Flowers and Jewelry

Wedding Jewellery Customs

Becca — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 09:20:14 +0000

Wedding jewellery that individuals choose will vary from individual to individual and custom to custom. For example, the traditional English Wedding the bride tends to wear very simply designed elegant jewellery that goes with the white dress. This jewellery would generally be Silver with possibly some beads or pearls attached with a tiara depending on the individuals tastes. However Indian wedding jewellery is the complete opposite – the bride will normally go with bolder jewellery designs and colours to suit the sari and the jewellery would generally be of a colour of stones and diamonds making it bling bling.

The Art of Flower Arranging

Becca — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 09:52:15 +0000

Flower arranging could be seen as art that the middle class or aristocrats ladies would be experts in back in the Victorian days and possibly be a skill that a lady would need to have. These days it’s a skill that anybody can take up and courses can be found in many colleges. Once the course has been completed the individual can apply the skill to any occasion and depending on the imagination it can be used for any occasion from weddings, funerals, receptions and festivals down to everyday use simply to make a home or workplace look lovely giving it feel of peace and beauty that comes with flowers.

Flowers for weddings

Becca — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 10:51:08 +0000

As weddings become more and more extravagant so do the cost associated with it. One of the biggest must haves are flowers and as such the costs of them can be high. For example – even if we look at receptions and engagements that used to take place in the Indian culture even up to 7 years ago it used to be a small bunch of flowers which the Groom would give to his bride to be and that would be it. Nowadays it’s a bigger event and as such you’d now be looking at table decorations with flowers and petals to mark the occasion. Available in a variety of colours it makes it easy to match to what ever colour scheme has been chosen.

Indian Jewellery Design

Becca — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 11:42:26 +0000

Indian jewellery design is now being used to inspire designs for bracelets, necklaces and earrings in high street shops from Primark, Sainsbury to next. The designs mainly consist of beads and diamond in a variety of colours and shapes embedded into the designs which makes it easy to mix and match with outfits depending on the colours you choose. rather then buying real gold jewellery people are now accessorising with costume jewellery for nearly all occasions such as parties, weddings and general everyday wear as the variety to choose from is extensive. This is more so as the price of gold has shot up making costume jewellery even more appealing.

Flowers in Religion

Becca — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 14:24:22 +0000

Flowers play a big part in religion and culture. As such in many eastern countries flowers are weaved into garlands used in worship in temples and flower garlands are also used in weddings, as part of customs to welcome someone and in prayers. In the Hindu religion flowers are used in temples as part of worship and you would see people taking flowers in which are then used when carrying out prayers. The deities are also garlanded in flowers and the temple would often be decorated with flowers of many colours and varieties more so on festivals where special efforts to decorate the temple are made.

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Hayley — Sat, 28 May 2011 11:49:11 +0000

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Charm Bracelet

Becca — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 13:38:15 +0000

Everyone has their own taste when it comes to jewellery and there are lots of charm bracelets around at the moment. There are:

Links of London
Thomas Sabo
Pandora
Guess
Your Chamiliat

There are other ones that you can choose from as well but above are just a few.

My favourite is Thomas Sabo but a lot of my friends like Pandora with Links of London not having so many takers.

as well as charm bracelets I know that each brand also sell rings, necklaces, earring and other items as well.

Let me know what your favourite charm bracelet and why.

Prestons of Bolton

Becca — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 13:27:32 +0000

I am always seeing the Prestons of Bolton adverts on TV with their wedding ring studio but i have never actually been there.

But than i found out that the company was a spin off from the successful Cottrill’s chain of shops found in the Cheshire area and i know they have a very good reputation.

They have a Rolex room, wedding ring world where you relax in a coffee lounge and view a vast range of rings they have to offer.

They are now offering up to 4 years interest free credit to make buying your ring even easier and cost effective.

Disney Couture Jewellery

Becca — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 10:53:00 +0000

There is a new range of Disney Couture Jewellery available on Asos.co.uk and i have bought nearly all of it.

They have rings, necklaces, earrings and bracelets available and they start from £25 going up to £84 so they are not too expensive to buy as a present for yourself.

I am really like the Snow White range they have at the moment but let me know what is your favourite item.

I have seen lots of girls wearing them so why not treat yourself or ask a loved one to do so and get a piece or even a couple.

Spring Flowers

Becca — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 17:04:58 +0000

Finally I feel that spring is here.

The dark and gloomy nights are behind us once again as every where you look flowers are beginning to appear. From an array of snow drops and bluebells to crocuses to daffodils and tulips. An arrange of colours which seem to brighten up everyone’s mood especially when the sun is shining too!

They’re in gardens, along the roadside, in windows boxes and patio tubs. I love nothing more than a bunch of daffodils in a vase on my window sill. They don’t cost much and only last a few days but that doesn’t matter to me i can just go out and buy some more!