Admit it. Instagram > Facebook.
I’m the first to admit that I spend too much time on the gram. Mindless scrolling while I wait for my bus and train, watching stories instead of sleeping, and planning posts for Kate & Moose all the time.
And given all that time scrolling my feed and watching stories, I’ve definitely come across a post or two that made me roll my eyes. And yeah, I’ve absolutely compared myself to accounts I follow and thought less than fantastic things about how I stack up.
It’s Time to Marie Kondo Your Instagram Feed
If you follow Instagram accounts that make you roll your eyes, groan out loud, or worse, make you feel like crap, I am granting you permission to unfollow.
Bring on the warm and fuzzy puppy accounts. The travel accounts that transport you to places unknown. And the colorful accounts that give you whole body smiles.
If an account doesn’t make you smile, double you over in laughter, or make you feel all warm and fuzzy on the inside, unfollow. Right now. Go. I’ll wait here.
Eight Colorful Instagram Accounts to Spark Joy
Featuring a maximalist and a minimalist painter influenced by color, spark some joy with art. Have the itch to add more color to your home with a DIY reupholstery project? Jenna can help with that.
Does your bookshelf have a blank space? Add a handcrafted fiber rainbow or a ceramic vase. What about a window with great light? A minimalist stained glass piece will case color throughout. Want a new hobby or to learn a new skill? How about learning how to paint with watercolors? Read on to discover these eight colorful Instagram accounts that can spark joy in your feed.
Rainbows and Scotland probably don’t sound like they’d pair well together, but Sarah Coey lives in the land of castles and paints happiness and joy. Inspired by the rugged beauty of the Scottish landscape, the combination of wild and tempestuous weather against the fragile delicacy of wildflowers, her abstracts are full of wonderment and curious possibilities. But truthfully? Mostly they evoke happiness and joy.
Living and breathing color is what you’ll find in Jenna’s home design and renovation projects. An upholsterer and home renovator, I fell in love with how cleverly Jenna uses color. Her YouTube show, Room Bloom, features many of her renovation projects as well as one-off episodes sharing how to decorate with color and how to install accent wallpaper.
A flat gallery wall is incomplete until you add texture amongst the frames. Enter rainbow fiber sculptures. For the neutral color lovers, Mandi creates sculptures in a variety of color palettes that includes pastels and monochromatic pieces. She handmakes each piece which also includes mobiles and keychains.
Based in San Francisco, this colorful storefront offers a variety of watercolors and all the accessories you’ll need to paint. Handmade watercolors (fluorescent violet is my fave)! And check out their online classes. I loved how to make watercolors and making a color chart.
Ann Marie Coolick slathers frosting-like paint layer upon layer creating textural three-dimensional art that you’ll have a hard time not touching as you walk by. Using only palette knives and heavy body paint, Ann Marie’s “Polka Daubs” series explores the deconstruction of color and texture into their simplest form.
A ceramic and design studio that handmakes porcelain ceramics for your table and home. And the signature colors for Ren Vois’ porcelain ceramics are created by adding pigments into the porcelain rather than by glaze. Her work features pieces such as vases, plates, and pasta bowls. Based in Los Angeles, you can find her pieces online as well as shows such as West Coast Craft.
Do you dream in ombré? If so, meet Caroline, an artist the creates stunning ombré art from natural and found items like plastic, pottery, and sea glass. My Type A, every thing has a place and purpose aesthetic loves her relaxation inducing art.
Clean lines. Vibrant colors. Minimalist aesthetic. Meet Debbie Bean, the stained glass artist that personifies colorful minimalism. Specializing in large-scale installation art pieces and everyday decor that is guaranteed to transform your space into a meditation on color and geometry. Make a statement with a rainbow panel or double the color with a suncatcher.
BONUS Colorful Instagram Accounts
@cookiedonyc – the world’s first gourmet edible & bakeable cookie dough ?
@heyamberrae – Amber Rae is an author, artist, and global voice for emotional wellness and personal growth
@positivelypresent – PositivelyPresent is dedicated to helping people around the world learn to embrace positivity, awareness, and self-love
What Instagram accounts spark joy? Share with me in the comments.
