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Sensational Color Featured On Kitchen Sync Blog

Kate Smith — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 01:51:58 +0000

A big thank you goes out to Kelly for the sensational shoutout she gave us on her blog.

You can see Kelly’s post here

Color for Your Home Blog Featured on DIYNation

Kate Smith — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 16:50:45 +0000

Back in March I was asked to add our Color for Your Home blog to DIYNation Rethink. Repair. Remodel.

Now it has finally been launched and is gaining visibility so how fun to have our blog post featured front and center. Check out The Effect of Pattern in Your Space Part I and Part II here and then take a look at all the great home ideas on diynation.com.

Colorful Halloween Tricks, Treats and Trendsy

Kate Smith — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:07:29 +0000

Halloween Happenings seem to have started last night and are sure to go on all weekend. I won’t be donning a costume this year but it is still fun to bring some sensational spookiness home and Julie gave me some great ideas this week on Live in Full Color on just how to do that.

My favorite was the Spookatini but Julie has so many tricks and treats up her sleeve that it took three post to share them all. See ‘ A Few Hallowed Ideas’ Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3

Spookatini by ‘It’s 5 O’Clock Somewhere: The Global Guide to Fabulous Cocktails‘ author, Colleen Mullaney.

Recipe on Live in Full Color

Kiki grew-up in the “Halloween Capital of the World,” so is it any wonder she is the best when it comes to holiday color? She shared so many different ideas for using this year’s Halloween trend colors that it was difficult even for me to decide which I liked best. See them all ‘Trend Tuesday: Tricks and Treats for a Stylishly Spooky Halloween’.

Happy Halloween!

In The Expositor Today

Kate Smith — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 15:08:18 +0000

I was quoted in an article by Joanne Richard of Sun Media that appears today in:

Unleash the power of colour

See the article on The Expositor

Etsy Inspired

Kate Smith — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:12:56 +0000

I was on Twitter today when i clicked a link to view a treasury on etsy.com. Carol Langston of Designingit had put together this collection of blue and orange items that caught her fancy and it inspired me to think about this color combination.

This complementary scheme can take on many variations and here are three I pulled from the photos above. The first orange and blue combination has yellow orange with blue green. I really liked the use of variations of this blue as the background in the goldfish picture. It makes the goldfish come alive.

This truer orange works well with a medium blue quite nicely and you can see this combo in many of the items above.

A redder orange works paired with a tint of blue works well too while being just slightly less vibrant.

If you find you are drawn to a particular pair of colors it is fun to look at the many options you have when using this combination whether in advertising or decorating.

Give it a try by creating your own etsy treasury or flickr photo collection or start collecting clippings of your favorite combinations in a color journals. Having color references is great for sparking your creative imagination.

PS: Just added some orange and blue ideas on Color For Your Home.