i definitely agree with what you said about enhancing the feel of the period ~ and i think that's what i'm going to go with.

i also agree i ought to work with color more and see if i can make it work for me. my brother tried to teach me color theory, but i'm just really bad at complimentary colors. i'm not sure why that is, since i like colorful things ~ have just never been able to put colorful things together in a designerly way!

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