Last month was my birthday and I got some fabulous new purple things to add to my grape collection.  From left to right starting in the back: My new purple heart keyring is something I actually picked up at a Sports Authority the month prior.  […]

I’m going to be 51 this month and I’ve been trying to eat healthier for me, esp considering I have Hashimoto’s disease.  How can I purple-ize this? Breakfast: Blackberries in my vanilla protein shake Lunch: Blueberries in my turkey and spinach salad Dinner: Purple food […]

This is a test of the Emergency Purple Network!  This is only a test…. How purple are you?  Let’s find out!  Post your answers here on the blog as a comment and share your purpleness with my other grape readers. 1. Are you now or […]

I’m introducing a new feature to the blog that I hope will put you all in a creative mood and I pray you will all participate.  I call it Purple Story Go Round.  I’ve actually done this before and it was a LOT of fun.  […]

A long time ago, in a purple galaxy far, far away, I began writing a grape eBook sharing all my secrets for redesigning things inexpensively  in order to make them purple.  Due to some other deadlines, I had to abandon this project long ago.  However, […]

As some of you already know, 2012 was a very difficult year for me.  Aside from the normal busy-ness of being a work-at-home-schooling mom to a very clever 13 y/o, I’ve had some health issues for the last 35 yrs that have grown in severity […]

The Purple Pinkie Project: According to this article, “If students at four Ken-Ton elementary schools arrive home this week with bright purple fingers, they haven’t been playing in the art supplies, or eating grape ice pops.  They’re been helping fight polio.” Here’s how: “The project […]

It doesn’t take much to purple-ize your food.  Here are a few quick and easy techniques: 1) Food Coloring: Purple Milk can be made by adding either purple food coloring (which will give you a deeper purple color if you can find it) or by […]

Time flies when you’re having purple fun!  I never did get around to doing a purple year in review in December so I’m doing it now.  We learned a lot of things about purple last year and here is a short recap with links to […]

It’s a new year!  It’s a new opportunity to replace your old, sad, UNpurple things with bright, new, shiny (well, if you want them shiny) PURPLE things! What are you looking to get your purple hands on this year?  Maybe we can help each other […]