Whether you’re decorating with a traditional or trendy Christmas color combination, your seasonal style can only shine through with the ornaments, accents, and holiday decor trimming your tree or adorning your mantel. During my trend spotting trips to Holiday Market I search for the freshest festive finds. Here are five of my favorites for you [...]
Over the last few years pink has gained popularity as a viable color choice for Christmas decorating. It’s feminine, youthful, and some values of pink have the same high energy as red. Pink has the power to lighten and brighten up a room for the holidays. Today I’m sharing 5 simple steps to using pink [...]
Decorating for Christmas is the seasonal way to add some color in your home, even if only for a few weeks. Green often works as our neutral backdrop, in trees and garlands, which blends naturally with the rest of the interior. This gives us the freedom to explore unique color combinations, not necessarily following the [...]
This week I thought we’d take a break from the hoop-a-la that surrounds the holidays and introduce you to ICI’s Color of the Year 2010.
Here’s what ICI had to say about their choice:
“In keeping with our overall theme of ‘Reclaim’, we are looking towards the qualities of truth, integrity, openness and hope. The Colour of [...]
Like most everyone, I’ve got a lot to be thankful for this year. I’ve got my wonderful family and friends, my health, my fabulous color trend career, and of course…totally trendy fall table settings. With the season rich in tradition rapidly approaching, I’ve got the itch for bringing something new and unexpected to the “table.” [...]
Having grown-up in the “Halloween Capital of the World,” this delightfully devilish day has always been one of my favorites. If you weren’t aware of this haunted halloween honor bestowed to my birth city then I’ve got to take a moment and scare you straight. This “title” does NOT go to Salem, Mass or Hell, [...]
Since October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, this week I thought paying homage to pink would be an especially sweet treat.
Pink is a tint of red, or red with white added to lighten the color. Pink can also go red-orange (Coral) or red-violet (Magenta aka “Hot Pink”). It can be youthful, fun, exciting, and some [...]
Animal prints ride a slippery slope between trendy and just plain tacky. They are in essence classic, however, it seems that the way we use animal prints or the type of animal print makes all the differences and is a sign of the times. One year it may be cheetah, the next zebra. One year [...]
The “it” color, the “hot” hue, it’s how we’ve referred to purple for more than a year now. So I’m confident when I say purple continues to reign supreme as the go-to color for fall. Purple has proven itself as a true color trend through longevity in the market along with its ability to change [...]
What is it about the fame and fortune of Hollywood that is so fascinating? Maybe it’s our natural desire to surround ourselves with luxury. It could be our attraction to the glamorous style that defines the stars that live there. Or maybe it’s the glitz and glimmer, sparkle and shimmer, brilliance and beauty of precious [...]
