STARTING OFF WITH AN EYE CANDY POSTERS

In three weeks from now, my husband and I will be on a plane going from Tel Aviv to New York city. We've planned a three weeks trip to the east coast, filled with different kind of activities. The trip that started off as a family visit and attending a cousin’s wedding in Miami, turn to be a honeymoon, and later turn to be a business trip as well.

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Traveling abroad is so much fun. I usually try to make the most of every trip to learn something new or to meet new people. So, every trip starts with in depth research of what there is to see and which places I must visit (that always includes art and design museums and must visit shopping sites!) In this trip planning I've stumble upon old travel posters I had to share with you.

These amazing colorful posters, that were common in 1920’s through 1950’s, mostly in travel agencies, are so eye catching and alluring (I suppose that’s what they were meant for…)

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These are some of the most beautiful vintage travel posters I found online. If you want to see more of them, I collected more of them in my Pinterest new vintage posters board, so click it and explore.

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New Haven Connecticut – Traveler.es

Do you absolutely love them like I do? Tell me down below what you think!

Picking Wedding Jewelry and Accessories

So the big day will be coming soon, the day you get to shine in all your fantasy glory. With the wedding dress picked out you may think that you are done with the big planning, but you would be wrong if you didn't include plans for wedding jewelry. The trick is to pick the style and materials for your accessories and jewelry that enhance the dress instead of fighting it. Here are a few tips.

Wedding Jewelry Materials that Match

Because there are so many shades of white for a wedding dress, you need to make sure that the materials your wedding jewelry is based on will sit beautifully against that particular shade of white. Not sure which metals go with which wedding dress white? Here are a few ways to make sure everything matches:

White – If the dress is a pure white stay away from any kind of gold accessories including your wedding jewelry or any crown or hair wreath you plan on wearing. The best choices would be a platinum white or sterling silver, or pearls if you plan on wearing them.

Diamond White – This is a very popular off-white that looks lovely against gold and silver, as well as rose gold. Even pearls look good against this new shade of wedding white.

Ivory – Do you love the old-fashion look of this color? If you are planning an old-fashion theme to the wedding that includes a cream or ivory gown, be sure to keep the wedding jewelry within the yellow ranges, such as those you see in our Micro Collection.

Matching the Necklines

Don't forget when choosing that necklace that matching the neckline in your wedding gown can be crucial. If your dress has a plunging or v-shaped neckline, you of course have a choice of pendant, string of pearls or can even be daring with a choker. Sweetheart necklines look perfect against pearls and of course if you are dressing in an antique or vintage dress make sure your necklace and earrings match the era.

Wedding Jewelry for Bride and Bridesmaids

Weddings are a time of stress, so why not take the stress out of it by choosing the perfect wedding jewelry for the entire party online at Inbal Designs? We have just the right simple pieces that will reflect your love and this incredible day in sterling silver or gold. Whether it is the simple lines of our floral-inspired Jasmine Collection or the modern look of our Ktan-Tan Collection, matching the entire wedding party is easy with Inbal Designs. Weddings are stressful enough; take some of that stress away by picking a line of handmade jewelry that pleases everyone.

Everyone's taste is different. When it comes to your wedding, would you choose silver or gold wedding jewelry for your special day?

Jewelry Ideas - DIY Jewelry Organizer

When it comes to good jewelry ideas for the lover of all kinds of jewelry nothing really beats being able to come up with your own jewelry organizer. If you are looking around the bedroom and see necklaces draped around doorknobs, earrings tossed across the closest dresser and rings left sitting wherever you took them off, you are a great candidate for a quick and easy DIY jewelry organizer project. Best of all, it doesn't have to be complicated or hard to accomplish. You just need a couple of good ideas. Lucky for you we have plenty of those. Once you look our ideas listed here you will soon find yourself with a ton of great fanciful storage concepts for jewelry ideas of your own that suit your needs to a "T". Here are a few ideas to get you started:

Jewelry Ideas for Small Collections

If you don't have dozens of necklaces and around fifty pairs of earrings you probably only need a simple concept for your DIY jewelry organizer. This will make it so much easier to find good organizer jewelry ideas because you don't need to create a whole section in your room for your bling. Here are some simple ideas to steal from:

Tree Branches

These can look like art if you use them right. Take a walk in your neighborhood or if you have a tree in your backyard consider taking a small branch from it. If you live in an area that recently had a heck of a windstorm, walking around and looking for interesting branches to use means you help clean-up and get some great storage jewelry ideas to boot! Simple branches hung from a ribbon are great for necklaces and I have used mesquite branches mounted on a board for earrings in the past.

Old Picture Frames

Take the back off of an old picture frame and instead staple some netting or lace to the back of the frame. This is a great simple jewelry idea for holding earrings that have the hooks instead of the posts on them. You can arrange by color or shape to make a very pretty display on your wall. Another idea is to mount the back of an old picture frame with corks from wine bottles. You might have to cut a few to make them fit and it works best with older frames that are pretty deep. Once you have them all squeezed in you can add steel dressmaker pins to hold your jewelry on the cork board you just created.

Covered Cork Boards

You can also pick up some cheap old cork boards at a supply store and cover them to look pretty. I have used everything from old fabric to wallpaper left over from a project to some of that pretty handmade paper you see in the stationery stores these days. Paint the frame to match the paper and then add dressmaker pins to hold the jewelry pieces. This is particularly nice if you have sets of necklaces and earrings you want to cluster, such as you see with our collections like Jasmine or Ktan-Tan.

Cake Stand Organizer

If you love vintage dishes this is an easy one. There are many beautiful cake stands from bygone eras that make beautiful trays for bracelets or pins, or any larger pieces that don't hang well. It can be fun to go shopping for these as your local thrift store is a good source and really inexpensive! You might want to do more than one, if you find yourself unable to choose.

Jewelry Ideas for Big Collections

Some of us just can't stop collecting jewelry. You know who you are if this sounds familiar. For those with dozens of necklaces and over a hundred pairs of earrings (guilty as charged) then the hunt for great jewelry ideas for storage gets serious. This is where you might want to cheat and go to your nearest hobby supply store for some organizer ideas.

Fishing Tackle Boxes

There are two roads you can go down with this one. You can begin with the little plastic boxes that have dividers in them that you can find in hardware stores. These are actually great for oddball earrings you can't hang and because you can adjust the size of the compartments you can have various sizes in one box. Then you can stack up the boxes organizing them by color.

The other way is to use the true fishing tackle boxes that come in the metal boxes and fold open, accordion-style. These are wonderful for bigger collections and you can glue in felt at the bottom to make them look nicer. I have taken contact paper to the outside to give them the less rustic look. You would be surprised how much jewelry one of these bigger tackle boxes can hold!

Shoe Box Organizer for Bracelets

I love bracelets but they can be so hard to store. They are big and clunky. If you don't see the pattern you can't always pick them out to wear. But of all the inexpensive bracelet storage jewelry ideas I have seen, this is the easiest and certainly the fastest to put together. You probably have a couple of shoe boxes lying around, who doesn't? Grab one, add a few notches and a couple of dowels and voila! A great way to store your bracelets, make them very visible and if you decorate the box it can sit right there on your dresser.

Jewelry Ideas for Great Jewelry

Of course, the inspiration for all of this is that we have been designing up a storm lately here at Inbal and so we want to be sure you have plenty of room for all the great looking new pieces that will be coming your way soon. As we get to the end of another great year we want to remind you that prices are going up next year so you just might want to grab a few more pieces from your favorite collection today. Check our catalog for new ideas and grab a few of your old favorites as gifts today.

What's your great idea for a DIY Jewelry Organizer? 

Living a Beautiful Life – Winter Jewelry for Coats

Part of living a beautiful life is being surrounded with things that reflect the beauty in life. For many of us that becomes a little bit more difficult when it comes to finding the beauty in winter. Those long grey days can make you sad and sometimes leave us feeling that our idea of a beautiful life may well be one that is far far away from here. But even in the darkest cold days of winter, you can bring beauty into the lives of those around you. Sometimes it can be done with something as simple as a smile and a bright piece of jewelry on our winter coats.

Dressing up the Outside

When I was a child I remember my mother taking out a drawer of beautiful old coat broaches to choose the one she would wear that month. Obviously at Christmas time it was usually one with a Christmas theme, such as a jeweled version of a branch of holly. But January and February saw other pins that brightened up her coat and her smile. I know that today I seldom see coat broaches and think it is time we revived the old tradition. Why not dress up the outside that the world sees by adding a broach to your coat today?

Vintage and Antique Pins

One of the fun ways to add some glitter to an otherwise full day is to go shopping for coat pins in your neighborhood thrift stores or vintage/antique stores. I have found some beautifully crafted pieces at places like this. Local rummage sales also make a great place to find those little hidden treasures such as an old coat pin or even hat pins that you can wear in your coat lapel. They add an unusual sparkle on an otherwise cool grey day.

Giving a Beautiful Life

For those who are lucky enough to have a niece or granddaughter that love fashion, you can give them an unexpected gift of understanding beauty by going shopping for their coat brooch. This is especially fun if they are visiting for the holidays and it will give them something they love that will always have the memory of that special day. Somehow a life is always lived more beautifully when it is shared.

Try Gold and Pearls

Of course, here at Inbal Designs life never stands still. We just recently happened to add some new designs, all in geometric shapes with pearls at the center. Best of all, they happen to be pins and would look lovely either anchoring your favorite scarf or shiny and inspiring on that winter coat. They come in different shapes: star, heart, diamond and a snowflake: all in gold. They are the perfect complement to our recent additions of heart-shaped pendant and earrings and we know you are going to love the simple design – just right for winter! Because living the beautiful life should never be confined to the summer months – we deserve it all year round.

 

How do you reflect your beauty in life?