January News

A happy new year to everyone, especially all 2010 Brides and congratulations to those who got engaged over the Christmas and New Years season!

This week sees the introduction of our Brides Gallery featuring some of our 2009 Brides. This gallery not only shows off some of our favourite products but gives Brides-to-be styling tips and hair ideas.
If you would like to be featured please send images in JPEG format to info@carrieyeo.com

The new year also sees the introduction of our new Collection, Elizabeth. This collection will be available from February onwards but here is a sneak peak:

The Elizabeth Collection will be part of our Classic Bride range and has been inspired by real life brides and the bespoke designs that we enjoyed working on in 2009. The centre piece of the collection is a glittering side tiara of tear drop shaped diamantes and clusters of crystals, which perfectly compliments any hair style, long, short, up or down. Other pieces include a hair vine, earrings, necklace and bracelet.
All 8 pieces in this sparkling collection are made of Swarovski crystal and Swarovski Diamante.



For futher information on the Elizabeth Collection please email Info@carrieyeo.com

Pixie Lott wears our Delphinium hair pins and Orchid hair pins to the Q Awards...

Pop star Pixie Lott looked fantastic at the recent Q Music awards. She wore a combination of our our Delphinium hair pins and Orchid hair pins in her long blond locks. The hair pins added a soft edge to her sark black sequined number and gave her a fashionable Grecian look.

To create a similar look group together a selection of our pins in a cluster to one side of your head and then scatter single blooms throughout the rest of you hair. If you are wearing your hair up the pins slot in easily to any style. If you are wearing your hair down ask your hair dresser to use bobby pins crossed over the flower pins to secure them in place.

Flower hair accessories from www.carrieyeo.com from £28 for 3.

Carrie Yeo Sample Sale

WEDDING ACCESSORY SAMPLE SALE NOW ON!

For brides looking to save money on their Carrie Yeo Wedding accessories, we currently have a sample sale of items that have been used in photo shoots either for our website or for a Wedding Magazine. Please visit http://www.carrieyeo.com/ for more details...

· All of the accessories listed on this page have been worn by models or have been used at aphoto shoot but they are all in perfect condition.


· Not all items that go on photo shoots make it into the sample sale so these are one off offers. Once they are gone, they are gone!


· The colour of the available sample may vary from the photo so please read the description before buying.


· As these pieces are photo samples the price is reduced, but our returns policy remains the same .


· Please note that all earrings have been fitted with brand new Stirling Silver backs after returning from the shoot.


· Delivery will take place within 1 week of the order being placed for these items which perfect for Brides whose wedding date is soon.

Using Colour In Your Wedding

A beautiful way to set your wedding day style apart from the crowd is with the use of colour. This season bold bright colours are just as popular as traditional pastel shades, from hair accessories with brightly coloured butterflies to simple crystal earrings in jewel tones.

Many of the styles that we have in our current collections are available in the 36 colours from our colour chart, so you are sure to find something to match the colours that you have chosen for your Bridesmaids and the rest of the wedding. If you cannot find the colour that you are looking for please enquire about our free colour matching service.

Where colour was once only used for bridesmaids’ dresses, designers are now using colour for Wedding dresses. Charlotte Balbier features a beautiful lemon coloured wedding dress in her current collection, and Alfred Angelo have several dresses with colourful trims, sashes and necklines.

Many Asian brides traditionally wear red on their wedding day, as a symbol of good luck and it is a colour that is fast becoming a trend in the UK particularly for winter weddings or for brides who want to look different. With this in mind we have added a range of new colourful hair flowers for brides who love colour including these red flower hair pins, a red peony hair clip, a merlot coloured orchid and a beatiful pink floral hair clip.

Other key colours this season are pale pinks like our popular shade called Vintage Rose, turquoises and Aqua like our pacific opal; bright colours like Fuchsia, and all shades of purple from soft lilac to deep amethysts and Aubergines.

More unusual colours like orange, olive and navy are also emerging as sophisticated Bridesmaid looks.

Many Brides choose to have some colour in their jewellery for a contemporary look or to reflect their birthstone. Below is a Swarovski colour chart reflecting this tradition. Brides can use our bespoke design service to create colourful and exotic pieces or just change the shade of a few crystals. The only limit is your imagination.

Celebrity weddings: Gary Lineker and Danielle Bux, & Nicola Mclean and Tommy Williams

Gary Lineker and Danielle Bux

Congratulations to Danielle Bux and Gary Lineker who were married on the 3rd September.

Danielle looked beautiful in her Suzanne Neville Dress at her wedding in Ravello Italy. Carrie Yeo provided the accessories for the Bridal Party including Butterfly meadow headbands and necklaces for the Bridesmaids and a customised tiara for Danielle’s daughter Ella.

We captured to the bohemian look that Danielle wanted but also added a touch of colour with pinks and purples to reflect her colour scheme. Click here to find out more.

Four Weddings Celebrity Edition

Well done also to Nicola Mclean who was married in June, and came first in living TV’s popular new show “Four weddings” Model and reality TV star Nicola starred in the Celebrity edition which was aired this week.

Nicola whose wedding was recently featured in OK! Magazine looked stunning in her My Lady dress and Carrie Yeo accessories. Her fairy tale wedding was voted the best wedding by the other celebrity judges and Nicola donated the cash prize to her favourite charity Jean for Genes.
Nicola wore our Astor flower tiara, Astor flower bracelet and bespoke earrings in gold.

Click here to find out more about the other accessories that she chose for her big day.

If you would like to feel like a celebrity on your wedding day visit our website: http://www.carrieyeo.com/ for beautiful tiaras, headbands, necklaces, earrings and more.

The Beauty Of Pearls For Weddings

Our new Audrey Single Pearl Necklace has been featured on the front cover of this month’s Perfect Wedding Magazine with a gorgeous Sophia Tolli wedding dress with a stunning sweetheart neckline which compliments this elegant style.
The Audrey Single Pearl Necklace features one large freshwater pearl, two Swarovski crystals, one of which can be changed to any of the 36 colours in our colour chart to co-ordinate with your wedding look. The crystal pictured here is 'Lt Azore' which can be your something blue.

This necklace is also a perfect gift for bridesmaids and Mother of the Bride or Groom as the classic design suits all ages and the touch of colour gives it a personalised touch.
Pearls have such a luminescent style which is so flattering, and they form the basis of so many of our designs. Our Audrey Collection is based entirely on the beauty of pearls. They create such a timeless look.







The pearls that we use in our wedding jewellery are ivory freshwater pearls as these suit all ages and skin tones and compliment the ivory tones of both vintage and modern wedding dresses.
The tradition of wearing pearls on your wedding day has long been popular. It was once believed the pearls would promote marital harmony as pearls symbolize love, success, happiness, and modesty.
Pearls were also at the height of wedding fashion for royal weddings in days gone by. Everyone from the bride to her male guests wore pearls as part of their wedding day attire, and the tradition of wearing pearls on the wedding day has continued over the years. The height of this wedding tradition occurred during the Victorian Era where pearls were often a gift to the bride.







This tradition does not however as is often thought, require that the strand of pearls be passed from one generation to the next. Quite often brides choose to wear pearls, but prefer to wear a more contemporary style than a piece that their Mother or Grandmother wore. With this in mind we designed our Audrey Collection. New additions to this collection include our The Audrey Single Pearl Necklace as shown above and the Audrey Mixed Pearl Necklace.

The Audrey Mixed Pearl Necklace is a classic look with a contemporary twist, a traditional pearl necklace made with a variety of freshwater pearls of different shapes and sizes. Bringing a touch of style to your wedding day look this necklace also compliments many other outfits and can be worn again after your wedding day.

New Products: Hydrangea hair accessory; and Flower and Butterfly headband

We have just added two gorgeous new products to the website this week, a butterfly flower headband and a hydrangea hair comb. Both are perfect for bridesmaids, guests or the mother of the Bride or Groom, as an alternative to a hat or fascinator. Click here to see all of the other floral hair accessories that we have.

Butterfly Flower Headband

This stunning headband features a group of cerise flowers and brightly coloured butterflies,
Shown here with one cerise, one blue and one aqua coloured butterfly this design can also be made with 3 cerise coloured butterflies at no additional cost.

Each flower has a sparkling Swarovski crystal centre and is mounted to the side of our silver plated comfort headband.

This band is £48 and is available to buy from Carrieyeo.com

Hydrangea hair comb

Hydrangeas are set to be a popular wedding trend for weddings in 2009-2010. This elegant hydrangea hair accessory features freshwater pearls and silk hydrangeas on a silver plated comb.

Each silk flower has petals of blue and lavender shades and a cluster of three freshwater pearls. This comb can be worn at the back or to the side of the head for a romantic wedding day look.

This comb is £32 and is available to buy from Carrieyeo.com

Suzanne Shaw's Wedding Jewellery

On June 14th June actress and singer Suzanne Shaw married DJ and television presenter Jason King.

Suzanne who was formerly in pop band Hear'Say with Myleene Klass, and has since gone on to star in the musical Chicago and ITV's Dancing On Ice, chose Carrie Yeo to design and make wedding jewellery for her bridesmaids, her Mother, her Mother in law to be and her Grandmother.

For her bridesmaids Suzanne chose our Deco Droplet Necklace. This simple and understated style worked well with the sophisticated gowns that they were wearing.

As gifts for her Mother, Step Mother and Mother in Law to be Suzanne chose timeless and classic necklaces, including the Braxted Necklace, the Audrey Pearl and Crystal Necklace and a Deco Droplet Necklace which was customised with added pearls. For her grandmother Suzanne had a butterfly brooch custom made from our Bespoke Design Service

Suzanne wore a hair vine similar in style to a number of hair vines that Carrie Yeo make click here to see our range of hair vines. Our bespoke design service allows brides to have pieces designed to their own requirements. Why not have a celebrity inspired piece designed just for you?

Photos from Suzanne Shaw's Wedding were featured in OK! Magazine in June.

To find out more and to see who else's wedding we have been working on click here.

New Product: Liberty Diamante Hair Band

Just added to the website this week is our new Liberty Diamante Hair Band. Part of the popular liberty range, this sparkling diamante hair band is the perfect accessory for both contemporary and vintage style weddings.

Made of Austrian crystal hand sewn on to an ivory grosgrain ribbon this versatile wedding hair band can be worn in the style of an Alice band or the fashionable "brow band" worn across the forehead as sported by celebrities including Paris Hilton who wore a similar band to her Birthday parrty this year.


The diamante design continues around the band to just behind the ears. The grosgrain ribbon which makes a full circle around the head measures 44cm and there is a small ivory elastic section at the back of 12cm to give extra comfort and allow one size to fit all.


The diamante hair band is a style that will add that extra wow factor to your wedding day look. Why not wear it as a traditional style headband for your ceremony and then adjust it to be worn across your forehead for the reception - for just £95 you have two great looks in one beautiful accessory!

Wedding Ideas Magazine Front Cover

Our sparkling Astor Flower Tiara was featured on the front cover of July's Wedding Ideas Magazine, along with our Astor Crystal Drop Earrings and Maggie Sottero's 'Penelope' dress. This timeless style suits all face shapes and hair styles. The tiara which is made of Swarovski crystals on a silver plated band features a beautiful vintage style flower in the centre.

Why not create your own cover girl look for your big day by replicating this style?

The tiara is available to buy from our website for £145. Please click here for more information

The Astor Crystal Drop Earrings are £26 and are a classic style that you will wear again long after your wedding day.