Apr 2011 18

With the Royal Wedding just a few weeks away, the spring/summer wedding season nearly upon us, with many people have a number of these happy events to attend over the next few months.

When attending a wedding, it’s important to find the right gift and card to congratulate the bride and groom on their special day.

Personalised cards are a great way of showing how much you care. It shows that you have taken the time to chose and edit a card to appeal to the couple, so it can be something they cherish for many years to come.

Personalisedcard.com is the ideal place to find a card for any happy couple. Offering great quality cards at value for money prices, they offer a wide selection of cards which can be customised with pictures and text to get the perfect card for your friends and loved ones.

Cards from Personalisedcard.com can be sent by either first or second class post and if you order before 2pm the card will be sent out that day. If you are unable to attend a wedding but still want to send a card, you can choose to have it sent directly to the newly-weds so they can receive it when they return from their honeymoon.

Become A Domestic Goddess In Your Home With Cute Aprons
Apr 2011 26

It has never been so popular now to put on Aprons and be described as a domestic goddess.

Associated and first coined by celebrity chef Nigella Lawson, the home based term has now been installed as a recognised word into the Oxford English Dictionary.

The famous dictionary, which makes hundreds of new word or phrase entries each year, has updated the book for the upcoming year and one if the new admissions, is the word domestic goddess.

The latest edition which has thousands of submitted entries, ranges from full phrases to text speak and symbols. Only the best and most recognised words get the green light and fortunately Nigella’s invented expression is one of them.

Even kids can get involved too with Childrens Aprons; although technically it does refer to a woman with exceptional domestic skills in the kitchen and can be likened to a goddess in the home. The woman excels at cooking and making meals for the family which is a traditional role the woman used to play in households before equality and gender prejudice came into force.

As explained, the 51 year-old chef coined the phrase in one of her recipe books and now the word is in every Brit’s vocabulary.

So become a domestic goddess in your home with cute PVC Aprons from Ulster Weavers.

Aug 2011 01

Singer Katy Perry and her comedian husband Russell Brand revealed that they brought in a cat behaviour professional to manage their three cats.

The couple’s cats; Krusty, Kitty Purry and Morrissey, started misbehaving while the I Kissed A Girl singer was away playing shows, so they made a decision to make use of the services of a cat whisperer in an attempt to teach the trio.

This isn’t the very first time the couple have splashed out on their cats – Russell publicly stated to treating the cats at Christmas with cat toys, cosy cat beds as well as other cat supplies, while Katy describes herself as being fanatical about felines.


“I am
obsessive about cats. I’m kind of attempting to make that cat-lady individuality cool. I want it to be chic! Cats are just like, ‘You have to earn my affection.’ So I really associate myself with that”, she said.

 

Make your cat feel like a king with luxury cat supplies.

Nov 2011 24

There are often multiple purposes to day-to-day normal objects such as a tea towel can dry up cutlery in addition to protect hands from burning when carrying plates and a can of beer can be used for alcoholic drinking reasons, in addition to polish furniture. Much like many things in life, many people try and break the mould to grab attention and also make news headlines. However, one person has decided to be extra unusual and use hair extensions for a totally wacky new point, other than to extend natural hair. The dress maker from the popular Channel 4 programme ‘My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding’ has bizarrely designed a wedding gown out of human hair extensions. Thelma Madine has shot to fame ever since the tv programme was launched as she claims to be the leading seamstress for all of the travellers and gypsies across the United Kingdom. Now the ‘fairy godmother’ has created some bridal wear that takes OTT (Over the Top) to a whole new level.

The odd dress has been made using two hundred and fifty metres of hair pieces and is now valued at a massive £50,000. The human locks frock required a group of around eight dressmakers and hairdressers to create the bright red colourfulgown. The dress weighs an astonishing 15 stone, is a size six and Madine is praying that the pricey piece will be noticed by controversial celebrity Lady Gaga. The ‘Born This Way’ singer has created a stir not that long ago by putting onoutrageous and grotesque outfits made entirely out of meat and one just like Kermit the Frog from hit Television showThe Muppets. So now the famous UK seamstress is eager for Gaga to carry on her trademark style and wear the exclusivedress made entirely out of clip in hair extensions.

The bizarre wedding gown was made through collaboration with a hair dresser named Ryan Edwards from hair dressersVoodou and it used thousands of individual hair wefts and different hair pieces such as Remi hair extensions or even clip in fringes. The exclusive design, that took more than 12 days to create, also consists of 1500 crystals and 12 underskirts. The bridal wear was crowned the winner when it was exhibited at the Alternative Miss Liverpool pageant in Liverpool. But it is not the only hair-raising outfit that has ever been made. Back in 2010 a tunic was made in Vietnam from one million metres of human hair Remi hair extensions and it came complete with a matching hat.

This occurrence is a really crazy use of pre bonded hair extensions as generally Britons use them to elongate their very own natural hair on their head as opposed to wearing them on their body. Create fabulous length with some feather hair extensions just like brand ambassador Sam Friars off of the hit reality show ‘The Only Way Is Essex’. Whether you like long curly hair or possibly a lengthy straight mane, make sure you wear the flip in hair extensions on your head. Budding fashionistas can co-ordinate the remi cachet hair extensions with their current hair colour so that it fits perfectly.