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Giving yourself a wide range of hues to work from when

designing is a smart idea. I work on big collections at once

and like to offer what feels like a full palette. Mixing up cools

and warms in varying degrees of values and saturations gives

me plenty of opportunity to build an exciting design. I love

limited palettes too, they can be so sophisticated and elegant.

It’s all a matter of what you’re designing for. Look at the sub-groups

below to see how this might play out in a collection.

I use paint chip fan books which I purchase from the paint company, to

build color palette mini-books. Here, I’ve used a Sizzix die (from Brenda

Pinnick collection, “album cover and page”). This makes a great little

reference book - very handy for taking along with you as you shop for

supplies, wardrobe items or home furnishings.

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November

Week Two