Build Love

Packaging Designs!

Heather — Tue, 10 May 2011 10:13:51 +0000

'Pair-Amour' Earring Packaging

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!

'Pair-Amour' Earring Packaging!

The jewelry being auctioned for charity!

The Rothberg Necklace

Heather — Thu, 05 May 2011 01:05:15 +0000

The Rothberg Necklace

    They say ‘the third time’s the charm’. I think they might be on to something, because I think the third Build Love necklace is the most charming yet!
    Yes, those really are Legos! The Rothberg necklace features Legos that really look more like crystal or glass than a child’s plaything!
    The centerpiece of this necklace features two crystal clear… minifig heads! Those cute little Lego people we all played with as children now adorn this work of art. The two minifig heads are held in place by three silver-plated beads with elaborate cut-outs, dangling from a swirl of silver-plated wire. Surrounding this are two translucent purple Lego “nose cones”. All of this is strung on a 16″ sterling silver chain, which has been graced with ten genuine amethyst gemstones.
    Legos and semi-precious gems, together at last!

This necklace was inspired by and created for the Michael C Rothbeg September 11th Memorial Scholarship. It will be auctioned off on May 26, 2011 to benefit the scholarship fund which honors of 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.

Michael C Rothberg

    I met the Rothberg family through pure chance, but have come to love them as if they were a part of my own family. A few years ago, on the anniversary of September 11th, I volunteered for a blogging project which each year writes tributes to the two-thousand, two hundred and ninety-six victims who died on that awful day. I was randomly assigned Michael’s name & I reached out to his parents to receive their blessing on the tribute I had written to their beloved son. We have since grown very close and each year I do what little I can to support the scholarship fund Michael’s family and friends created in his honor.
    Originally I was only planning on sending three pairs of the ‘Pair-Amour’ earrings to be auctioned at the annual dinner to benefit the scholarship fund. But as I sat in my bed, working to create each pair of earrings, I was suddenly struck with inspiration. I instantly started working on the necklace, thinking about Michael, his parents, and his sister. The necklace came together so quickly, so easily, and it really turned out so beautifully.
    Since the necklace was inspired by thoughts of Michael, I simply had to name it after him. I really hope it brings in a lot of support for the scholarship fund at the silent auction.
    I’m so very proud to have this piece in the inaugural Build Love collection. To me, it represents such true heart, meaning, and love. What better way to truly build love in this world, than to remember those who have meant the most to us?

If you’d like to learn more about how you can support the Michael Rothberg September 11th Memorial Scholarship, please visit their website at www.MichaelRothbergScholarship.com.

The Rothberg Necklace

New Pair-Amour Earring Colors!

Heather — Thu, 05 May 2011 00:16:45 +0000

Pair-Amour Earrings in Three Colors

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!

Pair-Amour Earrings in Three Colors

Blue Pair-Amour

Red Pair-Amour

Shop-a-Holic Pendant

Heather — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 06:37:02 +0000

Shop-a-Holic Pendant from Build Love

The minute I saw this rather unique Lego piece, the idea for this shopping bag-shaped pendant jumped right into my head. It’s elegant in its simplicity, but that subtlety imparts a very strong, powerful message…

I love to shop!!

Although really, what woman doesn’t? This has become my favorite go-to necklace – it’s lightweight, so it’s perfect for everyday wear. It’s dainty and cute, but bright and cheerful at the same time. It encompasses three of my greatest loves: I love shopping, I love jewelry, and I love Legos. What could be better?

In the future, I’ll also be making a version of this pendant as a detachable slider pendant, so that you can add it to your favorite chain, choker, or even a brooch. To start, I plan on making these available in two colors – the purple shown in the pictures, as well as a bright, graphic white. I like the white because it looks smashing with the pink flower stud on the front. I also have lots of fun ideas for other pieces to put on the front of these shopping bags, but you’ll just have to wait and see what I come up with next to further customize these cute little Lego shopping bags!

In the meantime, enjoy these photos of the Shop-a-Holic Pendant! Hope you enjoy!

Shop-a-Holic Pendant from Build Love	Click photos to zoom
Hand-crafted by Heather Lawver	Shown in bold purple with pink flower accent

Pair-Amour Earrings

Heather — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 05:01:10 +0000

Pair-Amour Earrings by Build Love!

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!

Pair-Amour Earrings by Build Love

Win Love!

Heather — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 16:03:35 +0000

We think everyone deserves a little love, don’t you?

So let’s spread the love!

Build Love’s first prototype – the ‘Heather’s Heart‘ necklace – is being featured in this exciting sweepstakes on our sister site, HeatherShow.com!
The Grand Prize & First Prize winners will each receive a full ‘Heather’s Heart’ gift set, complete with over 60 Lego pieces they can use to mix, match, and customize their necklace to match any outfit imaginable. The Second Prize winner will receive the ‘Heather’s Heart’ classic three-heart necklace, with red pyramid accents to add a little three-dimensional pop!

'Moon River' by Shabby Apple

Other exciting prizes include the gorgeous, sensational ‘Moon River‘ little black dress from Shabby Apple, original artwork from LoveBug Comics, and ‘The Heather Show: Year One‘ anthology book from HeatherShow.com! But keep an eye on the sweepstakes; you never know, more prizes might be added later!

How To Enter

Send an email to WinStyleLove AT gmail DOT com. (Please be sure to replace the “AT” and “DOT” with the appropriate symbol and punctuation!)
Put “I Want to Win!” in the email’s subject line, and then include the following information in the message body:

    - Your full name
    - Your email address
    - At least one phone number where you can be reached
    - The state/province and country where you live

The entry deadline is 12:01AM, Tuesday, April 19, 2011! You’re allowed one entry per person, per day. So be sure to email us every day to increase your odds of winning!

You can earn extra entries by sharing the joy!

If you have a blog or if you’re on twitter, share a link to this site – www.HeatherShow.com/win – with your followers! After you do, when you submit your daily entry, include a link to show us where you shared the link to the contest. Or if you post it on your facebook wall, just send us a screen capture of it as a jpg file. We’ll automatically double your entry for that day! See? It pays to share!

Be sure to check out all the details and the official rules on the official sweepstakes site, www.HeatherShow.com/win.

So go on, take another little piece of my heart now, baby!

Find out more at HeatherShow.com/Win!

Heather’s Heart

Heather — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 11:33:11 +0000

Heather's Heart Gift Set

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!

Add a little three-dimensional cuteness with these matching pyramid pieces!

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!

Welcome to Build Love!

Heather — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 02:55:35 +0000

I’m thrilled to finally have a home set up for my latest project, Build Love, Lego jewelry designed & hand-crafted by yours truly!

Everyone deserves a little love in their life, right? So let’s build some together!

So many exciting things are coming up in the future. Soon I’ll be debuting an entire introductory collection of Lego jewelry creations – from necklaces to bracelets to earrings to brooches and everything in between!

    But best of all, within the next few days I’ll be launching an exciting opportunity for you to get a little bit of love in your own life. And since the best things in life are free, I wouldn’t charge you for a little taste of love, would I?
    Nope, I’m giving it away for free for a short time only!
    My blog, HeatherShow.com, will soon host a sweepstakes where you’ll have three opportunities to win a prototype of my very first creation, the “Heather’s Heart” necklace! The grand prize will also feature a gorgeous little black dress courtesy of the fine folks at Shabby Apple!
    Be sure to check back soon, because you definitely won’t want to miss this!