2018 Fall and Winter Color Trends

Colors are very important to so many areas of our lives.  Whether it is clothes, food, jewelry, art or so many others things, color is a determining factor in our choices.

Every season, the Pantone Color Institute comes up with a Pantone Fashion Color Trend Report.  This report highlights the top colors fashion designers will be featuring in their collections for the upcoming seasons.

The color palette for the 2018 Fall/Winter season features some non-traditional color choices.  The color of the year for 2018 is Ultra Violet.  The colors for fall and winter are Red Pear, Valiant Poppy, Nebulus Blue, Ceylon Yellow, Martini Olive, Russet Orange, Crocus Petal, Limelight, Ultra Violet and Quetzal Green.

The five core colors are Sargasso Sea, Tofu, Almond Buff, Quiet Gray and Meerkat.  These are colors that can be worn all year.

Since these are the colors that most of the fall and winter clothes will be for 2018, it makes sense that jewelry and other items should follow this trend.

Below you will find several handmade items that are made with colors in this collection.  I hope you enjoy them and if you are so inclined, maybe purchase one or two!

Kats All That on Artfire

Czech Ruby Travertine and Swarovski Crystal Sterling Silver Earrings

Shadow Dog Designs on Indiemade

Klimt Inspired Necklace, Carnelian Orange Turquoise Handmade Jewelry

RSS Designs in Fiber on Etsy

Blue and White Stars Doily - Ring of Stars - Crocheted Stars Round Doily - Stars Decor or Decoration - Blue and White Decor Accent

Kats All That

Butterfly Charm Multi Wrap Purple Green Yellow Orange BOHO Bracelet

Linor Store on Etsy

Wire Kippah Kippot Yarmulke Purple - Silver Beads - Siam Swarovski Crystals - Headcovering

Magdalene Knits on Etsy

Crocheted Infant Bolero Sweater w Lace Collar Cuffs Autumn Red 12 18 mo

Shadow Dog Designs

Turquoise Silver Necklace, Chunky Southwest Handmade Gemstone Jewelry

The Singing Beader on Etsy

Blood Red Crystal Silver Cone Earrings, Red And Silver Earrings, Cherry Red, Strawberry Red, Sterling Silver Ear Wires, Short Dangle

The Singing Beader

Lilac Purple Pearl Earrings, Purple Pearl And Crystal Earrings, Dangling Pearl Earrings, Pearl Earrings With Sterling Silver Ear Wires

Pretty Gonzo on Etsy

Evil Eye Beaded Earrings, Good Luck Talisman Bead Earrings, Long Red Boho Dangles, Amethyst Gemstone, Unique Handmade Earrings for Women

Magdalene Jewels on Etsy

Ruby Gemstone Vintage Earrings 22K Vermeil Gold Accents Ruby Swarovski Crystals

Pretty Gonzo

Blue Pearl Earrings, Blue Bridal Earring, Lapis Pearl Dangles, Versatile Jewelry, Swarovski Aquamarine Crystal, Yellow Czech Glass, Handmade

Blonde Peach Jewelry on Etsy

Clip on Earrings Dangle Earrings Gift for Her Silver Earrings Gift for Women Birthday Gift Beaded Earrings Handmade Jewelry Boho Earrings

Blonde Peach Jewelry

Clip on Earrings Dangle Earrings Gift for Her Silver Earrings Gift for Women Statement Earrings Gift for Wife Flower Earrings Unique Jewelry

Covergirlbeads on ArtFire

Lampwork Glass Bead Handmade Halloween Cool Orange Matte Silver 655efs

Lapis Handmade Lampwork Beads Etched Dark Cobalt Blue Silver 246efs

Thank you for taking the time to peruse this post and viewing all of these lovely artisan made items!

From Here to Colorado Springs - Memphis, TN to Stone Mountain, GA

The last portion of our journey was from Memphis to Stone Mountain, a suburb of Atlanta.  We left Tennessee early and drove through the state of Alabama on our way home.  Alabama is a very pretty state to drive through.

As usual, a road sign caught my attention.  It read - Appalachian Development Highway System (ADHS).  My research found that in 1964, the Presidents Appalachian Regional Commission (PARC) reported to Congress that economic growth in Appalachia would not be possible until the regions isolation had been overcome.  Apparently, roads had never been built in the area because of the terrain and the high cost of building in that area.  Congress authorized the construction of the ADHS in 1965.  The ADHS is currently authorized at 3,090 miles.  As of the end of 2017, 90.5 percent of the miles were complete or under construction.

Here is a map of the Appalachia ADHS area.

We drove through Birmingham, AL which is where my husband's Italian grandparents lived after arriving in LA from Sicily around 1900.  Most of his family moved to the Atlanta area after the depression to find work.  Interestingly enough my paternal grandmother lived in the same area of Birmingham with her first husband at the time his family lived there!

My husband and I are both natives of Atlanta.  We met in high school and married after college.  He worked at the family car business where he eventually became President of the company and then purchased it from his siblings.  He sold the business in 2001 and retired to join me in a life of leisure!

Birmingham is known as the Pittsburgh of the South because of its history of iron smelting.  All of the materials necessary for iron production are available in the area.  One of the city's famous landmarks is the 55 foot cast iron statue named Vulcan that symbolized their steel industry at the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904.

Picture of Vulcan statue provided by Yelp.

Here is a picture of a steel bridge in the Fountain Heights area of Birmingham as we drove under it.

As we were driving along I spotted this pickup truck full of watermelons in front of us.  We used to see this a lot in Atlanta when we were growing up but not so much now.

Here are some interesting facts about Alabama:

* The first electric trolley system was introduced in Montgomery in 1886.

* AL is the largest supplier of cast-iron and steel pipe products in the US.

* The town of Enterprise (which is a town we go through often on our way to Destin, FL!) houses the Boll Weevil Monument to acknowledge the role this destructive insect played in encouraging farmers to grow crops other than cotton.

* Hank Aaron (baseball player) was born in Mobile in 1954.

* Joe Louis (boxer) was born in Lexington in 1914.

* Willie Mays (baseball player) was born in Westfield in 1931.

* Tallulah Bankhead (singer) was born in Huntsville in 1902.

* Nat King Cole (singer) was born in Montgomery in 1919.

* At the Battle of Mobile Bay, Admiral David Farragut issued his famous command - "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead." - in 1864.

* The word Alabama means tribal town in the Creek Indian language.

* Hematite is the state mineral.

* The star blue quartz is the state gemstone.

* The state flower is the Camellia.

* The state bird is the Yellowhammer (yellow-shafted flicker)

I think you can tell by this short post that we were really ready to get home after such a long drive!  I hope you have enjoyed and learned something while reading my posts - I know I learned some things!