Stationery Trends To Look For In 2013
The personalized stationery industry looks promising in 2013. This means that, you, the consumer will have a harder time deciding which stationery products to purchase for your next celebration, a difficult task already, we know, but one that is always exciting to explore. Yes, thanks to the many hardworking oddball characters in this industry you have more choices. No longer will you be confronted by the same materials, designs and lettering styles. The future looks bright, so allow us to gaze into our crystal ball and give you a wrap up of what’s to come.
Weddings and anniversary celebrations will see the biggest change, bringing back traditional themes and styles that were once considered passé. We will see many of the hip design elements inspired by the fashions of the 1920s, 30s and even the 60s incorporated in many products. For the serious enthusiast, personalized stationery will take on a more artistic approach. Artist materials like watercolor paper and stretched canvass will be gradually introduced, including acrylic paints, block and screen printing inks. Other materials like chalk, magnets, plastic beads and stamps will also be important design options. Birthday boys and girls will discover memorable photographs and personal mementos like endearing notes from family or friends integrated as collage motifs. But that’s not all…
Here are seven more stationery trends for the upcoming year.
- Patterns: Expect to see more bold and intricate patterns. Bright and dark colors will converge on paper. The fashion styles of long ago will be reproduced and fused as background layers on many birthday and baby shower invitations.
- Traditional: Design schemes, layouts and lettering styles with an old world look will remain prevalent. For those reentering the workforce, a monogram is a distinctive feature that will quickly replace the significance of your signature.
- Rustic: Think wood materials, faded colors, ribbons and inks that embellish and promote a rustic appearance. Many brides are currently opting for a fairytale look. This is particularly true for wedding invitations.
- Homemade: Are you a DIY type of person? Handmade lettering styles created by the use of artist brushes or the fluidity of a fountain pen will give your card or note a natural presentation.
- Laser cutting: A proven and precise method is once again preferred by many. What is laser cutting? In layman’s terms – it is a procedure that uses lasers to cut paper. Thanks to the use of a laser cutting machine, many birthday cards, wedding invitations, and birth announcements are created without the use of other materials. Each cut contributes to the arrangement of negative and positive space on a given layout which creates the desired image. While the popularity of this method continues to grow, other forms like foil stamping and embossing will also see a growth.
- New materials: Something unseen before in this industry, new and unorthodox materials are being introduced every day. Home supplies and objects like wallpaper, cotton, lace, thin wood veneers and pieces of tile will become even more useful.
- Eco or recycled paper: Our fascination of turning something old into something new again has taken us here – to a world that is green and lush and filled with recycled goods. Paper and ink products made of soy are currently being used and incorporated in many stationery items.
Many of the concepts mentioned above are represented by the various materials, patterns and design elements currently being used in stationery today. The signs are everywhere. Will Giftsin24 join in on all the fun? I will consult my crystal ball. O.K – I confess – it’s a Magic 8 Ball and it says: Ask again later.
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Paulette Leto
Wow, this all sounds really exciting! I can’t wait to see all the new personalized stationery trends that come out in 2013, and how GiftsIn24 puts their own unique and awesome spin on those trends! I’m definitely excited to check out some new styles!
I’m looking forward to seeing some new patterns and design schemes. As for baby shower invitations, I do have a couple of friends that I know will be trying to have children next year, so with any luck they will need to order some of these baby shower invitations. If they do, I know just where to send them for the best designs and best deals!
28 December 2012, 3:51 pmJonathan Price
Just in case I don’t get another chance in the next couple of days, I’d like to wish everyone at the GiftsIn24.com blog, both writers and my fellow readers, a happy new year!
It sounds like there are a lot of exciting possibilities coming up in the world of personalized stationery. I especially like the sound of laser cutting as it applies to personalized stationery. Am I reading it right that this is an alternative to foil-stamped stationery or embossed stationery? It sounds pretty neat either way.
This blog has got me hyped to see what kind of new stationery products are available in the new year, in response to the ever-changing world of stationery fashion trends!
28 December 2012, 5:14 pmAshleigh316
This definitely sounds like an intriguing list of possibilities for the new year. It sounds like there are some really cool emerging trends in the world of personalized stationery, and I am interested to see what Giftsin24 can make of them.
I like the sound of “rustic” designs for personalized wedding invitations. If I were getting married (sadly, I’m not…), then I think I would like that kind of design for the wedding invitations.
I’d also like to learn more about new materials that are coming into use in the personalized stationery industry. That sounds like it has a lot of possibilities, and I’d love to find out what will come of that.
29 December 2012, 1:24 amstationeryfan811
A new year full of new personalized stationery products and new stationery trends? COUNT ME IN! As much as I love all the cool personalized notepads, gift enclosures, holiday napkins, baby shower invitations, and other cool stuff you can buy on GiftsIn24.com, I’m always excited to see new designs as well. I’m another one who would like to learn more about laser cutting as it applies to personalized stationery, and am also wondering about the idea of homemade lettering styles for stationery. I’m imagining some fancy calligraphy drawn with a brush (which I would totally do if I had the skill for it), but even if that’s not what you’re talking about, I’d like to know more.
In short, I’m super excited to see what 2013 brings in the world of personalized stationery!
29 December 2012, 2:52 amMaxine
So does GiftsIn24 have new surprises for us in the coming year? Like everyone else, I’m looking forward to seeing what you guys come up with! There are already a lot of excellent personalized stationery products here, so I’m really curious how you’re going to top yourselves. Like all fashion trends, I know stationery trends change constantly all the time, so you need to keep innovating to stay current. Of course a lot of the classic designs for personalized cards will still be popular, but I definitely am curious to see what new and great ways GiftsIn24 will find for us to express our personal messages via paper products.
Happy new year, everybody!
29 December 2012, 10:33 amstationeryfan811
I’m very much looking forward to seeing where 2013 takes us as far as personalized stationery trends goes. I love all the different styles you can already get with GiftsIn24, and I feel like there’s already a huge variety of personalized notepads, holiday napkins, stationery gift sets, gift enclosures, and everything else. When you add in the ability to personalize all those with custom messages or names, the variety becomes literally endless. But I’m still super excited to see what new trends will bring about in the way of new products. I’m especially interested to see how the influx of new materials into personalized stationery design, along with new techniques like laser cutting becoming more prevalent, will mix with an increased demand for more traditional and rustic styles. It’s really going to be a very exciting time, and I look forward to seeing what GiftsIn24′s response to these new trends will be.
30 December 2012, 1:28 pmHenry B Springs
Personalized Stationery themes, do indeed change like the weather. Looking forward to 2013′s options you will find many past styles and themes from yester year returning. Maybe not “The Big Fat Greek Wedding” but definitely a return to the big wedding celebrations and styles of the 20s, 30s and 60s. At least for this year. Wedding Stationery and all its related favors and amenities will be seasoned with a color palette from water color paper and stretched canvass, a variety of colors, patterns, materials and lettering styles that can go on for as long as the day is long. There will be so many more options that add to a complete theme for any wedding, celebration, anniversary or event worth celebrating. whatever way you choose to celebrate we still have the Perfect Personalized Guest Towel Napkins. Seeing every facet of your Personalized Stationery Choices work together makes it clear that it’s the little things that matter most.
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30 December 2012, 4:02 pmIsabel Gutierrez
Stationeryfan, I guess you really must be excited! I’m sure we all are, for that matter. Like everyone else, I’m curious to see what unique spin Giftsin24 puts on these and other stationery trends in the coming year.
I do have a question about the new trends in eco friendly stationery, though. It seems that eco-friendly stationery made from recycled paper works well if you don’t mind the gray color of the paper, but I don’t know much about ink made with soy. Does that have the same longevity as other ink? Supposing I had a personalized note that I wanted to save, that was written on recycled paper printed with soy ink, would that soy ink still be legible after a few years? I’m really not sure since I haven’t really used this kind of stationery before.
30 December 2012, 4:26 pmElizabeth Anderson
This all sounds pretty interesting. I like the idea of big style wedding celebrations coming back into vogue. They say everything old is new again, and I suppose it’s true. I’ve also noticed that 90′s nostalgia seems to be really cranking up lately, much like 80′s nostalgia did some years ago. I’d like to ask those in the know, do you think this will transfer over to the world of personalized stationery? I don’t know what the stationery trends of the 1990′s were like, but is it possible they might come back? How might other things from the 90′s affect future styles of personalized stationery products?
30 December 2012, 5:56 pmJeff Harvey
A new year means a fresh start, new personalized stationery trends, and new personalized stationery products reflecting those trends. Having seen my family’s faces light up at the stationery gift sets they were given, and gotten lots of positive feedback on the personalized cards I sent out, I’m definitely planning to keep an eye on GiftsIn24.com to see what kind of cool new products I can get for myself and for others.
Speaking of which, I’m always interested to learn more about eco-friendly stationery. This stuff about soy-based paper and inks sounds quite fascinating, and I’d love to learn more about it. Is there any way we could see a blog in the new year illuminating this topic?
30 December 2012, 10:52 pmBethany
It’s nice to see so many comments on the blogs, although I’m not sure whether it’s because the blogs are drawing more comments on their own, or because they’re staying at the top of the list longer because the pace has slowed down over the holidays. Either way, it’s great to see so much discussion, and a new face or two as well.
Like everyone else has already said, it sounds like there are a lot of exciting possibilities coming up next year in the world of personalized stationery, and I’m looking forward to it as much as all the rest of the GiftsIn24.com readers. Fortunately we don’t have to wait too much longer – the new year is just about here, and then we can start to see what new stationery trends 2013 will bring us. It’s quite exciting!
Oh, and Happy New Year to everybody here!
31 December 2012, 1:41 amMary Beth
Since I expect some of my friends will be getting married in 2013, the subject of how personalized stationery trends will apply to weddings is of great interest to me. Whether it’s the more rustic styles that might become popular for wedding invitations (which I am in full support of), or new options when it comes to personalized napkins to use for your reception ceremony, I am definitely excited to see how it takes shape.
31 December 2012, 11:32 amHilma Conger
I guess it’s true what they say, everything old is new again. If personalized stationery trends for the upcoming year will take some inspiration from fashions of days gone by (and it sounds like they will), then it proves the truth of that statement. I’m alright with that. There are a lot of classic styles out there, and putting a new spin on an old idea is sometimes the perfect way to have a fresh face for your personalized cards and notes. I particularly like the idea of some DIY homemade materials being used to spruce up the personalized notes, and in fact would welcome ideas on how to do just that. It sounds like a good subject to write about, no?
Well it’s pretty clearly the last blog of the year, and there’s a good chance this will be the last comment of 2012, so I’ll join the others in saying happy new year everybody! I hope 2013 brings better things for everyone!
31 December 2012, 4:34 pmHenry B Springs
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