What is it about blue?

      What is it about the color blue? It was never one of my favorite colors. Oh don't get me wrong, I liked the color blue........just not enough to paint a whole room or to buy a shirt that color. But as trends go........and I always seem to be two steps ahead........I have seriously warmed up to the now popular cool color.
    A few years back it started with my living room. I was at one of those big DIY stores.........ok it was Home Depot there I said it........anyways I was purusing the paint section when I came across Ralph Lauren's Sea Spray and "Ah ah ahhhhhhh" I was hooked! I don't know how many of you use actual color on your walls or if you use just a hint of color but I go through different stages when I'm painting with a color I'm not used to. Stage 1 first coat.........."What the hell did I just do?"  Then I take a deep breath, calm down, remember it's only paint just finish it. Stage 2 second coat.........."OMG I love it!"

    From there my bathroom a light Aqua (which I made from the blue of the living room and  Boston Fern from my kitchen and Lancaster White from all the trim) then inside my kitchen cabinets (again Aqua) from there a beautiful weathered teal blue purse and funky dark blue nail polish (Target). Yes I have to say my love of blue has now become an obsession ............who knew?  So when I was asked to make a birthday cake for the daughter of a good friend all I could think of was how pretty it would be if I did it a robins egg blue with white swirls (see above pic) Then the holidays came and you guessed it blue snow flake cookies (thanks Martha for your butter cookie recipe).

   Now ten pounds heavier.............well they were good cookies.........and I'm itching to redo my bedroom and and debating incorporating...........yup blue, which if you watch HGTV almost every show has a room blue and it started me thinking............."Do I really like this color or have I been programed to like this color?" Society has shown how sheepish we can be and even the most anti-follower will slowly join the herd. Well rather than make myself crazy and in protest re-paint my now beautiful rooms a different color just to stick it to the man, I have decided to embrace my new favorite color scheme and to just be happy............not blue.