Tangerine Tango is the color of 2012, according to the Pantone Color Institute, and it is one of our favorites. A spirited reddish orange, you can feel the the energy it radiates and we have included it in our collection for 2012. Featured on “The Thread” Tangerine Tango is one of those fun colors you just might want to add to your Collection of Zulugrass!

As we approach the Thanksgiving holiday, we pause to reflect on our blessings and reasons for gratitude. You are one of those reasons! So we’d like to offer you a way to express your gratitude to someone in your life with a *free* Zulugrass strand.

For every order you place over $50 (excluding s&h) through November 28th at www.leakeycollection.com, we’ll send a free strand to your special someone with a PERSONALIZED note saying “I am so thankful that you are in my life!”  At check-out, make sure the box  Do you want to add a gift message? is checked. Then add your friend’s name and address in the box. We will send that person a Zulugrass strand beautifully packaged.

As author William A. Ward said, “Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.” Now you can do both!

*Color of the Zulugrass strand will be chosen by The Leakey Collection

One of our partners is promoting Fair Trade and will be holding a spectacular event Saturday, October 15th, and we love to spread the good work that our partners do.

Compleat Gourmet & Gifts has been around for 27 years.  Joan and Barb most recently passed the ownership and baton to Connie Stevenson, who introduced  Rwanda baskets to sell in their stores.  Connie believes that we can all “Shop To Make A Difference” by supporting USA made and global fair trade products. We agree!

October is Fair Trade Month, and the store will hold  their Fair Trade Event Saturday, October 15th.  Connie will be introducing a wide array of products from around the world including our beautiful Zulugrass.

Compleat Gourmet & Gifts Location

7592 S. University Blvd.

Centennial, CO • 303-290-9222

Don’t Miss This 24 Hour Sale!

In honor of Fair Trade Month, each week in October, we will offer very special pricing & *free shipping * on one product.  This discount will last for 24 hours or until it’s sold out.  We’ll send you an e-mail each week with a link to that item.

We’re kicking off the promotion the first week with the Autumn Yellow Maasai Inspired Long Twist Necklaces for only $9.95 – that’s 67% off the retail price!  This week’s sale will begin 11:00 a.m. Thursday October 6 and end Friday, October 7 at 11:00 a.m.

So show your support for Fair Trade and take advantage of this deal. Keep your eyes open  for next week’s discount!

*Free shipping applies only to featured product.

We introduced Beads for Learning less than a year ago. At that time, there were a total of 4 teachers in the remote bush where we reside. At that time the ratio of student to teachers was 80:1, with a wide range of ages in each classroom.  Today we are thrilled to announce that because of your support of the Beads for Learning Bracelets, we have been able to employ another 5 teachers.  This brings the total to 9 and classroom sizes have been cut in half.

World Teachers’ Day is held annually on October 5th. We know how important teachers are for the future of our children in Kenya and hope that you will continue to share our program and show your appreciation to all teachers by thanking them for their service.

Click here Beads for Learning to learn more.

Each season, the Pantone Color Institute, the world-renowned authority on color, forecasts color trends that provide the key color palette for each season’s fashions. “Taking cues from the great masters, sepia tones of old Hollywood, Chinese opera, city scapes and countryside, designers are paying close attention to texture, contrast and color for fall 2011 – pairing menswear with feminine twists, warm prints with cool metals, incorporating both old and new influences, and creating an intriguing balance between colors.”

You are so lucky if you bought some of the Summer Color Trend Collectionbecause the summer’s colors offer a continuity - the pinky-red tone (Honeysuckle as Color of the Year), as well as the golden yellow, orange, lavender and silver cloud – and are still perfect to mix with these new fall shades.

The Fall Color Trend Collection mixes delightfully with  some strands from the Summer Trend Collection, so have fun mixing & matching. You can’t go wrong.

You don’t have to jump through hoops to wear Zulugrass… we prefer you use them to create a new look.  Here is a video to get you started.

Do you have any style tips? Let us know and we will feature you in one of our posts and on Facebook.

In our color trend Style Series, we talked about  how the Pantone Color Institute, the world-renowned authority on color, forecasts color trends that provide the key color palette for each season’s fashions.  But did you know that colors can be symbolic?

Take, for example, the color blue, commonly associated with the sky and sea.  The cool tones of blue can symbolize trust, loyalty, wisdom, confidence, intelligence, faith, and truth. It is considered to be beneficial to the mind and body producing a calming effect.

Green is the color of nature. It symbolizes growth, harmony, freshness, and fertility and has great healing power.

It is no surprise that shades of blue and green work in harmony. We have combined Turquoise Viper, Azure Sea Blue and Green and you can too in our Summer Trend Collection.

Ever wondered who or what influences the colors in your closet? The Pantone Color Institute, the world-renowned authority on color, forecasts color trends that provide the key color palette for each season’s fashions.  In our color trend Style Series,  we will explore this  season’s colors which present an “interesting marriage of unexpected warm and cool tones:”

Honeysuckle – a playful pinkish-red

Silver Peony – a delicate pinky silver hue

Russet – a soft deep mix of pink and beige reminiscent of the color of Spanish clay

Whether you’re craving a new tank in Honeysuckle, the deep pinkish-red hue that we think is flattering on any one (think about the warm glow that candlelight has on your skin), a flowing summer dress in the romantic tone of Safari Silver, or a scarf in the spicy, sophisticated  shade of Cinnamon Sugar, Zulugrass has just the right shade to complement your apparel.

These shades are designed to not only work in predictable combinations but to also play off each other in unexpected ways this season. Explore and check out our Summer Color Trend Selection, and come back and check out our next color choices in this series, or explore and make your own.