Spring/Summer 2012 Trends

Happy Sunday everyone!

One of the new blog posts that I thought I would start would be trends! What we see at the shows.. and how they interconnect with our daily lives..
Let me know what you think!!!

Today I thought I would start with one of the biggest trends we saw at CHA:

Woodgrain

My Minds Eye

My Minds Eye

My Minds Eye

7 Gypsies

Crate Paper

October Afternoon

Maya Road

Bella Blvd and their new Buttons! 

Here is how I am seeing it not only on the runway.. but almost everywhere!!

Rodarte  Spring 2011 

(it usually takes about a year until we "see" it off the runway)

iPhone Covers

Beautiful wood inlayed and silver necklace

Towels from West Elm

Business Cards

(I have also seen a tremendous amount of stationary now available with a woodgrain look)

I love to consider event planning. I have started to also see wood being used as center pieces. Large round pieces used as cupcake tiers and also as large floral stands. This is a large piece that is used as a runner down the middle of the table. 

http://www.stylemepretty.com/gallery/photo/74488

How do you see this trend? Does it have any significance to you in regards to an emotion? For me, it conjures up calm. Peaceful. But, I also love the way it creates its own geometric patterns. Each piece of wood can generate its own identity. I love the tonal colors. I think that My Minds Eye had a lot of fun in playing with it in tones of blues and yellows... keep an eye out for this line soon!!! 

Loss Challenge #1 and a Full Kit Giveaway

October Challenge #1, Stages of Grief/Steps



Welcome to October's challenges from Scrapbooking from the Inside Out!

These are the traditionally understood stages of grief, as Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross wrote about:

Denial and Isolation.
At first, we tend to deny the loss has taken place, and may withdraw from our usual social contacts. This stage may last a few moments, or longer.

Anger.
The grieving person may then be furious at the person who inflicted the hurt (even if she's dead), or at the world, for letting it happen. He may be angry with himself for letting the event take place, even if, realistically, nothing could have stopped it.

Bargaining.
Now the grieving person may make bargains with God, asking, "If I do this, will you take away the loss?"

Depression.
The person feels numb, although anger and sadness may remain underneath.

Acceptance.
This is when the anger, sadness and mourning have tapered off. The person simply accepts the reality of the loss.

My experience has been that these stages are certainly not linear nor are they mutually exclusive. Kubler-Ross said that grief could follow anything from the death of a loved one to a great disappointment.

Please share a LO about an experience of grief in your life about any kind of loss. For the design twist, please use a visual interpretation of stages of grief as they related (or relate) to your experience...linear, stepwise, stuck, blocked, free...

Come on by the site and share your LO! We'd love to see it. You can post your LO on our gallery to be eligible for great prizes at the end of the month.

And now for a MOST fantastic offer:

Our October kit was featured last week at the Scrapbook Trends Magazine blog...if you go and post a comment, you'll be entered to win this fantastic kit - you will just LOVE it! Click HERE to leave your comment and give your support to the best magazine out there as well...

This is what you could win:



Come join us and unburden yourself using our amazing craft...

Love,

Rachel