I suppose that I could make a list of my most favourite customers but it would be hard to choose “the best order”.

As for the order that come to my mind, the first customer was a friend of mine, getting married in summer 2006 in Prague, one of the most romantic places to get married. I also enjoyed working on my first order for a seaside wedding in Santa Lucia, that was a very sparkly jewellery set with some blue and green crystal added.

A while back, I made some bridesmaids jewellery for a couple that were getting married on the same day as Kate Middleton an Prince William. They had no idea their wedding date is somehow unusual when they booked their wedding. The next thing, they were contacted by BBC and appeared TV few times and even got contacted by Brazilian TV. They were a great couple to work with. I especially enjoyed making a headband for the daughter of the bride who was in wheelchair so we needed to work out a solution for a headpiece that wouldn’t fall of when she rested her head against the headrest.

Another special order was making tiaras for Miss South Hertfordshire and Miss Hertfordshire, these tiaras were made in a way so they reflect as much light as possible on the catwalk. It is quite unusual for me to make tiaras for somebody I haven’t seen before but I do have to say that I was very please that they looked perfect on the girls that won. But I really can’t take any credit here as the winners were so beautiful they could have just worn anything!

I was asked a while back to design some jewellery to match some dresses for a movie Ultra Obscura, that was fun as I was even able to come to the set as they movie was being filmed!

It was really exiting coming to the film preview as well and seeing the tiara on the screen.

As for one of the nicest customers, I recently had a mother of the bride here in the shop and we chose a headpiece for her. Within about an hour, the grandmother of the bride turned up as her daughter called her and told her about my shop. She ordered a headpiece as well. That was quite a creation, made with three shades of pink Swarovski crystal. She spent quite some time in the shop, getting very excited about everything (especially everything that was pink). She often pops into the shop to say hello and it’s always nice to see her and her everlasting excitement.

Then there were some last minute orders, just last week I fixed a broken crystal necklace for a bride that really had her mind set on wearing it as something old. She was so grateful that I could fix it for her she got round the shop counter to give me a hug and then even sent me a thank you card the same day. I also had lady here few months ago who ordered a tiara from another designer and she went to pick it up it was nothing like she expected so she came to my shop just two days before her wedding and nearly started crying when I said that I can make in the evening for her so she can still have it ready for her wedding day.

And while listing some of my nicest customers, I can’t forget a lovely bride I made jewellery for a while back, she loved it so much she kept telling me she wears here tiara with her pyjamas in the house.

I think that the list could just go on and on, all customers are very special in some way and I feel very lucky being a tiara designer!

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As for the Royal Wedding and Tiaras by Ivana, St. Albans, We have a new design to commemorate the Royal Wedding, Made with over 300 Swarovski Crystals and Diamantes with Sapphire Coloured crystals embedded within the tiara design. The design of this tiara goes all the way across the tiara base so it’s actually a cross between a tiara and a coronet. The design, accompanied by a short article, appeared in the local press and we received many comments about this design, than you all for your compliments!

We also designed some bridesmaids jewellery for an amazing couple who got married on the same day as the Kate and Prince William. They actually booked their wedding date long time ago and had no idea that their wedding date is so special. they’ve been contacted by various newspapers, appeared on BBC and even got contacted by Brazilian TV! It’s be a pleasure working with them.

I am now looking forward to finding out how the Royal Wedding will influence the bridal market, no requests for replica’s of Kate’s tiara so far ) !

My first blog, finally !!! I look forward to sharing all important news with all of you!

A quick update about what’s been happening. I’ve opened a shop in the Village Arcade in St. Albans in October 2011 and has been very busy since then! Our website www.tiarasbyivana.com is now getting updated nearly daily with new products – more bridesmaids items and side combs and hair grips coming soon and our new website www.guinevereuk.com is still under development but now has some photos of our wedding favour boxes, more photos, details and cost breakdowns to be added soon.

Ivana xxx