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Already twice this week I’ve had brides contact me to create bespoke hair vines for them and when they’ve sent photos of how they’re planning on wearing their hair on their wedding day, it’s clear why they want a hair vine and not a tiara.  There are plenty of brides who are still choosing a tiara for their bridal head wear but more and more are opting for a hair vine.  Wedding hair vines are very flexible, they can be twisted into a lose bun, a messy up do or wrapped into a boho style which is so popular this year.  Hair vines are fun, you can create so many different styles with them and if you want to keep your accessories low key, then along with wedding hair pins or grips they are definitely the way to go.

One of the bridal hair vines I created this week was for a bride who was getting married in Cyprus, it was only then that I realised how perfect hair vines were for a relaxed wedding in a warm sunny climate.  This bride had a clear idea what she wanted and you can see part of the wedding hair vine created below.

The other bride who contacted me this week also had an picture of her dream bridal hair vine.  Unfortunately the picture was taken from a magazine and too small to see the hair vine clearly.  So we discussed how we could take elements of the design and create it into something perfect for her.  As usual, I sent her a photo of the hair vine to make sure she was 100% happy with it before I posted it out.  She showed that photo to her hair dresser and she bought one too.  You can see this hair vine below.

If you were thinking about choosing a hair vine over a tiara, decide on how you will be wearing your hair on your wedding day as this will determine the length of hair vine you need.  The website offers a number of different lengths but if length of hair vine isn’t available on the site just contact me using the contact form to discuss your requirements and I’ll create a hair vine to a perfect length for your hair style.

If you haven’t heard of Twitter, then it’s a bit like status updates on Facebook.  If you look to the right and click on the Facebook image you’ll see that Wedding And Gems already has a Facebook Page but now I’ve also got myself a Twitter account.  All the latest news will be posted on Twitter, new blog posts, special offers, discount codes and new bridal accessories.  You can follow Wedding And Gems on Twitter just by clicking on this link

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Calla Lilies are extremely popular with brides, I had a handtied bouquet featuring just mango calla lilies and I loved it.

A while ago I came across frosted while calla lilies that I could use to create bridal accessories with. The first wedding hair accessory that featured these beautiful frosted white calla lilies was the Calla Lily Crystal Hair Pin.  You can see it below shown in clear crystal on silver wire.

After the success of the bridal hair pin, I wanted to offer my customers more of a choice on how the calla lilies could be worn.  The Calla Lily Hair Vine is perfect for brides or bridesmaids that have thinner hair as the hair vine is fixed into place with hair grips.  The twisted wire adorned with Swarovski crystals give this wedding hair vine texture and further interest.

Yesterday I finished the Calla Lily Collection by creating the Calla Lily Wedding Headband which has the calla lily detail off to the side and is simply slipped onto the head like a normal headband.  The headband is available in silver or gold and in clear or clear AB Swarovski crystal.

I’ve tried to give brides a few options so they can incorporate calla lilies into their bridal accessories, but if you have another way you would like to use them in your bridal accessories just use the contact form and we can discuss your options.

At Wedding and Gems I’m more than happy to create something for my customers and in this case the bride in question had been searching the internet for the perfect wedding flower hair grips.  She’d stumbled across the Funky Wedding Flower but wanted something a little more intricate so we came up with a double headed flower - The Double Flower Wedding Hair Pin.  You can see from the photo below that it has 5 larger leaves and 5 smaller leaves all with pearls and Swarovski crystals.

The Hair grip is shown above is in silver with ivory glass pearls and clear Swarovksi crystals but it is available in gold and with clear AB crystals and fresh water pearls.

Below you can see the Wedding Flower Hair Grip in gold with clear Swarovski crystals and freshwater pearls.

These wedding grips are also available on a hair pin. I’ve uploaded them to the site so you can see them for yourself at Double Wedding Flower Pin.

I’m about to post the gold hair grips out to the bride tomorrow so I hope she likes them!

Let me know what you think of these Wedding Flower Hair Grips by leaving your comments below.

There’s a big trend for Wedding Headbands at the moment, I’m not sure whether this is because they are very easy to wear, just slip them on and off you go, or because headbands in general are back in fashion.  But the collection of Wedding Headbands at Wedding And Gems is growing so I though they deserved their own category and it makes them easier for you to find too.

I think one of the big advantages of having a headband over a tiara is that they are a number of ways to wear it, it can be worn with the hair down or up, a headband can be pined into place and used as a bun wrap or can be worn as a tiara.

What prompted this blog post was the creation of the Jet Wedding Headband which you can see below.

Jet Wedding Hairband

You can see from the image that this wedding headband is very simple yet striking in design.  For most brides black may seem like an odd colour to have in a bridal accessories but you’d be surprise how much black is around in the wedding industry at the minute.

I think one of my favourite wedding headband designs is the Jasmine Double Band Tiara which can be worn as a headband or in a tiara style.

Jasmine Double Headband Tiara

It was created as part of the Jasmine Bridal Collection which also has it’s own blog post - New Bridal Collection for 2009.

I’ve only mentioned 2 of the wedding headbands available at Wedding And Gems so if you want to see our entire range of headbands visit - Wedding Headbands