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Color Glass Vases will create an expensive art look with an inexpensive price. Our collection of beautiful glass vases includes tall vases, colored vases, clear vases, cylinder vases and bud vases that are catered to the home décor and gift industry. Priced low enough for everyday use, but decorative enough for special occasions, you’ll love the added attraction that one of these glass sculptures will add to your home. Add flowers to one of these beautiful glass vases and display it on a table or shelf for a stunning arrangement. Use one to brighten your office. Some vases have matching glass bowls or plates that combine to create a colorful display.
Candle holders are a great way to add some visual appeal to your home, and the designers of these candle holders have often created them in such a way that they are even more appealing when they are accompanied by a burning candle. To that end, many of these candle holders are lantern styles, so a candle simply rests inside the lantern. Meant to be hung or used as a ground accent, the sides of the lantern are often colored glass or stained glass, so they are beautifully illuminated when a candle is burnt inside.
These glass candle holders are a great way to both decorate the house and illuminate an area. They do offer muted, atmospheric light for any given room or outside patio, but they are also useful as stylish and interesting pieces of home décor. And if you’re at all nervous about burning a real candle for any reason, you can approximate the look by adding a small battery-operated light. If you want to go the eco-friendly route, you could even add a small solar light.
Trends forecast for 2009 emphasize chic, sophisticated, elegant décor, focusing on comfort, quality and practicality.
A new direction in style is emerging, as traditional décor meets modern with clean and simple lines. And contemporary furniture and fabrics are becoming warm and cozy.
There are also several cultural movements influencing how we decorate our homes, one of which being the environmental movement.
The consumer is becoming more knowledgeable about how their purchases impact the environment and they want to make a difference.
Leveraging 2009 home décor trends can help to easily transform and elevate the mood and atmosphere within your desired space. Remaining aware of popular color schemes, newly designed patterns, and updated home décor and accessories can provide you with a simple way to reinvent and redesign any room within your home.
Grey is the newest tone of neutral, ranging from cool silver to warm charcoal gray. It will be used often as the base color in the room and accented with fashion forward colors like acid green, yellow, fuchsia and plum.
Metallic tones of silver, gold, copper and rust are the most dominate after grey. They will become increasingly popular in the next few years.
Bright colors can be seen in lots of funky accessories, such as hand blown glass vases, glass platters and any type of decor objects, so it can be easy to add a splash of color into your neutral décor.
Mauves and purples are still strong colors and blend perfectly with the new greys and silvers seen in fabrics and accessories.
Give yourself the bright and cheery space that you need, or an area with neutral colors that can help you to focus or meditate. Whatever your designing and decorating pleasure is, know that you have the power to make it happen.
Because Art Deco interiors are minimalist, colors are used sparingly. Most color schemes include black, combining green and black, red and black and white and black. Accents are of chrome and gold. Pale blue or dove grey provides a softening effect.
Form is important in Art Deco interiors. Mirrors made of nickel, chrome, or silver are decorated with motifs of deer, peacocks, roses, and geometric shapes. Bronze sculptures are sleek covered with colored or pearl beads. Desk sets of pen and pencil on a base are streamlined in design. Door handles and candlesticks molded of nickel, chrome, or silver have woodsy or chevron shapes. Frosted glass or black and white marble are used for vases. Inlay is common and adds color and design. Cameo glass vases show under layers of color exposed by etching away top layers of white or clear glass.
Art Deco style was modern for its time and many elements of the style carry over to design elements of later eras. For unique handblown glass Art Deco vases and plates, please visit our store.
Spring finally arrived; one of its greatest gifts to us is COLOR. Spring is the perfect time to bring a color into your home that you’ve never used there before: A teacup the tender golden yellow of an egg yolk, curtains the eye-opening chartreuse of new leaves, a hyacinth-mauve toss-pillow, a scatter rug the intense blue of a bluebirds wings. Every time your eyes rest on one of these fresh, bright, hopeful new colors, your whole self will feel refreshed.
And finally, what better way to bring color into your home than with fresh flowers. Stuck them in a couple of simple glass vases. It is a quick way to bring in some color. Artificial flowers can help you do the same thing and, obviously, last longer. These are a few ideas of how to add some color into your home.
The martini has been around for a long time, but in the last couple years a new generation has breathed fresh life into the martini and many other retro-cocktails.
While no one knows the exact origin of the martini, it has definitely made a come back. The chocolate martini and other great flavors have made this drink hip all over again. There are so many things that you can do with this versatile drink that it really comes as no surprise to those that already love martinis that they are once again very popular.
Today you can go to just about any bar or restaurant and have a whole host of martini flavors to choose from. It’s important to remember though that the taste of the martini will depend in large part upon the alcohol that is used in the drink. It seems as though anything goes, but many consider a true martini one that is made with gin and perhaps a wave of a vermouth bott.e. Today vodka is also offered. Many have said that there really is not much difference anymore between a martini, a cosmo, or a simple cocktail. The bottom line is that if it is in a martini glass chances are it can be called a martini!
It doesn’t matter what flavor you like, you can create or purchase a martini in that flavor. Today some of the common flavors are chocolate, green apple, orange, dirty, clean, and just about every other fruity concoction that you can think of. With all of the great flavors to choose from, even if you are new to the martini, you will likely find something that you love to whet your whiste!
If you don’t happen to like the gin varieties you may want to try some of the vodka varieties as they each offer something very unique. A martini bar is where many people experience their first martini. Many clubs offer martini bars where patrons can indulge in their favorite flavors or try a variety of flavors. This can be a great way to make a bachelor or bachelorette party truly special and tasty, too!
Many have considered the martini a woman’s drink in the past, but many men enjoy the variety of tastes that are available through this very diverse drink. Whether you are having drinks with the girls over dinner or having friends over to your home for a get together, the martini is the perfect drink. Experiment with a variety of flavors and alcohol to get the perfect mix for you. When it comes to the martini everything goes these days, so take advantage and enjoy creating drinks that you really love and love to share with others!
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Mother’s Day is about letting your mother know how much you appreciate her. Choosing a Mother’s Day gift can sometimes be difficult, especially when your mother tells you that there isn’t anything she needs. Every parent loves photographs of their children and grandchildren, and it isn’t possible to have too many pictures. That’s why picture frames are such a popular choice for this wonderful day to celebrate motherhood.
The history of Mother’s Day is centuries old and goes back to the times of ancient Greeks, who held festivities to honor Rhea, the mother of the gods. The early Christians celebrated the Mother’s festival on the fourth Sunday of Lent to honor Mary, the mother of Christ. Interestingly, later on a religious order stretched the holiday to include all mothers, and named it as the Mothering Sunday. The English colonists settled in America discontinued the tradition of Mothering Sunday because of lack of time. In 1872 Julia Ward Howe organized a day for mothers dedicated to peace. It is a landmark in the history of Mother’s Day.
In 1907, Anna M. Jarvis (1864-1948), a Philadelphia schoolteacher, began a movement to set up a national Mother’s Day in honor of her mother, Ann Maria Reeves Jarvis. She solicited the help of hundreds of legislators and prominent businessmen to create a special day to honor mothers. The first Mother’s Day observance was a church service honoring Anna’s mother. Anna handed out her mother’s favorite flowers, the white incarnations, on the occasion as they represent sweetness, purity, and patience. Anna’s hard work finally paid off in the year 1914, when President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed the second Sunday in May as a national holiday in honor of mothers.
Slowly and gradually the Mother’s day became very popular and gift giving activity increased. All this commercialization of the Mother’s day infuriated Anna as she believed that the day’s sentiment was being sacrificed at the expense of greed and profit.
Regardless of Jarvis’s worries, Mother’s Day has flourished in the United States. Actually, the second Sunday of May has become the most popular day of the year. Although Anna may not be with us but the Mother’s day lives on and has spread to various countries of the world. Many countries throughout the world celebrate Mother’s Day at various times during the year, but some such as Denmark, Finland, Italy, Turkey, Australia, and Belgium also celebrate Mother’s Day on the second Sunday of May.
Mother’s Day is that time of year to show mom just how much you care and how much you appreciate everything she has done for you.
This beautiful blown glass vase needs a beautiful single stem flower to be complete and we hope you will be the one to fulfill that need… it is waiting for you. This unique hand blown art deco glass vase would be a great gift for Mother’s Day or just for that special someone in your life. At homedecorbylulu.com you can select your favorite color from a large variety of the solifleur art glass vases. It comes in eight different colors : red, burgundy, black, yellow, blue, green, pink, purple
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Nothing is more loved in our home or office than the decoration we use to decorate our personal space. Of course, candles offer more than style, but no one will ever know you use candles for more than versatility. This is the true beauty of candles, you get so much for so little. One way I get the most out of my candles is to purchase hand blown glass candle holders to display my favorite candles.
They can serve as very attractive centerpiece arrangements for any party table. They come in colorful elegant designs and shapes.
I think one of the top reasons to purchase hand blown glass candle holders is that you are supporting an artist. You pay more, but you are helping an artist live.
Finding those hand blown glass candle holders is not always easy. These are truly rare items. Anymore, the industrial age has taken away the truly magnificent art form of glass blowing from our lives.
Everything in my house has a story to tell. The large jars by the door are the consequence of a trip to some exotic locale. Malacca tiles will greet you as you cross into the patio. On the walls are reproductions of European art which I found in the streets of Vietnam. Decorative glass plates on stands adorning my side tables will remind you of the beautiful glass pieces of Murano.
Exploring each room in my home is discovering one delight after another. Colorful silk fabrics cover throw pillows on the sofa. Together with the Chinese nesting tables, you’ll see some of my pictures that were taken while walking through the side streets of Hong Kong haggling over antique pieces. Everytime I look at these travel mementos never fails to delight my senses.