It all started when I realized my stash of wrapping paper had nearly diminished. So, I went to Walmart looking for some pretty new paper. I mean, I hoped to find some pretty new paper. But no. It seems that the craze of midcentury lack luster graphics that has taken over the retail scene the last few years was continuing. Plus, there was a new twist....minimalist geometric graphics...like strips. When I say minimalist, I mean minimalist. What says Christmas more than the palette white, black and a touch of rust red? The best thing about this display are the boxes!
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| I mean seriously?! Who thought this was a good idea? |
Honestly, I don't have anything against black for wrapping paper...when done right it can be pretty great, right?
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| From my stash |
But what did I expect? This lackluster color trend has been going on for a long while. If you need any proof of that look at the stores parking lot. Am I the only one that comes out of a store has trouble tracking down my car because its lost in a sea of neutral black, white and gray?
And to top it all off, the Color Cabal...you remember me ranting about them before...those are the people who sit in New York City and decide what color we all need to love next year ...yeah them....they decide that next year's color is - wait for it - white. Now calling it Cloud Dancer does not negate the fact that its white...the color that encompasses all the colors with no color. I truly have no words.
Well yes I do or I wouldn't be ranting right now.
see white show up all over the place. To show what a bizarre chose that is take a look at the colors for the last twenty years ...here. I mean it was ridiculous enough that last year's color was
It's enough to make a quilter cry and seek therapy. Or revolt ...
revolt against
Color Cabals
against
Lack of Color
against
Neutrals
against
Homogenizing our Society
Or at least maybe we can walk away from the rows and rows of ugly wrapping paper at Wal-Mart and take Tessa's advice and go to TJ Maxx where they did finally have some pretty colors.
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| its prettier in person and this is just a few rolls! |
Okay rant's over...
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and most of the quilting fabric these days is ugly imo - I will revolt, too haha
ReplyDeleteUgh, color of the year. Have you seen the meme with last year's brown over this year's white? Poop over toilet paper with the caption "Now it all makes sense"!
ReplyDeleteI'm with you on the idiocy of 'no colour' as a colour of the year! I like it as a neutral in utilitarian quilts, though. My stash has given me the pinks, blues and purples I want for the 2025 Bonnie Hunter Mystery, with white as the neutral. Works a treat (so far!) And when it comes to cars, my last three have been red. You can't see black at night on unlit country roads, and white is impossible to see in a snowstorm...so it's red for me, all the way!
ReplyDeleteWhen I saw that the color of the year was a white...I thought that as a neutral for quilting it was nice enough but for the population in general the message was: too afraid to make a decision.
DeleteAs an avid quilter, why not dismiss wrapping paper as landfill waste, since many can’t be recycled, and make fabric gift bags, that the receiver can reuse again. I agree color is important around us, but we are all subjective in what we enjoy..a neutral setting can be serene, with small pops of color.
ReplyDeleteI sent you an email becasue I usually couldn't find where to leave a comment, but now here it is. Anyway I love reading your blog each week. You are so witty and often I laugh outloud. This week is no different. Your rant on the color of the year was perfect. I'm sure they are getting a lot of flack aboout it, but none better than yours.
ReplyDeleteSorry for the misspelling of "because". I am a terrible typist!
DeleteHi Norma, sorry I didn't get your email. I'll send a test email through to see if there is an issue. Thank you for the kind words. With these rant posts they are purely my pet peeves and no colors were hurt in the process :)
DeleteHi Nina-Marie - actually those pictures don't even look like white! Maybe it's my computer but I see beige...even worse in my opinion. Oh well, we can ignore it and hope for something better next year.
ReplyDeleteThe color of the year is like a piece of white laundry needing a boost.
ReplyDeleteI too can find my Subaru in a parking lots cause she is red and 25 years old.
I have used fabric for decades as a wrapping for a presento and i will not need to ever buy more in my life time with so much fabric in my studio. Just dawned on my the 2026 year color is the color of my many pieces of muslin some of which i plan to paint colors of my imagination!