ECONOMICS and enterprise
ECONOMICS and enterprise Something borrowed, something blue, something bling BY LISA CIPRIANO As the old tradition goes, a bride will need something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue as she walks down the aisle on her big day. Now, thanks to one crafty entrepreneur, a bride can have something bling that includes all of these things and more. Rita’s Bejeweled Bridal Bouquets are also something forever. They are beautiful, blinged-out bridal bouquets that are customized by and for the bride and can be adored as a forever reminder of that special day. Any newlywed bride knows the sad feeling when her once beautiful bridal bouquet of fresh flowers wilts away only to be eventually tossed in the trash or pressed as a brown memory of its former glory. Rita Salem-Pappadakis from Farmington Hills offers brides a forever alternative — a big bridal bouquet that can include family keepsakes and can be handed down for generations. “I can create anything the bride can dream-up from simple and elegant, to completely blinged-out or something in between,” she said. “I use an array of different materials, all types of flowers, silk, satin fabric, drapery pieces or anything else the bride might have in mind,” added Salem-Pappadakis. The bouquets are customized right down to their handles and they stay exactly the way they were on the couple’s special day. The idea for Rita’s Bejeweled Bridal Bouquets was conceived when Salem-Pappadakis’ cousin asked for help choosing her bridal bouquets and centerpieces. “We were looking at fresh flower bouquets to order online and I realized that can I make these for her,” said Salem-Pappadakis. Her cousin gave her the job and she immediately went to work creating her bouquet, her bridesmaid’s bouquets and the bridal table centerpiece with fresh flowers. “They were gorgeous. She absolutely loved them and so did everyone else,” Salem- Pappadakis added. Those online searches for ideas got her creative juices flowing and gave Salem-Pappadakis more inspiration for future projects that were a little bit different than traditional fresh flower bouquets and centerpieces. “As I was searching for designs 1. Rita Salem-Pappadakis holding one of her pieces 2. A bejeweled bouquet 3. Embellished pieces 4. A bejeweled bouquet to make her bouquet, I was coming across all of these other ideas that were bejeweled bouquets,” she said. Ideas for those blinged-out bouquet creations that she saw online, danced around in her head for months. “I kept thinking about them, day after day, until I finally said to myself that I can do this.” Salem- Pappadakis added. So in February of 2016, she decided to order lots of brooches, headpieces, draping necklaces (anything that sparkled) and all of the other items needed to make a bouquet such as fabric, flowers, foam balls, handles, ribbon and off she went. “It was a lot of fun learning to make them and each piece turned out better than the first,” continued Salem-Pappadakis. And, as they say, the rest is history. She now creates her blingedout, beautiful, one-of-a-kind, bridal works of art for brides at a dedicated workspace in her home. She’s already done three weddings in less than one year with at least one more on the horizon. Salem-Pappadakis is always looking for items to make her wedding creations even more unique. “I love to look for older pieces and antique pieces,” she explained. “Whatever catches my eye. I look everywhere.” Rita’s Bejeweled Bridal Bouquets can include anything the bride wants such as a grandmother’s antique broach, the promise ring that came before the engagement ring or that something special made especially for the bride by her groom to be. She can add a family rosary, a special photo or even an engraved piece with the couple’s wedding date and their names on it. “Whatever the bride has in mind, I can certainly incorporate it with the piece,” Salem-Pappadakis said. The cost of Rita’s Bridal Bouquets can be just as customized as the bouquets themselves. They start in the 0 to 0 range, but the sky’s the limit depending on how elaborate the bride wants the piece. “It all depends on the material, how fully loaded they want it, how big they want it and the type of handle they choose,” she explained. “It totally varies.” Salem-Pappadakis also makes coordinating groom’s and groomsmen’s corsages, bridesmaid’s bouquets, mothers and fathers of the bride and groom corsages and the even the table centerpieces just as eye-catching and unique as the bride’s customized, forever bouquet. More information on Rita’s Bejeweled Bridal Bouquets can be found at: www.Facebook.com/ RitasBejeweledBridalBouquets www.Instagram.com/ RitasBejeweledBridalBouquet/ 42 CHALDEAN NEWS FEBRUARY 2017
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