Thursday, September 9th, 2010

Nightskylanterns.co.uk sells many different paper lanterns on a daily basis but our best selling lantern product is the Traditional sky lanterns, available here: http://www.nightskylanterns.co.uk/products/sky-lanterns/white-traditional-sky-lanterns/. They are timeless in their design and are the most well known design thanks to their traditional origins, not to mention some excellent adverts that have come out in the past few years highlighting the traditional paper lantern design as part of or at the center of the advert. The big question for many people though, is what are others doing with sky lanterns?

From Casual to Formal, Sky Lanterns Add to Gatherings

We know from repeat customers that many people buy our traditional lanterns to launch at festivals during the summer. Most of these sky lantern launches at festivals are done as a fun distraction between musical acts or as a way to wind down after the last band has hit their last chord. However, some of the more festive sky lantern buyers will launch them during performances, timing the floating lanterns and planning where to launch them so they float right over the crowd. For the audience members and the performers, this is a site to see.

On the flip side of the extra casual festivals around the UK during the summer, numerous wedding planners have become repeat customers, buying up large quantities of white traditional lanterns for weddings year round but especially in the busy wedding season the spring presents. For couples looking for a unique way to celebrate their love, sky lanterns cannot be beat. They offer guests something different and memorable as well as allowing the guests a way to send their well wishes for the lucky couple into the heavens in an east meets west manner that is appropriate for any couple getting married. On a side note, wedding planners always ask for us to throw in sharpie markers and disposable lighters when planning these events and when ordering online, it is a matter of a couple clicks to add them to any sky lantern order.

More Uses for Floating Lanterns

Ignoring the pun for a moment, the sky is the limit with paper lanterns. They are easy to use and beautiful to watch. They can inspire art, both through the stunning visual impact of a large number launched at once to an artist carefully painting a single lantern all the while having a vision of what it will look like later while illuminated. Sky lanterns can engage the other side of the brain as well, by offering students a chance to see science lessons acted out outside of the classroom. Taking some time from a school day to apply science can inspire children and encourage them to pursue a future in a science field.

With one’s imagination intact, they can surely come up with even more creative uses for traditional sky lanterns. NightSkyLanterns.co.uk would love to know how you have used sky lanterns. Leave a comment on this blog post so we can see what truly creative ways sky lanterns have been used.

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Wednesday, September 8th, 2010

Beginning at sundown tonight is the celebration of Rosh Hashanah which for Jewish people around the globe is their calendar’s New Year. For people of the Jewish faith, this is a time of reflection and also a time to fix mistakes made the past year. It is also a time to make resolutions for the year to come and what better way to let those resolutions soar than with the addition of sky lanterns?

Sky Lanterns and New Years Celebrations

One of the original uses of the floating paper lanterns was to celebrate the New Year in ancient China. They would be set aloft in massive quantities with messages written on them for hopes for the coming year. These yearly launches would be augmented with launches periodically throughout the year by individuals or families seeking special favor with the spiritual deities that the ancient Chinese believed in.

Since this time, the use of paper lanterns as part of New Years celebrations has spread from ancient China to modern China and more recently to the New Years celebrated by most of the world at the end of December. Each year, more and more New Years celebrations around the globe have the addition of paper lanterns as part of their celebrations.

Rosh Hashanah and Sky Lanterns

With other major New Years celebrations incorporating sky lanterns, Rosh Hashanah’s beginning at dusk and the somberness of the three day celebration all make an excellent pairing with sky lanterns. With the goal of the Jewish New Year being to make up for mistakes for the past year and make them right as well as make resolutions for the New Year, both can be worked on with paper lanterns. Launching floating lanterns with apologies can get the messages through to the world in a somewhat anonymous way. When it comes to mark resolutions, writing them down helps make them more memorable and almost makes them a pact with one’s self as well. Sending them off into the evening sky is an excellent way to remember the resolution so it can be acted on by the person who wrote it. The beauty of the paper lantern and the perfect moment of it floating away burned into the memory of the person launching the lantern will ensure that the resolutions will be upheld.

Sky Lanterns Work for Any Celebration

This evening through Friday may be Rosh Hashanah but there are plenty of other holidays around the year for people of all faiths where Sky Lanterns would make a great addition to the holiday’s planning. In fact, NightSkyLanterns.co.uk has other products as well that are appropriate for use at gatherings of all types. From water lanterns to our dove shaped environmentally friendly balloons, there is a product that would fit with just about any celebration or gathering. With a little imagination, your next hosting event, whatever it may be, can be a success with the inclusion of sky lanterns or other products from NightSkylantern.co.uk!

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Tuesday, September 7th, 2010

Perhaps the most popular of all the kings and queens that have overseen England and the United Kingdom, Queen Elizabeth I is still celebrated for the manner in which she ruled, not to mention her overseeing taking down the Spanish Armada in 1588. During her reign, British ships travelled the globe establishing trade routes around the world. It is likely that in their travels, sky lanterns were brought back as a curious invention from what was essentially another world at that time. With one of England’s favourite queens birthday being today, celebrate with a launch of sky lanterns and think about how much England has changed since her reign.

Traditional Floating Lanterns Celebrate any Event

For Queen Elizabeth I’s birthday or any other royal event, traditional floating lanterns are not only a great choice for a way to celebrate they are actually very appropriate. In ancient China, paper lanterns were used as a way to send prayers to the heavens, year round. At certain times of the year, those prayers may be directed towards successful crops or a mild winter season but at other times, the prayers would be directed toward nobility being successful as well. From a local village’s nobleman to the princes, princesses, kings and queens, well wishes were sent up in hopes for their prosperity because if they were prosperous all those who were loyal subjects would be as well. In celebrating with Chinese lanterns today, both ancestors and nobility are being acknowledged as they gracefully float into the evening sky.

Start a New Tradition with Sky Lanterns

Using sky lanterns to celebrate historical events is a fairly new concept but also one that many people would happily be willing to consider. As a way to educate people, sky lanterns offer a unique viewing audience. While most people, young and old alike, are aware of Queen Elizabeth I in this country, some may have not been paying attention the day in History class when her birth date was or her contributions to the England we know today. Launching sky lanterns adorned with dates and short facts about Queen Elizabeth I can be viewed by everyone who sees the paper lanterns floating away. Celebrating lesser known accomplishments of her life can be done this way or for any other historical figure.

NightSkyLanterns.co.uk’s Commitment

We here at NightSkyLanterns.co.uk have made every effort to make sure that our entire product line of sky lanterns are environmentally friendly and safe to use. Our manufacturer uses the best quality products and adheres to stringent quality standards. Through this commitment, we have eliminated wire from all of our products and have created the best floating lanterns in the industry. Whether being used for a science class, at a festival or for the celebration of a Queen’s birthday, now or in the past, by choosing NightSkyLanterns to provide the paper lanterns for your event, you can be assured that you are getting the best in the industry.

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