Pantone, surely the most authoritative word on colour matching, recently launched a new subscription service, Pantoneview, that alerts you to on-trend colours to ‘inform and inspire your colour decisions’. Although I have no need for such a service, I’m sorely tempted to sign up – call it ‘colour curiosity’.
Children’s imaginations are wonderful, magical things. They can conjure castles in the sky, monsters under the bed… and imaginary friends.
Perhaps it’s because we listen to so much music in the car, but my kids have always been partial to a ‘driving’ song. It started with a Playschool CD that included the very jolly tune, Buckle Up, and extends to the Pointer Sisters classic, Kisses of Fire, that begins with ‘I’m driving in my car,[.....]
They’re words that every parent detests hearing – “I’m bored!” My own mum used to counter with the response, “Do you want a job? There’s lots to do – you could help me with the vacuuming or….” I never actually heard the end of her sentence because I skedaddled and quickly found a way to be[.....]
Not everyone wants to be noticed…