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The 2025 PANTONE Color of the Year is PANTONE 17-1230 Mocha Mousse! This warm brown hue is “imbued with an inherent richness that nurtures with its suggestion of the delectable quality of cacao, chocolate and coffee, appealing to our desire for comfort.”
Read MoreSpooky season is my favorite. I love fall. I love Halloween. It's cozy, it's creepy. All the best movies... I could go on... but instead, let’s dive into the colors of the season!
Read MoreIt’s still hot outside, but it’s officially fall! My favorite season. Here’s a color palette collection all about autumn! The color changes, the lowered temperatures, the crunchy leaves… it’s just the best. I’ve got my jeans and hoodies ready, just waiting on the lower temps!
Read MoreSchool may be back in session, but summer isn’t over yet! There’s still time for warm walks with your toes in the sand, swimming in the sea, and there’s always time to drink the wild air. Living in Michigan, lake beaches are my favorite, but the few times I’ve been to the ocean left me in awe.
Read MoreI have always been fascinated by the northern lights. They are elusive, strange, and otherworldly, like something from folklore, but it’s real. I like things that are science, but feel a bit like magic. I’ve not yet experienced aurora borealis in person yet, but it’s on my bucket list.
Read MoreWhen my daughter suggested I create jellyfish color palettes, I wasn’t sure if I could find enough interesting images to make up a full color palette collection. When we started searching for photos I was blown away by all the brilliant colors I was seeing!
Read MoreThe 2024 PANTONE Color of the Year is PANTONE 13-1023 Peach Fuzz! This calm and comforting color is said to promote well being for our mind, body, and soul.
Read MoreIt’s hard to find something more joyful than a field full of sunflowers! I keep seeing them on drives and I thought these would be the perfect subject for a new color palette collection.
Read MoreIt’s Dahlia season here in Michigan and I just love these complex and colorful flowers. They come in so many varieties and color combinations, I thought they would be perfect to feature in a collection!
Read MoreThis color palette collection is brought to you by my daughter, Allison, one of my junior designers this summer. Our family has always loved watching the birds around our home, or when we’re out in nature.
Read MoreThis color palette collection is brought to you by my daughter, Madeline, one of my junior designers this summer. Madeline loves pastel colors because they’re cute and mellow. The soft soothing tones of pastels can feel downright dreamy.
Read MoreThere is so much beauty in the dark and weird, the offbeat and the moody. This opinion may be a result of years of watching Tim Burton movies, I can’t say for sure, but that sort of beauty is the inspiration for this color palette collection.
Read MoreIt’s just days away from the first official day of spring, and I’m so excited! There’s so much hope in spring; so much possibility. There are so many plants that come alive and paint the earth with beautiful colors after months of cold and gray.
Read MoreColor is still my favorite. I love finding new combinations of colors for my own art work, design clients, and I love sharing them here with you! I thought the beginning of this year would be the perfect time to look back at the top ten most pinned color palettes of 2022, according to YOU via my Pinterest page!
Read MoreThe 2023 PANTONE Color of the Year is Viva Magenta 18-740! This joyful color is said to promote optimism and show bravery. Here’s what PANTONE has to say about their choice for the upcoming year:
Read MoreI am always so easily drawn to the colors and beauty in nature. It takes a little more effort to find the beauty in man made things. In this collection I dive into the unnatural colors we find in the strange beauty that is neon lights and the spaces they often exist.
Read MoreThe following collection was created exclusively with photographs captured by my incredible friend, Natalie Lodicobond, AKA: photolodico. Every one of these perfectly lit peonies is like a Renaissance painting and I LOVE it.
Read MoreNature really is magic, and mushrooms are no exception. They come in so many shapes, sizes, and most importantly COLORS. I can hardly believe all the different moods these funky fungi can help convey… everything from romantic, to moody, to soft, to retro. The full gamut is here to take in.
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