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marrying can be amazingly pricey. With so many things to spend for like the wedding gown, catering, flowers, church, souvenirs, invitations, and such like your savings can be used in almost no time. Even buying of wedding centerpieces can be just too costly.

It is a good thing that there are tricks you can do to save money on your marriage. A technique to do that’s to form your own wedding centerpieces, which isn’t just cheap but will also give you the opportunity to personalize the centerpieces and allow you to bond with your bridesmaids.

A floating candle centerpiece is one of the finest options that you have. Not only is this delightful and pretty, it’s also very easy to make that you wouldn’t feel any stress while engaged in this project.

to help create excellent floating candle centerpieces, here are the steps to keep in mind :

1. Choose the right candles

Since the candles are the focus of this center piece, you need to select the right kinds to display. Candles come in a wide selection of shapes, colors, and sizes and you have got to choose based mostly on your personal preference and in accordance to the theme of the marriage.

for instance, if you want your wedding to exude love, heart shaped candles is the most effective way to go. If you want to have a straightforward but chic wedding, white round candles are excellent. Now, if the theme of your marriage is Irish, choose thick cream candles.

aside from the appearance and style of the candle, you also have to select high quality candles that have long burning time, no smoke film, lead-free wicks, and low soot wax.

2. Look for a bowl

the next thing that you have to look for is the bowl where you will be placing the candles. A goblet or small stemmed bowl is perfect for a single floating candle center piece. A wide bowl, on the other hand, is good for a group of small candles. You also have the choice to use pedestal bowls for a 3-dimensional effect of light, triangle or square bowls for a completely unique display, and hourglass shaped cylinders to express creativity and creativity.

3. Add special touches to your center-piece

decorative pieces aid in making the centerpiece look even more lovely that it already is. You can embellish the center piece with real or silk blooms, quartz crystals, sand, marbles, colored stones, natural pebbles, seashells, or gems to add a more dramatic effect. You can also put in a few drops of food color to give color to the water.

4. Pick a base for the centerpiece.

Another crucial part of the centerpiece that many folks overlook is the base. The right kind of base can finish the look of the center piece. You can choose from mirrors, loose flower petals, ornamental plate, or a fabric.

making floating candle marriage centerpieces is less complicated than the majority think. With creativeness and resourcefulness, you will easily be ready to make personalized floating candle centerpieces that may add classy ambiance to your wedding event.

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AUSTRALIA’S listed property trusts are sitting on $17 billion worth of cash and undrawn facilities after the rash of capital raisings and assets sales over the last 18 months…. From The Australian. Full story

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Entry/foyer area and staircase

Floating staircase above rock garden and in-ground fish pond

In-ground fish pond under floating stairs; could be a fountain area or filled in

Downstairs entry with built-in storage closet for DVDs and coats/shirts

Entry floating staircase; rock garden under stairs

Front door exterior with center door knob

View from top of stairs down to front door and foyer area

View from upstairs hallway through two-story entry window

Upstairs landing with passthrough window to den/office

Upstairs hallway

Upstairs hallway has slate floors and two large closets; leads from back bedroom to living room

Upstairs hallway at night leading from back bedroom to living room

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In the beginning of his career, poet Linh Dinh loved to stay up late and write, sometimes riding a creative surge till dawn. The power of the darkness unleashed a stark fertility. He was free to think thoughts that were harder to invoke during the bright hours when hordes of wide-awake people were pouring their chattering thoughts out into the soup. Dinh’s habits changed as he aged, though, in part because he got married and chose to keep more regular hours. But his early imprint has stayed alive inside him. “Now I can write at any time of the day,” he says, “because I always carry the night inside of me.” In accordance with your astrological omens, Taurus, I’m making that your prescription for the coming week: Carry the night inside you during the day.

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My thoughts are here but my heart is there. My hope is not in either place.
Dear Lord, why is my heart in dyer need of hope here? Create in me a new heart, Oh Lord.
With each box I unpack I remember the faces of those who were with me as I packed my home up there. Here, now, those precious memories are unleashed and released into here…now.
Why, though, is it pain I feel. Lord help me hold my lot with thanksgiving and joy. It’s the lot you’ve gifted to me, helped me turn, plant, and share from.
Dear Jesus my heart hurts for understanding. Why is it that I feel I should be understood, known, appreciated. Oh Lord how full of sin, my heart.
If I am to reflect you, I mustn’t dwell. Oh what a Joy it is to see new things planted…new things taking growth even there…as well as here.
Lord help me here, as you did there.
Lord teach me here, as you did there.
Friendship is my prayer, and you will give abundantly. I trust your timing. May it not be my timing, but yours. May my heart, as it yearns for you, meet other hearts in THAT place!! Oh Lord, YES! How sweet.

I could have quit when Miss Q declared she wasn’t going swimming; she wanted to go to the airport and have blueberry bagels with cream cheese and hot chocolate – um, have we done that too many times?

I could have quit when my bathing suit didn’t fit – dang polyester live-forever suit and 3-month postpartum bod.

And, I could have quit when Miss Q ran ahead of me, up the stairs, slamming the top door so hard that the mop popped off its hook; falling straight at me in the dark.  Thankfully I have lightning-fast Jedi reflexes.

But I kept pushing.

Two hours later, we were at the pool.  Two hours, for a thirty-minute activity.

Working in aquatics for 16 years, I’ve taken for granted the families who’ve come through the doors.  How much time do they spend getting ready for swims?  How on earth can they think it’s worth it?

When it was just me, I could be ready in 5-minutes flat.  One bathing-suit, one towel, dog downstairs, out the door.

When it was me and Miss Q, it took about an hour.  Two bathing-suits, three towels (one for me, two for her), diapers, wipes, extra clothes, dog downstairs, out the door.

Now, it’s me, Miss Q and Miss S, it takes two hours; one for each child.  Two bathing suits (Miss S is still too young for swimming); two towels (one for me, one for Miss Q); snacks for Miss Q; water for me and Miss Q; shampoo for me and Miss Q; diapers, wipes, extra clothes for Miss S and Miss Q; ‘top up’ Miss S; has Miss Q peed?; dog downstairs; out the door.

Once at the pool, the madness doesn’t stop.  We have to get from the minivan to the building in the rain.  I feel like a pack-horse with my two bags, and two girls.

Only after leaving Miss S with her daddy and the diaper bag, I breathe.

There is one thing I haven’t taken for granted in 16 years: the water.  There’s something about floating, splashing and submerging that whisks away stress, pregnancy symptoms, and hang-overs… though the latter comes from long-ago memories.

Miss Q and I frolicked for only forty-minutes – probably our shortest swim ever.  She put her face fully in the water for the first time today, and relaxed when doing a back float.  She chased after a purple ball and played with rubber chickens.

We laughed.  We sang.  We explored three of the six pools.  And you know what?  In the end, two-hours of prep-time was miniscule compared to the joy we experienced.  We can’t wait for Miss S to join us.

Idea for an installation where blue balls float as spheres above a pile of cardboard boxes

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Wie man mit einem einfachen Projektor, etwas Sand und einer Prise Talent eindrucksvolle und zugleich vergängliche Kunst schafft, verdeutlicht der folgende Auftritt eines unbekannten Künstlers. Die Musik ist übrigens der Wahnsinn!! Zurücklehnen und genießen…

Auf dieses Video hat mich folgender Kurzfilm gebracht. Er verwendet dieselbe Technik, allerdings im StopMotion Verfahren. Cooles Video, welches mich irgendwie auch an Muto erinnert…und dadurch sowieso ‘nen Bonus hat. Viel Spaß beim Anschauen!!

Toshiba have come up with this Cloverfield-esque way of promoting something which to be honest is intriguing but at the same time can’t really be anything other than a TV realistically. Do Toshiba make anything else anymore?

Anyway have to  wait till 16.11.2009 apparently…

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What fascinates you most, sailing on the river and stared at the waves coming from, and for hours, or overlooking the spectacular view of the sunset. The sea is everything in Floatel, a floating hotel in Kolkata.

Only the true magic of the river Hooghly on your stay at the luxury hotel at Floatel. It is the true aim for the heart and soul.

The four floors Floatel is a designer hotel. And all the furniture and almost all equipment has been planned at the hotel,according to international standards. There is something 180 meters long and 50 meters wide. The hotel offers air-conditioning rooms and suites. In addition, there are open roof terraces and decks that are basically meant for the party and purpose of the meetings. Travelers can the spectacular and exotic views of the Howrah Bridge from the deck without being intrusive experience.

What surprises you most is the entrance. You have the Circular Railway 'to cross marks the return keyLobby cum reception, which lie in the country. As soon as you can also see the fine structures in white with the river built at the base, leaving you spellbound for a moment. Floatel the urban luxury resort with all the luxuries of the highest class

The merit of the design of this masterpiece goes to the Manabe Pal, a naval architect and the managing director of Manor Floatel. He is the one to be admired for the leadership of the city like Calcutta on the same parameters, such as Moscow, St.Peter Berg, Vienna, Hamburg, Amsterdam and Hong Kong. It is interesting to build between the two famous Bridge of Kolkata – Howrah and Hooghly bridge.

Based on the unique concept means, Floatel celebrations on the water. You can choose from the rooms overlooking the famous East known as the Sunrise Room and from the rooms overlooking the West as a sun room. Apart from that, there are luxury deluxe suites from where one of the most beautiful river views. What makes it even more gratifying is the large colorfulPaintings hung on the hall and the banquet halls that show really Kolkata maritime charm.

The restaurants are in the top floor. There is a 24 hours multi cuisine coffee shop (The Bridge), and a restaurant (The Compass Room). Just think with a candle-lit dinner under the dim moonlight, sailing on the River. The hotel is built keeping in view of the ecological perspective. The defection of the hotel is through the pipes and the discharge is based in the countryDrains. It can also be called ecotel.

(thank you to john. this is amazing.)

Fancy in the Fall - 2009

This is a really beautiful set which will be on sale at my open house this Sunday! It’s a three-strand floating necklace using gorgeous stones: polished amethyst, Swarovski crystal and dark pearls. I love it. The earrings are also great – dangles that catch the light. It could be yours this weekend!

Don’t forget – I’m having an open-house at my home on Sunday, November 15 from 12:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. I will be selling a lot of my on-hand merchandise to make room for a new collection. Holiday shopping starts now! Also featured will be Miss Gina Johnson and her Black Bird Bags and the lovely Amanda Broadhead with the Travelling Vineyard. Complimentary wine samples and holiday treats will be served all afternoon!

For more information on Kelly Andrew jewelry, to set up a consultation for your custom design or to find out if this piece is for sale, please contact me at keandrew82@gmail.com.

Hello and welcome to Wednesday’s news blog! As London becomes ever more Dickensian in its constant cloud of smog, the mydeco team consider it our duty to brighten your day with the best (and the weirdest) design news from around the globe. Take a look and see what’s on offer today…

mydeco’s pick of the top three news stories:

1. Inhabitat: Beautiful buildings made from whole trees

Image credit: Inhabitat

There are certain buzzwords that commonly trigger feelings of innate boredom. Sustainable. Ecological.  Paris Hilton. Luckily, companies such as Whole Tree Architecture are helping to make this a thing of the past, with an approach to design that is both environmentally friendly and visually stimulating. Instead of milling trees to simply harvest the largest piece of lumber, whole ‘weed trees’ (branches and all) are used to create the supporting structures for new residential and commercial builds. The results are easy on the eye as well as the environment.

2. dornob: Swimming cities: Floating trash or modern pirate treasure?

Image credit: dornob

As Peter Pan will tell you, growing up is no fun. But don’t worry, it’s not too late to fulfil childhood pirate fantasies – simply join the crew of musicians and artists that this floating mobile home has picked up on its travels around the world. Built from scrap wood, metal and textiles by street artist Swoon, the structure looks more like the floating equivalent of a hobo’s shopping trolley than a pirate ship. Still, that never bothered Huck Finn…

3 dornob: Dead Houses: Crafted in memory of lost and destroyed homes

Image Credit: dornob

I constantly bewilder my friends by naming inanimate objects (my hoover is called Kevin), so I can empathise with artist Loren Schwerd, who feels that a house, despite being made out of bricks and mortar, has a life of its own. Not in a literal sense of course, but by the memories it holds: certain features or rooms are the landmarks of experience. It is with this in mind that Schwerd created The Mourning Portrait Series - commemorative sculptural interpretations of houses abandoned or destroyed that are effectively architectural ‘lost souls’.

The best of the rest:

Techwatch: Broadband is the key to the property door

The Times: Kitchen Comfort Zones

The Times:  Christie’s auction of items from country home of Yves Saint Laurent

The Times: The grandest B&B in Britain

The Independent: Looks good on paper

The Independent:  Garden winter warmers

The Telegraph: Selling houses when the price is not right

The Telegraph: The Garden that sells the house

The Observer: My space: Marc Quinn, sculptor

The Observer: How to transform old household goods

Design Week: Interiors Birmingham to showcase new design

That concludes today’s segment everyone, please come back and see us again tomorrow for more weird and wonderful design updates!

To take something so cool and then strap on  ”arm chair viewing: redefined” as the concept is really almost sickeningly cheesy. But then cheesy sometimes works.

I think the only redeeming aspect of this commercial is that it makes space travel seem ridiculously achievable in a “balloon boy” sort of way.

If the world was ending tomorrow I’d give it a shot.

thank you for sharing, dadoo!