When it comes to trend spotting, the CHA show floor is a happenin’ hot spot of activity, with fresh trends as far as the eye can see. To wrap up our CHA Winter extravaganza, we want to share two of our favorite show-floor trends with you today. (Our Friday guest blog spots will reconvene next week.) Both looks we’re going to focus on are fashionably fabulous and sure to make any paper project shine. So trend trackers, are you ready to check them out? All right, let’s take a look at some of the hottest looks out there.
Look #1: Handmade Flowers
Spring was definitely in the air at this winter show. Handmade blooms were popping up all over place.
These pretty posies made from cardstock were on display at the Bazzill Basics Paper booth. We love how they fill in the open area in the corner of this layout.
The Melissa Frances booth took the flowers off the page and into the window with these beautiful flower balls. How sweet would these look hanging in a craft room or nursery?
Cosmo Cricket has an idea for dressing up a gift box in botanicals. They rolled paper rosettes from patterned paper for a bright dash of dimension.
The fine folks at Little Yellow Bicycle filled a vase with doily designs and paper-cut flower shapes. Any brunch gathering can be taken to the next level with these on display.
Look #2: Dress Forms
At first glance, it was easy to confuse the CHA show floor with a NYC runway. Dress forms were around every corner. What a wonderful way to display the latest and greatest paper lines!
GCD Studios knew how to welcome its booth guests with this lovely dress form on display right at their entryway.
Make a mini album for any fashionista in your life with this fantastic dress-form album from Maya Road.
Making Memories launched a new jewelry line this CHA, so it only seems appropriate to adorn that area of their booth with a stylish dress-form display. We loved how they draped the pattern around the shape.
These are just two of the many wonderful trends we spotted this show. For more of what’s hot, make sure you watch our “Hot Spot” column each issue in the magazine.
Comment to Win
So, what trend is your favorite right now, whether it’s from CHA or something else you love? Leave a comment on this blog post by February 7, 2010, and you could win this great prize package with new releases from Kiki Art.
Cheers!
Megan Hoeppner, Creative Editor
Free Font Friday
P.S. Don’t miss Free Font Friday! To accompany our flower trend, today you can download the CK Flower Power font for free here.
I’m also liking the bird cage trend.
I love the paper flowers everywhere and I am so excited about the banner trend.
My favorite trend is the homemade flowers. I’ve seen so many different techniques lately and want to try them all!
looove those flower balls!! and the cute dress form mini-books!!
I like the owls all over the place
I still just love the flowers & flourishes! I think it’ll be my favorite for a long time!
Trendy Looks:************************************************************************
Well, I have to say that the “Bazzill Basics Paper” Is Super Fantastic !!! I really like that look. Melissa Frances’ flower balls are OUTSTANDING! I can totaly see those at a wedding! Also, what a unique way to make a special box for someone. I am so over joyed on this whole exposure of ideas. I am jumping for joy inside!!!:)********** thanks Kiki Art for the give away!!
It’s a toss up between handmade paper flowers and handmade felt flowers, I am so loving flowers right now.
I’m loving the paper flowers trend right now. I just think that they are too cute. Since there are soo many ways to make paper flowers they all look unique and of course pretty.
Love the flowers! Love the dress forms! It is all just so much fun!
My favorite trend are all the flowers that are popping up in unexpected places and I love the big blooms the best. Who knew paper could produce such gorgeous flowers?
I’m also loving hand made flowers. They’re gorgeous!
I still like owls, birds and the birdcage trend.
Fantastic new things…thanks for the pictures and writeup!!! Love the Kiki giveaway too!!!
I would have to say for me I am reaching for flowers ALL the time…I just made them work on a Christmas layout. Thanks for the chance to win!
Banners!
I am always a huge fan of ANY kind of flowers, but my new favorite trend is all of the misting!! I love how it adds a little pizazz to any scrap project!
I love flowers made from paper or fabric.
I love the paper flowers but I also like the burlap I am seeing! Great Texture!!
I love the paper flowers from quilling but am now getting into distressing,and stamping. I like the birds and the owls they are never the same.
I’m liking the resurgence of crepe paper, especially the rolls of it. I always had the perception that streamers were uncool, but I’m seeing them used in lots of neat ways.
I am loving all the flower idea’s I’m seeing at the moment, like the rolled paper flower. Just love making my own bits to go on my page as it makes it just a little bit more mine.
I am loving all the bling right now and the vintage style papers!!
I am loving all the bling right now and the vintage style papers!!
I really like the paper flowers and am going to try and make them!
My fave are the flowers and banners
I love the flowers that Cosmo Cricket made. So cute and such a good way to dress up a project!
I definitely love paper flowers! I also like the critters trend, especially birds…love owls!
I love all the jewelry from scrapbooking stuff
It is hard to say what is my trend because I am very new at scrapbooking, but I have notice that flowers are something that I always love to use. Doesn ‘t matter what kind of flowers – paper, croched or other, but I love them.
wait! is that some of Kiki’s ribbon tape i see??? trend … i don’t know which to go with as my favorite! i am loving it all!
Wow! just love all the flowers
Terry
I have been noticing a lot of things with a distressed look or sort of antiqued look that seem ‘in’.
I LOVE the handcrafted and handsewn look! I’ve been making paper flowers for over 45 years, but with all the gorgeous papers available now, they look so fresh and fun!!
gotta LOVE the handmade flowers! ….paper, grunge, fabric, inked, crinkled, rolled, crumpled……..anyway you make ”em, they are fantabulous! I’m getting ready to pull out some old fabric scraps to see what I can come up with!
love, love, love those paper rosettes. those are on my list of “things to make”.
i love the flowers in a vase for a centerpiece – if it gets knocked over, there’s no spilled water!!!
I love all the flowers too…. paper or ribbon.
I LOVE the sewing on layouts trend. It adds so much detail!!
I have to say I love all of the flowers and creative ideas to make and display!
I have to say I love all of the flowers and creative ideas to make and display!
Right now it is the flowers & ribbons – loving them all
Wow, wow, wow!! LOVE all the handmade flower!!
i love the handmade flowers as well – seems to be the group consensious!
how cute would those be to display a page in a shadow box – love the 3d effect. Also loved the flower balls, would be a fabulous idea for a wedding! (too bad mine was already 3 years ago!)
Butterflies, butterflies, butterflies!!! I am so glad to see so many butterflies again this year! LOVE them!
Love seeing all the new items from CHA. I can’t wait to see some of them in the stores. Thanks for a chance to win such great treasures !!
I love flower trend cause I want spring!
I love flower trend cause I want spring!
I have yet to learn how to sew, but I love the trends that crossover (from paper-crafting to quilting, etc.). I opened a long unused box of my DMC floss the other day to do a little (hand) stitching on a layout… Gotta show a little love to ALL creative mediums!
Thanks!
I love all the girly trends out there…especially all those handmade flowers – I can’t wait to learn how to make them. Please put a tutorial in the magazine!!