TGIF, Colour Inspiration & The Lorax ....

Happy Happy Happy Friday!  It's been a very long week.  Hoping for a good weekend this weekend.

Ollie and I have been anxiously awaiting The Lorax movie.  He started talking about it weeks ago and even went as far as to retrieve the book (along with some other Dr. Seuss books) from the basement.  It was one of his favorites when he was little.  I think I must have read it a million times.  Anyhow the movie is finally here and hopefully we will get to go see it on Sunday.

I found this picture online from the movie and decided it provided great inspiration for a bright colour palette this week.

Colour Inspiration ........

2011 was not a banner year for me.  Lots of big bumps in the road and a huge lack of creative mojo haunted me.  2012 has started out better, but I seem to be getting a slow start on the creativity side of things.  Just when I was feeling confident about jumping back into the pool again, I received news that things would be changing for me.  As of mid-February I no longer have a home for my designs.  I don't know where I'm going to land, but I'm determined to keep designing and find a new place to call home.  In the meantime, I'm going to try and figure out how I can sell here from my blog and possibly on Facebook.  Stay tuned!

Today I received an ad from our favorite cupcake place (Crumbs) and it completly inspired me!  Check out this palette for some color inspiration!

Isn't it gorgeous!  I definitely feel like playing with these colors for a while and see what develops.  I can see a couple of different directions I could go with these colors. 

Cross your fingers that I find a new design home, in the meantime I'm going to work on some new stuff and revamp some of my older stuff.  Keep checking back because I feel a freebie coming up this week! :)

Colour Inspiration ....

Inspired by some links our designer group was sharing yesterday, I created this palette of colors from a recent photo of my spring daffodils.

Wouldn't these colors make a pretty scrapbook kit?  I'm definitely saving this for a future kit.

I haven't been very good about blogging lately.  Things have been busy with the end of Ollie's senior year drawing near.  My creative mojo has been playing peek-a-boo and I haven't really done much design stuff.  On the other hand, I have been working on pages for Ollie's scrapbook.  Slow going, but I have had much more creative mojo doing layouts than designing.  I really haven't been very inspired to sit at the computer much at home either.

Probably time to dust off my word for the year

I need to focus on getting on a better routine with designing, advertising, blogging, etc.  I need to get back into a better routine of going to the gym and paying better attention to what I eat.  I want to continue to work on pages for Ollie's scrapbook.  It's so hard to believe that he's graduating high school and headed to college in the fall!

In the meantime, I hope you find some inspiration from my daffodils.  After the long snowy winter, the spring renewal feels especially good this year (except for the pollen and allergies!).