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When designing this Bridal necklace I couldn’t help but combine two things I LOVE in weddings: NATURE and a tasty looking Wedding CAKE!

Why?

• The Cake: Well, let me disclose that I have a VERY sweet tooth, and rarely does a day go by without me having something sweet to eat at some point during my day. And so it’s no surprise that my absolute favorite moment at any wedding (aside from when husband and wife kiss for the first time) is when it’s time to eat the cake! YUM!
• Nature: I just spent two consecutive weekends driving through the countryside of Pennsylvania (my adopted home-state!), and found myself falling in love with the raw beauty of over-grown leaves, luscious trees and grasses…green, green and more green everywhere! You’ll notice that yellows and greens are the predominant colors in this necklace because I felt they reflected perfectly the stage of our summer season.

 

I hope you enjoy this “Tuesday’s Reveal” piece, and whether you live in the country or in a city (like me), I hope you get to spend some time with mother nature before this season comes to an end. There is little else that can replenish your soul with as much energy and appreciation as nature on a sunny summer day

 

As always, if you like this necklace, PLEASE “LIKE” it! If you love it and this made you smile, “share” it with your friends and loved ones! This universe is all about sharing the love!

– Veruschka

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Making this piece was so much fun!! The actual design didn’t come to me as easily as you’d think. All I knew is that I wanted to somehow express the green beauty I had just witnessed in our own home-state.  Once the design crystalized in my mind however, the rest happened almost without thinking about it.  I couldn’t wait to continue working, and when I finally finished it, it felt wonderful wearing it for the first time.
It’s quite lighter than you may think too!

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Let me introduce you to our beautiful Pennsylvania!

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This week is a bit different from my usual “Tuesday’s Reveal”.  

 

Instead of creating one beautiful but very complex and time-intensive piece, I created a handful of smaller, but equally happy and colorful ones.  I thought we all could use some “small & pretty”, and this ring, bracelet and necklace (which is still a work in progress!) are just that (oh…and very comfy too!) 

 

As always if you like these pieces, please “LIKE” them! If you love them “share” them with the people you care about (by clicking on any of the “sharing” options we have on the right side of this screen!).  These jewelry pieces are a gift of love and are meant to be shared 

Much love to you and thank you for honoring me with your time!

– Veruschka
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Plant a Dream – Ring

I’m the daughter of someone who loves nature as much as life itself.  My mother, who spent as much time in libraries as in her father’s garden growing up, is a big believer in nature and the wisdom that it provides by simply observing it.    During this beautiful summer it has been impossible not to think of my mami every time I walk by a happy-looking plant on a window or at a front-door in my neighborhood.

 

Today’s “Plant a Dream” Ring is a small but very loving tribute to all of you who ARE mothers and to all of your mothers as well. This is a particular love-poem (in a way) to my very beautiful mami Lilian, who never ceases to amaze me with her infinite love and wisdom.

 

“If you have a dream, plant it! Get up and plant the seed. But don’t just wait around. Water it, believe in it and take care of it. Life, just like earth will always surpass the love that you put into it”.

– Lilian (also known as my one-and-only MAMI)

 

As always if you like this piece, please “LIKE” it! If you love it “share” it with the people you care about.  This jewelry piece is a gift of love and is meant to be shared 

Much love to you and thank you for honoring me with your time!

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The Nameless Bracelet

There is a reason I’m not disclosing the name of this Bracelet, nor its inspiration.  But don’t worry, you’ll know the full story, with more pictures and close-ups VERY soon!!
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Necklace – Work in Progress

This is still very much a piece “under construction”. I promise to give you the FULL scoop once it’s completely done. There is an amazing story behind this piece that I can’t wait to share with you 

 

Much love to you and thank you for honoring me with your time!

– Veruschka

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I’m sure I wasn’t the only bride who wished there would be an “easy” way for me to hold on to my beautiful wedding bouquet during our whole wedding party, without looking silly. My real life wedding bouquet was a wedding gift from my “other” mom and dad (also known as my in-laws). And even though several years have gone by since our wedding, that bouquet is still my favorite reminder (and now souvenir) of our awesome day. Of course the leaves and flowers are now dark and dry, and keep falling apart with every day that goes by; and as much as I’ve tried to conserve their integrity, flowers are not meant to look  “alive” after their death. This is how -as I contemplated this week’s Bridal Necklace- I wondered how would it be if I could’ve “worn” a version of my gorgeous bouquet on our day (or before/after!), and be able to keep it intact and as beautiful as ever for years to come!?

 

And this is how it turned out. I hope you enjoy “The Bouquet Necklace” today.

 

I would very much love to read what you think. Please share your thoughts with me by leaving a comment below, and If you like this piece, please “like” it!. If you LOVE it, please “Share the Love” it with with your friends and loved ones, by clicking on any of the “sharing the love” options you can see on the right side of this screen

 

VeruDesigns exists only because of the love of our friends. . .because of YOU and your unselfish willingness to spread the word about what we do. Thank you in advance from the bottom of my heart,

– Veruschka

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This was a particularly complex necklace to make.  Not only because of it’s detail, but the many elements that make it the beautiful piece it is.  Every single petal, leave…you name it! Was made by hand one-by-one.  I loved making it and hope you love the result!

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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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