Monday, September 27, 2010

Some Ideas For Wedding Favours!



Here are a few other ideas for Wedding Favour, not all edible!
Feathers are another option for Winter Wedding when the supply
of flowers are not as abundant as they are in the Summer!

Of course you can always combine feathers and flowers for
for a very classy or vintage themed wedding!

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Inspiration for Wedding Cakes ....& Favours!


Here is a Collection of Wedding Cakes that could be used in any theme colour!





The wee buckets are favours they could be filled with sweets or what is becoming popular are
tiny cookies with your wedding date iced on!..
Simple but very unusual!
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vBlog Episode 3: Setting the date!

Found this website for all bride to be planning weddings, it has a good supply of suppliers in Ireland when planing your wedding...
This link is from a B2B's perspective!

Hope you all enjoy this ....

vBlog Episode 3: Setting the date!

Sunday, September 26, 2010

Hair Accessories for Autumn 2010




Vintage feel in designs has got stronger  in the last year and the use of beading designs has grown.  Normally trends in designs only really last for maybe one fashion season.  But the vintage style has stayed longer than most!


The gown designs of the 1930 were very luxurious for that era, when we think about it,  it was a world recession and some designs like this one with the endless material in the train design.
 
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As I mentioned before we can see the influences in the vintage designs being brought forwards to modern day with a contemporary twist...and more beading details on the bodice!


Hair accessories were quite minimal to whats on offer today, Bling was more likely to be found in the glamor of Hollywood not with  general brides...Flowers fresh and made of silk were more common, and maybe some heirlooms of the French Wire work and seed beads...




1920 style hair accessory


1930's style wedding Hat!


1940's Wedding style Hair accessory!


The iconic Hollywood star of the 1950's Grace Kelly,
She along with Jackie Kennedy started the change in the way
for future bridal styles...
This was the beginning of a New Age in Design!
Flamboyant, Glamour were now the inspiring designs of the
Designers!


 Designer like myself now in the 21st Century are now bringing these delightful designs back to life but as beads and designs are now able to be enhanced and coloured beads are more available we can give Brides to Be more choice...here are a few options from my collections...







Feathers of course were the rage in the 1920's and 1030's along with pearls in single and double lengths...

 Vintage 1920s gown and huge feather-fan

Veils for brides were also becoming longer and the more light and see-through the better the quality of veil tulle's were used at this time Silk Tulle was used but was quite dear to purchase and another option for brides to use were Bird Cage Veils...they too could have feathers attached to them....





Today we as designers can replicate some of these wonderful designs using elements of vintage style in our designs and sometimes I too can incorporate actual vintage clasps and buttons into my designs ...






what Inspires me!

This blog is what inspires me the designer of bridal hair accessories and jewellery.  I get alot of my influences form nature and colour in fabric designs.

Some brides get a little stuck on "what colour is good with......"  I suggest to my clients to use a mood board...
Here are some example of  what I mean, say for example you love the colour Pink...there are so many tonal colours that go with Pink you would surprise yourself, and colours that you would least expect that would tone beautiful with it.
This mood board is going for an all out pink tone and for the groom and grooms men their colours tones could run with bringing a more subtle tones of the darker purple tones of Pink ...which I think they would probably like better, rather than having to wear "Baby Pink" ties, and flowers!

Here are some Fabulous shoes in an amazing colour and design that could be incorporated into your color theme


Here are another few ideas for a Pink or Blue themed Wedding...




The use of pink flowers enhance the colour blue in the Brides maids dresses and also bring a freshness to the colour theme!
The men at the wedding are not confined to just a Baby pink colour with their button hole flowers darker tones of Pink even bordering on purple would tone in beautifully with this theme.  You are not introducing more colour just more accepting tones!

This is a new angle on the "Cup Cake wedding Cake"...the little balls could be in any colour if you fancied, but this combination is really pretty!...

Here are a few more ideas for Blue or Purple themed Weddings...


Looking at what B2B's are asking more often these day are what colours go
well together? I have decided to see what is available
in designs, not only in jewellery, but also favours, flowers, table centres not
just the norm, but maybe something a little
unusual!

Of course the unusual does not mean that it has to be funky! It can be simple
and elegant!
Here are a few ideas to help all brides to be even if your Wedding is not
in the height of the Summer when the majority of
flowers are available...
Some of the ideas are inspiring using fruits...
Like lemons..the perfect Yellow!