Our winter has been pretty normal up until the start of the new year. January and the start of February has brought a lot of cold, snow and ice. In our neck of the wood, this means a lot of snow days. After it hit double digits of ‘snow days’ from school, the winter blues started to settle in.
[divider] But this little pin gave me hope that spring is around the corner.
[divider] The Pantone 2014 Spring Colors.
[divider] First, if you’re not following my pin boards, hop on over and check out my boards! Especially my color board, where this special pin found it’s way onto.
[divider] Second, when I come across little gems like this, I try to brainstorm fantastic ways to utilize this in my book design. I absolutely love finding ‘pins’ to inspire elements within my books – whether I’m designing for myself or for others.
[divider] In this Design Tutorial, I look at 5 creative ways to use these colors to brighten up your book.
[divider] It can be the colors in a quote:
[divider] Or in a graphic:
[divider] In a color block:
[divider] A patterned graphic:
[divider] Or a neutral color block with a colorful border:
