Color Inspiration~

It can be difficult to come up with a color palette.  There are a bunch of "designer tricks" to these things, but what it boils down to, in essence, is borrowing a palette from something else, such as fabric, a piece of art etc.

When I decided it was time to give the old blog a redesign I turned to Lara at Announced Greetings.  And I loved her approach to blog design because the very first thing we did was talk colors.  Once she knew the direction I was interested in going (neutrals, grays and blues), she sent me some color palette inspiration.  Even though I looooove neutrals, I am also very inspired by color, and I was mesmerized by the images she sent me.

They all came from a blog called Design Seeds.  I fell in LOOOOOOVE with the concept.  Jessica, the author of design seeds, pulls color palettes from photos.  And although the idea may not be entirely original, her interpretation of it IS.  Check these out...

Here's the photo that inspired my blog palette.  Can you see it?    I asked Lara if she could add in just a touch of the gold color in the gate, and that's where the little bird in my blog header came from.  Isn't that great?

So if you're in need of a little color inspiration, go explore the Design Seeds blog!  It's so much fun.  (And this is NOT a paid post, by the way...I just can't keep a great thing to myself.)

Have a lovely and colorful day!