New pieces landing in the shop

I just finished these earrings this weekend which will be making their way into my shop this week. I'm really loving sapphire blue recently.

Behind-the-scenes

So all my work for the Noaki Jewelry photo shoot paid off! It all came together beautifully despite a few unforeseen interruptions that included freezing weather in Southern California (?!) and a loitering fisherman (see the guy in red?). Despite this, the photos turned out amazing. Really breathtaking. Here's a little peak at the masterful photographer, John Schnack ,in action. The real thing to come...

Sneak peek...

Sorry for the light (or rather non-existent) postings lately. I've been scrambling on custom orders and experimenting with different kinds of bouquets and hairpieces and the days just slipped by. Attached is a sneak peek at a blue hairpiece I just finished for my own photo shoot! It features a vintage rhinestone center and dozens of hand-applied rhinestones. It's huge and sparkly.

I also made this bridal crown for a more woodsy, garden wedding. It features pink flowers, beads and pieces of vintage jewelry.

Style Me Pretty

Style Me Pretty just posted the Jessica Claire wedding shoot! How dreamy are these details? I love how the colors just pop. The shoot was put together by the ladies of Lollipop Events & Designs and let me just say how utterly impressive they are. They are so nice and down-to-earth and have an incredible eye for detail. And even when it started raining (?!) and two venues fell through, they kept their cool and found a perfect site. I just can't imagine being able to juggle that many moving parts.

Jessica Claire sneak peek!

So last week I was invited to participate in a photo workshop with Jessica Claire, a truly amazing wedding photographer. Her work just blows me away. There's a wonderful lightness and joy to her photography. Attached is a sample of some of the pictures she took as well as an incredible photo of the heirloom jeweled bouquet taken by Claire D., one of the attendees. More to come...lots more...from those who attended the workshop too!

New Year, new projects

Happy (belated) New Year!

I've been working on this very exciting project with my sister, Megan, and here's a sneak peak. It's a new custom heirloom piece for that bride looking for something a little different, a little greener and a piece that she can keep forever and hand down to her own special little girl. It was so exciting for me to work on this with Megan, who spent years working as a florist. I apologize for my silly photography skills. The bouquet features dozens of Art Deco and other vintage flowers and leaves. We also included pale white flowers and soft green leaves dotted with rhinestones to look like dewdrops. The piece was just part of a very special photo shoot today so expect to see much better pictures soon.

Golden cuffs

So after the Etsy Wedding posting, which featured a topaz colored bracelet, I received a surprising number of requests for yellow and topaz cuffs. Who knew so many brides liked yellow? I'll be listing these this week. My favorite? The huge one -- looks like a sunset on your wrist.

New vintage jewelry and feather hair comb preview

Expect to see these little beauties in my etsy and online shop very soon...Vintage Art Deco jewelry attached to a spray of feathers.

Megan's jewelry

One of the most memorable parts of my sister's wedding was the morning of the big day. All the girls gathered in her room for breakfast, pedicures and manicures and in the corner, on an antique dresser, I set up dozens of pieces of jewelry. Some went for more of a Deco look with silver and clear rhinestones while others went with more 1950s jewelry in golden tones. I loved that Megan didn't expect all the us to match exactly (good thing too since there's no way I'd be able to find five identical pieces of vintage anything!)

Megan was going to wear the necklace shown above which is actually mine but in the end she went with a simpler look with a pair of chandeliers, a cuff bracelet and a rhinestone star hair piece. We also put some little star jewelry on her blue shoes too. (I'll post a little how-to on that soon. They ended up looking adorable.)

The photos were taken by the amazing Max Wanger .