2016 color trends

It's December again and since Etsy success requires that we keep looking ahead, let's just pretend it's 2016! I don't post many treasuries but I made this one of 2016 color trends and wanted to save it here for posterity's sake. To find the items I used a combination of casual browsing like always, but leaned heavily on the color app on my widgets page that lets me type in any hex code and find Etsy items that match.

http://spacefem.com/etsy/color.php

The treasury:

'2016 Colors' by spacefem

Treasury of trending colors for 2016 - bright, happy, ready for a new year!

Ladies Underwear- Pink Linge... NaughtyNaughty $25	GIGANTIC Shabby Chic Vintage... SimplySerraFlo... $5.15	Blue Pottery Vase, 10 1/4 in... LiliesLegacies $22	Handmade Laptop Bag ,Yellow ... ammaciyo $85
Neon Green, Suede Fringe Tas... ShiShisBoutiqu... $2	5 clothespins turquoise dis... owlandthistle $4	hanging lamp/wooden lamps/pe... Sponndesign $649	Superfine merino felting woo... DivinityFibers $5.5
Handmade carmine felt Cachep... FMLdesign $8	Glass Cabochons Ornate Flora... mksupplies $4.5	Hand-made in Ethiopia: The L... TheShiroMeda $19.99	Horse Throw Blanket Horse Bl... HLBhomedesigns $45
Vintage brown wide slashed l... studio842 $19.99	My house at night. - Print o... MartaTorrao $30	Lalique France Noel 1992 Gre... fromThePeddler... $45	Dahlia Flower Pillow Cover -... AldariHome $35

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2013 trending color: flat brown

Earlier in the year pantone announced that emerald green was making a huge comeback and would totally be the color of 2013. This has proven to be total crap, which is a shame because it looks good on me, but seriously we're not seeing it anywhere. I'm not sure who emerald paid off at pantone to get such a nice prediction made out of it, but it didn't work.

No, the real trending colors for the year seem to be flat ones. Low saturation, neutral, relaxing, and homemade-looking. With that in mind, I've chosen a nice flat brown for my latest spoonflower fabric: geek glasses on flat brown

The color: #AB9073. I seriously compared a spoonflower color sample swatch to a chunk of cardboard. Don't laugh, I love it.

Here, I will put chevrons on it:

And this pattern I made over at colourlovers:

trend spotting: wrap bracelets

A while back I wrote an entry about my favorite cuff bracelets - by the way I have yet to own any of them, but a girl can dream. Anyway the other thing I keep noticing in the contest is wrap bracelets. I love the ones that mix leather & beads especially, it's just a neat earthy look.

I saw this one in first place in the $20 contest today (as of 3pm, so I know that can change):

18th place July 20th, 2012
July 20th! Items from $20-$20.99.
Single wrap cuff bracelet. Amazonite gemstones, turquoise Czech bugles, copper seed beads. Black button. Hipster.
by CarolMade

And it inspired me to see what else we'd had recently. Quite a few, it turns out!

91st place July 18th, 2012
Welcome Wednesday! The newest Etsy shops' items from $1-$50.
Pearl and Crystal Leather Wrap Bracelet
by CourtneyRaiDawn

87th place July 16th, 2012
July 16th! Items from $16-$16.99.
Blue Hematite Crystal Leather Wrap Bracelet - Chan Luu Inspired Spring Summer Special Beaded Four Wrap Bracelet
by REDbytina

Featured July 11th, 2012
Welcome Wednesday! The newest Etsy shops' items from $1-$50.
Chan Luu Inspired Leather Wrap Bracelet
by SoleLove

Featured July 8th, 2012
Swanky Sunday! Items from $50-$74.99.
Turquoise Silver Mix Leather Wrap Beaded Bracelet
by TrulyAmberJewelry

All kinds of doors

This week's $21 item contest was won by a tiny door:

April 21st, 2012 - 1st place
Gnome doors, Fairy Doors, Faerie Doors, Elf Doors, 9 inch.
by NothinButWood

It's so darn cute I had to look up whether this was a trend in the contest. And sure enough, people do seem to love doors, locks, keys and everything else wonderful about entryways.

April 16th, 2012 - featured
Fairy Door, The Elderin Door - All Greens & Browns - PRE-ORDER - Die Stone Cast. (FRB)
by FairybehindtheDoor

April 16th, 2012 - featured
Little Clay House - Black Red white - Miniature Ceramic Cottage
by thelittlereddoor

April 18th, 2012 - featured
Door Lock
by meresmarketplace

April 21st, 2012 - 29th place
Unlock my Soul Locket Bracelet
by areliaspretties

April 17th, 2012 - 39th place
Wall Hook- Key Holder -Jewelry Holder- Black -Skeleton Key Sophisticated and Chic -Cast Iron
by MorrellDecor

April 18th, 2012 - 47th place
Key Rack / Shabby Skeleton Key Rail in Creamy White French Cottage Style
by TheDoorStop

I love cuffs

I keep seeing cuff bracelets, they're great in treasuries but also I just really really want them and wanted to post up some favorites.

April 18th, 2012 - 36th place
Silver Cuff Bracelet Polymer Clay Black Wide Cuff Leaves Flowers Hand Stamped Art Jewelry
by PolymerPlayin

April 16th, 2012 - 22nd place
Silver cuff bracelet Asian floral blossoms design, handmade cuff bracelets by theshagbag on Etsy
by theshagbag

March 23rd, 2012 - 22nd place
Black leather cuff "Keep rooted"
by felicitystyle

April 19th, 2012 - 19th place
Leather Cuff - The Dusk Lit Stars Cuff
by LabyrinthLeather

April 18th, 2012 - 17th place
Dragonfly Half Cuff Bracelet Embossed Brass
by sandrandan

April 14th, 2012 - 48th place
Shiny Ethnic cuff bracelet
by akissofromance

March 25th, 2012 - 24th place
Little Red Flowers on a Wide Leather Cuff
by aosLeather

April 17th, 2012 - featured
AVA Leather Cuff
by BotLeather