White on white

Cold, blustery fall day (not officially winter until the 21st!!), a half inch dusting of snow on the ground and Lacy (sans sweater this morning), blends in to the point of becoming invisible.  I've had to put my sweater and harness designing on the back burner for the sake of a major fashion assignment this week, so everything I've been experiencing, has become a source of inspiration.  It's quite a hefty undertaking, but I'm realizing that my Lollypups design development skill set has brought me up to the task in a surprising way.  Past experience in the fashion biz helps but my organization and research ability was honed through having my own business and seeing what needed to be done in an efficient manner since there's no delegating here!  There's inspiration all around me--stacks of magazines and books I've collected over the years, color resources (on line and off). Color covers every inch of wall space in my studio, sample cards of yarns from Bolivia,Peru and Italy, swatches and swipes, skeins of wools and novelty yarns fill the bins on my industrial shelving.    The window looks out at the woods where the sun rises and warms the room with mauves and taupes, literally bringing color to my doorstop.
So I have this white on white concept, which I created as a pet sweater last year called Sugar and Spice. It didn't quite work out the way I wanted it to, but I've kept it filed in the back of my brain to resurrect at some point.  Standing outside and watching Lacy appear and disappear as she stepped on the rocks then on the snow, I realized another way to create this concept..and that is to take all the colors I see in this frosty natural setting and whiten them.  So back to work on my November boards.......one hand washes the other, then back to finishing Sugar and Spice.
Lacy had the zoomies again this morning, and now snores quietly at my feet.  All is as it should be.