Personal Planner Discount Voucher for Bought by Birdette readers

So the competition may be done and dusted but we have one last treat for Bought by Birdette readers! Please use the code below to get your own Personal Planner for 15% off! Offer is only available until February 14th so get cracking over to Personal Planner and enjoy!

Be sure to show me any designs you buy! I'd love to see what you do with them.

Pantone's Colour of the Year 2013

So if you haven't heard by now that Pantone's colour of 2013 is Emerald you'd have to be hiding under a fashionable deprived rock. Green has come back for this year with a vengeance in a beautifully crisp jewel shade. Just look at that beauty! Lurking deep in the cooler spectrum of the colour wheel this colour works with a surprising amount of people due to its muted tone.

Source: Pantone

Pantone's colour predictions are an important tool in predicting what's going to be hot in the upcoming season, as they say themselves "The PANTONE VIEW Colour Planner is a biannual trend forecasting tool that offers seasonal colour direction and inspiration 24 months in advance for multiple usages, including menswear, women's wear, activewear, cosmetics and industrial design."

Lots of designers are incorporating the hue into the collections, the colour will also work in Autumn and I can't wait to wear the moody shade! Here's what I want to add to my wardrobe.

Free People Raglan Sleeve Striped Top from ASOS

Mimco Small Cocoon in Emerald

Nike Blazer Mid Mint High Top Trainers

Personal Planner Winner!

Woohoo! We have a winner, Congratulations Donna Raye!

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I will be in touch with you shortly Donna! Thank you very much to the guys at Personal Planner for providing Bought by Birdette with such a great prize! Everyone else, I'll be holding more competitions soon and hope you'll be back for them!

Update

Hey Everyone, just a quick update.
I've run myself ragged and am sick with a rotten flu again, But I just wanted to let everyone who entered the competition know that yes it has wrapped up, but I'm waiting to hear back from the guys at Personal Planner before I announce the winner, so stay tuned! Thank you to everyone who entered and shared the competition! I can't wait to see what you design.
Also the Thrift Challenge has sort of fallen flat on its face, that's a long story that deserves a post all of its own, but I'm still going to power through and not give up! It's just been a very expensive fortnight.
I hope you're all keeping well! I'm hoping posts as usual will be back soon, but I just need to get back to 100%.

Brisbane gets wet again

You may be seeing on the news right now that Brisbane and her surrounds are undergoing another flood crisis, making this the second in just over two years. It's quite eerie, the rivers will peak in the sunlight with very little rain coming down. Quietly the banks break and the water creeps up, not during the torrential rains that we have already had.
Like the last time I'm quite fortunate, I live in an area of Brisbane that is quite safe from floods, and our biggest worries have been trees falling in the strong winds. I haven't heard yet whether or not I'll be going in to my office job tomorrow in the city centre, I'm not fussed either way but I know people will be stuck in their homes, and if we're allowed the time off to go and help and do our 'Mud Army' thing like last time, it would be good.
Ultimately if I have any readers in places that are in trouble, stay safe, look out for others, and for god's sake, do not drive through flooded roads!