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Color Inspiration – Daffodils

admin — Thu, 03 May 2012 03:56:56 +0000

Over the years I’ve planted fifty daffodil bulbs each fall in the field around my house and then waited for winter’s snows to melt to enjoy their early eruption of color. I always buy bags of assorted mixes because I like the variety of shapes and hues. This spring they’ve been snowed on repeatedly but their hardy blooms are still hanging on. Today’s color palettes are in honor of the daffodil’s tenacity and beauty.

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Color Inspiration – The Color Run

admin — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 03:48:27 +0000

Attention color lovers and runners – this sounds like fun! A 5K “run” celebrating color, called The Color Run, is being held in cities all across the country this summer.

This is how it works. Participants show up wearing mandatory white tee shirts. At each kilometer there is a designated color station. When runners pass the spot, spectators and sponsors with handfuls of 100% non-toxic colored powder, merrily accost them; yellow for the first kilometer, green for the second and so on until the final color explosion at the finish line.

The point of the whole event is to make a big colorful mess! This sounds a like a whole lot more fun to me than paintball!

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Color of the Week – Green

admin — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 03:52:19 +0000

With St. Patrick’s Day right around the corner, Green was an easy choice to make for “Color of the Week . I’ve compiled a bunch of lush green-themed photos that I like from the web. I’ve found that it is sometimes really difficult to credit the original photographer when a picture has been re-blogged a number of times. In a lot of instances the credit eventually just gets lost! I don’t know how to get around the problem, and it is a shame because it would be nice to give credit where credit is due. If you click on the collage you’ll be able to see the sources and track the images as far back as possible.

Color Inspiration – Cheerful Windows

admin — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 04:57:56 +0000

It must be March; I’m craving a bit of color after living in a winter white landscape for the last few months. Today’s color palettes are inspired by pictures I took when I was in Iceland last spring.

Colorful houses with pretty window trim and crisp lacey curtains captivated me. Frequently cheerful vases of flowers were perched on windowsills. The houses in every town and village pop with color and help fend off the winter blues.

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Color Inspiration – Blue Green

admin — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 04:59:02 +0000

Q: What do these microscopic scales on a butterfly wing, a vintage designer gown and a shingled house all have in common? A: Graceful overlapping “petals” in the most beautiful shades of blues and greens.

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Color Inspiration – Pink & Yellow

admin — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 07:56:05 +0000

Luminous fish and fowl inspired this color palette of pink and yellow.

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Color of The Week – Red

admin — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 07:25:51 +0000

St. Valentine’s Day, and this photo of red doors I took in Iceland, inspired today’s color palette.

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Color Inspiration via Pinterest

admin — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:36:34 +0000

I’ve been obsessed with Pinterest ever since a fellow designer turned me onto it last month. It’s “virtual pinboard” where you can categorize and store images that you want to save from the web. You choose themes for your “boards” and “pin” pictures that you like onto them. You can also upload your own. When you click on your boards the images are all laid out on your screen – similar to how you view slides on a lightbox.

It’s a really great tool for me because I’m always cruising around the web looking for ideas and trends as part of my work, and Pinterest helps me keep my inspirations organized. And it’s really easy! Another cool things about it is that you can check out boards created by other people which opens whole other realms of inspirational possibilities. “It’s like falling down the rabbit hole!” says the friend who turned me onto it.

It shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone that some of my board themes include Knit & Purl, Prints and Patterns, Textures and Textiles, Vintage Skiing, Folkart, Snow and Ice and color categorized by hue. I built the color story here using images I’d “pinned” onto my “Orange” pinboard.

If you have a minute check out my boards to get an idea of how much fun I’m having with this new social media. Better yet – start building your own.

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Color Inspiration – Ombre Radiator

admin — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:30:28 +0000

Most people find old-fashioned radiators unsightly and a decorating hardship, but I have a nostalgic affection for them.

As a kid, my morning dreams were pushed aside by the reassuring clonking of pipes and the sputtering and hissing of cast iron radiators as they pushed an even warmth through our rambling old house. After a cold day of skiing I would press myself up against a radiator until my long underwear felt like it was going to burn my skin. The cats and dogs nestled up against them too.

I wish I’d thought to paint the radiator in my bedroom in a gradient of warm colors. But I would’ve reversed the colors so that the hot red was at the end of the radiator where the steam pipe entered it and became warm first and then fade the color out to yellow at the cooler far end.

Via: Pattern People

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Color Inspiration – Moldy Orange

admin — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 07:15:39 +0000

There is something arresting and sensuous about Françoise Tellier-Loumagne’s photograph of a moldy orange. It evokes contradicting scents of sharp citrus and musty decay. It’s fascinating textural surface is both soft and velvety, glossy and firm. The shades of blue are unlike any mold that I have ever seen before. Tellier-Loumagne suggests using it as inspiration for embroidery.

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