Spring 2014 Release coming up!

It's coming, Vera-land Citizens!

The release date of the Spring 2014 prints is January 9, 2014!

WHATTTTTTTTTTTT!

That's almost 2 weeks from now! 

Who's excited?!

Winter Sale is WOW

So I hope everyone's Christmas was full of joy and Vera!

Woke up this morning to this:

Holy shiznit y'all! There is some serious price slashing going on! I'm so mad I can't take advantage *sobs* The bedding is half off, the prices are really low and I HOPE they last until I get some moolah in my hands!

Go shop and let me know what gems you get!

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Merry Christmas guys!!!! I've been super busy with my grad school finals (which paid off because I got straight A's so far...just waiting on one more!), but I'm beack in the land of Vera!

I hope your Christmas is happy, healthy, and full of love (and Vera!)

xoxo,

Shay

Finally Flower Shower

Howdy! Hope everyone's thanksgiving was good and fat! Now, let's talk Vera!

So last month I gave my opinions on most the Summer 2014 colors, but not all because I wasn't able to get a pic of Flower Shower on merchandise. I have one now!

Now I can see colors clearly. At first I thought the background was sort of grey, now I can tell it's brown. I get the "shower" concept with the dotted streams. There are a few elements in this pattern that remind me a little of Canyon; the dotted circles, the heart shaped flower petals, and of course the brown (although Flower Shower's is much duller) and the orange.

However, I'm still not interested in this pattern. I don't know, maybe it's the color scheme all together, I'm just not into this. What about you guys? You like? If so, why? I feel like I'm not getting it.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

HAPPY TURKEY DAY Y'ALL!!!!

Today Vera offered 50% off Marina Paisley, Baroque, Va Va Bloom, Indigo Pop, and La Neon Rose! I can't wait to see what else they do!

Seeing Summer 2014 on Glenna

So my girl Donna blessed me with some sneak peeks of the Summer 2014 prints! And she gave them to us in the form of Glenna! The Glenna is a really good go-to bag for everyday activity. Not too big, but plenty of space inside. There is a Glenna in CaMa on my list that I'm HOPING Santa is looking at ;-)

Remember when I said that sometimes I needed to see the prints on merchandise before I can make my final judgement? Weeeellllll I had to in the cases of Flutterby and Petal Paisley. Here is the original preview:

aaaand here they are on merchandise:

When I first saw Flutterby, it didn't really call to me. I recall saying I had no real comment on it, and that was true. It seemed like something I'd buy for my 12 year old sister. Purple, purple EVERYWHERE...it gave me a toothache. I didn't hate it, I just didn't love it.

Looking at it now, I do like it. It's adorable. It screams SUMMERTIME. I can see it in a park at a barbecue or even poolside on a really hot afternoon. The dark purple background tones the sweetness down a little so that saved it.

Will I buy this? Probably, but again, for my sister. I have my eye on another print. Would I keep it if it were gifted to me? Absolutely!


Now, Petal Paisley...this one was a little tricky. When I first saw the preview swatch, I compared it to a survey print from a few months ago that I liked. In my head, I kept seeing the survey print instead of the actual Petal Paisley print.

When I actually took time and looked at PP again, I wasn't too jazzed about it. It was very busy for me, and once again I had to hold my opinion until I saw it on a bag, or wallet, or something!


Looking at it now...I may or may not be in love. It reminds me of Ribbons with the color scheme. I see the dark blue background, the pinks, that teal green, and white.  I bet when we get the actual swatch for PP they will have the same colors. It's the colors that are doing it for me. You all know I don't love paisleys, but it's the colors they use in them that make the difference.

Fanfare I still love! Vera is in need of a new black and white pattern, right? The last one was Night and Day(I'm not counting Camellia, there was a lot of grey in that), which is now retired. Night and Day was black and white and that was IT.


Well Fanfare fits the bill! It's style is what I like to call  fancy-pants, it's quite elegant, to me at least. Yes, it has a small splash of yellow but it's still simple enough. I can see this being a nice accessory print for a nice night out. It's very subtle, not busy like some of the others.



Unfortunately she didn't have a photo for Flower Shower. I haven't see it on anything yet...so right now it's still thumbs down for me. I didn't like it when I saw it, but maybe I'll be pleasantly surprised :-)

Happy Birthday VeraObsessed!

I could NOT let this day go by without showing VeraObsessed some love: 

 She's where I get my 411.

I can fangirl to her about Vera and she will totally get it. 

Retirement Sale? YAY!

She's my Vera Godmother...and today is this awesome gal's born day!!!! 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY VERAOBSESSED! 

...and like any true citizen in the Land of Vera, she celebrates in style. 

Jealous!!!!!!!!!!!!

If it weren't for her, I would not have been inspired to even create this blog.
Seeing her love for Vera made me want to share mine too!

HUGS

Be sure to give VeraObsessed some love guys!