Whether you are planning your wedding color scheme, your next dinner party, or a room in your home (yes, really!) I found the color studio tool on the Brides website to be quite handy for those that have a difficult time envisioning certain hues together. Even for those not color challenged, it’s helpful because we often get stuck in using our signature colors so this tool may help us think outside of the box. You know, a little exercise that may encourage us to try a new color combination, one that we may not naturally gravitate towards, I’m all for it. Change is good, my friends!
There’s also a create-a-cake tool that teeters on being more of a toy, but it’s still fun to play around with it. I love browsing their flower galleries because flowers always give me courage. I think seeing them in their many colors makes me realize that no color is wrong and to continue exploring because it’s very easy to find yourself stuck in color ruts (wardrobe, home, even hair and makeup!).
I also enjoy looking through the many ideas they have for favors – it’s just the best! I like seeing how they combine colors, paying special attention to which ones play a more dominant role, which are more of the accents, etc. I find this a very helpful exercise.
I think inspiration can be found in so many places nowadays that I look at everything for potential ideas, and of course, not everything has to lead to an idea, it can also just be a fun thing to look at and may give you some peace or repair you a bit on the inside so that when you are back at your work desk, ideas flow a little more easily.
(images from brides.com)
July 5th, 2007 at 9:12 pm
If you don’t already know about it – you NEED to check out kuler.adobe.com …. its seeeeriously amazing.
I’ve recommended it to a thousand people already in the AT:community, but you need to know about it too!!
Its how I planned out my apartment :) see (here)
July 6th, 2007 at 10:47 am
that’s brilliant, I love their lime/pink mix in those pics!! and the favors are really sweet. Useful for lots of things, not just weddings
July 6th, 2007 at 2:39 pm
Can you please tell me where that personalized candy cane is from? It would be the perfect favor for my best friend’s December wedding!
Thanks so much :)
July 6th, 2007 at 2:52 pm
Aud, try http://www.myweddingfavors.com/
July 6th, 2007 at 3:02 pm
love all these images – so crafty and inspiring :) And Meg is right about adobe kuler – it’s such an awesome color tool!
July 20th, 2007 at 2:25 pm
What a wonderful blog to stumble across, I love it! :)