I've been thinking about opening an etsy shop for a long time now (actually signed up and everything a year ago but didn't really have time then...), and I want to sell a few things that will be part of a "collection" (if it can be called that), which to me means that the garments will have the same source of inspiration. Well, I was watching TV yesterday (a documentary about American Culture) when this awesome sequence came on:

I have no idea what movie (commercial?) this is from but the ladies (operators!) were singing "tralalala, the bells are ringing, tralalala... hearts are singing, life is on the teee-lee-phoone" etc. You can watch it here (the sequence starts at 17.32 minutes) I think, not sure if it works outside of europe too.

And the moment I saw it, I though "hot damn, that is THE perfect color palette!". I love the bright orange, red and teal with the softer, earthy pinks.

So this is now my inspiration as far as colors go. Maybe I'll have to use a few pastel versions of these colors for summer clothes (because I think the colors are more fitting for fall/winter stuff, but I also want to make a few spring/summer things!). The garments, well, I'm planning on making things that are on my Mad Girls List for this mini-collection. Don't expect anything too soon though! As of now I only have three patterns (pencil skirt, floral dress and the mint dress I'm working on), so first I need to work on drafting, then sewing, figuring out how to make labels, figuring out pricing, taking nice pictures etc. So yeah, this plan is still in it's early stages, but I have to start somewhere!