Archive for January, 2010 »

 28Jan

Here at WishLantern.com we specialise in providing and launching sky lanterns at weddings and recently in these winter months we’ve noticed an increase in sales of wedding lanterns, it seems brides are finally realising the potential of  a winter wedding and how glorious sky lanterns look when released against a snowy backdrop.

Winter weddings are sometimes a better idea than spring weddings for a number of different reasons.…

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 21Jan

Have you used all your lanterns?

With Christmas and New Year’s Eve behind us there’s no doubt you will have a lot of leftover sky lanterns that you might not have used or simply forgot about! I know I have, so go dig them out and remember to take them with you to any party or special event coming up.

You could also use them to give as birthday gifts if you know…

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 14Jan

Heading to the snow this winter?

January is a wonderful time of the year, the snow is falling, the stress of Christmas is over and it’s time to think about how you want the year to pan out. You can start making resolutions and plans but I think we’ll all agree the best part of January is the ample snow fall which means it’s the best time of year to go skiing!

Depending on where you live…

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 7Jan

Taiwan celebrated the traditional Chinese Lantern Festival this year by lauching more then 3000 sky lanterns off into the skies across the strait wishing peace and prosperity for cross-straits relations.

The main attraction was a massive eight metre sky lantern, which was assembled specially for the event, with the words, “Sky Lanterns lighten both sides of the Straits” written across it. Once the lantern was released it drew…

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