I've been following the blog Kris's Color Stripes for awhile now. A friend of mine sent it to me and I love the way she pulls out a color palette from anything and everything—photos to fabrics to collections of objects. Here are some examples:

Nebula's Color:

Flea Market Find: West German Ceramic

Collecting:

Kris has now come out with a 2009 calendar filled with watercolors and the color palette for each month. Just look at some of the images:

It's available at Kris's etsy shop here. And Kris's blog is definitely one to add to your queue.

(all photos from Kris's Color Stripes or KrissColorStripes shop)