Sneak Peek: Gold Rings

So super excited to be premiering rose gold filled and gold filled rings this holiday season. The My Heart Ring and Heart on Top ring are now golden, and I'm also producing thin gold bands. I love gold and am really happy to share the updated design.

Happy Monday!!

DIY Gold Leaf Workshop

Together with Arts Restore LA, Unique LA held an awesome DIY Gold Leaf Workshop at the Hammer Museum. Taught by Vanessa Hernandez of The Vaguely, this workshop was a fun way to learn to and play with gold leaf.

We were given some adhesive, a sheet of gold leaf, some masking tape, and a triangle dish. Then we were free to play!

I liked the geometric lines of the triangle dish, so I worked off that with lots of lines and some asymmetry. I also tried to make the letter "H". It was fun and messy and a lesson in patience, and definitely golden!

The final pieces! It definitely take a lot of practice, but I'm encouraged to keep working with gold leaf. 

Stay Gold

For Philippines With Love

My heart aches for my home country, so I pray and donate what I can, and I post this to stand in solidarity with them.

honey my heart look book: classics 2013

I am happy to share the honey my heart Classics Collection 2013 look book! It is compiled of our original pieces, favorite pieces, timeless pieces. Please have a look here.

Photos shot at Griffith Park by the ever so talented Nina of Love & Lemonade.

Happy July! And Some Updates

Hi blog friends! It has been so long since my last post that a nice update is in order. Besides being busy with baby Hannah and spending lots of time with family, I am prepping for 2 shows, working on new honey my heart branding/marketing, and planning to travel to see more family. It's been a whirlwind and I like it. 

 

The bunny rings are back! I've been back in the studio building up my jewelry inventory. It feels great to work on my silversmith skills again. The last 2 weekends brought a total of 176 ring!! They range from size 4-8 and hold new, as well as classic, Little Brass Pieces. I cannot wait to premiere the new brass at the shows.  

There are also other styles coming, including a new honey my heart take on friendship bracelets! Hannah makes a good model when she's napping. (I took the bracelet right off once this photo was snapped)

Speaking of Hannah, she's been growing. She is 10 weeks today and is such a bundles of love. Our days are filled with smiles, coos, drool, funny faces, joy, farts, and amazingness. It is such a whole new life, and I am thankful for it.

Hope that you all are well! I will be stopping by your blogs soon :)

Hearts in Love

 

 Photo by Love & Lemonade Photography

Inspired by my pregnancy/labor/the new addition to my family and the thought of a love so deep, I combined two classic honey my heart designs into one! Here a large heart holds two or three mini hearts. I like to think that the mini hearts represent members of a family that you hold dear.  

 Photo by Love & Lemonade Photography

 

 Hearts in Love.

Hannah My Heart

Hi Friends!! It's been so long since my last post, and with good reason. Our little baby arrived a little over a week early, and we have been loving her and life since. And now I would like to introduce you all to our little love, Hannah.

She was born April 23rd and stole our hearts. Her expressions, cries, scent, little fingers and toes, big dark eyes... I'm completely obsessed.

First looks.

 

She's already got him wrapped around her little finger.

Just a few days old and enjoying life in a Springtime outfit and a funny Winnie the Pooh hat.

One of my favorite outfits!

Baby's first design show!

It's been hard to get back into my own schedule/correspondence, but we're working on it. In the meantime, I'm completely enjoying this little one.

Fall in Love Necklaces

 

One of my most popular styles is the "My Mini Heart" necklaces. Coming in 1, 2, or 3 hearts that sit softly in the middle of a necklace, the design is simple and delicate. It is also one of my favorite designs, as I form each heart by hand and know that no two hearts are the same. I wanted to update this style and keep it's integrity, yet offer something a bit different. A little discussion with friend J. B. and I am happy to present the "Fall in Love" necklaces and earrings.

A series of connected hearts fall freely on a delicate chain or ear wire. They're small and move and are just so sweet. Available in a set of 3 or 4 hearts, I am in love with them :)

Hope you fall in love with these pieces, too!

Baby Shower Recap

My mother threw me a baby shower a few weeks ago. It was a beautiful Spring day, full of lots of family and friends, and great food! It was more of a party than a shower, a wonderfully warm celebration, and we definitely felt showered with LOVE.

Planned with great care, my mom took reign of the location, guests, food, and drinks, but I took reign of the design. It's hard to let go of all control, and since I have a lot of decor (poofs, tassels, fringe, etc) from all the shows we do, it's only natural to want to want to use them again and again! The room was full of bright colors and happy details. Below are a few of my favorite shots.

Our wedding cake toppers made a re-appearance on the dessert table. This time accompanied by a little addition :)

Pastries topped with hearts.

Our gift table. I am still overwhelmed with the outpouring of generosity and support.

A little vignette of flowers in baby's initial.

Similar to the hearts that topped the pastries, we had hearts on straws, too!

Baby shower games are pretty fun. We played a few games, my favorite being the guess the belly size game. All the men cut string and my aunt helped with seeing who was closest.

Here is a fun video Sonja shot during the game.

With cousin D :)

My sis sharing fun facts about pregnancy and birth.

Heart over belly photo with mine and husband's hands. My hands are swollen now. It's a bit much and I can't wear rings anymore.

With the amazing photographer and my cousin, Nicole Espina Photography. All photos but the last 2 are shot by Nicole.

And the fam! Pops took the photo.

Grateful

Having just celebrated my baby shower on Saturday and after going through all of the thoughtful presents and cards on Sunday, I am overwhelmed with gratitude. My mother threw me a beautiful shower and filled the day with love from her friends and mine, as well as with our great family. I am currently working on organizing all things for baby and making/writing thank you cards. And I am so thankful for it all.

Hope that you all enjoyed a great weekend and have an even better week!! Can't wait to recap my shower later this week.

An Afternoon at Griffith Park

My days are usually filled with nesting, planning, designing, and reading (w/ some tv shows & espn), but today was a bit different. In anticipation of baby and ready to plan the next few months for the jewelry line, we scheduled a dual maternity and jewelry look book shoot with one of my favorite photographers and online friends Nina of Love & Lemonade Photography.

We spent the late afternoon shooting at Griffith Park. First up was jewelry. I am building my classics collection and slightly transitioning my style, so I wanted a look book full of what's familiar and what's coming for this year. It's also going to help our re-branding project that is currently in the works. Nina took charge and styled the shoot so well! My brain is currently always on baby mode, so Nina's creativity for display and lay out of the jewelry through nature was so great. I caught some glimpses from her camera and am so excited!

After the jewelry came the maternity shoot. The light was soft and the temperature was cool. As photos of us were snapped, we felt completely at ease and loved the of focus on the bump. We brought some props (baby's name banner and yesterday's ultrasound photos) and our instant camera for some quick fun. In my current uncomfortable state, Nina made me feel comfortable and good :)

 

Nina and Mark at work.

Half way through the jewelry.

I liked the shadow that these connected hearts cast.

Oh bump, how you grow! So fun to look down and see this.

A little sneak of the maternity photos. Love these instant prints!!

It's such a treat to get out of the house and enjoy a beautiful LA day. Hope you are all doing well :)

35 weeks and 5 days

We are a little over a month until baby's due date and are so excited. Today consisted of a regular appointment/check up, ultrasound, and lunch :) OB appointments are weekly now, for the duration of my pregnancy. And we had the delight of having another ultrasound before baby is born.

Little face. Can't wait to kiss it!!

Little profile.

And little foot! The ultrasound tech showed us all of the body parts: the hands, arms, stomach, head, legs, and feet. She liked the feet for some reason. And we ended up with a total of six photos, half of them being feet ones ;) It was funny.

Our baby shower is this weekend and we are in the midst of nesting. And can't wait to meet baby!