Tis the season to get crafty! There’s something about Christmas that makes people want to sit down and get stuck into some DIY. More than 63 million people started heading to Pinterest as early as July to start getting ideas for Christmas. Currently, the site hosts more than 235 million boards around festive planning. When it comes to home decor people are pinning ornaments, wreaths and table styling. Searches for creative table napkins are up 540 per cent.
Pinterest/Cafe no hut Letterboard menu searches have gone up 472 per cent. People are still getting Christmas cards (who knew?) and are looking for ways to display them with searches for holiday card displays up 460 per cent. Pinterest/thefrugalhomemaker.com Upcycled ornaments have seen a boost in popularity with searches up 325 per cent. Pinterest/thewhoot.com.au Other trends that have seen a boost in popularity include: Christmas tree collars (up 381 per cent)
Pinterest/Pier 1 Leaf place cards (up 116 per cent) Pinterest/Jacquelynclark.com Marbled ornaments ( up 113 per cent) Pinterest/Alifeinbalance.net Zero waste gift wrapping (up 75 per cent) Pinterest/Hippie in Disguise Temporary tattoo ornaments (up 51 per cent) Pinterest/blog.tattly.com Glass bottle candle holders (up 40 per cent) Fairy lights (up 31 per cent) Pinterest/homestolove.com.au Asymmetrical holiday wreath (up 27 per cent) Pinterest/HonestlyWTF
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READ NOWTrends are calculated using normalized searches from September ’17 to September ’18