Sunday, 31 October 2010

Candle Gifts

Melt10 Candles are pleased to be able to offer an extensive range of gift boxed candles and candle gifts just in time for Christmas.


The various styles and types of Candles, floating candles, and flower candles will not only make fantastic affordable Christmas Gifts, they can also be used for decorating your Christmas dinner table, and can also be used throughout the year for decorating dining tables, party tables and for other decorative purposes

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Sunday, 17 October 2010

Exquisite Centerpieces - What a Dining Experience!


Centerpieces are the final touch to the dining room that can bring out the wonder in your decor. If you are looking to spruce up your home dcor or even just planning for a special event, an exquisite centerpiece can transform your decor into a beautiful experience. From wonderfully elegant bowls or exquisite serving pieces, exquisite centerpieces can bring your dining experience to life!

When selecting the right centerpiece for your various occasions in your home, begin by focusing on the centerpiece that adds to the everyday occasions in your home. Overall, you will have several different centerpieces; one (or more) for each occasion you would like to highlight, but start with the occasion of everyday as that is where most of your time is spent. This will add to the variety of your everyday table dcor.

Candles used as centerpieces are only limited by your imagination. For both casual and intimate dinners, creative use of votives can be an alluring and attractive centerpiece. For the romantic candlelight dinner, allowing the votives and candles to provide most of the light will certainly add to the romance of the setting. And, if you are having guests over, votives sooth the atmosphere and create a relaxed and inviting environment.

When incorpoated with purpose, the proper centerpiece will quickly become the center of conversation in any dining room. Immediately when your guests are seated, the conversation focuses around the centerpiece being presented. And, when presented as a work of art, the well selected centerpiece becomes more than a functional platter or serving item. It really becomes ?art?. A platter or floral arrangement, for example, can make the difference between functionality and impression. Therefore, the inclusion of an exquisite centerpiece certainly adds to the entire dining experience.

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Saturday, 16 October 2010

Design Ideas For Your Wedding Reception



The wedding reception is the part of that special day where the most time is spent and the most activities take place. There is much tradition attached to wedding receptions. These traditions need to be considered in the planning stage of the wedding. Some traditions can be altered to fit the desires of the couple and the expectations of the guests. The reception hall is going to be the center of all of this activity. It is a good idea to give some thought to the overall design theme of the reception. The design theme will determine the overall look of the reception hall and a carefully planned and executed design theme can add a great deal to the wedding.

It is important to match the design theme to the hall where the reception is to take place. There has to be a match here. It is important to have a complete idea of just how the hall is going to appear at the time of the reception. How many tables will there be? What kind of chairs are being used? How large is the dance area? Where will the head table be located? These are the types of questions that must be answered before a design theme can be planned.

The key elements to the design theme are centerpieces and flowers. The centerpiece and the table top decorations are the key areas of advancing the theme of the design. One good idea is to consider the season. If a wedding is in spring, a more normal design of bright and colorful flowers would be fine, but a fall wedding might feature a design theme more suited to autumn. A winter wedding can use a winter theme.

One good centerpiece idea is a floating rose display. You can make it easily by starting with any large clear glass container filled with water. Add some pink floating candles or red floating candles to the water and sprinkle artificial rose petals into the water and around the table top. The artificial rose petals can be purchased from wedding supply stores or candle shops. They are made of acetate, a silk like material. The sky is the limit for centerpiece design.

The other important element of the reception design is the floral arrangements. It is generally recommended that the actual placement and removal of floral arrangements be left to professional florists. It is not that you will be unable to create the arrangement that best expresses your design scheme, but rather that you are going to be very busy elsewhere on the wedding day itself. Once again, the decorating theme should match the hall. Large and tall arrangements work best in large halls. They fill space and also make a bold statement. Flowers can be part of the centerpiece design, and there are limitless ways to express a design theme with them It is a good idea to place an empty vase with water at each bridesmaid table for her bouquet. This not only preserves them, but they then become part of the table design.
Author:
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The Winter Wedding

Winter can be a wonderful time for a Wedding. The season will bring intimacy, style and that sense of movie magic to your day. With the right planning you can easily turn your wedding day into a winter wonderland.

There are probably lots of ideas you and your partner can come up with on your own for this day, however, I have made a brief outline of some of them to help you on your way.

INVITATIONS:

•You could use snowy Christmas card style invitations, covered with glitter and frost.
•Fill the cards with a little snowflake confetti.
•Use winter card shapes such as snowmen and snowflakes.

WEDDING FAVOURS:

•White rose flower tealights
•Ice cube place card holders.
•Miniature wedding snow globes.
•Silver bells.
•White crackers with your guests names on.
•White Christmas balls with your guests names on.
•For centrepieces you could have bride and groom snowmen.
•Hot chocolate mix with marshmallows.

ENTERTAINMENT:

•A singer who will perform all those winter favourites from the 1950’s onwards (Christmas Crooner tracks).
•A DJ who is willing to incorporate something similar and possibly provide a snow machine (Check with your venue if this is OK first).

DECORATIONS:

•Lots of candle light.
•Glitter!
•Silver bells and white ribbon.
•Hang artificial silver snowflakes from the ceiling with transparent wire.
•Frame the doorways and bar area with white painted branches and lights, then finish off by spraying them with artificial snow and glitter.
•Decorate the tables with white poinsettias.

THE CAKE:

•A white cake with silver fabric.
•You can buy some fantastic cake toppers for the winter wedding cake if you do searching online.
•You can decorate your cake with snowmen, snowflakes and other winter favourites.

THE ARRIVAL:

•Arrive by a white horse and carriage. You could also both arrive to the reception this way-wrapped up nice and warm in a faux-fur throw.
•Arrive in a white limousine.

FLOWERS:

•White poinsettias, carnations, roses, lilies and magnolias.
•You could carry an all white bouquet or just a single white rose.
•Instead of carrying flowers, the younger bridesmaids could carry cuddly snowmen.

These are just a few of the many ways in which you can make the perfect Winter Wedding. Between the two of you, I’m sure you will find ways in which to add your own personal touches.

Author:
Luca Salamone: Luca Salamone Website: http://www.vocalshow.co.uk Biography: Luca is a professional trained vocalist performing for a variety of events including wedding receptions. UK Wedding Singer.