Monday 8 October 2012

brighter shade than pale 01


Another series on the blog? Maybe not as I have published 'colour posts' quite regularly in the past. However, for a few months, yes months, I have been thinking about a name for them. Using the name of the colour in the title is very limiting because you can only say red mood or pink Tuesday every so often. I have played with all kinds of names in my head but I have always ended up without one. Then I just stopped thinking about it until this name-thing started bugging me again. On Friday while making the pizza dough my head was obviously thinking about names. Most of them had the word colour in them but none sounded right so I turned to A for help. Let's just say the discussions over the Friday pizza became quite colourful and then A announced that he had it; he had found the name: brighter shade than pale.

As soon as he said it I knew where the inspiration came from. Do any of you remember a band called Procol Harum and their song A Whiter Shade of Pale? During our first years together we played that song in the car constantly. A had it on cassette (remember those?!!). Lately we have been listening to it quite a lot because A was looking for something on YouTube when he found this live performance of the song by Procol Harum and the Danish National Concert Orchestra. It's a beautiful performance and shows that the lead singer still has his voice.

So now you know the story of the name. I won't be posting these on any particular days, just when I'm in the mood for a play of colours.

I hope you're having a wonderful Monday!

photo credit:
1: Corbin Gurkin via Style Me Pretty | Gallery / 2: Miu Miu Spring 2013 via Vogue Italia / 3: Carrie of WishWishWish on Flickr / 4: Halberg Photographers via Style Me Pretty | Gallery

15 comments:

  1. Ah, such a beautiful selection of photos! And love the name of the series. :) Happy Monday!

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  2. Really like the story of the series name and the 01 is a great start! Want to see the 02 already!
    Love, Eliana

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  3. Beautiful and colorful pics! :-)

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  4. Lovely images and I do know that song - will listen to the version you mentioned.
    http://missbbobochic.blogspot.co.uk/

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  5. Definitely you have choosen a beautiful colour palette in this post. The song is nice,... and a bit melancholy for me. Have a nice Monday, Lisa

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  6. Love the title very much! And adore your choice of photos, as always.
    Have a beautiful week, darling!
    xxx

    P.S. I just noticed that you pinned that photo of Natalia from today's post - this one is my favourite, too. :) She is wearing Fendi on that one.

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  7. Ah, so fun to hear the story behind the name! Picturing you making pizza dough in the kitchen...! Have a lovely week, Lisa!

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  8. I am at a point where I am struggling to come up with names of posts - I'm not sure why I didn't think of a pizza debate session, it sounds like the perfect solution and I love the title!

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  9. What a wonderful name for your new series! I loved hearing the inspiration for the name. And these photos are just stunning.

    Happy Monday, Lisa! xoxo

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  10. I do love the idea of the new series... and what a beautiful Monday post- a little autumn pick me up!

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  11. Lovely title -AND I remember the music!!!
    Years ago!!!

    O I'm an old woman!
    :-)

    ♥ Franka

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  12. brilliant. and I do remember the song. and casettes :) lovely photos!!!

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  13. Isn't cool how inspiration comes out of nowhere sometimes! Great series name. I thought of the song too.

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  14. My son was sorting our CD's on the weekend which got us listening to some music we hadn't heard for ages - amongst them - A whiter Shade of Pale. It's such a beautiful song and your twist on the name is perfect! Have a happy week. x Sharon

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  15. I made my own pizza (dough and everything) last friday too... a success- pretty good for the first time. Love that first image with the red on the blue / white colourful dish...I've got a similar dish where I store my fruit in....:)

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