If you’re a serious traditional collector of any type, then names like Public Storage may resonate for you. But, if you’re a serious online collector, most likely you’ve heard of Tumblrs or Pinterest. If you haven’t, you’re missing out on an opportunity to modernize and streamline your collection – no matter what you actually collect.
Many of us collect something – buttons, Barbie dolls, vintage watches, snow globes, you name it. For those with large collections, ensuring space for your doodads may be a particularly tough challenge – either for you personally, or for those with whom you share living space. Enter online blog sites, the latest solution to storage woes for serious collectors of everything from baseball cards to baseball jerseys.
Over the last few years, blogging websites have advanced to the degree that online cataloging is now an increasingly common method of building one’s collection. Using various details like photos, sound clips and video files, interested blog enthusiasts and website visitors can enjoy a growing range of sites on almost any topic you can imagine. For example, women who have a particular fetish for red shoes may find a website solely (no pun intended) featuring pictures, trivia, and other information related to nothing but a sincere love of – what else? – red shoes.
The obvious benefit of online collecting is that it actually doesn’t require a blogger to purchase anything, thus saving money; and it doesn’t require physical space, much to the delight of many family members and roommates. Consider this type of collecting phenomenon a variation on a theme: individuals have been avid collectors of all kinds of items, perhaps for centuries. In addition to the benefits already noted, online collecting also creates a way to connect individuals with similar interests worldwide.
Any collector will tell you that a big part of collecting is all about celebrating yesteryears, moments in time that hold meaning for them. Through online collecting, sharing the gift of nostalgia can reach wider and farther than imaginable.
The Royal wedding was truly fairy-tale like, and was just as we all expected. There was nothing too flamboyant like a tremendously long wedding dress trail. On the contrary, one look at the celebration, and you knew it was fit for the future king and queen.
Everything about the wedding ceremony was a neat combination of old world Royal charm and new style. However most of us would have liked it to follow the current fashion trends, a little quirky, little princess like and a dash of elegance. Probably they also had to please Prince William’s grandmother Queen Elizabeth. Whatever the reasons, although the dress was rather practical, it looked like a million bucks!
Kate Middleton’s dress was every fashionistas prime focus. The wedding gown was certainly beautiful which was ivory and made from satin gazar. The lace was perfect, delicate and extremely beautiful; made from flowers cut individually and embellished on French Chantilly lace. The veil was splendid, simple, stunning and fit the princess perfectly well. This was made from silk tulle again in soft ivory and it even had trimmings of hand embroidered flowers.
The entire dress itself was for around £250,000, designed by Sarah Burton of Alexander McQueen, this dress is sure to change wedding dress trends. We’ve seen enough of off shoulders, shoulderless and strappy wedding gowns. This lace full sleeved wedding gown worn by Kate Middleton was totally different. A lot of the gown’s inspiration, it seemed like, came from Princess Grace’s wedding gown.
The British Royal family has this tradition of passing down or using a piece of heirloom in their weddings. It’s almost like a tradition, and to keep up with this, there as the 1935 Cartier Halo Diamond Tiara. This tiara is part of the Queen’s priceless jewel collection. Among her accessories was the leaf shaped diamond earrings by Robinson Pelham that carried a tag of £9,000 and gifted by her parents.
Soaking in your bathtub with bubbles to splash around are the little things that brings out the child within you. Toddlers and kids too love playing in their bathtubs with their tiny ducks floating around. It brings a smile on their face, and if its summer, the water bath is your baby’s big distressing moment.
Lori Gardner has introduced a new bathtub that promises oodles of fun for your baby, and when your baby outgrows the teeny weeny bathtub, you could put it to other extravagant use. Who would have thought that baby bathtubs can be extravagant, and completely over the top? This diamond bathtub is sure to create waves in this luscious world thanks to Lori Gardner, its creator.
This baby bathtub, unlike the others can be put to multiple uses. If hygiene is not your concern then you could even give your pets a nice little scrub in it. You could even use the bathtub to hold your spirits and wines in. Yes, this bathtub is a work of labour that’s taken a good three years to complete it.
This unique and multi-faceted bathtub is encrusted with forty six thousand, nine hundred and twenty eight Swarovski crystals, making it a super-luxurious tub that you would never want to let go. Probably hence, after using it as a baby bathtub, you think of innovative uses, instead of letting it rot or handing it down to someone else. With all those glittering crystals, we are sure no one would like to rent it out, gift it or even store it in your basement.
This particular bathtub is available in various Swarovski colors, allowing you to pick your choice for e.g. pink if it’s a girl and blue if it’s a boy or if you don’t want anything too obvious you could always look up several of those beautiful range of colors.
A lot of hype was created even when Princess Diana and Prince Charles were getting ready to tie the knot. There is a huge difference between then and now. All of the hype we see is a huge contribution of anticipation. Somehow we all look up to the Prince and Princess as new style icons, fashionistas and someone with endless beauty. Well that could have been said for Princess Diana, who with her charming smile, coy looks and very fashionable clothing was someone who drew a lot of attention.
Now her son, Prince William is all set to walk down the aisle with his long time stunning girlfriend Kate Middleton. As soon as the wedding was announced, memorabilia of the new Prince and Princess to be went head on into production. These made great retail items that has gotten surprisingly popular and are flying off the shelves.
Getting into the retail business are Graham and Brown who couldn’t stay behind from all the retail wedding mania that is underway. No to be the last ones to sit back and enjoy all the retail happenings, they decided to get into the bandwagon with a big bang! They have bought together a very funky looking, very elite Royal Wedding Promotion. This is for the benefit of the customers who want a slice of the wedding paraphernalia, since all Royal products enjoy a 20% discount.
Among these are the crowns and coronets wallpaper that is nothing unusual. It is set in back and white and suited for just a single wall. However this particular wallpaper where the black crowns and coronets are set on a white background are made attention-grabbing by making use of a few Royal jewels that are stuck onto it.
The wallpaper does look stunning, and looks royal indeed with the diamonds, sapphire, emeralds, rubies, onyx and gold set on it.
If you are interested you could also choose interior paints aptly titled after a few “Colors that made Britain Great” like “Jewel in the Crown,” “Princess to Be” and “Cool Britannia.”
Oscar de la Renta, a prominent name in the fashion world is a designer whose designs are worn by celebrities and the rich and famous alike. His exclusive collections are always looked forward to and the Spring 2012 Tea Party Bridal Collection is no different.
The show, with a little girl tea party set up where the sophisticated little ladies dream up their wedding gowns showcased on the runway, all this while enjoying a nice garden tea party between lavender and freesia was something wonderful only the showman could dream up.
Just as striking and plush were the wedding gowns that were displayed on the runway. A blend of effervescent youth and subtle sophistication, these gowns have the signature stamp of the elegance and uniqueness that an Oscar de la Renta creation exudes.
Full length outlines and splendid skirts with frills and ruffles looking like the petals have found a new home on the skirt. A bolero and scarf of rabbit hair is a throw back to the small adorable furry creatures that hop around amidst the grass and spring flowers of the garden.
Except for a knee length strapless dress in light blue with a ruffled skirt and a few silk organza gowns in pink, the other 37 lush, vibrant gowns are in pristine white – a traditional color for wedding gowns. Ruffles and frills are very prominent in most of the gowns enhancing the fairy tale like theme of the evening.
The gowns also feature angular styles and a dominant square neckline for some gowns while the rest are strapless with open necklines.
Oscar de la Renta is always known for his elegant lines and defined cuts and the 2012 Bridal collection is all about the elegance and joie de vivre of youth which has been captured beautifully in these swish wedding gowns.
