Wedding is a very special day for every couple. The newlyweds, their relatives, friend and mates are waiting for it so much. Of course everything should be perfect and all details even the tiny ones have to be thoroughly thought over.
Planning the wedding day a couple is looking forward to is considered to be one of the most joyful and exciting parts of the preparation. We’re sure that the wedding jewelry selection is of this kind.
The range is endless. So many shop and internet sites offer a great variety of designer, unique and elaborated bridal jewelry, jewelry sets for bridesmaid and different wedding hair accessories. Usually all of them are created using the finest materials such as 14K gold fill, sterling silver, Swarovski pearls and Swarovski crystals.
Wedding jewelry sets, as the most important ones, should be personally designed and carefully handcrafted. All in all there are over 700 individual styles where a great attention is paid to every detail.
Speaking about wedding jewelry it’s impossible but mention wedding horseshoes. They’re considered to be the gift that surely brings good luck for the new-married couple. The bride receives it on or just before her wedding day. She should carry it with her this day. It is believed that the more beautifully a horseshoe is decorated the more happiness and luck it will bring.
The tradition of wearing and presenting a horseshoe as a wedding gift’s used to be the most common in United Kingdom. According to the tradition all guests used to see a bride who was carrying or wearing the horseshoe as she was walking to the marriage ceremony.
However, nowadays this traditional gift’s becoming more and more popular in other countries, especially in the USA and Australia.
The wedding horseshoes’re often:
• Ornamental rather than plain. They are reflecting the wedding festive nature.
• Decorated rich rather than left bare, because the elaborate design of the horseshoe reflects the marriage purity and sacredness, as well as the bride purity.
Why is it exactly a horseshoe?
Returning back into the mythology we could find out all necessary information telling us why this jewelry is used like a symbol of fortune, good luck and strength for the future of the two loving hearts marriage. Some different legends provide us with a great number of different variants explaining the origin and the reason of this tradition
1. The first one mentions that usually all horseshoes were used to be made of iron which’s considered to be a special material able to bring happiness, because its strength was thought to protect from evil. And still today the small jewelry horseshoes are thought to bring good luck and that is why so many brides carry silver or gold ones at their wedding day. The position of the horseshoe’s also very important. Though both position are possible.
It must point upwards resembling a cup so that the luck can’t fall out. In this case it is meant like a sign of prosperity. But another theory contradicts. It is trying to convince that the edges pointing downwards will catch the luck and don’t let it run away. You see that it doesn’t matter which sign you will choose, the horseshoe will at any case bring you happiness, luck, fortune and prosperity.
2. Some people say that witches were terribly afraid of horses because these animals represented goodness, truth, and loyalty. And this is the reason why in legends they are always used to ride broomsticks instead of riding the horses. Taking into account all mentioned above we are able to understand that a horseshoe is not only a charming jewelry as well as a reliable protection from witches and evil spirits.
3. And the last story tells us about St Dunstan who was a blacksmith. Men from the same village said that the devil was going to arrive at this person’s door. It was true, because one day the devil turned into a horse and wanted to be shoed. St Dunstan recognized the devil, tied him up and then hurt him much during the shoeing process. The devil was begging for mercy and St Dunstan let him go only after his promise not to enter any houses wherein there was a horseshoe nailed above their house doors.
Those were the legends. It is your choice to believe or to ignore. No matter what the reason is, this site is able to offer you a beautiful range of decorated wedding horseshoes. Be sure that this designed jewelry as well as the softly decorated hearts will be a real keepsake for you if you’re going to get married as well for your friends or relatives if you want to make them a memorable gift.
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