on March 12th, 2010 | Ideas and Inspirations
As you can imagine, the jewelry business has been victim to our economic slip-slide. According to the preliminary data from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, however, 2009 hasn’t been as bad as one would expect. Jewelry and watch sales only dipped 1.6 percent over 2009. And guess what sector of this nearly 60 billion dollar industry has been providing the much needed support? You’ve got it – everything bridal. Bridal jewelry – engagement rings, wedding bands, and all sorts of other jewelry that are gifted around the wedding and showered upon the bride or her maids -sells well in all economic environments. The size of the ‘rock’, however, has shrunk. According to a recent survey of jewelers by the National Jewelry magazine, the average bride has shifted down a notch in the size of the diamond. If the bride of the previous would on average go for the 2 carat, last year she’d tone it down to a 1.5. The good news in general for the consumer is that diamond prices have been on a continuous downward trend, especially for the larger ones. They are ,however, expected (acc. to IDEX) to start their slow, upward climb this year. As far as the shape and color: round diamonds still continue to be the most popular shape, and yellow is the most common choice for brides who like their diamonds to have color, followed by blue. Color stones continue to grow in their popularity.
Ok, enough about the numbers. There are thousands of beautiful engagement rings out there; just walk down 47th street and you ask yourself: why do I only have two eyes or how come a girl only gets to pick one of these? One just can never get enough. So here are some more eye-candy.
Corona Ring from Cento Collection by Roberto Coin. Starts at about $15,000. (ouch) Cento diamonds feature 100 facets.
Frome the Amelia Collection by Krrk Kara
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on March 7th, 2010 | Ideas and Inspirations
Sure the hall will usually provide the table numbers, but why not let your style spill over and touch even the mundane details. Here’s some ideas we recently stumbled upon. (Some images are via StyleMePretty.com – a truly magnificent glance onto wedding beauty.)
on February 15th, 2010 | Ideas and Inspirations
The wedding cake has become so much a wedding symbol, that it rivals the wedding ring itself. Is it really ‘official’ without the cake? Pick up any bridal magazine and its cover will display either a bride with her designer gown or that one of a kind wedding cake (the price of which may not be much less than that gown.) These are the essential wedding symbols. In the kosher wedding world the cake hasn’t quite matured to this degree of prominence and most likely will not. But more and more couples are adorning their wedding reception with these skyscrapers of sweetness. It makes sense that just as the wedding ceremony itself is a strikingly distinct and unique procession that the feast that follows it should have its own unique features. Fine dining and flowers can be found at many coroporate events, so too music. Here’s where the wedding cake comes in to give a wedding signature to the wedding party. As the kosher wedding cake customer base grows, so too there’s an increased number of wedding cake designers whipping up original, creative, sometimes whimsical wedding cakes. Here are a few that caught our attention.
Bright, happy and colorful.
This one reminds me of Versaille.
The cakes above are by Gallery of Cakes of Aventura, FL (under KM – Kosher Miami supervision.)
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Another beauty with a 'French' feel.
This one is by Chantilly, which is a popular name here in New York (even if you haven’t heard of it, in all likelyhood you’ve had their desserts as they wholesale many of their products to caterers.)
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Classy yet fun.
Very contemporary, elegant. Tasteful colors.
Chocolate Swirls always have a hypnotic effect on me.
These great cakes are by Zelda’s of Skokie, IL; they make a lot of great treats and they do it with love.
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Also in the Chicago area you’ll find extraordinary wedding creations by Sarelle Weiner of Edible Gems by Sarelle. Some of her cakes and pastries are truly inventive and whimsical.
Monogrammed cake. Who says a wedding cake needs tiers?
Gift boxes are a common contemporary cake theme; but this one looks just scruptious.
Not your typical wedding cake.
Why is it that everything looks so much cuter in small?
Wedding Cake minis.
on December 20th, 2009 | Ideas and Inspirations
These custom made wedding greeting cards are just loads of fun. These colorful humoristic creations were made by Mira Scharf, an illustrator and a cartoonist in NYC, and can be used as invites, thank you cards, save the dates, or just for fun. The artist custom-makes a whimsical, cute and simply happy-looking representation of the couple on any background of choice that can be used in oh-so-many interesting ways. Available at her Etsy shop.
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on November 29th, 2009 | Ideas and Inspirations
If the White House is hosting a dinner, you can be sure that it has been planned, designed, prepared to every minute detail. Food, colors, flowers, music – all have been thoughtfully selected for the occasion and the guest list – in this case India’s Prime Minister Singh and other dignitaries. Here’s what they came up with, perhaps you can get some ideas from the pros.
The Tent Entrance
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