Category: Art displays

Festive Sugar Cookies: 4 Easy Ideas and Display Options To Increase Sales

Simplicity is key especially when cooking and decorating is involved. Time consuming recipes and intense party planning is definitely not on the menu this holiday season. To combat the time crunch and holiday expectations consider the dual-purpose ordinary classic sugar cookie. Both a delectable treat and extraordinary decorative item, sugar cookies appeal to the eyes and the appetite. An easy recipe like this one from All Recipes or this one from Food Network are brimming with pantry-ready staples and fridge-friendly ingredients – sugar, flour, butter, eggs, etc. that can be turned into a luscious lifesaver for busy folks supporting last-minute fundraisers, celebrating birthdays, holidays, or any special occasion and decorating at the same time. Just a word of advice, divide and save some of the dough for impromptu décor or scrumptious sweets in seconds. Here, a few ideas to make and display delectable merchandise that will fly off the plate and shelves.

 

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Favorite Fall Hat Displays

As the weather changes and the air becomes crisp and cool once again, it’s also the time of year where retailers and small shop owners alike put out the coveted wardrobe piece of the season — hats! Hats are a staple piece in cold weather wardrobes, but often are an afterthought to the common shopper, which is why it is so important to have clever, stand-out hat displays to get your target consumer to notice these beautiful items. Below we have highlighted some of our favorite fall hats and ways to have them stand out in your shop’s windows and showrooms.

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Halloween: DIY Celebrations, Costumes, Décor and Displays

With autumn comes an abundance of busy squirrels stocking away nuts for winter, harvest markets brimming with orchard goods like apple cider, pies, and a variety of pumpkin styles – mini or large whole pumpkins perfect for stencils, carving, or pie making – hayrides, corn mazes, and Halloween celebrations galore. Popular haunted hayrides have actors and patrons alike dressed in their scariest attire. Likewise, do-it-yourself or DIY costumes reflect Halloween classics like witches, cats, mummies, monsters, and zombies as well as the latest popular movie or television show characters such as Squid Game contestant, an Among Us crewmate or imposter, Spider Man, Black Panther, or Black Widow to name a few.

 

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A Delicious Dilemma – You Pick: Caramel Apple vs. Candy Apple

During apple harvest season inevitably a debate regarding caramel apples versus candy apples takes place – which is better? Although they share the main ingredient the flavoring and textures differ dramatically rendering very different results. It’s like apples and oranges – sort of. Discussions or in some cases, arguments usually boil down to preference – soft and creamy versus hard and crackly – either way it’s a delicious debate.

 

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Craft Breweries: A Brewing Industry. How to Get Started and Easy Display Ideas.

Initially called micro-brewing in the 1990s, the craft beer brewing industry, as it known today has significantly grown since the popularity of homebrewing started trending in the 1970s. The art of brewing small-batch signature style suds has come a long way since its cottage industry days of the 1970s. It has since morphed into regional associations and national organizations.  An outlet for burgeoning brewers with their own flavor combinations and beer styles, small batch brewing is a bubbling industry. But what constitutes a small batch craft brewery? According to Craftbeer.com, a small craft brewery produces 6 million barrels of beer or less annually. For reference, one-barrel equals 31 U.S. gallons.

 

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How to Display Art Without Walls

There’s a method to displaying art on your walls, and luckily, one can easily find quite a bit of amazing guidance online. However, if you want to avoid the clichés, or are limited in what you can do with walls—we’re here to help you see how you can make the most out of a freestanding art display.

 

Sometimes, walls are not the best option. A wall is only ideal for artworks that must be viewed from the front. Sculptures and free-standing objects may require vertical display cases or pedestals. While found objects, small prints, photographs, books and paper-based art are often elegantly mixed together in collages and displayed within or without cases.

 

Here are some great ideas to free your art display from the tyranny of four walls.

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How to Pick the Right Size Display Box

Whether you are a collector of antiques, sports memorabilia, or want to showcase a unique piece of art, picking the right size display box is essential to the success of your display. At shopPOPdisplays, we carry a wide range of acrylic display boxes that will perfectly complement your items. Below we have compiled some basic guidelines and suggestions to help you determine what type of display box and base is right for your item. Continue reading How to Pick the Right Size Display Box

How to Choose the Best Size Pedestal for Sculpture

Imagine a pedestal as the stage for your sculpture. The pedestal calls attention to your sculpture and tells onlookers that the piece atop it is special or significant. While pedestals assume a subordinate position to the sculpture, they certainly can make a sculpture stand out. By negotiating the area between the ground and the sculpture, the pedestal plays an important part in the comprehension of space. That is why it is important to choose a pedestal that will complement the sculpture and create the most harmony within the theme of the room.
  
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