For the Love of Purple

How many celebrities like the color purple?  Do you know?  I have a few hints for you and then I’d like you to post a comment with your guesses along with any other names of famous celebs who love the color purple.  (Not the movie, but the color!)

I’ve posted before about Captain Purple.  What famous actor/singer played Captain Purple?  Hint: he wore purple socks and had a variety show!  Also there is another actor I know of who claims purple as his favorite color.  In fact, he asked the producer of the movie he was in if one of his props in the movie could be purple.  Hint, the movie was a mega hit in the 70s and went on to have several sequels.

I’ll give you til tomorrow to guess.  In the meanwhile, can you name any other celebrities who claim purple as his/her favorite color.

Have a GRAPE Day!

So many of you had asked to see the rest of my purple Miche Bags after I posted one of them.  I actually have four Miche Bags, but only three are purple. They all fit my small Miche base purse with magnets, but some are flat and some fit over the base purse kind of  like a small, form-fitting pillow case.  Here they are in order of appearance in my closet.  lol

This was my first one.  It’s dark purple and has faux zippers.  This is one that slips on like a pillow case so it has a pocket on each side.

This one was my second purple one.  This shell is flat.  You sit the base purse on and attach each side with the magnets so it stays on.  It looks more “summery” as it is light purple.

This one is a pillow case one and slips on giving me a pocket on each side, but it also has a small pocket on the front as well.  It’s dark gray plastic and a very unusual pinky type purple color.

I’m working on getting the big base purse with the dark purple shell but that shell  is not available right now.

Well, that’s my purple Miche Bag collection.  Whataya think?  Anyone have a Miche bag?  What has been your experience?  Post a picture of yours on YOUR blog and post a link here to your blogpost.

Have a GRAPE Day!

This is The Purple Project #46!  Only six more to go til the end of my one year Purple Project challenge to myself to make one purple craft project each week.  How am I doing folks?

This week’s project is a very simple one (though I hate sewing!) and inexpensive.  I bought these dish towels at Walmart for only $1 each!  They looked so pretty that it occurred to me that I could sew two or three of them together and make a table runner.  Unfortunately I only bought two of them and this table really needs three in order for the runner to hang over the way I like.  Some tables might need several of them in order to hang over the edge in a more flowing way.  I have to go back and get another one, but I think it looks pretty good.  What do you think?

They are the same pattern as the dish towels I already have and the same pattern as the pot holders and decoration I have in my kitchen too.  Ties it in quite nicely.

Have a GRAPE Day!

I was thinking about this the other day and thought I’d post the query here.  Even today some things just don’t come in purple. Or if they do, there aren’t too many choices.

I was eating breakfast the other day and thinking about how few cereals come in purple.  I’ve never seen purple oatmeal, but there are two well-known cereals where the actual cereal (not the fruit in the cereal) is actually purple.  I know of two of them.  Can you guess?

What well-known cereal is at least partly purple?  Not the box or the logo, but the actual cereal.  I can think of two.  There may be more, but I can only think of two of them. Can you name them?

Post here if you know.  I’ll post the answers (at least the two I know of) here tomorrow.

Have a GRAPE Day!

Wouldn’t you love to go running through this field? Check out this YouTube video:

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Only seven more weeks to go on my Purple Project Challenge!  I challenged myself to create one purple project per week for a year and so far so good.  It hasn’t always been easy.  I have occasionally had projects fail.  Sometimes I had to scrounge for materials and a time or two I had a to improvise.

I have always wanted to do this tennis shoe project, but I never did find the right tennies.  Well, the other day I saw these white tennis shoes at Walmart and picked them up for only $3!  I put a bit of purple puff paint to a tiny heart stencil and VIOLA!

What do you think?  Cute, huh?   I love them.  Why not try some of these projects yourself and post a link to your picture.  Show all my readers what you have been able to do with a little puff paint and $3!

Have a GRAPE Day!

Several months ago I posted my purple-ization of The Itsy Bitsy Spider which became The Itsy Purple Spider.  Today I’d like to try my purple hand at Baa Baa Black Sheep.  Without further purple ado, I give you:

Papa Purple Sheep

Papa Purple sheep, have you any wool?
Yes Good Grape Sir, three bags full!
One in violet, one in plum,
And one in lavender for my wee daughter’s Mum.

M

Have a really GRAPE Day!

Oh!  Sweet Purple Friends!

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I’m sorry if this Purple Project is a bit late today, but as some of you know, I have a thyroid problem and I ran out of my thyroid vitamins before my new ones arrived.  I was rationing them for a while (down to 1/4 dose for a wk) then totally ran out about a week ago.  I was so tired that I spent most of the last week on the couch unable to get up even to eat.

My vitamins arrived a few days ago and I’m feeling better, but still not 100%.  I have a fair amount of Fibro pain in my joints and it is still a bit difficult to breathe properly as my thyroid is enlarged again.  I also had my insomnia kick in, but a little iodine is an amazing thing and I am feeling better each day.

I have to admit that today’s Purple Project isn’t the one I had planned because I wasn’t able to get out to buy the things I needed.  However I have a nice project for you that I had forgotten to do earlier.  I had a yellowing pillow case that I never used.  It looked old and didn’t match anything I had. It was also fairly plain.  So I dressed it up a bit.  Here is the before picture:

And here is the after picture:

All I did was dye the pillow case purple. I crinkled it up in the dye so it wouldn’t dye evenly and created a random pattern.  Then I glued on purple buttons using Puff Paint in glitter silver to accent the purple color.

It’s really easy to do!  Please share a picture of this craft when you do it, or share a picture where you had attempted any of The Purple Projects so far!

Have a GRAPE Day!

Your purple site could win an award!

For the Love of Purple.com is on a quest to give a way another Purple Thumbs Up Award(or more!) to the most wonderful use of purple on a website!

Do you have a blog or website, Ezine or online community?  And for the important question…Is it PURPLE? If so, you could win the coveted Purple Thumbs Up Award to display on your site!

To Enter: Just post a comment on this blogpost with your family-friendly URL and tell me a little bit about your website. Get your friends to post a vote for you here too!   I will be awarding at least one but possibly several Purple Thumbs Up Awards.  Categories will depend upon the sites entered, but could include: Most Beautiful Use of Purple, Most Purple, JoJo’s Choice, Most Popular Purple Site, etc.  Most Popular would be the one with the most votes so tell your friends to vote for you and send this this link so they can post their vote!

The Purple Rules:

* The contest begins today and ends July 31st.  Each winner will be allowed to display the Purple Thumbs Up Award on their site with a link back to the winning For the Love of Purple.com post which will announce the winner and share a bit about his or her website!

* You may nominate yourself, a friend, or a stranger’s website as long as it is a family-friendly site.   You may only nominate yourself once, but others may vote for you by posting a comment here with your URL.

Do you have a purple site?  Do you know of a great purple site?  Post it here to enter the Purple Thumbs Up Award Contest today!!!

Have a GRAPE Day!