Emerald green is a strong regal colour, made up of two parts yellow one part blue. While it sounds easy to create the perfect emerald hue, it really is an art form. There are thousands of shades of blue and yellow and it takes the perfect mix to create the stunning and irresistible  green. Each week I write about a colour I love but for some reason emerald green has remained a favourite over the years and never goes out of fashion.

One thing I know first hand is that emerald gem stones have great meaning. As a child I remember seeing the most beautiful emerald ring on my grandmothers left hand ring finger. As she used to cut up my food I was always mesmerized by it. ♥

She still wears it today on occasion and I always smile and remember those days. I always thought the ring had special powers.

The emerald is the sacred stone of the goddess Venus. It was thought to preserve love. The emerald has long been the symbol of hope. It is considered by many to be the stone of prophecy. For some the emerald acts as a tranquilizer for a troubled mind. The emerald is said to bring the wearer reason and wisdom. The strongest time for the powers of the emerald is said to be spring.

Every wardrobe will usually hold at least one amazing emerald garment, as the colour tends to remain timeless and as a fashion piece always manages to stay in touch with current trends.

My interview with Natalie Walton has been one of the most interesting so far. While Natalie and I forged a friendship initially over a years worth of emails we finally met in person a few weeks ago. We picked North Bondi as our meeting place and had the company of her little boy (absolutely adorable) and chatted about how she manages to balance it all. We also talked of her up and coming projects and the day to day life of a deputy editor and how much she loves her work. Our Style Tree collage above is just a small snippet of the life and times of Natalie (deputy editor, wife, mother, friend etc).♥

♥ A must view is Natalie’s blog – www.dailyimprint.blogspot.com

Hi to all our Style Tree subscribers an visitors.

We are conducting maintenance on The Style Tree and have been over the last week. We will have new articles posted in a few days. We are conducting technical tests and fixing a few mainframe updates. (it sounds a lot fancier than it really is) ♣

We are almost done with the updates ♥

We have some fantastic articles coming up and we will be announcing the winner of our Bluebird & Honey Competition. ♥

Our colour of the week coming up is Emerald Green (favourite of mine) ♥

We have a huge interview with Real Living Magazine’s – Deputy Editor and ‘Daily Imprint’ Blogger – Natalie Walton ♥

&  a series of interviews with fantastic retailers from around Australia and New Zealand.

Not to mention an ongoing month of  Gift & Homewares Trade Fair news for those who are attending the fairs at the end of February.

We will be back in a day or so… ♥

One of the great qualities of the colour orange is that it lends itself well to the ‘fantastic plastic’ era. The 70′s saw a huge orange movement, most household appliances and tupperware were orange, I recall many a late 70′s model cars being orange and pretty much anything that was rubber, plastic or melamine was in fact in a shade of orange. As a child I remember seeing bright orange bench-tops in the kitchen of a friends house (very out there), and played tea parties with my parents bright orange crockery set they had received as a wedding present a few years earlier.

Somehow after all those traumatic orange experiences, I find the colour refreshing and happy, strong yet fruity and most of all it grows on you. ♥