Rainbow Week: Violet

First off, sorry this post was a little later in coming up - I apparently scheduled it wrong!

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We're already at the last day of rainbow week!  This has been a really fun series for me...it's been great to dedicate a whole week to color.  Today is violet day, which could also be known as purple day or fuschia day.  Anything goes. 

Flowers are one thing that have lots of pretty violet shades.  Here are a few photos for some nature-based enjoyment.  This first one was taken out west in Yellowstone National Park.  It's one of my favorites from my point-and-shoot era. :)

And these next two are from the gardens of the Hermitage plantation in Nashville, TN.

Notice that each of those photos has a green background.  It seems that, in nature, purple often goes with green (take flowers - purple blooms, green stem), but I don't usually think to combine those two colors in graphic design.  I might have to try it sometime.

Here are some neat violet things for you to look at.

1. Fuschia Modern Block Thank You Notes by Ruby Press | 2. Plum Confetti Paper Garland by Kristina Marie | 3. Knit Floret Headband by Anthropologie | 4. Helena Silk Yo-Yo Statement Necklace by Cookoorikoo

My personal favorite is the headband from Anthropologie.  It's really fun and the shade of violet is just lovely.  What's your favorite thing?

Okay, everyone.  I have a few quick administrative announcements before I get on with today's freebie.  I wanted to clarify a few things about the giveaway, before I choose the winners.  Here are the details.

• Comments made on the introduction to Rainbow Week post DO count, but only for people who have not used up the maximum 7 entries (or 8 for new followers) during the week.  So basically, you can comment on the introduction post for a chance to win, but you can only have 7-8 entries.
• Only one comment per post will be counted.  If you make more, that's totally okay with me, but I'll still only count it as one entry.
• You can comment on previous post even if it's not the day of the post.  So if you didn't get to comment on orange day, for instance, you can go back and do that now even though it's violet day.
• New followers: thank you so much for following my blog!  Your entries will be added right on in with the others.  I'm making a huge list and will draw a number (using Random.org) based on that list.

I hope that makes more sense now.  I'm excited to announce the winner tomorrow!  But for now, I've got a little prize for all of you who are interested: violet bookmarks!  (Also known as purple bookmarks, because you see, today is purple day as well as violet day.)  Here's what they look like.

There are three bookmarks, as you can see, and they both have a plain font with different shades of purple backgrounds.  The style is kind of similar to the letterpressed notecards I mentioned above!  If you click here, you will be able to download a ZIP file with the three bookmarks in JPG format, as well as a PDF with all three of them.  Please just use them for personal purposes and don't sell them or claim them as your own.  Also, if you want to let others know about them, can you link back to my site instead of offering a seperate download?  Thanks!
I hope you enjoy the little purple freebie, and more than that, I sure hope you've enjoyed Rainbow Week!  I've loved it!  Your comments have been so nice, and I can't wait to do the big reveal tomorrow.