I’m just a simple girl that is passionate about being relevant and making a difference in this world.
World traveler, lover of bright sunny days, experiencing cultures, good friends and conversation. I love my God and love my family.
I don’t believe that I have the Truth, but that I have a relationship with Truth and want to be closer to Him.
Canadian, born and raised in Vancouver, BC. YWAMer since 2000 and have traveled and lived all over the world –Hong Kong, China, India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Afghanistan, Turkey, Germany, Argentina, Australia and The USA.
I moved to Brazil in 2002, married an awesome “Baiano”, Daniel, and we have two adorable kiddies, Caue and Hannah.
I am certified in fitness and nutrition and conducted physical conditioning classes while working with an arts and evangelism team and schools. I am also certified in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) and TEYL (Teaching English to Young Learners).
"A God Coloured Girl in a Grey World" is my blog where I write articles based on my faith, post fitness routines, recipes and other health and wellness stuff. You can also check out a bit of my music at www.myspace.com/stacilys
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85 thoughts on “Color me blue”
Hi Staci, beautiful blue girl! Blue is peace, purity, I don’t know people relate it to sadness.
Thank you Elizabeth. I’m so glad you like it.
I was wondering myself, about the whole blue being sad thing as well. I think I’ll google it and find out where that came from.
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Oh, how super lovely, Staci! You know, your girls could be turned into a doll collection. They are amazingly beautiful! I also love the background! ❤
I never understood why blue was a synonym for sadness because the sky is blue and the ocean is blue… I think I am a hopeful person. Life can get hard, gloomy and gray, but there's nothing that prayer and faith can't turn into light and hope.
Awwwww, thanks so much Sibella. I love the whimsical mixed media art thing. I have a poem actually that goes through 9 different colors, and I decided to do a 9 part series. Each one the same size, with a girl and a textured background.
Thanks again, my friend.
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They are just gorgeous, truly! There is something special in their faces, posture, dresses, really fairy tale like. I think every girl would love a doll like that (including me) LOL
You’re so welcome. I enjoy so much everything you post! 🙂
Ohhhhhh, and I love your blog. I enjoy your art and poems too.
Hahahaha, even you eh. Who knows, maybe one day.
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Yes, one day! We’ll keep speaking life and believing!!! 🙂
It was. And on that note I’ll bid you goodnight. ZzzzzZzzzzzZzzz here.
Ok, now I definitely know you’re in Europe. England? Sleep tight. 🙂
Yup, zzzzzZzzzZzzzzz
Okay, I had to google the color blue, Staci. 🙂 It symbolizes so many positive things, hope, faith, trust, loyalty. Your blue girl radiates all of that. Love it!
Blue is my favorite color! Navy blue to be specific. I don’t know if it’s because it makes me tranquil, or it is just appealing to me. However, the blue sky always makes me feel renewed, alive. Perhaps it’s the color that does it to me. Loved your art, Staci! It’s simply beautiful!
Hey Rob. I love blue skies. I need them, along with the sun. It does me a whole ton of good. I think ‘alive’ is the perfect word for it.
Thank you so much Rob. I’m touched by your comment, ‘It’s simply beautiful’.
Have an amazing weekend, my friend.
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Good work. Hope that is seen is no hope at all (love this very much). As a fellow blogger can see a great deal of inspiration in that line. I know you don’t mind that, I often spark inspiration in my readers. Thanks so much. I love your quest for God. Excellent. I see a lot of good things coming your way.
Thank you so much Miguel. I’m so glad you liked it and found it inspirational.
I will be over to visit your blog soon.
Blessings and have a wonderful weekend.
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I love many colors but blue is my favorite color. Teal blue and dusty blue are my favorites of the blues. I agree with your interpretation of the color blue. I also believe the color blue is peaceful, clean, and refreshing.
Oh I love teal blue. There was time when I really loved it. I had a pencil skirt and my jacket was teal blue.
Oh yes, clean is a great way of looking at it too.
Have a great weekend Vashti.
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I have a teal blue jacket! Ha, ha! You have a great weekend too. 😀 xx
Thanks Vashti.
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Love, love, love your post and media piece. I adore the color blue. My bedroom is painted light blue and I love it. Yes, I often feel the color blue and is yummy! Hugs, N 🙂 ❤
Ohhhhh, thank you so much Natalie. I’m sooooo glad you ‘love’ this.
Blue sounds like a great, calming color for a bedroom. Just perfect for going to sleep and relaxing.
Have a wonderful weekend N.
Love and hugs.
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Ohhhhh, so you like surfing then ehhhh. 🙂 I love being in the ocean. After jumping the waves, I like to float back and let the water move me. I find that soooooo calming.
Have a great weekend Wendy.
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Fabulous mixed media artwork and poem! Blue is definitely hope. It reminds me of blue skies which are filled with the hope of the sun. And blue oceans which reflect the hope of the sun on their surface!
Thank you so much heartexposed. Ahhhh, yes, blue skies do wonders for me. Gotta love the serotonin spikes for the mood. I always get down and a bit tired when the sun isn’t shining. Good thing I live in Brazil :-).
Have a wonderful weekend.
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From the reader your painting was cut off at the top and bottom and it looked so cool – I like the full version better but that slice of it was nice too- and enjoyed your inspiring words – 💙
Ohhhh, hahaha. It must have been from your Reader on you phone eh. The whole thing showed up in my Reader on my lap top.
Thanks Yvette. Glad you enjoyed it.
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Yes – i bet it is the mobile reader – have a great day – and my fav take away was the “peace that passes understanding” and i love how the word of God so smoothly flows in and out of your stuff – have a nice weekend Amiga
Ohhhh, haha. Thank you so much Yvette. I like smooth flowing. You have an excellent week.
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Beautiful post!
At the moment blue reminds me of the sea shore and the sky outside. ❤
Lovey! 🙂 For me blue reminds me of the sea that is so vast and glistening in the sun ; but that can get rough and intimidating when the sun goes down and the clouds come out. #ShadesOfBlue 🙂
Staci, “Color me blue” lovely artwork, and a poem beautiful! I love that you have include your thoughts and the meaning behind the color blue. “Hope that is seen is no hope at all.” There is no picture of hope, or what it looks like, I think it’s up to us to find or be shown the result of those that have hoped. Wonderful and thought provoking post as always! Please take good care!
Thank you so much Pepperanne. I’m so glad you enjoyed this, and am encouraged by your comment. I’ve really gotten into colors, objects and symbolism lately. I’m such a visual person, and I like putting thoughts and feelings to colors and symbolic objects. I’m actually working on a project with colors and objects right now.
As for the actual word hope, I looked up its definition: “To trust in, wait for, look for, or desire something or someone; or to expect something beneficial in the future.” Interesting when you go deeper into a word. Sometimes it just seems to spark a light.
Thanks again Pepperanne and have a wonderful week.
Take care, Staci.
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lovely my friend, blue has been a lot of things for me depending on how i feel, it has been a calming color for the most part especially the blue skies that always keeps me humble ❤
Hi Lorrie. Thank you so much.
Oh yes, the sky and the sea. You know I’m a fan of the sea :-). Floating in the sea under the blue sky is soooooo relaxing and tranquil. Great thought.
Much love to you, my friend.
I’m well thanks. Today is a holiday here. It’s black consciousness day.
Hope you are well too.
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Thank you so much Saaransh. Interesting @wisdom. I think blue is the perfect colour for wisdom. Great word and insight.
I’m so glad you ‘loved’ my take on this.
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Hi Staci, beautiful blue girl! Blue is peace, purity, I don’t know people relate it to sadness.
Thank you Elizabeth. I’m so glad you like it.
I was wondering myself, about the whole blue being sad thing as well. I think I’ll google it and find out where that came from.
🙂
I have always associated blue with tranquility and peace but didn’t know it also indicated hope, Now I do. ☺
Ohhhh, that’s great. Yes, I didn’t know that until recently. I’ve done some research on color psychology and found that out.
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Oh, how super lovely, Staci! You know, your girls could be turned into a doll collection. They are amazingly beautiful! I also love the background! ❤
I never understood why blue was a synonym for sadness because the sky is blue and the ocean is blue… I think I am a hopeful person. Life can get hard, gloomy and gray, but there's nothing that prayer and faith can't turn into light and hope.
Awwwww, thanks so much Sibella. I love the whimsical mixed media art thing. I have a poem actually that goes through 9 different colors, and I decided to do a 9 part series. Each one the same size, with a girl and a textured background.
Thanks again, my friend.
🙂 ❤
They are just gorgeous, truly! There is something special in their faces, posture, dresses, really fairy tale like. I think every girl would love a doll like that (including me) LOL
You’re so welcome. I enjoy so much everything you post! 🙂
Ohhhhhh, and I love your blog. I enjoy your art and poems too.
Hahahaha, even you eh. Who knows, maybe one day.
🙂 ❤
Yes, one day! We’ll keep speaking life and believing!!! 🙂
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Lovely painting and poem.
hugs,
Teresa
Thank you so much Teresa.
Love and hugs.
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That’s really lovely 🙂
Ohhh, thanks Richard. I like lovely. 🙂
It was. And on that note I’ll bid you goodnight. ZzzzzZzzzzzZzzz here.
Ok, now I definitely know you’re in Europe. England? Sleep tight. 🙂
Yup, zzzzzZzzzZzzzzz
Okay, I had to google the color blue, Staci. 🙂 It symbolizes so many positive things, hope, faith, trust, loyalty. Your blue girl radiates all of that. Love it!
Hahaha. Yes, isn’t Google awesome. So funny how it has become a verb.
Thank you so much Geralyn. I’m so glad you ‘love’ it.
Blue is my favorite color! Navy blue to be specific. I don’t know if it’s because it makes me tranquil, or it is just appealing to me. However, the blue sky always makes me feel renewed, alive. Perhaps it’s the color that does it to me. Loved your art, Staci! It’s simply beautiful!
Hey Rob. I love blue skies. I need them, along with the sun. It does me a whole ton of good. I think ‘alive’ is the perfect word for it.
Thank you so much Rob. I’m touched by your comment, ‘It’s simply beautiful’.
Have an amazing weekend, my friend.
🙂 ❤
Thank you, Staci! Have a great weekend as well!
Good work. Hope that is seen is no hope at all (love this very much). As a fellow blogger can see a great deal of inspiration in that line. I know you don’t mind that, I often spark inspiration in my readers. Thanks so much. I love your quest for God. Excellent. I see a lot of good things coming your way.
Thank you so much Miguel. I’m so glad you liked it and found it inspirational.
I will be over to visit your blog soon.
Blessings and have a wonderful weekend.
🙂
Absolutely beautiful! Blessings, Emma
Thank you so much Emma. I’m so glad you like it.
Have a wonderful weekend.
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You’re welcome. Thank you, ditto!
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I love many colors but blue is my favorite color. Teal blue and dusty blue are my favorites of the blues. I agree with your interpretation of the color blue. I also believe the color blue is peaceful, clean, and refreshing.
Oh I love teal blue. There was time when I really loved it. I had a pencil skirt and my jacket was teal blue.
Oh yes, clean is a great way of looking at it too.
Have a great weekend Vashti.
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I have a teal blue jacket! Ha, ha! You have a great weekend too. 😀 xx
Thanks Vashti.
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Love, love, love your post and media piece. I adore the color blue. My bedroom is painted light blue and I love it. Yes, I often feel the color blue and is yummy! Hugs, N 🙂 ❤
Ohhhhh, thank you so much Natalie. I’m sooooo glad you ‘love’ this.
Blue sounds like a great, calming color for a bedroom. Just perfect for going to sleep and relaxing.
Have a wonderful weekend N.
Love and hugs.
🙂 ❤
Blue to me is hope, because it’s buoyant, like the beautiful waves in the ocean, something to ride on with a surf board. Calming and uplifting.
Ohhhhh, so you like surfing then ehhhh. 🙂 I love being in the ocean. After jumping the waves, I like to float back and let the water move me. I find that soooooo calming.
Have a great weekend Wendy.
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I hope your weekend is very blue! Enjoy!😚
Hahaha. Thanks Wendy. 🙂
Fabulous mixed media artwork and poem! Blue is definitely hope. It reminds me of blue skies which are filled with the hope of the sun. And blue oceans which reflect the hope of the sun on their surface!
Thank you so much heartexposed. Ahhhh, yes, blue skies do wonders for me. Gotta love the serotonin spikes for the mood. I always get down and a bit tired when the sun isn’t shining. Good thing I live in Brazil :-).
Have a wonderful weekend.
🙂
From the reader your painting was cut off at the top and bottom and it looked so cool – I like the full version better but that slice of it was nice too- and enjoyed your inspiring words – 💙
Ohhhh, hahaha. It must have been from your Reader on you phone eh. The whole thing showed up in my Reader on my lap top.
Thanks Yvette. Glad you enjoyed it.
🙂 ❤
Yes – i bet it is the mobile reader – have a great day – and my fav take away was the “peace that passes understanding” and i love how the word of God so smoothly flows in and out of your stuff – have a nice weekend Amiga
Ohhhh, haha. Thank you so much Yvette. I like smooth flowing. You have an excellent week.
🙂
Beautiful post!
At the moment blue reminds me of the sea shore and the sky outside. ❤
Awwwww, thank you. I’m so glad you liked it. Ahhhhhhh yes, the sea shore and the clear sky. I love the beach and blue skies.
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Welcome 😀
I love them too! These days just staring at the sweet blue sky makes me jolly.
Awwwww, jolly sounds nice to me. 🙂
Blue reminds me of my recent trip to Australia and the color of water from ocean there. Lovely post!
Thanks so much Alok.
Oh great, where in Australia were you? I was in Perth for a few months in 2008.
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We just went on Vacation for a week (early Oct) to Melbourne, Sydney and Gold Coast!
Sounds lovely.
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Beautiful and true blue
Hahaha. Awww, thanks Tosha. 🙂 ❤
You’re welcome 🙂
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Lovey! 🙂 For me blue reminds me of the sea that is so vast and glistening in the sun ; but that can get rough and intimidating when the sun goes down and the clouds come out. #ShadesOfBlue 🙂
Awwww, thank you so much.
Ahhhhhh, the sea. I love the sea.
Thank you so much for sharing Sharu.
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Staci, “Color me blue” lovely artwork, and a poem beautiful! I love that you have include your thoughts and the meaning behind the color blue. “Hope that is seen is no hope at all.” There is no picture of hope, or what it looks like, I think it’s up to us to find or be shown the result of those that have hoped. Wonderful and thought provoking post as always! Please take good care!
Warm wishes,
Pepperanne
Thank you so much Pepperanne. I’m so glad you enjoyed this, and am encouraged by your comment. I’ve really gotten into colors, objects and symbolism lately. I’m such a visual person, and I like putting thoughts and feelings to colors and symbolic objects. I’m actually working on a project with colors and objects right now.
As for the actual word hope, I looked up its definition: “To trust in, wait for, look for, or desire something or someone; or to expect something beneficial in the future.” Interesting when you go deeper into a word. Sometimes it just seems to spark a light.
Thanks again Pepperanne and have a wonderful week.
Take care, Staci.
🙂 ❤
Blue is calming and peaceful for me. Like new beginnings 🙂
Ohhhh, I like that, ‘new beginnings’.
Thanks Crystal, and have a great week.
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lovely my friend, blue has been a lot of things for me depending on how i feel, it has been a calming color for the most part especially the blue skies that always keeps me humble ❤
Ohhhh, wonderful. Calming is good. I’m glad it’s calming and not the cliché of ‘feeling blue’ or sad.
Have a wonderful evening Neha.
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hehe sometimes I do feel the bluez but the skies always calm me 🙂
Awww, yeah blue skies. They do wonders for me too.
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This is so lovely dear friend!! Ah…blue. Blue feels like the sky and the sea…like floating!! Much love to you…I hope you are well ❤ ❤
Hi Lorrie. Thank you so much.
Oh yes, the sky and the sea. You know I’m a fan of the sea :-). Floating in the sea under the blue sky is soooooo relaxing and tranquil. Great thought.
Much love to you, my friend.
I’m well thanks. Today is a holiday here. It’s black consciousness day.
Hope you are well too.
🙂 ❤
Interesting, I always associate blue with work/career it is a color that motivates me…But I like the idea that is a color of hope
Oh really? That’s interesting. I never thought of blue that way. Thanks for sharing that.
Have a wonderful weekend.
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very nice… I love all shades of blue… to me, it’s the color of serenity… 🙂
Oh wonderful. The color of serenity is nice. Thank you so much Melanie.
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Blue symbolises peace and tranquillity to me. Love your painting. The girl is so lovely 👩❤
Thank you so much Himali. Oh yes, peace and tranquility. I love being at peace. I’m so glad you like the painting.
Love and hugs 🙂 ❤
Hugs to you too, Stacey 💕❤
So glad to see your paintings!
You’re awesome HImali.
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And so are you 🙂 🙂 🎂 Since we share the same birthdays 😀
Hahahaha. Hugs. 🙂 ❤
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Blue is to ‘wisdom’…..loved ur take…….. ur work is so beautiful..awesome I must say 🙂
Thank you so much Saaransh. Interesting @wisdom. I think blue is the perfect colour for wisdom. Great word and insight.
I’m so glad you ‘loved’ my take on this.
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pleasure 🙂
To me blue relates to a sense of serene and calmness. It used my favourite colour during my hard times 🙂
Oh yes, serenity and calmness. That’s a great color to be close to during hard times.
Thank you AC, and have a wonderful weekend.
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You too!