Need some color inspiration?

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Whether you are ready to start your next crafting project, or you are building a new website,  or you are renovating a room or even planning your wedding reception, it's sure you will have to decide about colors. Do you feel you came out of ideas or the ones you have proved to be rather unsuccessful? Don't panic, tones of inspiration are waiting for you on some sites.


Kuler is a free web hosted application you can use to generate color themes for your project, whatever that is. You can explore thousands of color themes, make and try  your own themes, create color themes from a picture.

Do you have a favorite color but have not a clue about how you should combine it? Visit Color Hunter,
write the name of the color you love and tens of color palettes including this color will appear. For example if you put turquoise, you will get these

and many more.You can also make palettes from images you can upload from your computer or from the web.

COLOURlovers is a site loaded with everything you would like to know about color. Thousands of palettes and patterns, tools, color trends regarding handmade creations, home interiors, fashion, and a very inspirational blog for those who need something more than plain palettes to get inspired.

If looking at color palettes is not enough to sparkle your inspiration, it is very likely that a visit to the following blogs will do.
On the famous decor8 under the tag color me pretty you will discover pictures bursting with colors that will make your heart beat.

Modish on the other hand uses the title color me happy for the colorboards he puts together where clothes, accessories and home decor objects in one or two colors, for example peaches and cream

are combined to give you tones of color inspiration


100 Layer Cake is a blog about weddings, nevertheless it can give you lots of ideas about color combinations. Color is color whether it's about your sofa and curtains, or the wool for the next scarf you want to knit. I love the colorboards on this blog.

And if you still haven't found what you are looking for, try the inspiration boards

of The Craft Begins 

and The Picture Boards Blog

Don't forget to check  Ali Edward's post . She is a  scrapbooker and she gives an A to Z list of color inspiration sources. From art and candy to quilts and the zoo, it seems that thousand of color combination ideas are around us.

Wedding cakes

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Wedding season has already started and future brides have to decide about the wedding cake among other things. You must have noticed: wedding cakes lately are not what they used to be. They are spectacular, too pretty to eat! Not just a wedding reception dessert but a well designed piece of art. Made by patissiers who are designers too. So brides to be, scroll down to see some amazing wedding cakes I found on the web:

 The orchids are handmade of sugar (via Wicked Cakes Blog) 

I don't know how it tastes but I love the color, on the same blog 

another one with a modern zic zac pattern by Amy Atlas 

found on Hostess with the Mostess 

a funky wedding cake,

one inspired by the 1930's

and one in an elegant black and white combination, all found on
Perfect Wedding Day, where you can find a huge gallery of the most amazing wedding cakes.

What about purple? (Buttercakes by Evan)

or red? (Beautiful Bridal) 
Unconventional colors for a wedding but they will sure make an impression  

Here 's one inspired by the sea world via Wedding Wire
for those who love more quite colors

two blooming wedding cakes found on Project Wedding

a chocolate stiped one 

and one with orange and purple swirls,
both also found in Project Wedding

an asian inspired wedding cake found on Martha Stewart

one more inspired by the sea by Maria Xericou 

a playful wedding cake that combines dots and stripes, and different shaped tiers

by Graceful Cake Creations  

How sweet is this one? And I don't mean the taste,

by Maisie Fantaisie 

a wedding cake covered with pastel roses by Fancy Nancy

It would be very difficult for me to choose. Which one do you like most?

Make with fabric scraps

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If you are a crafty person, most probably you keep a heap of fabric scraps in your closet, even if you are not a sewing expert. Good for you, because there are lots of things you can make with them and here are some ideas:

An easy  fabric ball necklace, just fabric and wire. Learn how here. 

On Make It and Love It you will learn to make this framed initial which is perfect for a kid's room but for other rooms also, depending on the fabric's pattern and color.

If you have tiny pieces of fabric and are ready to throw them away because you think they 're useless, don't until you read this tutorial about how you can decorate a plain pillow.

Little strips of fabric can become a pom pom, perfect as party decoration or as a permanent decorative item. Read the instructions here. 
 

These yo-yos could make a pretty accent on your t-shirt, your hair or your purse. They are easy to make and Heather Bailey shows you how.

This is a beautiful idea. If you have larger fabric scraps you can make a gallery of fabric "works of art" to decorate your wall. Read how you can make them on Bella Dia.

On craftstylish I found these super easy and cute hair pins.

Aren't these fabric cuffs adorable? They require more advanced sewing skills but they are worth the effort. JCasa gives a free PDF to make them.

Again a no-sew project: a bouquet of fabric flowers for the days you don't have fresh flower in your vase. You will find the tutorial on Made.

A bunting is the perfect decoration for parties. Here you will find Purl Bee's version.


And of course you should never throw away your worn out jeans. Denim fabric will add extra style to your fabric scrap creations. Here are a few ideas:

A soft book for babies. Visit Thimbly Things to find the tutorial.

 

 A very original pair of earrings made with silk and denim scraps by Tomates d' Epingles.

A way to get organized with style, found on All Free Crafts.

I hope this post gave you enough inspiration to try and make something of your own with your fabric scraps.