Trendspotting: Handmade Holidays in London

The handmade look was abundant across London this holiday season. Felted wood, embroidered looks, hand knit, hand stitched and hand crafted designs were all the rage! Here's a few of our favorites from Liberty, Heals, Conran Shop, Anthropologie and more!

Happy Holidays to all!

A Holiday Gift from Sphere Trending!

Happy Holidays!! To celebrate our love of everything color - we're giving you a free download to our entire 2010 collection of Color Caffeine palettes! We hope these bring you colorful inspiration in 2011 and stay tuned... This fun and inspiring series will be back in the new year with exciting new palettes!

Color Caffeine 2010

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Trendspotting - A Colorful Holiday in Stockholm

Despite the cold weather and the frozen fog, our holiday trendspotting trip to Stockholm was a wonderful experience. We covered both the outdoor Christmas markets and the unique retail and department stores found in the city. Here's a colorful collection of a few of our finds and even some bright and cheerful "guerrilla knitting" we found on the street!

We wish you all a colorful and happy holiday season!

Color Caffeine - Russian Red

Happy Holidays!! Our last Color Caffeine palette of the year is a celebration of the rich and bright Russian Red hue that is gorgeous everyday, but is extra special during the holiday season. In a shiny, gloss finish or with touches of sparkle, jewels and metallic, this color is a perfect choice for holiday celebrations or to brighten your decor all year long. Our Color Caffeine will be back in 2011 with another year long celebration of color! Review our entire 2010 collection of palettes here.

Trendspotting - It's a White Christmas at ABC Carpet & Home

It's holiday week here at Sphere Trending and we couldn't be more excited! If you love color, holiday decor, gorgeous displays and shopping across the globe - stick with us this week here on the blog, on facebook and twitter, because we're sharing our favorite pictures from trendspotting in London, New York City, Stockholm and more!!

Starting us off with an elegantly white Christmas is the lovely ABC Carpet & Home in NYC. We love the mixing of the elemental pieces, such as quartz and stone, along with the ethereal glass and traditional icons, like poinsettias and flowers. One of our favorite places to visit when in the city, ABC Carpet & Home is a must-see store during the holiday shopping season!

Color Caffeine - Gilded Green

It's that time of the year where our Color Caffeine series turns to thoughts of holiday decorating. Our trendspotting teams have been in NYC, London, Stockholm and in retail hot spots across the country covering the holiday trends, colors and product innovations and our first color story to share is "Gilded Green". Shimmery and metallic, this tone is perfect for a new twist on holiday green tones and traditional decor schemes. Get caught up on all of this year's Color Caffeine palette inspirations here!

Trendspotting - Frozen in Stockholm

This is a fitting post this morning as Michigan, and much of the Midwest is literally in a deep freeze... We're snowed in, how about you??

Our recent trendspotting trip to Stockholm, Sweden was not only a lesson in unique Christmas trends, but also in the stunningly cold temperatures, icy streets (ouch!?!) and wondrous sights from mother nature. In these two photos below, would you believe that it was SO cold that the fog froze into an icy mist creating this aura / rainbow effect in the middle of the day. There are more trends and innovation to come from Stockholm, London & NYC... stay tuned!

Holiday Trendspotting - Bergdorf Goodman

We've got trendspotting teams on the west coast, on the east coast and across the pond in both London and Stockholm as we speak... Tracking holiday trends and gathering color, material, finish and product design implications for our upcoming Holiday Design Trend Forecast. In celebration of the season, please enjoy our coverage of the fabulous windows from Bergdorf Goodman!

Trendspotting - Boulder, CO

We're back from Boulder! A hot city on our trendspotting list for 2010, this is one of the final towns rounding our our 10 city selection for fall. To brighten your dreary Monday (we don't know about you, but Michigan in winter is NOT so colorful!!) we thought we'd share a post from the very vivid and very unique Holiday Neighborhood development.

A new urban community centered about a pedestrian friendly concept, the neighborhood offers community gardens, business spaces, art studios, green construction practices and easy access to miles of trails and open space. That all sounds wonderful... But today, on this dreary and cold afternoon, what we're really loving are these great colors - Enjoy!