Colour Inspiration

Happy Monday everyone! Today I am bringing you some colour inspiration to start the week!

I love the colours in this scarf which you can get from American Eagle here.. Have a great day!

Colour of the Week: Cerulean

I'm trying something a bit different this week for Colour of the Week so I'd love to know what you think!

Images copyright Rosie Simons 2013

Allium Inspiration

I've always loved Alliums but this year I planted loads in our garden and I've become fascinated by all the little details that makes up the beautiful head! As the weathers been nice I've also been out in the garden everyday and it's been fascinating watching them develop!

I managed to get take this photo below which I felt really conveyed the colours, shapes and explosion feel of an Allium.. I also made and shared a little colour palette from the Alliums, hope it inspires you!

Images copyright Rosie Simons 2013

Colour of the Week: Coral Pink

This week's Colour of the Week is.. Coral Pink!

Below are some colour palettes I put together, I hope they inspire you!

Images copyright Rosie Simons 2013

Colour of the week - Jungle Green

This weeks colour of the week is... Jungle Green!

Jungle Green is very similar to this years Pantone Colour of the Year, Emerald, but slightly brighter.

I adore blue-y greens and green-y blues, and I saw this one and couldn't wait to use it in colour palettes and new designs and share it with you all! Below are some colour palettes using Jungle Green to inspire you!

Things have been busy here lately and I've got a bit behind with creating a new design each week using colour of the week, so this week I am going to create a whole collection of designs using the past three colours; Berry, June Bud and Jungle Green. I will share the designs later in the week, so don't forget to check back!

Images copyright Rosie Simons 2013

Colour of the week: Mint Makes

If you're a regular reader on the blog you will have seen my new feature 'colour of the week' which I introduced on Monday. Today I am sharing with you the design I have made with this week's colour; mint.

I've wanted to make an IKAT print for ages, I love textured prints and patterns. Last week I learnt how to create IKAT style texture in Illustrator, which I also used in my new Ikat Roses collection, and thought it would be the perfect use for this week's mint colour. I used one of the colour palettes I posted in the colour of the week post, combining lovely soft pastels with a strong orange.

Check back soon as I have some VERY exciting news to share soon involving a new product!

Images copyright Rosie Simons 2013

Colour of the week

Today I am introducing a new feature to the blog.. colour of the week. I thought it would be fun each week to choose a colour to inspire the week and then create a design using that colour by the end of the week.

So without further ado I introduce to you this week's colour, Mint.

I chose mint green for colour of the week this week as I find it to be a cool calm colour with great energy, it makes me feel very determined and organised and symbolises this week well as I strive for growth in my work and business. Mint green is one of my favourite colours, a strong colour for a pastel shade, and symbolises freshness, perfect for spring.

Below are a few inspirational palettes featuring mint shades, I hope they inspire you!

P.S If you're ever looking for colour inspiration, why not check out my Colour board on Pinterest!

Images copyright Rosie Simons 2012

Dreaming of colour..

The ground has been covered in snow here for almost a week now, and it's funny how quickly you get used to everything being white and there being a distinct lack of colour. Don't get me wrong, snow is amazingly beautiful, especially when the light shines on it and it sparkles like crystals, but now it's turning to brown slush and I am really looking forward to spring and colour starting to arrive in my life.

For now my colour 'hit', as it were, and inspiration come from Pinterest, where I found this lovely image I used to create this colour palette/mini mood board for inspiration!

Fruit image source: http://www.youaremyfave.com/2012/11/16/julep-a-modern-cornucopia-are-my-fave/

Washi tape download: http://www.puglypixel.com/2011/02/17/free-clip-art-tape-strips-patterns/

Images copyright Rosie Simons 2013

Dreaming of spring..

In the dead of winter when it's freezing cold and grey outside it's hard to imagine warmth and colour outside, and sometimes it's just nice to have some eye candy, so today I am sharing with you this little mood board I made..

Washi vases image source: http://birchandbird.com/japanese-washi-tape

Washi tape download: http://www.puglypixel.com/2011/02/17/free-clip-art-tape-strips-patterns/

Images copyright Rosie Simons 2013

Muskoka Colour Inspiration

While I was in Canada in the summer I noticed that everyone had a particular type of chair, called Muskoka chairs after the region. They all had them in different colours and this particular set really caught my eye as a nice colour palette so thought I would share it with you all today for some colour inspiration!

Image copyright Rosie Simons 2012

Colour Inspiration

If you've explored my blog or know me, you'll probably know that I have a massive thing for colour. I LOVE colour, I get insanely over excited about colour. One day I rearranged chocolate bars on the shelf in the supermarket because a certain 3 bars together made an amazing colour palette.

I always get complimented on my use of colour in my work, and I pride myself on this, so I am constantly seeking inspiring new colours and colour palettes.

Design Seeds in one of my all time favourite websites, sometimes when I'm stuck for inspiration or just fancy some yummy colour combinations to brighten my day I visit Design Seeds and browse colour palettes..

I thought I'd spread the colour love and share some of my favourite colour palettes right now! Enjoy!

All images copyright Design Seeds

Brighten a grey friday

Sorry I've been so quiet, it's been so busy here! But I have some really exciting posts to come in the next few days, don't forget Passion4Pattern bloghop on Sunday!

Today I thought I'd share a photo from the Hunter blog, which put a smile on my face on this grey drizzly friday.. Being a country girl I LOVE Hunter wellies, I'd have every colour if I could!

I love the colour palette created by the selection of boots and the way they match the patterns on the dresses! Talk about colour and pattern overload.. YUM!

I was inspired by the photo so created colour swatches to show the great colour palette in this image.. Now I just have to decide what to make with this lovely colour palette! A welly pattern perhaps?

Image source: Hunter blog

I discovered..

I recently discovered Chip It! It's a website by American paint producer Sherwin-Williams, which turns an image into a colour palette using their paint colours. You simply upload an image and it gives you a selection of paint swatches found within the image.

Now if you've been reading this blog for a while you will know how much I love colour and colour palettes, especially found ones from images, so this was SUPER exciting for me! I have been playing around for ages uploading some of my most colourful photos and have posted some of my favourite results below, enjoy!

All images copyright Rosie Simons. Paint swatches copyright Sherwin-Williams