Heather’s Heart

Mar 11, 2011 by Heather

    I’d like to introduce you to the first Build Love prototype, the necklace that started it all – Heather’s Heart!

    I originally developed the idea for this necklace several years ago. I sketched it out after finding a specific specialty piece one day whilst playing Legos with my nephews. The thought crossed my mind that if I combined two of those pieces in just the right way, voila, they formed a darling heart!
    But it wasn’t until last year that I finally managed to make my dream a reality. I decided to finally take this idea and turn it into reality when I realized they might make good birthday/Christmas presents for my three sisters-in-law. But the more I worked on this necklace design, the more I fell in love with it! And the more I played with the Legos, the more ideas sprang to mind for even more Lego-inspired jewelry! Once again, I was bitten with the Lego-building bug!

    My favorite thing about Lego has always been that it allows you to build nearly anything your imagination can dream up. That’s precisely what I love about this necklace – there are so many ways to customize it! It can be a single-heart pendant, a three-heart strand, a six-heart strand, an entire necklace-length of connected hearts, and so on. You can add all different colored studs to the hearts themselves, or inside the wire-wrap spirals that join the hearts together. You can add a little three-dimensional interest to the hearts by putting pyramid pieces on top, making the heart smooth, geometric, and simply too cute for words. The possibilities are literally endless!

    At the moment, these necklaces are only available via special order. I make each of them by hand, suited to precisely your heart’s desire. If you’d like one for yourself, check out the Purchase section to learn how!
    And of course, keep an eye on BuildLove.net for the upcoming Build Love Jewelry Collection!

    Want to see more photos of the Heather’s Heart gift set? Click here!