Cath Edvalson
As creative editor for Paper Crafts magazine, it’s my job to make sure that the projects we show are fresh, fun and trendy. So, when I walk the showroom floor at CHA, I’m always on the lookout for what inspires, what’s showing up multiple times in multiple places and what’s getting a lot of buzz as I bop from booth to booth.
On the plane ride home, as I started to process all I had seen, I wrote down the common themes that had risen to the top of my experience. Here are they are—my CHA Winter 2010 Trends by the Dozen:
1. Doilies & Lace. Intricate lovelies straight from Grandma’s parlor:
Products from October Afternoon, Little Yellow Bicycle and Donna Salazar
2. Opaque. It’s been about glitter and twinkle. Now it’s about hard-core shine:
Products from Ranger and Pink Paislee
3. Textured Cardstock. Whether it’s custom to a manufacturer, raised or stitched, it’s all about texture:
Products from Cosmo Cricket, Bazzill Basics Paper and Anna Griffin
4. Canvas. Speaking of texture…
Products from Prima, Canvas Corp. and BasicGrey
5. Peace Signs. A return trend from CHA Summer, these happy icons were everywhere I looked:
Products from Little Yellow Bicycle, Adorn It and Reminisce
6. Altered Art. Anything Tim Holtz is hot and these new tools help seal the deal:
Products from Tim Holtz, GCD Studios and Zutter
7. Music. Carrying its own tune:
Products from Glitz Design, Technique Tuesday and October Afternoon
8. Frames. Picture this:
Products from Teresa Collins Design, Webster’s Pages and 7gypsies
9. Buttons. As in cute as a…
Products from Webster’s Pages, The Girls’ Paperie and Jenni Bowlin
10. Vintage Ephemera. Trinkets, cards, images and more:
Products from Melissa Frances, Glitz Design and K&Company
11. Background Text. These say it all…
Products from Prima, Technique Tuesday and Impression Obsession
12. Sewing—the run-away trend of the show. Keeping us in stitches:
Products from Cosmo Cricket and Maya Road
Which of these trends speaks the most to you and why? I’d love to hear your takes on this trendy dozen, friends! Leave me a comment by midnight (MST) on Wednesday, Feb. 10 and I’d be oh-so-happy to send the Material Girl collection from Cosmo Cricket to one random lucky winner!
Dealing in dozens,
Cath
