Wedding Invitations ~ Charles Rennie Mackintosh

These Invitations are the latest addition to my wedding range. Theye are created with 300grm white card with 120g inserts.
They have been created for a simmer wedding and feature raised design in gold and satin ribbon in ivory.
This style can be adapted to match your colour scheme.
Other products in this design include: order of service, table place cards, menu, table plans, table numbers.
available through http://www.crystalvelvet.co.uk/

Celebration Giveaway ~ Wrap around bracelet

" Candy"

To Celebrate the redesign of Crystal Velvet I am giving away one of these wrap around bracelets. To enter all you need to do is to add a comment at the end of this post and select which braceley you would like to receive. I will select at random the winner at noon on Monday (UK time). My American friends are also welcome to enter!

"Mexican Spice"


"Sea Mist"

"Africa"

Tell your friends too!

Tagged by Gloria at Dichro Findings

I've been tagged by Gloria ... thank you for thinking of me.

Gloria is a glass artist who creates beautiful dichroic glass creations like these stunning cabachons.

This tag is the eights:

Eight things I am looking forward to:

1. camping in Norfolk in the summer.

2. finishing off Crystal Velvet. .... it's a never ending job adding products.

3. The first crop from my garden.

4. All my clients wedding days.

5. The post arriving

6. The day I don't have to tell my children to go and tidy theit rooms.

7. Finding the perfect shade of nail polish for my toes.

8. Sewing a new bag.

Eight things I did yesterday:

1. Made two tiaras

2. More web site updating

3. Met a bride for a consultation

4. Learnt some new harmonies

5. Tidied up.

6. Planted some seeds

7. Made some wedding invitations

8. Wrote a song.

Eight things I wish I could do:

1. crochet

2. tatting

3. pmc

4. lampworking

5. pyrography

6. keep cool in all situations

7. know the words to say to every situation

8. be tidy.

Eight Shows I watch:

1. Waterloo Road

2. Holby City

3. Casualty

4. Kirsties home made home

5. Eastenders

6. Ray Mears

7. Come dine with me

8. Reginal Perrin

Eight Blogs I'm going to Tag:

1. Kimberley Petty (photography)

2. Pauline at wedding toppers

3. Alison at the flower jewellery shop

4. Eclectic pink rose

5. Kaths Blog

6. Nifty knits

7. Chloe Rose

8. Recreational art

Featured wedding Photo ~ 23/05/09

Wow. I love this photo by: Zapped

Canon in D- New Wedding Music/ Wedding Song (Celtic mix)

I first heard this arrangement of Pachabels Canon in D, I fell in love with it all over again. It's a stunning piece of music, but this celtic arrangement takes it to new heights.
The music is arranged by http://www.tcartermusic.com. He has also arranged several other "wedding music" pieces into the celtic style.
The site is well worth a visit as there are some stunning songs on it that have been specially written for weddings by T Cater.
I hope to share more of this wonderful music with you oover the next few day....

Featured wedding photo ~ 21/05/09

This is a really stunning photo.
Photo by: Camil G

It's getting there

Who would have thought that a simple update of a web site would turn into such a palava?
After nearly three days work, it is beginning to look as I'd like although I still have some tweaking ot do and loads more products to add. If you look and find something odd or something that doesn't work then it would be really great if you could let me know. Over the next few days I'll be adding the rest of the products into the shop.

So with out futher ado ... I now pronoucnce CRYSTAL VELVET reopened!

Crystal Velvet Updating

www.crystalvelvet.co.uk is currently undergoing a remodel. Please bear with us during this time. If you are looking to purchase anything or have a query etc them please email on mail@crystalvelvet.co.uk and we'll get back to you as soon as possible.
Thank you for your patience!!

Featured photo ~ 14/05/09

This is a stunning photo by: Lacey D Photography

Favours ~ Crystal Velvet

These favours are a favour that is suitable for both the women and men in your wedding party.

Traditionally five almonds were handed to the women in the wedding party. This was to symbolise

health

wealth

happiness

Faithfulness

and fertility

These beautifully wrapped favours contain five insence sticks that are available in a choice of fragrances.

They are wraped and embellished to match your theme and colours.

The inner wrapper containing the sticks is designed with your names, date of your wedding and a greeting.

The favours make a beautiful accessory to the table or can be placed in a basket to be handed out personally to the guests.

Available through www.crystalvelvet.co.uk

Mother And Daughter Unite in Wedding Businesses

I have long been an admirer of the work of Polymer Clay artist Pauline Chrisiansen. Her wedding figurines can be created to look just like the real life brides and grooms, right down to the outfits. This is achieved by working form Photographs supplied by you.

Pauline is also able to sculpt those things in your life that have great importance to you, your pets or motorbike for example.

Having known many couples who have used Pauline's services, I can thoroughly recommend her work and service. Her web site which has an extensive selection of previous work for you to browse through is http://wedding-toppers.com/

Now when one of Pauline's daughters Joanne, fancied a change of direction, it seemed an obvious direction for who to follow her mum into the wonderful world of weddings.

Joanne has obviously inherited her mum's creative talents.

Joanne has designed these wonderful ranges of wedding favours which are available filled with fillings of your choice.
Joanne is able to adjust decoration and colour to suit your requirements

To see further details then currently they are available though Paline's site. The direct link is

here

Hat Pins ~ Crystal Velvet

Adding the finishng touch to any outfit can either make or break it. These stunning hat pins are designed to match your outfit colour and stle. They can be worn as lapel pins or hat pins and come with a little plunge fastener so that no sharp end is left.

They can be made on either gold or silver pins and can be accentuated with a variety of vintage or modern beads.

Want an exact colour match, then let us have a sample of the colour and we will match it for you.

Available through www.crytstalvelvet.co.uk or by emailing me : mail(at)crystalvelvet.co.uk

They are available in two lengths.