Coral Pink Paper rose jewelry

It fairly common knowledge that roses stand for beauty, love and affection. A rose is a symbol completion, perfection and is effective communicator of emotion. What is uncommon though, is that different colors of roses have different meanings. White stands for purity, innocence and respect, yellow for friendship and warmth, red stands for love and passion and pink denotes sweetness, happiness or gratitude and finally black roses stand for death or hatred. I remember these meanings being drilled into my head a decade ago, by a friend of mine who organised “Rose day” celebrations at his college. But then I never bothered to ask what coral or coral-pink roses meant. That is until now. 

Coral Pink Paper rose jewelry 
After quick online search, I found out that the meaning depends on how pink or how orange the rose is. In the end , however, they all seem to signify love, desire and appreciation. When I started working on a set that required coral pink flowers (more pink than coral though) I wanted it to portray the emotions that it stood for – something that was beautiful and desirable.

If the stunning hot pink aka Maharani Pink Bridal Jewelry, depicted passion and richness then this pink Paper rose jewelry set is about being more elegant. The Indian bride from South Africa for whom I made this set in march, specifically wanted jewellery that matched her coral pink and purple lehengha.  Instead of sourcing for coral pink roses ( and frustrating myself in the process as they are hard to find) I used baby pink roses and distressed them with orange metallic paint. To match the work on the skirt I used gold and purple beads to complete the set.
Coral Pink bridal flower jewelry

Coral Pink Paper rose jewelry

The set comprises of a short necklace, drop earrings, single strand hair ornament matha tikka (a term coined by my student to describe a single strand matha patti) and Haath phool bracelets. I made the bracelets adjustable with a gold cord tie up.

Coral Pink Paper rose jewelry

I think that this is the shortest post in JOS history, but for once I wanted to let the pictures do the talking. Do share your thoughts on it. I am thankful that I was able to write the bulk of this post last week as I had a nasty fall on Monday and my head is still quite not right. 
I hope you found it interesting
 Cheers

  1. Dr Sonia S V avatar

    So pretty the pink goes beautifully with the purple

  2. Cinnamon Jewellery avatar

    Happy birthday Divya! I hope you're feeling better and have a lovely day.
    That was great thinking to use orange metallic paint on the roses to get the colour you wanted and the jewellery looks beautiful!

  3. Divya N avatar

    Thanks Tracy, I am a little better now

  4. Divya N avatar

    Thanks Sonia, you are my inspiration when it comes to flowers

  5. Karin G avatar

    Your jewelry is gorgeous as usual! Those colors are lovely. I hope you are better now and wish you a wonderful birthday.

  6. Shaiha avatar

    Beautiful set! I just love all the rich colors in the Indian dresses.

    Happy birthday. I hope that your head is feeling better. Falls are always a concern.

  7. Divya N avatar

    Thank you so much Shaiha, yes falls are a concern so just got checked out by a neurologist and getting better

  8. Divya N avatar

    Thank you so much Karin, yes I am getting better

  9. Michelle L. avatar

    So sorry you had a fall – it can really shake you up. Love the idea of adding metallic orange to the pink roses, I salute you for that. A gorgeous set! I was thrilled to see the jewels next to the sari – wow!

  10. Divya N avatar

    Thanks Mich. The garment is called as a lehengha – its three piece with a blouse, a skirt and a stole that wrapped around the body(this particular one looks like a saree)

  11. bairozan avatar

    Happy belated birthday! I really hope you felt better and could throw a party. Your play with paper and color always amazes me! What a gorgeous set!

  12. Divya N avatar

    Thanks for your wishes Rozantia, no party but I had a quiet yet wonderfully relaxing time at home with my parents

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