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The Pantone Color Insitute has a little pow-wow once a year and announces its colour of the year. It’s been doing this since 1990 and its impact on fashion, interior design and other trending industries is immeasurable. In its first year, Cerulean was selected and who can forget Merryl Streep’s monologue about that colour in The Devil Wears Prada.Last year’s colour was Living Coral and the number of design requests that came in for coral hues w...

Times are tough and yet love abounds. It’s a testament to the human spirit that weddings still push ahead no matter what the world is going through. But many weddings need to start thinking about how big their big day is now going to be. It's time to rethink the wedding budget.Certain options may now be off the table either due to cost or availability. That’s perfectly normal even at the best of times. But before you go crazy with that red pen an...

Anybody can give somebody a chocolate egg. It’s not hard – waltz down to the supermarket, pick a size of chocolate egg that reflects how much you love that somebody then deliver to said somebody. OK, maybe that is a little harsh. A gift is a gift. Or is it? Aren’t the best gifts those that show that thought, time and effort has been put into their selection? I think so. There’s something about a gift being not only mine, but made for me t...

Celebrating in a time of social distancing can be a challenge. Celebrating on a tight budget can be downright tough. But letting your little one’s birthday pass without a party to remember? Impossible! With new restrictions on non-essential indoor gatherings (since when is a party non-essential?) for less than 10 people on the cards due to the Coronavirus, this can be a blessing in disguise for a small kids birthday party. Firstly, it cuts t...