Behind-the-scenes of the artistic process, creative rituals, and the ever-evolving journey of making art. A space for inspiration, expression, and the joy (and mess) of creating.
The Color Palette Lab™:A Smart, Accessible Color Palette Builder Most color palette tools give you inspiration. (like my free Color Palette Playground) The Color Palette Lab™ however, gives you a usable system. If you’ve ever generated a beautiful set of colors… only to realize they don’t pass contrast, don’t scale across layouts, or fall apart […]
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Random Color Palette Generator for Creative Brand Inspiration If you’re searching for a random color palette generator, you probably want one thing: Fresh color ideas. Fast. >> That’s exactly what my Color Palette Playground offers. << Maybe you’re stuck.Maybe everything you pick feels predictable.Maybe you just need something unexpected to spark momentum. A random color
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Best Website Platforms for Surface Pattern Designers in 2026 Free, Portfolio, Ecommerce, and the Real Tradeoffs Surface pattern designers keep asking: What is the best website platform? There is no best platform. There is only alignment. Your website is infrastructure. It should reflect how you make money. Are you licensing?Selling print on demand products?Building authority
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The Color Palette Tool Suite I Wish I had Years Ago If you’re searching for a color palette tool, chances are you’re not just looking for random color combinations. You’re looking for a way to build, test, and trust a color palette — one that actually works across websites, brands, and real design scenarios. That’s
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Coolors Alternative for Brand and Web Designers: Color Palette Lab vs Coolors vs Adobe Color If you have ever built a color palette that looked great but started to fall apart once you actually used it, you are not alone. Most designers do not struggle to pick colors. They struggle to trust that those colors
Free Color Palette Generator:How the Color Palette Playground Works Differently If you’re searching for a color palette generator, you’re probably looking for one of two things: inspiration or direction. Most generators offer inspiration by producing complete palettes at once. Every click replaces the last result, and the process starts over. The Color Palette Playground is
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Cloud Dancer (Pantone 2026):A Fresh Start for the Universal 1 Year Cloud Dancer — Pantone’s 2026 Color of the Year — is a soft, airy white that feels less like a color and more like a breath. It has that quiet, luminous quality that makes you exhale a little deeper just looking at it. And
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The Tools I Use to Run My Creative Business (2026 Edition) Running a creative business in 2026 looks different for everyone, but this is what keeps mine flowing. I like my systems simple, intuitive, and grounded. Between website designing, photography clients, branding work, my podcast, art collections, homeschooling, and the spiritual side of what I
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How to Find Your Photography Style Using Lightroom Presets A style-discovery guide for new + seasoned photographers Finding your photography style isn’t something that happens overnight. It doesn’t matter if you’re brand new to Adobe Lightroom or you’ve been behind the camera for a decade—learning what feels like you inside your edits takes time, exploration,
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Easy Elf on the Shelf Ideas These Elf on the Shelf Ideas are Cute & Totally Do-able Last-Minute Simple setups busy moms can pull off after a long workday If you’re juggling work, parenting, end-of-year deadlines, and the holiday rush, you already know: Elf season hits right when life is busiest. Especially for entrepreneurial moms,
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