Trendy Thursday

I thought I would take a few minutes today to put together a post about current trends (or at least what Pinterest says they are)

One of the first ones that caught my eye:
Pineapples and Other Fruit:

(source)

I learned on a home improvement show that pineapples have long been a symbol of hospitality, and Wikipedia says this:

"In the Caribbean, Europe and North America, the pineapple became associated with the return of ships from extended voyages, and an emblem of welcome and hospitality that made its way into contemporary art."

So, I love it, but haven't really used it or figured out how to work it into my own decorating or crafting. Have you? If you have, I would love to see an example!

Trending home paint colors:

(source)

I love these colors, and used some very similar ones for my own house, when I painted it last year. I love how soft grays can be adapted with a few accent colors and lighting choices. 

Watercolors:

(In homes/source)

(In Scrapbooking/Source)

There are even free printables out there:

(Source)

What do you think? What trends are you loving right now?

Trendy Tuesday-How It All Comes Back To Scrapbooking

In the nearly 16 years I have been scrapbooking, I have seen trends come and go, and have started to realize that fashion is cyclical, and that the same applies to trends in scrapbooking. What's old becomes new once again...for example, gold. It has waxed and waned in popularity, but this year, we have seen a lot of it in all areas of design.

Home Decor:

(photo from For Chic's Sake)

(photo from Centsational Girl)

Weddings/Wedding Cakes:

(Photo from http://www.invitesweddings.com/b/2014-wedding-color-trends-coral-wedding-ideas-and-invitations-blog03.html )

(Photos from Bespoke-Bride)

(photo from Belle The Magazine )

And in fashion:

(from Colin Cowe Weddings)

(from Style Bistro-lots of great runway photos here!)

(from Style Me Pretty)

I have seen these trends show up in the scrapbook world, as well. We have seen gorgeous golden products from Heidi Swapp:

(from BlueMoon Scrapbooking)

Teresa Collins has this gorgeous Studio Gold line, partenered with We R Memory Keepers for some fabulous albums:

Shimelle's new line has gold touches, in the paper and Thickers:

There are really too many to name! One of my favorite scrapbooking lines this past year was the Maggie Holmes Flea Market collection, and it has lots of lovely golden touches in it.

Including this beautiful piece of gold doily vellum:

Here are a few of the pages I have made incorporating gold in the past year:

You will see, if you look closely, that I have incorporated gold into all of these pages, although mostly in small doses, such as mist or 1-3 accents. It can be overwhelming if you overdo it! I love to mix it with creams and corals especially, and I find myself drawn to it at the end of the summer/beginning of fall, especially. I feel it complements and ties into fall decor beautifully, with the rich rusts, burgundys, oranges, and deep plums. What do you think? Do you like the gold trend? Or are you over gold?

Trendy Tuesday

As a scrapbooker and generally creative person, I am influenced and inspired by current trends in fashion, color, and home decor. Something I like to do from time to time is head to pinterest and type in the search bar, "trend", "trending", or even something like "trend fall 2014", which is what I did today. Here is a small sampling of the trends that are inspiring me right now;
Color:

I love the richness of the jewel tones and shades for fall, so pretty!

Prints/Patterns:

Other inspiration for me and my crafting right now:

If you would like to keep up with the trends that are inspiring me, feel free to follow my "Trending Now" board on Pinterest.

What I Wore Wednesday...Cobalt Trend Spin

So, I know that this is a scrapbooking blog, but I have realized that I have not been caring as much how I look/dress/eat as much lately, so this an attempt to start to remedy that. I don't know if this will be a regular weekly feature or not, but it sounded fun, so I thought I would join up (this week, anyway).
My try at the cobalt trend:

If you wanted to put a scrapbooking twist on it, you could just be inspired by this beautiful color:

Thanks for checking in with me today!

*Keepin' it real...I am out of the heels and barefoot now...