We All Know Our Birth Stone, Right? What About Your "Birth Color"?

"Honey, you were BORN to wear that color!"

Ever heard that?

Ever caught yourself saying "I was born to live with this color!"

or

"This color was just made for me..."

Well, turns out, maybe you were right!

Thanks to sweet Leigha from ELLE OH

and THIS POST she did recently on finding "your" color,

I tried it out on the website, and I am now informed as to what MY special "birth color" is...

Based on my birthdate of August 1st, 19-wouldn't-you-like-to-know...

"Autumn Sunset" is "my" color... Pantone #16-1343.

The little description they give of those born on this date goes something like this:
Devoted.  Persistent.  Intense.
Having a "royal" nature, I need to be treated with respect (Well, okay, I'll take that one).
I function best when I'm in leadership (NOT).
I'm not one to follow someone else's drum beat (agree).
I'm loyal & committed and my influence is felt when I believe in something....
and so on.

I'll take all the descriptives with a grain of salt -- but it IS very fun to play on this site with
the birthdays of your friends and family to see if their color matches what they
have always gravitated toward.

Okay, friends... confession time...

Me no likey.  

I've NEVER been an orange kinda gal.  

Ever.

(Well, wait... there IS that orange rain slicker I have in my closet... the one that got me

into ALL KINDA trouble once when I tagged along to a Vanderbilt vs. Tennessee Vols 

homecoming game one year.  We were on the Vandy side... and I wore my orange rain coat...

Hey, how was I to know??  I don't follow football and I just knew I had this nice bright orange

rain coat from Gap that I was dying to wear, and... well... can you imagine??

There we were -- sitting as a family on the VANDERBILT side of the stands, AT

Vanderbilt where my husband graduated from, and there your's truly is...

sportin' her cute new rain slicker in just the perfect shade of Tennessee Vols orange..

Oh what a day... what a day...)

But I digress...

I was just sure I'd be a nice warm, golden, tawny yellow -- the kind you see in

Provence or Tuscany.

I adore yellows like this:

Oh my word... LOVE this bed...

{BOTH photos from Leigha's FANTABULOUS blog}

Or maybe a great shade of green.. I don't know... something like emerald.

Even something in the greys/charcoals...

Nope.

I got orange.  PUMPKIN orange.

Well... I do love Fall.  Maybe I should embrace my inner-orange and 

try branching out a little and add a little "Autumn Sunset" to my life.

Leigha and I chatted a bit about how I wasn't super thrilled with what turned out to be

"my" color and being the awesome designer that she is, in no time, she

sent me some "inspiration photos" that contained "my" color.

Here are two that she sent me:

This...

and this

I love these beds, by the way!!!  The color... the paintings on them...

And just look how good just the little pop of orange is in this room..

Okay... maybe I could warm up a bit to this....

Hmmm.... Added in just the right amount, to just the right spot, maybe

I would be willing to welcome orange into the fold.

So, stay tuned... maybe there will be some shades of Autumn Sunset

sneaking into my decor -- added in with charcoal, some of my already-present

Tuscan yellows... just might be a match made in heaven!!

Or, on my birthday?

Have a great Labor Day weekend and I will be back here within

a day or so with links to 

ALL the fun new inventory that just arrived!!

Go have fun over at Leigha's blog and picking out 

YOUR color.