Remember the first day of school? Besides getting new shoes, my favorite item to start off school with was a brand new box of crayons. Sometimes it would be a box of 48, but most times it would be a big box of 64 Crayola® crayons, with the built-in sharpener. I was always jealous of the one boy, Jeffrey, who showed up with a box of 128 crayons every year. I never, ever saw a box that big in any of my neighborhood stores. I always took such good care of my crayons, putting each back in the same spot I got it from – an early sign of the meticulous engineer crossed with the artist in me!
I have always loved color – the brilliant colors of fall make it my favorite season. Fortunately, I have been able to indulge my love for color in both my decorative painting and jewelry careers. It’s always a challenge to see what color palettes work well together, from a design viewpoint. Today I was doing some research for my web site and spent hours looking through palettes at COLOURlovers. If you love color, take a peek at the site – but be sure to have lots of time to spare – it gets addictive!
Beautiful Fall Color!
oooo Maria, I love the beautiful fall color photo. I also get inspiration from several online resources as well as books. I just purchased two coffee table books, a Monet and O’Keefe, I’ve already started analyzing the colors to come up with a few fall designs.
Excellent, Dee! I love my Monet, so ethereal. O’ Keefe is a bit more stark. Both are wonderful inspirations! Have fun with your designing. I’m looking forward to seeing what you come up with!
This picture just took my breath away. I love the fall for all the colors of nature. I have a wedding in Upstate NY in early Oct and I can not wait to see the Autumn leaves.
Me too Michele! The colors short-circuit my brain somehow. I am just dazzled and all I can do is stare. We must have extra color cones in our eyes, or something, LOL. Make sure you take plenty of photos at the wedding – bride and groom AND scenery!
Maria, I’m just reading this post and love your story about the crayons. I’ll bet you did put each crayon back exactly where you pulled it out. Love that story. I hope you have the biggest box of crayons now.
I haven’t looked through the photos yet but plan to do that after I send this. I do however love the photo of the trees. Thanks for sharing your story and these photos.