New stuff and competiton

Ok here is the new stuff I have been creating.
First one is the Grace and Emma tiara combined to make a new tiara called Gemma. It is inspired by the hairband worn by Katie Price.


I had a bride come to me last week with lots of ideas so here is what I made for her. The first is a necklace with a 5 inch back drop and is called Necklace Julie



The next thing I made for her was a twisted cake topper. It is the first one I have ever made.



Finally she asked me to design a new tiara for her and all I had to go on was a little sketch which Julie, my bride, had drawn for me. So I came up with 2 designs. The first one which she chose and asked me to call it Kelly (Julie's surname). The second one I am running a competition on Facebook to be named. The prize are 2 pairs of earrings. The first pair to the name I like the best the second pair will go to the best reason given to me for their choice of name.
Kelly

To wear a tiara or not to wear a tiara.....

To wear a tiara or not to wear a tiara that is the question!
It is a very personal decision and ranks high with what jewellery to wear and whether or not to wear a veil. There are no hard and fast rules about how you should look but everyone has an idea and often it can become quite confusing about what is right and what is not.
My rule is if it doesn't feel comfortable then don't wear it, by that I mean if you feel you don't look right in it then don't be pressurised into wearing any of them.
If you want to dress up you hair then I would definitely suggest a visit to dizaTIARAS. I am a small home based hobby business and I aim to help you make this decision. There is never any pressure for you to place an order and I am happy for you to say that you would prefer to think about it than making any rash decisions.
So when should you think about making an appointment.
No less than 3 months before the wedding or a soon as you have your wedding dress if you cant wait. But if you decide the week before your wedding that maybe you would like a tiara then please give me a call. I will always do my best to accommodate you and produce what you want in plenty of time for your special day. It is best to order early as this allows you to have hair trials with your hair stylist.
Often, in the wedding shop, tiaras are place on your head to give you the overall look and sometimes you will instantly fall in love with the tiara that is placed on your head and you will buy it on impulse. That is ok but if you haven't fallen instantly in love with it then please don't dismiss the idea of wearing a tiara. Tiaras come in very many different styles and here at dizaTIARAS I try to make as many different designs as possibly. If you don't see something you like, then if you can describe it, then I will try and create it for you.
Working from home means I don't have shop overheads, which in turn allows me to create high quality product at amazingly affordable prices. What's amazing about it it the bespoke service I offer. All my designs can be changed and altered to suit your colour scheme or simply if you wish to change the components within the design makes each tiara truly unique to you and your wedding.
Can't decide if a tiara is for you.
Come along and try on the very many different samples I have and bring your friend, your mum and your bridesmaids. Its fun trying them all on and I promise there is no hard sales push. The hardest part once you have decided on the style of tiara is customising it for your wedding party. Many times I have had brides to be saying to me, I didnt realise there was so many decisions to make in choosing a tiara. But you can tell they are delighted because there are getting the high quality accessories exactly as they imagine it at an affordable price!

Horse shoe challenge

One of my previous customers (Amanda) challenged me to create a horse shoe for her little girl to give to a friend as a wedding gift. When she came to me in 2007 to make her a tiara she spotted a comb that I had and asked if it could be made into a tiara then she added her own unique idea by changing the paper flowers in the comb to crystal flowers. The tiara was called Amanda Jane

Here is a picture of Amanda wearing her tiara. She looked stunning!

Any way she wanted a keep sake for her friends wedding and decided that she didn't want to give one of those plastic horse shoes easily bought in the card shops. With just the following information, something small, something classy, swarovski crystals, butterfly, lilac/purple colour and a budget could I help her out. Well its always nice to be challenged creatively so I rose to it and below is the result.

A very Special Offer

I have 3 combs and a tiara all made up using clear swarovski crystals and the tiara has some swarovski pearls on the tiara base. Comb 11 normally sells at £25 but as they are already made up and cannot be customised I am selling them at £20 each. The Tiara Enza normally sells at £60 but again as it is already made up and cannot be customised or changed in any way I am selling it at £50. These prices do not include postage and packaging. They are suitable for brides, bridesmaids, first communion and gala days.
To view these items please visit my page on Facebook by clicking the button on the top left hand of the blog. To purchase them please contact me via email diana@dizatiaras.co.uk

A very seasonal hobby business

I must apologise to all you people who are in business for a living to make ends meet. I always post that my business is a hobby. The reasons my business is a hobby are that 1. I am a part time carer for my mum. Part time as my sister is the one responsible for her day to day care but unfortunately she does not drive. This is where I come in. I drive mum to all her doctor and hospital appointments and I do all her shopping. I also pop along in the evening to make sure she gets her supper. 2. Because I am a carer I don't have a great deal of time to put into my business to move it forward from being just a hobby to a full time career. 3. The wedding business is a very seasonal business! But this last month (February) things kind of took off again. A little later than it has done in previous years but none the less it got busy. I was delighted to be invited by the mums of the girls in the Grangemouth Gala Day 2010 along to a meeting for them to choose one of my tiaras. Then I got a phone call from the Gala Day Queens mum for a tiara and finally the Maids of Honour mums contacted me. In between that I took a few internet orders and several other appointments and I am wondering why am I sitting here blogging about when I should be working?
The answer I think to that has to be that I am just feeling so fortunate that people like my work enough to come to me. But the best bit is always return customers or customer referrals, which I have had quite a few of this month also. This week though my mobile phone has gone quiet. I believe I have had my wee spurt of business and that I may have to wait a few weeks more before I get anymore appointments. That's the thing about the wedding business. It never seems to be consistent. I have another couple of wedding fairs coming up and I know I will get either one or two orders from them or appointments but in the meantime I better get on with the few remaining orders I have left. If I clear my feet then I can be creative and make some new stuff like the Celeste tiara and necklaces.


My other half works in Parcel Force, so his wages pays the household bills but unfortunately he does not earn enough for special treats or holidays. My hobby business allows me to make a few extra pounds so that I can treat my teenagers occasionally, and hopefully I can save enough so that me and my hubby can have a little break somewhere to celebrate our 25th Silver Wedding anniversary this summer.

Two recent makes

I am in the middle of trying to renew some of my designs by either remaking them or creating new designs. The first 2 were originally made using fashion, bugle and seed beads and below them are the same side tiaras made up using swarovski crystals, bugle and seed beads.

Here are the designs using the better quality materials.

Then I have been busy making some new designs.
The first was inspired by my hugely popular Elaine tiara and equally liked Stella tiara.
The new design is called Celeste as I think it looks like a star burst and shooting star in one design. To me Celeste means heavenly and that is where we find the stars, heaven wards.
The second design is a solid band of flowers. The crystal pearls have been wired together to form daisy type flowers. I though about calling it Daisy but as there were so many packed together I thought it looked more like a blossom of flowers. Hence the name Blossom. Blossom can be customised by so many different colours I think it will be a great hair accessory to any outfit.

Then and Now

Creativity fascinates me, be it tiaras, jewellery, wall papering and decorating, photography or website creation. I list these specifically as I have dabbled in them all. I have been running my little hobby business now for almost 5 years and tinkering with designs for almost 6 years. I was looking at some old photographes of some of my original designs and I was gobsmacked at how far I have come and how much I have taught myself. Some of the original designs are interesting and possibly sometime in the future I may revive them and bring them more up to date. I used simple fashion beads in their creation and ready made components. Now I use swarovski crystals and pearls and make up all my own components...I even rewire diamantes if I am requested to use them in any of my designs. The images that follow are some of the first tiaras I made.

THEN

It is a far cry from what I am designing these days. I think the one that would make up the best in swarovski crystals is the fourth design and some day I may just do that!

NOW