I recommend that everyone buy and read the book above. I checked it out of the library and read it in 3 hours.
The cofounder of the Vera Bradley lifestyle brand wrote the guide. Round about 12 years ago I bought the Vera Bradley messenger bag seen in the second photo.
I will quote from the book in this review:
“Look for ways to put beauty where it doesn’t exist,” Vera would say.
“That very colorful way of thinking evolved into one of Vera Bradley’s driving principles–We create beautiful solutions.”
What beautiful solutions–to living our lives; to how we connect with each other; to what we think and feel–can we design and refine?
Creating memorable experiences like the Vera Bradley team does is the second way to craft happiness.
How about for a dinner party use cloth napkins and a ceramic pitcher? Change the tablecloth and use a different centerpiece each season.
Little touches can make a big difference.
There’s beauty everywhere if we open our eyes to see it.
Today more than ever in America it’s time to do what I coined: Take a B.I.T.E. out of life–to express Beauty Individuality Truth and Empathy.
A colorful way of living is the best way of living if you ask me. Accepting and embracing all colors and creeds of everyone living on earth.
The cofounders of Vera Bradley had an Aha moment about designing colorful bags after a layover in an airport when they rued the drab neutral colors of the luggage women carried.
Vera Bradley was Barbara Bradley’s fashion model mother.
With $500 in seed money they built a brand worth half a billion today.
Per Barbara Bradley everyone should Be Nice. If being nice is good enough for her I’ll take this from other people too.
We should not be afraid to show our True Colors. We can do this in style with a Vera Bradley handbag.
Cheers! to living colorful and loving colorful and laughing colorful.
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