If you count yourself among gingham’s adoring fans, get ready to be wowed. A revival of these cheerful checks is emerging for tableware and décor that feel breezy and lighthearted. Assortments debuting at Dallas Market Center in June, and AmericasMart in July showed off a range of sizes, colors … [Read more...]
Interviews at Dallas Market Center — June 2018
What do you get when you combine a floral-trends expert with a home-décor trends expert? The answer: Grow With Us, a day of education and inspiration sponsored by Dallas Market Center, which took place on June 20th. Led by uBloom's J Schwanke and The Trend Curve's Michelle Lamb, this session was … [Read more...]
Hair-Looms
It’s gone today and hair tomorrow with a Halloween trend that features a centuries-old creepy-keepsake tradition. The ghoulish family photos we are already poised to see for Halloween 2017 will surely be followed by some textural hair-art creations that consist of or have the appearance of human … [Read more...]
It’s Complicated for 2017
Valentine’s Day has always been the best time for paper dollies and layered-paper or die-cut greeting cards. In 2017 we'll see paper stretch into newer applications. Think about decorative pendant garlands and dimensional, corrugated cardboard hearts and messages, like XOXO, as seen in G!'s Light Up … [Read more...]
Favorite Flamingos
If you haven't noticed an uptick yet in the number of flamingos yet, you certainly will next spring. Flamingo shapes and motifs debuted in many seasonal collections for 2017 at the recent Holiday & Home Expo at the Dallas Market Center. The Round Top Collection made these pretty pink … [Read more...]
Just Add Green
Bicycle icons have been around longer than mustaches, but at the Holiday & Home Expo in Dallas, they still managed to get some attention. That's because the newest versions were covered in green, and green was on-trend. From bestselling moss and succulents to incoming foliage, artificial … [Read more...]