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We believe it’s always good to draw inspiration from the things around us – it leads to fresh outlooks and ideas, and when it comes to specifics like design and fashion, we love how inspiration lends itself to having fun in the most creative ways.

One source of inspiration that we chatted about last year was specific to colour, and comes from the well renowned PANTONE® institute. Each year, experts put forward what they term the colour of the year – and this year is extra special; instead of one colour, it is an amalgamation of two soft hues that dictate a tone to be set for the year ahead.

Rose quartz and Serenity are the chosen colours for the year– the name alone suggests calm and tranquility, while the feeling is enhanced even more once the colours are viewed together. It is a vast change from the bold and rich Marsala of 2015; in the midst of a world that is full of chaos and confusion, it seem fitting that the 2016 colours are far more soothing and softer in nature.

Joined together, Rose Quartz and Serenity demonstrate an inherent balance between a warmer embracing rose tone and the cooler tranquil blue, reflecting connection and wellness as well as a soothing sense of order and peace.

We’ve put together some of our favorite images sourced online where the use of these two colours create an amazing, almost ethereal feel; both in design and fashion.

Personally, we adore the fluidity of these two colours together. They work so well no matter what the season; for us Southern Hemisphere girls and our upcoming Winter 2016 season, we are too excited for the calm, light and fresh look that the hues give off – it’s got us dreaming of luxurious baby pink coats or a pair of magnificent powder blue pumps!

With any trend or inspiration, you can dictate how much or little you want to incorporate into your own style and home – and it is especially true with these two shades; whether its a complete re-paint of a wall in your home, or just a new nail polish to mimic this trend, we would love to know your thoughts on these colours, and how you would like to bring these into your everyday life?

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In our last Style Off post we promised it would not be the last word from us for the year… and although this is going out a touch later than we would have liked, we are absolutely delighted to announce that our “adieu” to 2015 includes a giveaway for our special Spruce readers!

You may remember in our Coricraft post that we mentioned the Kramerville store now stocks a range of bed linen, pillows, duvets, towels and curtains from local manufacturer Volpes. At the time, we both agreed that this step was absolutely brilliant; Coricraft Kramerville is quickly becoming the “one stop shop” for all home related purchases.

Volpes has recently expanded their product offering to include an online shopping catalogue, which features items from their newest range of linen “Under the Sun” (think fresh summery florals, crisp white, duck egg blue and Moroccan-inspired warm hues) through to towels and curtains. The range available online is really extensive – and affordable!

To celebrate the launch of their online summer catalogue, Volpes has given us one R1000 voucher to giveaway to a Spruce reader! All you need to do to enter the competition is make sure you are subscribed to Spruce and comment on this post telling us what you would pick from the Volpes collection!

We will announce the winner of this fabulous voucher on Christmas Eve (a nice little prezzie ) via our Social Media accounts (Facebook, Instagram and Twitter) so make sure you have entered and are following us to find if you have won!

While Sam still finds herself working (after a short but magnificent break to Mozambique), Ilaria has already joined the lucky souls on holiday soaking up the South African sun! Spruce will also be taking a few days’ off and will return in the New Year.

From both of us – we wish you and yours the most wonderful festive season; may it be filled with love and gratitude!

P.S. If you still are hurrying about for gifts, make sure to check out Christmas gift guide for some last minute ideas

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