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You can look at some things and feel their age. They have a certain warmth. I love old things, rusty things, things that have stories. I love the faded colors, the bright colors, the retro colors. I love that certain colors can transport you to a different era.
Read MoreBlue is my favorite color. It’s so hard to choose just one, but I always gravitate towards it. It comes in so many beautiful tints and shades. Romantic, dark, bright, stability, depth, intelligence… it can convey so many things, depending on how you use it.
Read MoreSince I started my all color palette Instagram account, Color Palette Magic, I have been getting a lot of requests to create palettes from YOU, my lovely readers! I am loving it. Here is the first collection of color palettes inspired by submitted photos!
Read MoreGreen is the color of nature. It comes in so many different hues… from deep emerald jewel tones, to blue-green teals, to leafy tones, to olive drab, to sage, mint, and on and on. It’s restful and retentive. Green is definitely one of my favorite colors.
Read MoreYellow reminds me of sunshine, flowers, and joy. It’s wonderful warm color in all it’s tints and shades. Yellow is often associated with happiness, cheer, and energy. It’s definitely and attention-getter: see school buses and taxi cabs!
Read MoreIf you’ve visited the blog before, you know I love exploring color! Color is powerful. It’s expressive. Today, is all about orange. It’s bright and is a stand out color. It does a really good job of making other colors pop, like a best supporting actor might.
Read MoreI’ve been creating color palettes in this blog capacity for over a year now! It’s been really fun exploring color in this way and seeing how all the hues work together. Color is powerful. It’s expressive. Today, rather than a theme as I typically do, I just want to explore the color red. It’s a primary color. It’s bold. Red is associated with love, passion, and also aggression, which one might argue is still passion. It’s a complicated color. Intense.
Read MoreMy guest designer this week is my nine year old daughter, Allie. She is a very thoughtful and creative soul. She is also a girl who loves the outdoors, like her mom. We looked to the forest floor to find color inspiration and we were not disappointed. These eight color palettes prove once again, that nature is the best place to find beautiful color schemes.
Read MoreMy guest designer this week is my six year old daughter, Maddie. She has an amazingly creative mind and recently told me when she grows up she wants to be an artist, and work with me, a baker, and a writer. She’s got all her creative bases covered. Right now she wants to bake all the things and she loves bright colors. Creating some sweet treat color palettes with her was so fun!
Read MoreMy guest designer this week is my nine year old daughter, Allie. She has an eye for color and loves outer space! These eight color palettes are all inspired by some of the coolest parts of space. It was so fun creating these together and we hope they inspire you to get creative!
Read MoreOnce again, nature is the greatest place to look for color inspiration! Does anything make you long for warmer sunny days more than gorgeous flowers? All of the following images were taken by my sister in art, Natalie Lodicobond of photolodico, in Midland, Michigan.
Read MoreIf you’ve visited the blog before, you know nature is my favorite place to look for color inspiration. This time I got to do a fun collaboration with my mom! In my opinion she takes portraits of birds…
Read MoreNature is always my favorite place to look for color inspiration. It’s time to crank up the AC/DC, because you’re about to be Thunderstruck.
Read MoreFlowers are the best. It’s been a gray, cold, and rainy week, so I decided it was time to make some more beautiful flower inspired color palettes. I hope they brighten your week.
Read MoreAs a design nerd, at the end of each year I anxiously wait for Pantone to announce their color of the year. I was pretty excited yesterday to hear they selected Classic Blue for 2020’s Pantone Color of the Year. I mean it’s almost my branding color blue!
Read MoreMy six year old is in love with color palettes and has been begging me to let her help create some. She has a beautifully creative mind and I was very happy to oblige her sweet request.
Read MoreHave you ever seen a sunset that made the earth glow? There’s something magical about the sunrise and the sunset. Light can change the feel of everything. Light can make a weed look like a masterpiece. I felt like this was the perfect next inspiration for color palettes.
Read MoreWe had a pretty significant snow fall this week in mid-Michigan. I am not ready for winter, to be perfectly honest, but it was so beautiful!
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