

I've got the shakes a bit here. I think I was running on some serious adrenaline and now I'm crashing a bit. I need to get some serious replenishing of food and energy. I've been battling something that is trying to make me sick...IDK what it is...I wake up with that horrible back of throat? And stinging nose? UGH.

 

So I've made myself a protein smoothie full of good stuff to help me out. I've been using coconut water to make them lately. I can't really tell that I've used it in terms of taste, and I haven't really used it long enough to know if it is making a huge difference, but mentally, it makes me feel good. LOL. One serving of coconut water is supposed to have 2X+ the amount of potassium in a banana.

I need to check into coconut water. Sounds wonderful.

 

It turns out that I am only going to be doing this back to back class stuff this week. Kelly has taken another job and is moving on. You know, the possibility that she would do this is one of the reasons that I decided to get licensed. AND, I'm taking over her Monday and Wednesday night time slot. I hope that the ladies that are more in this area will continue to take the classes. I know a couple will be closer to where her new location is...so I understand them following her.

I know you were very fond of Kelly. Are you ok with being Instructor Anita and no longer being Student/Instructor Anita?

 

So now I'll be teaching *gasp* 7 classes a week! Since I have two classes on two days, I will have two days of rest. Friday and Sunday. Not too bad. We'll see how it goes!

As long as you don't get too busy for us here, we'll "let" you do it. LOL We will just need to be sure to have our questions ready and waiting for your input when you are available.

 

So exciting! Hope everyone is doing well. :)

I know you are excited and happy with your recent events. Congratulations! When you are able to help others and in turn help yourself, it is a win-win, right?

 

Because it is fall break here, our Zumba class last night only included four people (a co-worker, bestest buddy and her daughter and myself) plus the instructor. At least I hope we haven't run off the ladies that made up the class before we started attending.

 

Bestest buddy and I will be out next week, so it will be interesting to see how many will be attending the week after. We will be sightseeing in the Smoky Mountains and it usually always involves lots of walking. It won't be Zumba, but it will be exercise.

 

I have worked out most of the variations that I need to do when others are waving their arms at shoulder level or above. I just take it down instead of up. I move more flat-footed because I don't jump. Heck, I don't even bounce much. But I still love Zumba.

 

My only wish is that she'd do more than two motions in a row. The first one she does, I'm trying to get my hands and feet going in the right direction, during the second one, I'm usually starting to catch up to her motions and the beat AND THEN......... SHE CHANGES TO SOMETHING ELSE!!! It's funny in a way, because I'm either behind, or wrongly anticipating the next move. But, I still love Zumba.

 

Some say, "no pain-no gain." I say, "no pain is my refrain." ;)

Debbie...

 

When you want the picture to post and not just a link to your picture, there needs to be IMG tags around the http address. Like this , with the http address in the middle.

 

When you are in photobucket, one of the available addresses for the photo under the "Share this photo" area is IMG Code...if you copy that address it will automatically have the IMG tags in it. Paste that into your post. If you want to preview that the picture is showing correctly, hit the "Preview Post" button before you "Submit Reply."

 

Thanks, Anita. I'll try again.

 

Okay. I don't think that worked either, so it will probably be tomorrow evening before I can post from my laptop at home.

 

Anyone else ready to move on? This is a busy time for me, but I'll get there eventually. Y'all just play on through. I'll be back. --Debbie

The type scarf Anita picked is exactly what I pictured for your dress, Kim. Because I'm rather well-endowed and have football player shoulders, I'm self-conscious about showing so much overall area on top. I'm fine with a deep v-neck that plunges, but as strange as it sounds, strapy tops make me feel like I need to cover up, so I usually either use a scarf or shrug/cardigan. A scarf simply draped around your neck would look great and isn't difficult to do IMO.

 

It seems like the other conversations have been discussed and don't need my input, so I'll move on.

 

I took pictures of my greens this morning. Let's see if I can get them to upload for everyone's viewing and commenting pleasure.

 

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Okay. What did I do wrong in uploading the picture? --Debbie

Quickly, while I am still able, I'll answer. I'll try my best, but not sure how successful I'll be at the process.

 

Enjoy your trip, Pam. --Debbie

WOW Debbie...that is FABULOUS!

 

I know what purpleberry looks like IRL and that isn't at ALL what I remember it looking like...BUT, the effect of that color on you skin tone is easy to see...and you look wonderful!

 

I like this photo...I think that we could use photos in this location for comparing what happens to your skin tone! They may all have an overall bluish cast to it...but I think it will be consistent!

 

Thanks, Anita. On our way back into the wilds of no bars coverage camping land, but wanted to let you know I agree the picture is much bluer than iRL. Good to know it is better though. I'll work from there then.

 

Sorry I can't join in the conversation, but I'm able to read sporadically until Monday. Zumba Monday evening, so it will be sometime on Tuesday before I can post pics. Talk to everybody soon. --Debbie

 

PS - just realized the reason for the blue cast. Duh-- the walls are the prettiest shade of blue in that room. WOW!

Kim, I think your blues look wonderful. The print does look blue and white on my monitor. I like the print and would like to see how it compares with the solid blues.

 

I was only able to view my pictures on my iPhone until yesterday. I understand now why everyone had so much trouble. The pictures came out fine on my phone, but were very, very dark on my computer monitor. WUWT?

 

I am attempting to post a picture I took this morning in my alternate location. Someone let me know how this translates on your screen, please? Linda isn't the only that has been visited by the Chicos Fairy. This is my new favorite t-shirt in purpleberry.

 

 

Yea! It posted. I tried earlier on my reply to Linda's honeydew picture, but did something wrong. I think I have the hang of this now........maybe.

 

--Debbie

Linda, make it two votes for honeydew for you. You look mah-valous darling!

You bring up another good point---denim and it's place in our seasonal colors. It's something I've had a lot of trouble "seeing".I think that's another color we should discuss and look at. Anyone else think that's an idea???

 

I had a quick minute before DGD wakes up to try to catch up reading at least. Thanks for the tutorial, Anita, the process step-by-step helps me tremendously. I think I've been trying to find how I can make every color blend rather than trying to refine the group as a whole and thereby remove or weed out. Hard to explain with my fingers, but helps in my thought processes about this whole procedure. THANKS!!

 

Kim, I think everyone could do one of two things, just like some of us will need to have more than one blue party, i.e., blue, teal, aqua....we could add a fourth party of blues if necessary. Others of us may be able to include denim choices in their blue party like Anita has done.

 

 

So, should we post our parties with all representatives of a color and let everyone help with the steps.....post as Anita has done showing the steps we have taken to reach our decision.......or edit to what we think is the finished product and post for everyone to then give their opinions? KWIM?I want to be clear what our methodology is before I post.

 

--Debbie