Earrings

Packaging Designs!

Posted by Heather on May 10, 2011 in Build Love, Earrings, Jewelry, Necklaces, News, Sets | 36 comments

    I’ve been hard at work this past week preparing to send three pairs of ‘Pair-Amour‘ earrings & the brand new ‘Rothberg‘ necklace to a charity event being held this month in Massachusetts to benefit the Michael C. Rothberg September 11th Memorial Scholarship! This charity is very, very close to my heart, so I knew I couldn’t package the jewelry just any ole’ way. I wanted it to be extra special, not just because I love the Rothberg family and admire what they do each year in their son’s memory, but also because I’m hoping these pieces will bring in lots of money to support this wonderful cause!

    This is what I’ve come up with for the earrings and I’m very pleased with how it turned out! The earrings come on cards featuring the Build Love logo set against a backdrop of a bright girly pink Lego platform. On the back you’ll see the name of the piece in my own unique handwriting – I drew the name out by hand in thick, artist-quality ink, scanned it, then recreated it on the computer in bright, bold white with a cute pink shadow. And of course, there’s information there to show that the earrings are made from sterling silver & silver-plated beads!
    For the lucky winners, each set of earrings will be wrapped in striped tissue paper, tied with a chiffon ribbon, and placed inside a silvery white chiffon bag! Then the tags you see in the foreground will be tied around the bag in a dainty bow. I’m awfully proud of the tags! They’re made up of two layers! The bottom layer features the same pink Lego platform, with the name of the earrings and the color. Then on top is special translucent paper, printed with the pink heart-shaped Build Love logo! Each of these are cut into rectangles with rounded corners (those were a bit tricky to cut out by hand!) I just love the way they turned out, although the whole translucent effect didn’t show up too well in photographs, given how shiny the paper turned out after being laminated. So you’ll just have to trust me, the effect is absolutely gorgeous!

    I’m still working on the last few finishing touches for the necklace’s package, because I want that one to be the absolute best of all. I’ll be posting pictures of that hopefully within the next couple of days. But I just couldn’t wait to post these! I’d love to hear everyone’s thoughts! I’m hoping to use very similar ideas for the packaging once the Build Love collection has been officially launched and in stores. So of course, I’ll need your feedback to perfect it!
    Oh, and I’ll have pictures of everything all gift wrapped inside the chiffon bags soon! I literally just finished that about fifteen minutes ago! But eep, I’ve been up all night hard at work and I’m about ready to crash!

    Thanks! And wish us all luck at the charity’s silent auction this year!

New Pair-Amour Earring Colors!

Posted by Heather on May 4, 2011 in Earrings, Jewelry | 26 comments

    Build Love is proud to be donating some of our jewelry to be auctioned off for charity this month! In preparation for that exciting event, I created two new pairs of Pair-Amour earrings in exciting new colors! There’s a bold, fresh shade of bright red, and an enchanting pair of deep blue teardrops.

    As mentioned above, the earrings in these photos will be auctioned off on May 26, 2011 to benefit the Michael C. Rothberg September 11th Memorial Scholarship. The scholarship fund honors the memory of Michael Craig Rothberg, whose life was tragically cut short on September 11, 2001. On that fateful morning, Michael was in his office on the 104th floor of the World Trade Center where he worked for Cantor Fitzgerald as managing director of program trading. Michael was an extraordinary man with a generous heart. Each year, in his memory, three students from Michael’s high school alma mater receive scholarships to aid them in their pursuit of a college education.
    I’m honored & thrilled to support this wonderful cause. If you would like to donate, please visit www.MichaelRothbergScholarship.com to learn how you can contribute.
    We love you, Michael.

    Lots of exciting, eye-catching shades of Pair-Amour earrings will be upcoming soon! Including an exciting new collection of opaque colors in lots of bold, beautiful colors! In the meantime, enjoy the photos of the red, blue, and purple earrings!
    And to the Rothberg family & everyone involved in the Michael Rothberg Scholarship, thank you very much for the opportunity to contribute to this year’s annual dinner! Lots of love & here’s to hoping we raise more money this year than ever before!

Blue Pair-Amour

Red Pair-Amour

Pair-Amour Earrings

Posted by Heather on Apr 18, 2011 in Earrings, Jewelry | 17 comments

I’ve been hard at work the past couple of months creating new jewelry designs in an effort to flesh out the inaugural Build Love Lego-inspired jewelry collection! I thought I’d share my latest creation with you!
Ta da! I’ve decided to call them Pair-Amour – a loving pair to brighten up your dainty ears.
It may not be all that readily apparent, but yes, those are indeed Legos. They’re translucent 1×1 cone pieces, between three elegant silver beads of varying sizes. These earrings will be available in a variety of colors, with pictures coming soon.
At the moment, I plan to make them available in translucent purple, blue, red, and green, as well as opaque pink, blue, white, yellow, and lime green. But of course, more colors will be upcoming, including any specific colors that someone might want to special order.

Of course, like all other Build Love creations, these were handmade by me. These initial prototypes were a gift for a friend of mine, but I’ll be making more soon! There will be one important change in the final design – the style of the earring hook will be slightly different. This style of hook was a last minute option to get the earrings done in time for an event my friend was going to. Sadly that meant I had to use what I had on hand to get them done ASAP. I don’t think they look quite polished or professional enough, and as you can see in the pictures, one of the hooks is slightly discolored. Not good! Once I’m able to find a hook closer to what I have in mind, I’ll take more photos and post them here.
Please keep in mind, if someone out there wants to special order a pair of these earrings, I’d be more than happy to make them using just about any style hook or clasp their heart desires!

I have lots of other design ideas in the works, so please keep checking back to find out what else is on the way from Build Love Jewelry!