July 2012

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With Summer at its peak here in the US, it is no surprise that flowers and nature continue to be central elements to my bridal necklace-collection. But besides flowers, there are two concepts that I wanted to share with the lovely bride that will be wearing this necklace on her big day: LOVE and EXPANSION. It just so happens that the symbolism around a “nest” and a “clothespin” seemed to be the perfect way of doing just that.

 

The inspiration for LOVE came from one of my favorite sculptures here in my hometown of Philadelphia. The well known “Clothespin” created by Claes Oldenburg is actually two people standing, kissing and embracing each other passionately and with love.  This gigantic sculpture located next to Philadelphia’s most important building is an almost perfect metaphor for a wedding: Two people expressing their love in the presence of many people who care to witness their promise.

My beautiful bride: May you remember on your day that no matter how amazing your dress is, how gorgeous you look, how much you truly feel like a princess, let the most important aspect of your focus be LOVE…your love for him, his love for you, because when you experience your wedding through these lenses, everything will be perfect 

A “NEST” is one of the universal symbols of starting a new home, and according to several ancient cultures, a nest, just like a marriage is the warm, secure and loving place where husband and wife have the potential of developing their relationship and their individuality to incredible heights of more love and fulfillment. And just like an egg, a marriage needs time, patience, love to develop, but must be also carefully looked after, because like eggs they can be fragile when taken for granted.

My beautiful bride: No matter how AMAZING this day will seem, know that the best days and times are yet to come! Your relationship will expand to new levels of joy that you haven’t reached before, if you both choose to nurture your union, support each other and make unconditional love your mantra.

 

 

Much love to you, beautiful bride, whoever you are 

– Veruschka

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I thought you might enjoy a few images of how this piece was started.

Once the idea is born in my head, it always begins with a design on paper:

And then the hard work begins, little by little with lots of love and patience! This is how it looked a little before it was ready for the oven

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Our photo shoot began at 5am in the morning on an unbelievable beautiful summer day!
Before pictures are taken, my photographer makes sure to find the right spot with the best possible natural lighting for the subject. It’s always super fun!

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I’m very excited to share with you my first piece of this year’s Custom Bridal Jewelry Collection.  These necklaces are some of the most time-consuming pieces to create, and for good reason!  I take very seriously the responsibility that each of them carry, as they are not only meant to make a lovely bride even more beautiful on her day, but they are commissioned to tell a story, to visually walk you through the bride’s life journey and reflect her inner and outer beauty, her believes, her style, and at once, be a nutshell of who-she-truly-is, on the most important day of her life.

 

Today’s “Naturally in Love” Necklace was very much inspired by the remarkable beauty of wild flowers on a meadow, and one particular pink-ish wildflower that was able to “shine” among all of her sisters.

 

I created this piece for the kind of bride that KNOWS and owns her beauty. Not because she meets certain physical beauty “criteria”, but because she embraces and loves every “perfect imperfection” of hers as “stories” that were passed on to her by her ancestors.  She’s someone who has come to own her beauty by understanding that it has nothing to do with her shape, size or color. She is beautiful because she IS her mother’s daughter, she IS her father’s daughter, and from their gifts she created her own unique one-of-a-kind woman. Someone who knows and loves herself so much so, that she was able to love someone else unconditionally as well.  And yes, on this very important day she knows she is lucky to have him, but he is very lucky too.

– Veruschka

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Designing and creating a new one-of-a-kind necklace is my absolute favorite part in this whole process.

As always, it begins with an idea, that is then translated into paper.

And then, the work begins! This is how it looked close to the finish line

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