If you’re in the home decor niche, you’ve probably already noticed that velvet is trending this autumn 2023 and Christmas 2023 season. It’s also trending in the fashion niche, but that’s not out of the ordinary for holiday dresses, coats and dressy events during the holidays.
Here are some ideas for affiliate bloggers, content creators and live shopping influencers for Autumn 2023 and the Christmas holiday season this year.
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Take a look at this fabulous Amazon shop, “Your Heart’s Content” for inspiration on velvet mushrooms (mushrooms by themselves are a gigantic trend this year), velvet Christmas trees, velvet pumpkins, and even velvet wreaths.
The velvet carrots in this store also might work in your autumn farmhouse decor niche.
Velvet pumpkins have been quite common in the last fifteen years, but try these mini velvet pumpkins for BookTok or Bookstagram book blogger photo shoots, especially for flat lays.
It’s a bit late in the year now with autumn already here, but you might be able to quickly work these stacked velvet pumpkins into your next farmhouse fall photo shoot.
Velvet is trending in jewel tones such as garnet, emerald, and sapphire. Velvet throw pillows are trending – I think people are relieving some of their stress by cozying up their homes to retreat to for comfort.
For autumn, combine the velvet trend with woodland/forest themed decor such as these maple leaf throw pillows.
THrow pillows are pretty standard and possibly boring, so try incorporating more unusual shapes, such as this Mud Pie round velvet pillow with tassels.
The cottagecore aesthetic marries two trends: velvet and mushrooms, in velvet woodland throw pillows like this one. Learn more about cottagecore at the Cottagecore Dream blog.
Over at Anthropologie, this Velvet Hagen dining chair is promoted front and center, and they’re pushing velvet pillows too.
This House of Hackney velvet chair, also at Anthropologie, combines the boho floral trend with velvet and woodland colors.
In the realm of Christmas, velvet Christmas tree decorations are trending. They’re set on mantels, on buffet tables, on top of bookcases and side tables, or arranged in guest bathrooms.
For a more sophisticated look, here are Mud Pie’s ribbon Christmas trees.
Layer home decor textures and provide warmth by adding velvet photo frames to living room scenes and photo shoots.
This Mud Pie velvet ribbon tree lumbar pillow offers a more unusual shape option.
These round throw pillows are trending, but I’ve seen a lot of them at Home Goods – which might mean they are not selling well enough elsewhere?
In the baby and kids niche, red, black or green velvet Christmas dresses never go out of style. Pair them with black leggings or stockings and patent leather shoes.
And every year, hundreds of grandparents buy velvet Santa dresses for little girls and baby Santa outfits for infants.
Don’t forget about jeweled velvet flats and footwear for women.
Besides velvet Christmas wreaths, your home decor Christmas inspiration content could include velvet Christmas stockings, velvet Christmas tree skirts, velvet Christmas ornaments and velvet gift wrap boxes and bags.
Farmhouse decor fans will flock to these white velvet heart-shaped Christmas ornaments.
Over at West Elm, plain classic velvet stockings are suggested for this year’s holiday fireplace mantel.
Hope this helped you with your content planning for autumn and the 2023 holiday season!
-Creator Inspiration