On the Streets of San Francisco

I missed my blog posting last week because I was out of town, taking in the styles and trends of glorious San Francisco. The mood was upbeat and the residents wore their summer cheer on the outside in the form of bright neon colors in day-glo green, orange and pink. Coincidentally, the latest issue of People magazine features a spread on neon fashions, which after my trip, I would have to say is most likely inspired by the streets of San Francisco.



One of the more popular icons I saw was the Peace sign. Seeing young fashionistas with their peace symbol necklaces reminded me of the Haight-Ashbury district in the 60's. When I returned to Gloria Duchin, I took out our genuine pewter peace sign ornament, shown below, that looks exactly like some of the pendants I saw on the west coast.

We also had the great pleasure of seeing the Georgia O'Keeffe and Ansel Adams exhibit at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. It was interesting to see the similarities between the two artists impressions of nature, through paint and photography. If you are in the Northern California area this summer, I would make it a point to stop by.

Turning to Turquoise

Turquoise is a trend that we haven't seen in a while, but it appears the bold and bright, blue-green hue is making a comeback. In Touch Weekly spotted celebs across the red carpet wearing mini dresses and jumpers in various shades of turquoise. The magazine suggests that you pair it with muted colors such as gold, black, and white to achieve the Hollywood look.

You can do the same for your Christmas tree with this year. Wrap your tree with gold wire ribbon and fill in holes with shatterproof gold bulbs. Then dress it up with our hand silk-screened turquoise and lavendar bulb ornament!

A French Wedding

It's June so wedding season is in full swing. In the latest issue of Veranda magazine, they covered the wedding of New York interior decorator and stylist Kelly (Kapika) d'Halluin to Nicolas d'Halluin that took place in the quaint countryside outside of Paris.

The couple's color scheme was green and brown, and if you recall, last year one of our designers posted a blog about her sister's wedding that featured the same colors (A Naturally Modern Wedding). I think this shows us that naturals like brown, taupe, green and ivory are a continuing trend in the wedding world. So are natural elements. The d'Halluin wedding features a bouquet with butterfly accents, a wedding dress with feathers and table decor with log vases and model birds in their nest.


The natural aspects of the decor adds to the simplicity of an outdoor, garden wedding. Featured, below is our pewter lovebirds keepsake with crystal charm. This would have been a perfect addition to their wedding as a tie on around wine glasses or as a napkin ring.

Gloria Duchin Adds More Green to The Season

Released June 3, 2009 - East Providence, Rhode Island

Gloria Duchin, Inc continually researches new ways to improve their operations, from designing new, trend-based keepsakes and gifts to making their overall production more efficient and environmentally-friendly. This year, Gloria Duchin is proud to announce that they’ve made greener changes to their 2009 ornament boxes.

The Gloria Duchin packaging has always been made from recycled cardboard, but the new boxes utilize an alternate coating that makes them 100% recyclable as well.

“Quality and design are our top priorities at Gloria Duchin,” says company President, Robyn G. Smalletz, “We spend the majority of our time investigating trends in fashion and color as well as manufacturing so that we can provide more value to our customers.”

Several years ago, Gloria Duchin added to the design of their boxes by printing a “To and From” area on the back. With their beautiful designs, a Gloria Duchin ornament makes a great gift for under $10.00 without the use of additional wrappings or bows.

The new ornament line can be found at mass market retailers nationwide this holiday season. For more information or to locate a retailer, please visit http://www.gloriaduchin.com/.

New Gloria Duchin "Family" Photo Ornament in their New 100% Recyclable Purple Filigree Gift Box!

Lined with Stripes

It's been a while since I've seen stripes make headlines, but here they are walking down the runway and covering home furnishings from chairs to plates and even silverware.


"Thick or thin, multicolor or monochromatic, nothing brings a crisp edge to a room like a stylish array of parallel lines." says Anita Sarsidi of Elle Decor magazine.

Pair stripes with coordinating patterns or solids to give motion to your decor, and for Christmas try hanging your ornaments from your tree with multi color stripe ribbon.

Gloria Duchin silvertone initial "A" ornament with pink and brown striped ribbon.