SEVILLA DE BODA…As every year for more than a decade, Fibes celebrates “Sevilla de Boda”, an event that brings together companies from all sectors related to weddings.

Bridal fashion, accessories, flowers, travel agencies, photography, caterers, etc., all come together. And it is not only aimed at the bride and groom, but also at their companions. Because weddings, although they have always been recognised as an important social event, have acquired much relevance in recent years, so that a whole sector has been created that moves increasingly higher business figures, and where it is an essential requirement to be up to date.

The event will take place from 25 to 27 November 2016 at the Palacio de Exposiciones y Congresos de Sevilla (Fibes) and will be the eighteenth edition of the event. We won’t be there but we would like to take the opportunity to show you some examples of what you can do with our products if you have an event of this kind or you are preparing your big day…

What to give to the guests at a wedding?

In addition to accessories for the bride or guests such as earrings, bracelets, rings and other decorative items that you want to accompany your look; we can offer you some options for gifts to thank the guests for their attendance. Among them, in addition to the well-known pins, you can also make key rings or bracelets with pendants with bridal motifs.

You can also ask us to engrave zamak plates and personalise them with the engraving of your choice. You can put dates, images, phrases… whatever you can think of and you would like to leave a record of that important day.

Here are some photos of these examples. Soon we will also make a video so that you can see how easy it is to create these details with your own hands.

Jewellery is the set of materials and decorations that imitate jewellery but without using precious materials; and the industry that is dedicated to the manufacture, distribution, creation and marketing of these elements. We establish, then, that the jewelry is a branch-descendant of the jewelry.

We can place the origin of the jewellery in the Ancient Egypt, since no evidence has been found as clear in any of the ancient civilizations as in this one.
The Egyptians gave great importance to the jewels and beads not only because they were symbols of wealth, social relevance or authority but because they gave them a marked magical and religious meaning. Proof of this is the discovery of so many jewelry pieces in the tombs. Just as pieces were created and worn as a mulets against evil. Something we’re still doing today.
The Egyptians also developed important metallurgical techniques that laid the foundation for the goldsmith and jeweler’s work that comes down to us today, like inlaying semi-precious stones.
During the Middle Ages, jewellery was relegated to the use of clergy, royalty and the most important merchants, so that their membership meant authority above all.
Around 1700, glass was used in its creation which made pieces too fragile. A century later, the use of semi-precious materials was introduced, which attracted the attention of the population, which was increasingly attracted to this type of piece.

BISHOPPING IN THE CURRENT…

The jewelry boom came in the mid-twentieth century with the industrial revolution, when technical development made it possible for the emerging middle class to wear cheaper jewelry that until then had only been available to high society. In addition, at this time, some designers introduced pieces of jewelry to complement their textile collections. Among them, we must recognize the wonderful work carried out by Coco Chanel in this regard, completely popularizing the use of accessories in everyday life and for women of all classes. This was also helped by the fact that the main Hollywood stars in their golden years, the 1940s and 1950s, included jewellery in their clothing as a promotion for some designers who were then mass-produced for the rest of the population. This is the origin of the jewellery as we know it today.

Although in recent years, the jewelry has depreciated considerably by the incursion of “cheap jewelry” (and poor quality) mainly from China, we have advocated selling jewelry products but quality, which we could consider high jewelry. With the intention that we can create really good accessories, at the most affordable price possible but retaining the essence of the jewelry is to create jewelry with non-precious materials but not bad.

That is why all our products are made in Spain or Europe, which respects the international laws of manufacture, especially with regard to metals, whose regulations are quite strict regarding the use of nickel or lead, among other materials harmful to health. Besides giving as result more noble pieces, with better baths, better quality in short. But also with newer and more exclusive designs although we are in continuous update forced by the strong competition that we face every day and that is not loyal in all cases.

We have introduced a section in our website of High jewelry, where we have included some Turkish pieces, gold plated, matt, if you are interested in seeing them click Here, we show you some pieces that you can find in this section.

Apliques which are decorative motifs for clothes mainly, also adorned with cords, rockets, sequins, or other beads but which are already made in one piece to be sewn or directly glued.

In addition to adorning the clothes, we can use the different paintings to decorate a bag, some shoes, a belt or even make a hairdresser.

In the first three cases, we would glue or sew, according to the possibilities we have, the decoration to the complement although there are some elements that help us to create the same but of “remove and put” as the shoe clip.

With this one, we would glue the applique to this piece and from there to the shoe so that we can remove the clip and keep the shoe as it was originally. This is useful, for example, to decorate a very comfortable shoe that we have but not very well arranged for the wedding we are going to attend.

In the case of adorning our hair, we should first look for the type of hair item we prefer: a ‘headband’, a ‘comb’, a ‘clip’, etc. Once chosen, we would place the applique either by sewing it or gluing it or both as needed. Remember that the trimmings and appliqués can be found in TERMOADHESIVOS, in which case we would glue them to the fabric by applying heat with the iron.

Lately, there is a certain tendency to use the traditional borlons or borlons typical of curtains, although thinner and more stylized, for complements and jewellery items, especially for earrings.

Finally, as a curiosity, we will comment on two techniques for the creation of trimmings: Frivolité and Grogrén. The FRIVOLITÉ is a variety of lace that we achieve by making a succession of knots and baguettes on a single thread using one or two shuttles. The GROGRÉN, on the other hand, which comes from the French “gros-grain” ( literally thick grain), is a fabric with a ribbed taffeta ligament, where the warp predominates over the weft. It is also known as “falla ribbon” and is widely used in hats and decorations.

We hope you found this entry useful and we will soon show you, on video, all the examples we have talked about here…

ZAMAK is a German acronym that identifies an alloy of ZINC, ALUMINIUM, MAGNESIUM and COPPER.

It is widely used in the ironworking sector due, to a large extent, to the increase in price of more common materials such as brass. Given the amalgamation of the mentioned metals, it is a quite hard material that is not at all malleable.

Nowadays, it has become very fashionable as part of jewellery by embellishing it with a bath of silver, which makes these pieces quite resistant to deterioration, unlike steel. For this reason, we can say that the different qualities of the Zamak that we use in the creation of our complements, will be determined by the quantity and quality of this silver bath.

Our zamak is a hypoallergenic material that contains 8 microns of silver, which is very resistant and we can keep it for a long time…
Although the existence of the zamak as a material in the creation of the jewellery and the complements has a quite long trajectory, since some years ago it has become fashionable due to the increase of recognized jewellery brands, which base their designs on the use of these zamak mainly in combination with other elements.

We, in our eagerness to give a high quality product, offer you the products that are born in the same factories that supply these well known brands and they are also made in Spain, a distinctive quality recognized worldwide.

In the section of  ZAMAK, you can find from religious medals (virgin of the dew, virgin medals and crosses), pendants to bracelets related to the family (specific for moms, dads and other relatives), as well as the best bracelets in the market. And a great variety of balls and pendants of the best quality at the best price to create all kinds of accessories: bracelets, necklaces, anklets and everything you can think of.

The most sold at this moment are the balls to make bracelets and the different pendants to decorate them. Because the bracelets are the most functional complement, valid in any occasion and motive of gift or memory of a trip, for example.

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clasp at the ends.

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We leave you a video explaining how to make this bracelet. We hope you like it.

Today we dedicate this post to teach you how to use the hotfix flatbacks from Swarovski Elements so you can customize and decorate any garment with Swarovski crystal/h2>

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decorating clothes although we can also decorate with them our complements or jewellery items such as necklaces, earrings, bracelets, rings, etc. Today we will stay with its use in textiles that we will show you in the next video.

The peculiarity of these beads is that their back has a layer of hot melt adhesive that is activated by heat. So they stick to the fabric by applying heat simply with a common iron, being very easy and fast to place. This is what we know as ‘strong’ – heat-adhesive glass beads.

We can stick them on materials such as wool, cotton, linen, viscose, lycra, silk, synthetic fibers, denim, among others… They are resistant to washing and there is a great variety of colors, sizes and cuts.
Among the range of flatbacks offered by Swarovski you can consult here>

We have the article 2078 Xirius Rose in a wide variety of colours and in its 4 sizes:SS12, SS16, SS20 and SS34, although as we are official distributors of Swarovski Elements, you can ask us for any model of Swarovski.

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How to place these Swarovski elements

-Use an iron SIN output of VAPOR, as steam and water have a detrimental effect on the final result.

-The temperature selected must be between 120 and 170 degrees, or choose the wool, silk or similar moderate temperature symbol.

-Put a THICK PAPER or thin cloth to protect the fabric from indentation.

-Place the plate directly on the glass and apply pressure without moving the iron, for about 10 seconds.

-Allow to cool and use the garment.

We hope that you have found this simple technique useful. Here we show you the explanatory video so that you have a graphic idea of how it is done.

You can find the articles of this tutorial by clicking Here

Today we want to show you some ideas to give to the guests of a communion… We hope you like them!

With May, it is time for Communions; and with these, those dreaded little gifts we have to give to our guests. We want to make your task easier and we propose some examples.

With these pieces we can make bracelets, pendants or key rings. Whatever you can imagine, follow our tutorials and we will tell you step by step how to make the different accessories.

ORIGINAL FLAMENCO ACCESSORIES

SPRING HAS COME!!
And with it, flamenco fashion comes out on the streets. We have already left behind the parades, the fashion shows, the magazines, the designers’ proposals for this year. Now it’s time to make it real; let all the women get beautiful dressed in flamenco!

Once you have chosen your outfit, new or not, the accessories give that magic touch that will complete the novelty of the outfit if you are making your debut or will allow you to feel divine again with the same dress as in other years.

We focus on the accessories which is our part of the job.   The fact that you can make them yourself opens up a wide range of possibilities, since you can choose the combination of colors, the type of earring ( earrings, tears, filigree, etc) even what type of closure you want to wear in your ear ( screw, omega, etc). And the same goes for the little combs, bracelets, necklaces, brooches for shawls or flowers for hair.

For all this we leave you some of our proposals.