On my own blog I've kept a regular Friday Favorites post going, in which I pick a handful of products from around the internet that have caught my attention that week. I'd like to do this here, but with a specific color in mind .

This week, since most everything I found is from Etsy, I thought I'd start with ORANGE!

Pole Orange by labokoff

2. Orange Rosette Brooch Pin
3. Orange Ride
4. retro vintage fabric Pillow Case
5. Monkey See Monkey Say I Do Print

A customer of mine recently suggested a new color scheme for my products, which happens now and then, but this time caught my attention. She said she would like to see something in purple, orange, and green--because those are the colors she is using in her wedding.

I have never had great success with purple. Paired with a neutrals like tan, gray and white, it's not bad. But with orange and green? That's a lot of color.

So I thought it would be a nice challenge to come up with a color scheme based on those colors and here's what I've got.

Orange and Green can work well together, opposing cool and warm colors, so long as there's enough yellow in them to coordinate with each other. Too much red in the orange or too much blue in the green and they don't work as well.

I based this scheme largely on this photograph I found on Flickr by John Dalkin.

credit: John Dalkin

This blend of purple is beautiful. I pulled three shades of each color in the leaves and flowers + some of the dark pink shade at the tips for an accent.

I bought a few little vintage things from FritziMarie last week, and what a lovely package! She tied everything up with tissue paper and beautiful blue ribbons. That's a photo of her package lower right.

I bought some mary janes (pictured on my feet top left) and she threw in the neat post card from her hometown (Seattle). She used vintage buttons in the wrapping too, so sweet. It just happened that all this stuff is in the same color scheme. I was instantly inspired, so I took some photos.

Color is everywhere. Look for colors that appear near each other and find ways to make them connect. It just so happened the placemat sitting on my dining room table where I set these items was the same dark brown/gray found in the items from the package. Though I didn't plan it, the placemat ended up a perfect backdrop.