Showing posts with label bridal accessories. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bridal accessories. Show all posts

Sunday, 24 April 2011

Summer Wedding Accessories for Brides

Summer wedding Accessories for Brides are a pleasure to look for and use, simply because summer is the greatest time of the year to have a wedding. There are so many locations open to having a wedding, along with multiple themes to pick when designing your wedding. The number one pick for a location is the beach or a tropical setting like Hawaii. Maybe you see yourself getting married surrounded by woods or wildlife. Where your wedding is located will play a big part in what your bridal accessories will be like. Look online to find out what is being made available to you depending on what theme or location you decide to go with. 

If it is a garden themed wedding, pick bridal accessories that go with that them, from your shoes and dress, to your flowers, headpiece and decorations. Even with a garden setting, you'll still be choosing a bouquet. The bouquet can go with the flowers that are on display in the garden. Roses and lilies are popular choices for floral settings, so think about having silk versions of these flowers in baskets that rest in even rows up and down the main aisle. Or, go unique and find another summer flower that can be just as stunning.

Some suggestions for a summer wedding setting are rose petals that are scented and placed in a box in the shape of a heart, satin pillows in the shape of lilies, or a stopper for a bottle that is lily shaped. The only limitation to what is possible are your imagination. Any theme can fit any location you choose.

When shopping for bridal accessories, think about your invitations as well, so that they can beautifully match the decor. These can be found either at your local card shop, or online. Another possibilities with these is to get them custom made, or hand made by you. With the internet you can find lots of "do-it-yourself" wedding invitation templates. There are also software packages available that will walk you through the process of making your own invitations.

Online is also the easy way to locate the shoes, wedding jewellery, hair accessories and even the dress that will fit your summer wedding theme. Just browsing the different sites will give you ideas for your own wedding. More and more these days the traditional wedding is out and the casual or themed wedding is in. It isn't necessary to break the bank to pay for an extravagant wedding in order for it to be a memorable success. A great wedding just takes time to plan and organize right. Start your purchases early on, and take your time to get all the details just right.

Monday, 28 September 2009

Who are Wedding And Gems

It's the first question that you're probably going to ask if you've never come across me before.  I'm Kerrie G and I own Wedding And Gems.  I also create a lot of the bridal accessories that are on the site too.  Most of my inspiration comes from taking elements from other designs sometimes these are not even related to bridal jewellery or wedding tiaras and incoroporating them into a bridal range. They could be from a period of history or a particular flower such as calla lily.  Recently I stumbled across a blog which showed how to make fantastic flowers from beads and have adapted this method to be use on a side tiara which I'm currently working on.

I find creating tiaras and jewelley very relaxing and love to create new designs so it's handy that I get a lot of bespoke orders from brides who have a good idea of what it is that they want but not how to create their piece.  I find the process of discussing the design and the raw materials with the bride very rewarding as each piece has a different style due to the brides personality.

You can learn more about me and Wedding And Gems by visiting the bridal accessories blog.  Or you can use the contact form over on the main site by clicking here.