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Color Inspiration: Summer Beach Toys

August 26, 2016 by Kathy

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'Beach toys' color palette inspiration. Try this summer-y pink, blue and green color palette on your paper crafts, scrapbooks, seasonal wreaths, handmade cards, weddings, birthday parties and more #Colorize #ABColorPalette

How’s your summer been? It’s mid-August here in Chicago and hot and humid like it’s supposed to be. Lately we’ve been spending a lot of time at the beach.

'Beach toys' color palette inspiration. Try this summer-y pink, blue and green color palette on your paper crafts, scrapbooks, seasonal wreaths, handmade cards, weddings, birthday parties and more #Colorize #ABColorPalette


Did you know that Chicago has a ton of beaches? Winter here is brutal but summer in Chicago is pretty amazing. Lake Michigan feels like an ocean and there are oodles of beaches dotted up and down the shoreline, each with its own distinct personality.

'Beach toys' color palette inspiration. Try this summer-y pink, blue and green color palette on your paper crafts, scrapbooks, seasonal wreaths, handmade cards, weddings, birthday parties and more #Colorize #ABColorPalette

Thanks to ASTROBRIGHTS® Papers for sponsoring this month’s post sharing August color palette inspiration for your paper crafts, scrapbooks, seasonal wreaths, handmade cards, weddings colors, birthday parties and more. Last month I showed you a wild berry picking color palette of blues, reds and blacks, in June we had cheery school’s out summer palette of yellow and red, in May we looked at an ocean of violets in bloom purple and green palette and April featured a cheery spring color palette inspired by a Nashville quilt.

This month’s palette inspiration is all about the beach. There’s nothing like long summer days with sand and water.

'Beach toys' color palette inspiration. Try this summer-y pink, blue and green color palette on your paper crafts, scrapbooks, seasonal wreaths, handmade cards, weddings, birthday parties and more #Colorize #ABColorPalette

August’s color palette inspiration is Vulcan Green™, Plasma Pink™ and Lunar Blue™ from ASTROBRIGHTS® Papers. Don’t they scream August?

'Beach toys' color palette inspiration. Try this summer-y pink, blue and green color palette on your paper crafts, scrapbooks, seasonal wreaths, handmade cards, weddings, birthday parties and more #Colorize #ABColorPalette

These colorful posts are sponsored by ASTROBRIGHTS® and all color palettes and opinions are mine. Thanks for supporting the brands that support Merriment Design. I only share brands that I really love and use myself like on these paper Father’s Day tie bunting and napkin rings, how to make DIY paper Easter baskets, and paper heart bracelets for Valentine’s Day.

So about this color palette: while watching the kids play on the beach I noticed that the bright and bold colors of their sand toys were amazing. I borrowed a couple to make this month’s palette inspiration for you.

'Beach toys' color palette inspiration. Try this summer-y pink, blue and green color palette on your paper crafts, scrapbooks, seasonal wreaths, handmade cards, weddings, birthday parties and more #Colorize #ABColorPalette

We have just a couple more weeks of beach days left. School starts after Labor Day; Chicago does it old school that way. Personally, I totally love that school starts after Labor Day rather than in August. I like having every single August day free for exploring, making and playing. This week alone we’ve been to three Chicago beaches…

To North Avenue Beach to see the annual Chicago Air and Water Show…

Nothing is more August in Chicago than the Air and Water Show! ✈️? #chicagoairandwatershow #airandwatershow #chicago #windycitybloggers #summer

A video posted by Kathy Beymer (@kathybeymer) on Aug 20, 2016 at 10:30am PDT

To Foster Beach, the most shallow and kid-friendly beach in town…

'Beach toys' color palette inspiration. Try this summer-y pink, blue and green color palette on your paper crafts, scrapbooks, seasonal wreaths, handmade cards, weddings, birthday parties and more #Colorize #ABColorPalette

And to Rosewood Beach on the North Shore, private, clean, and quiet in the late afternoon…

'Beach toys' color palette inspiration. Try this summer-y pink, blue and green color palette on your paper crafts, scrapbooks, seasonal wreaths, handmade cards, weddings, birthday parties and more #Colorize #ABColorPalette

August days on Chicago beaches inspired this month’s color palette with these ASTROBRIGHTS® colors, from left to right below:

Vulcan Green™

Plasma Pink™

Lunar Blue™

'Beach toys' color palette inspiration. Try this summer-y pink, blue and green color palette on your paper crafts, scrapbooks, seasonal wreaths, handmade cards, weddings, birthday parties and more #Colorize #ABColorPalette

Check back next month to see the next set of color palettes for more inspiration on how to Colorize™ throughout the year.

And be sure to tell me in the comments below: Where is your favorite beach?

Filed Under: Color Palettes, Inspiration, Sponsored, Summer

About Kathy

I'm Kathy, maker of things and Chicago mom who likes simple and clever DIYs that look handmade, not homemade. I like sewing, printables, handmade birthdays, holiday decor and easy cakes. See my work at HGTV, DIY Network, Apartment Therapy, DesignSponge, more. ✂️

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    Amy Anderson says

    September 10, 2016 at 10:21 pm

    What a great palette! SO fun – and colorful – and my favorite 😀

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