Luxury Lifestyle: valentines day

Thursday, November 11, 2010

Blooming Bling! Jewelry Made with Real Flowers

Preserved for eternity, live flowers can be worn to create a fun flash of color to celebrate spring or brighten up a winter wardrobe.

Flowers make lovely yet fleeting gifts. A bouquet of roses is considered to be a romantic gesture, but the flowers eventually fade and die. Jewelry designers have incorporated flowers into jewelry design for centuries, but these pieces lack the intricate detail and colors of a real, natural flower.

Above: A real flower preserved to retain its color and shape.

Jewelers have now discovered new ways to keep a flower blooming, by carefully preserving the flower and coating it in resin. This hard, shiny coating of resin both protects the flower while preserving the shape and color of the delicate petals. Because of this technique, a romantic gift of flowers can be treasured for many years. As a Valentine’s Day or wedding anniversary gift, real flower jewelry is a long-lasting, unique and memorable present. The symbolism of specific flowers means that a gift of flower jewelry can have a much deeper, more personal meaning than that of a gift of a live flower arrangement.

Real flower jewelry available online at HanamiUSA
The following real flower jewelry pieces by Hanami use whole flowers and individual flower petals. The flowers or petals need to be almost identical in nature to create a matching pair of earrings.

Real flower jewelry available online at RoyalPrincess
RoyalPrincess sells beautiful real flower jewelry that is perfect for brides and bridesmaids, or even a symbolic wedding gift. This jewelry designers incorporates sterling silver, pearls and gold into the artworks, so that the flowers can bloom eternally in style.

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Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Delicious Body Art: Chocolate Body Painting

Forget creme brulee, milk tart and lemon meringue pie. Chocolate body paint offers a sexy, tasty dessert as a happy ending to a romantic date.

Edible chocolate body paint can be found in a variety of flavors, but the most common are dark chocolate, milk chocolate and white chocolate. Pots of chocolate flavored body paint are often sold with a paint brush, but this writer feels that the paint should be applied with fingers or tubes, for a far more sensual art experience.
The art of body painting creates a personal experience between the artist and the model. The model must trust that the artist will respect their body, and the artist must be comfortable to be in such close proximity to the model. Body painting is one of the most sensual, interactive forms of art, as it involves touch, trust and self-expression.

Chocolate body paint can be applied in several different ways, to create a variety of effects. As seen in the photos above, the artist has poured edible chocolate paint over the model’s bodies, to delight the viewer with a delicious image of a girl drenched in chocolate.

Edible body paint can also be applied using a tube, to create a detailed decorative effect. Using a tube to apply the paint means that the artist can form delicate swirls, lines and dots to give a lacy, feminine effect. Take a look at these chocolate body paintings created with paint tubes by Gerard Petzl. You can see more of his art at Forever Art.

Chocolate body paint can also be combined with edible glitter, also known as confectioners glitter, to create a shimmering, edible body painting. This combination of bling and chocolate will delight women as a Valentine’s day gift.