Ultimate Blog Challenge

Today is day 30 of the Ultimate Blog Challenge.  I didn't make it to 30 posts.  This is my 15th post this month.  What I've learned:
1. I actually like blogging.  Even if nobody else reads what I have to say, it's cool looking back to reflect over the past month.  This blog has been a digital journal of a portion of my life.  
2. April isn't the best month for me to make month long commitments since my daughter is off school for most of the month and we often take a vacation, well, we did.
3. 15 posts is progress since I had only posted 6 times between February and March.
4. I didn't stop going when I could have said, "screw it" when I knew there was no way I could accomplish the goal of 30 posts.  I'm not disappointed.
5. I'm glad I participated.  It's been a great jump start to blogging.

Now that the month is over, I'm really looking forward to doing more blogging and continuing to create my own structure in which to do it.

My little list of happy

1. Teaching my daughter to make brownies.  She got a huge case of the giggles when I was showing her how to crack the eggs.  Every time she picked up an egg she started to crack up.  So much fun!
2.  Happy coming onto the radio while we're baking.  We're so addicted!
3. These brownies with some vanilla Haagen Dazs.

Quick tip: using color

color palette made with Illustrator

It seems like color palettes are all over the place from various blogs to Pinterest.  While I've been prone to just looking at them for how lovely the color combinations, they definitely have practical applications.  Whether decorating a room in a home, planning a wedding, developing a website, or figuring out what to wear for a special occasion, colors and how they work together are part of setting the tone.

I recently came across a fun website called Colour Lovers where you can create your own color palettes and learn about color trends.  The color palettes on Colour Lovers are categorized by wedding, home, fashion, web, print, craft and business.  There are some really gorgeous wedding palettes.  I haven't thoroughly checked out their site but it looks like a great color resource. 

Join me!

I'm going to be participating in the Ultimate Blog Challenge for the month of April.  Come join me and/or follow me here to see what I've got in store! Please stop by to say 'hi' and let me know if you have a blog I can visit during this challenge.