Color Palette Blog Walk

Get strollin'. 

It's time for a walk through some blogs looking at color--which, by the way, I can pronounce correctly now thanks to the continued efforts of my friend, Jason, who I drove nuts prounouncing it "keller." 

Here's the story:  I found the blog of a lovely girl named Brandi who shares the inspiration of colors.  She has herself a little brandigirlblog.  While browsing through some of her wonderful posts, I kept seeing palettes.  That's a selection of colors that have been inspired or pulled from a photo or some other piece of work.  She's hosting her second blog walk to share lots of palettes inspired by lots of other folks, even some who aren't bead people, and I'm one of 'em!!

I have two palettes to share...both are inspired by a walk that I took a couple of weeks ago in Pittsburgh.  I had the most amazing Saturday afternoon wandering around the city with my camera and, even though I was feeling cold from the wind and it seemed like sort of a drab, cold, winter day, I saw tons of cool things that captured my attention enough to make me snap a pic.

Here's the first palette...I call it Reflecting in Pittsburgh.  It was late afternoon as I was walking down a street surrounded by high-rise buildings.  I looked up and saw this amazing reflection of one building in the windows at the top of another. 

The gorgeous blue sky looked even brighter in those mirrored windows.  The greens and yellows of the reflected building were refreshingly bright.  But, my favorite part was the movement and googlieness of the shapes.  It's all about regimented edges and sharp lines mixed perfectly with melted, flowing shapes.  I took about a dozen photos of this scene that was waaaay high up near the top of the building.  I had to crop quite a bit out of the pic, but I wanted to capture just this piece that looks like a painting to me.  It's all about coolness, freshness, fun, and flow. 

Now, on to my second palette of this walk. 


I saw a big Antique sign while in the Strip district and found myself browsing through some seriously awesome goodness at Mahla & Co. Antiques.  They're part of the 16:62 Design Zone.

In about two hours browsing through the shop, I was less focused on interior design, which is their mainstay, than taking photos of some of their great pieces.  I'll share more on another post sometime, but for now I'm headed in one direction.  A display of old toys caught my eye...especially this old box of crayons.  This shot of old craftiness is the inspiration for my second palette called "Antique Crayons."

I'm not usually a primary color kind of girl, but I love the blue and red of this palette and how the golden yellow makes the orange and green so rich.  The orange gets the biggest share of the palette because it's my favorite of the bunch.

So, now you've seen what I have to offer...please go check out the rest of the folks walking with me!  There's a group for each day of this week so you can spread the love on lots of links:

The main page back at Brandi's is here:  Color Palette Blog Walk 2

Monday - 28 Feb 11

Brandi at Brandi Girl Blog - http://www.brandigirlblog.com
Erin at Treasures Found - http://treasures-found.blogspot.com
Jen at Jen Judd Rocks - http://www.jenjuddrocks.com (You're here!!)
Shari at Exploring the Wonders of Life - http://exploringthewondersoflife.blogspot.com/


Tuesday - 1 Mar 11
Karen at Creative Thoughts and Inspirations - http://karen-creativethoughts.blogspot.com/
Julia at UlvDesign - http://www.ulvdesign.com/blog/
Jessa at The ReArtingDotNet Blog - http://www.ReARTing.net
Lyn at Lyn Foley Jewelry Blog - http://lynfoleyblog.com/category/lyn-foley-blog-jewelry/


Wednesday - 2 Mar 11
Jescalyn at Peach Honey Love - http://peachhoney.blogspot.com
Paige at Paige Maxim Designs - http://pmaximdesigns.blogspot.com
Katrina at Ma Joie Press - http://www.majoiepress.com/blog
Jenni at Jenni's Beads - http://jennibead.blogspot.com/

Thursday - 3 Mar 11
Christie at Displaced Urbanite - http://www.displacedurbanite.blogspot.com
Rachel at TatterBeans - http://tatterbean.blogspot.com/
Brittany at The Home Ground - http://thehomeground.com/blog
Cindy at Sweet Bead Studio - http://www.sweetbeadstudio.com

Friday - 4 Mar 11
Rachel at Balanced Crafts - http://balancedcrafts.com
Wren at Each Day - http://blog.theapronthief.com
Kelly at Mackin Art - http://mackin-art.blogspot.com
Kristy at Simply Shiny Blog - http://shinyadornments.com/simplyshiny