Vision of Beauty!

Thank you to Vision Yard Studios Photography for providing this beautiful photo of one of my brides! Great work!

Working with Dawn & her Mother was my pleasure!

Peace in Love.

Your Very Welcome! Part 2

TA DAA! This is the amazing photo Sarah was kind enough to send to me!

Hair, Make up, Jewelry, Wedding Gown, and the Flowers all of it just perfect!

Great Look, you wore it all Beautifully Sarah!

Your Very Welcome! Part 1

I just received this great Thank-you card from one of my Brides! What a wonderful photo, I really enjoy the shoes, BOTH of their shoes. Hummm...Green shoes, does that qualify as "Eco Friendly"? I say YES!

Thanks for the Thank-you Sarah!

Next post will be the Amazing photo she sent INSiDE the card!!!

Born Again to Shine on!

One of my favorite things to use in my Custom Jewelry Designs are Vintage rhinestone pieces, sometimes they are brooches and sometimes they are earrings...It is always a hard decision to use an earring for the simple reason that I am splitting up "a pair". Nobody likes to do that! :)

Although the one GOOD thing about that is, If the necklace turns out AmaZIng then I have the ability to make another piece just like it! That has happened on more than one occasion!

Shine on my beautiful Vintage Rhinestones, Shine on!

Peace, Love & Happiness Always!

Summer Time Beauty

LoVe this photo my bride, Nicole.

Nicole ordered a custom 5 strand freshwater pearl bracelet, she wore it beautifully!

Cristi Owen of was kind enough to send this picture to me!

See more of Cristie's work @ http://cristiowen.com/

I think Cristi really captured Nicole's playfulness in this photo! Great Job!

I'm sure her entire wedding day was full of these moments!

Peace, Love & Happiness Always!

Big & Beautiful from my VB Collection!

Here is my newest piece from my VB Collection. I am LOvE, LoVE, LoVing it!

I have collected Vintage Brooches for many years, each time I go out of town ( Reno, Lake Taho, Oregon, California, North Carolina, Missouri) I always make a special trip to the Antique stores to find wonderful & pristine pieces to add to my jewelry designs.

I take pride in being able to tell my Brides that each of my brooches are vintage and in most cases one of a kind...sometimes you come along the same one twice, but not usually.

That's what makes each piece of jewelry from my VB Collection so very special and perfect for a Wedding celebration!

One of My Favorite Bracelets!

Thank-you Rebecca for sending me this wonderful photo..This is one of my favorite bracelets & the beautiful flowers make me lOvE it even more!

Photo Shout Out's go to:

Thank you Ryan Miller Pro @ http://www.ryanmillerpro.com

Thank you to Michael Rueter Photography @ http://www.michaelrueter.com

Thanks For Noticing!

Marriott Photography sent me this photo awhile back, with a note that said.."I was proofing some wedding photo's and thought I recognized your work!" She was right, this is one of my brides! I LOvE that she noticed!

Beautiful Bride! LOVE This hair piece!

I just received these photo's from my bride, I really had such a great time working with her and I love what she commisioned me to design for her!

She had her heart set on a picture in a magazine of Fergie"s hair on her wedding day!

This hair piece also turns into a necklace so she will be able to wear it so may ways!

I couldn't have been happier how it turned out! She does make it look pretty amazing!

What a great couple! Love his converse tennies..they match her buttons & sash!

Nice job!

Happy New Year to you!

Watch This Wed. Nov. 18th 6 & 8pm on E!

I had the pleasure to work with Jennifer Walcott & I am so excited for her...She and Adam will be on a special E! Bio. They are great together!

The E! True Hollywood Story: Football Wives. THS explores the ups & downs of some of the NFL's hottest-and most diverse wives!

http//www.eonline.com/videos/v47534_ths-short-football-wives.html

Check your local listing.
I checked the Direct TV listing for this and it shows at 6pm & 11pm. (Az. time)

I hope you will check it out. I may have an apperance...we'll see!

New Chandelier Earrings!

I Just finished these amazing Chandelier Earrings and thought they should be shown off immediately!

These will be added to my 3N Collection of Chandelier Earrings.

The 3 N stands for No Necklace Needed.

If you go with a big earring you wouldn't necessarily need a necklace, just add a great bracelet or two and you are ready to go! Beautiful!

A Little Something Special for Your Hair!

New Flower & Feather designs for

the brides hair.

Putting a little twist on a couple of these pieces was a lot of fun.

Something old* A Vintage Brooch in the center is a great unique touch.

Something Blue* Adding a baby blue freshwater

pearl in the center, very subtle.

I also made one of these very small...for a bride that just wants a hint of this fun & flirty look!

Any flowergirl would love this too!

Custom designing each piece I am able to accommodate each bride with her personal style, shape, color or any other creative ideas she would like to incorporate into her flower.

So Happy Together!

I wanted to share this photo that my bride Nicole sent to me! What a great looking couple they are & Nicole is just as beautiful on the inside as she is on the outside!

She wore my favorite combination of jewelry...An amazing pair of chandelier earrings as well as a big beautiful bracelet to match. Both pieces complimented her gorgeous wedding gown which she found at Destiny's Bride.

The 2nd photo here is the envelope her photo arrived in, I LOvE this! Look at the stamp, a picture of them right on the stamp!

Very creative Nicole!

Pure. Eco Friendly Wedding Gowns

This Beautiful wedding gown is from the new Eco Friendly line called Pure, from Justin Alexander. You can find it exclusively @ Suzannes Bridal Boutique

We were doing a promotional photo shoot and I wanted to design a pair of earrings that would match the theme & style of the gown. I chose to use a wooden carved bead as well as the Mother of Pearl petals at the bottom. Love this look for the gown!

We decided the Flower feather hair peice was the perfect last touch to get the photo just right!

Thank-you for a great shot!

Suzanne's Beautiful, Beautiful Girls!

Here's a photo taken at TreBella in Old Town Mesa during a Fox 10 T.V promotion for

The East Valley Bridal Show.

All the wedding gowns are from Suzanne's Bridal Boutique as well as all of the beautiful models!

I had the privilege of providing all of the jewelry

for both of the Fashion Shows this past Sunday.

I really enjoyed myself and was very pleased at how everything turned out.

Thank-you again Ladies for making my jewelry shine!

Published in Southern Weddings Magazine!

Below is an an e-mail I received from one of my amazing brides!

Thank -you Kelley for sending me this link! Your so thoughtful & I am thrilled I was fortunate enough to meet & work with you! You defiantly leave a lasting and endearing impression on those who meet you!

Oh and tell your Mom I said "hi" too! :)

8/10/2009 email.

Hi Lani,I thought you would appreciate the below link to an article that was just published in Southern Wedding magazine on our wedding especially since there are some nice shots of your jewelry and we gave you some well deserved plugs. I hope you enjoy and thanks again for everything!!!! Your jewelry is amazing!!!! Oh yeah, my mom says hi :)http://www.swsmag.net/blog/2009/7/14/details-kelly-john.html

Warm Regards,Kelley

Careful Where You Put Your Flowers!

A quick Fun Fact I came across today and wanted to share, I didn't know this.

In Hawaii, pinning a flower behind your left ear indicates you are taken!

So, even if your not getting married in Hawaii be sure to pass this information on to your single bridesmaids! Right.

Just Take A Moment

It only takes a moment to slip away from it all when you see this amazing photo from one of my beautiful brides!

If you close your eyes and stay very still I think you can hear the ocean!

Thank-you for sharing Evelyn!

Le' ale 'a..it means "Pleasure" in Hawaii

It was truly a pleasure "Le' ale 'a" to meet Michelle, she called me looking for some amazing layers of pearls... for a "pre" wedding photo shoot!
I was in Reno visiting my sister when I got her call and just happened to be in an antique store and was happy to find some great old vintage pearls that were all different shapes and sizes..perfect for what Michelle wanted!

When I returned to Arizona I meet with her to drop the pearls off and it was then that Michelle showed me a picture of the necklace she wanted to have made for her Wedding Day! As you can see in the picture I was able to design layers of freshwater pearls just exactly the way she wanted...and I was thrilled to do it!!

When Michelle sent me her wedding photo's I knew I had to have a few for my website so I e-mail Kym Ventola from Ventola Photography. What a Rock Star she is..I had this photo as well as 2 others AND a pleasant little note in about an hour, that is my kind of vendor! Thank-you very much Kym, I really appreciate it very much.

Looking through Jim & Michelle's wedding photo's it was so easy to see how in love they are and how happy they make each other. I know they will cherish their amazing photo's for a lifetime!

Have a wonderful time in Hawaii Michelle & Jim!

Aloha.

Fireworks & Sparklers for me!

I hope everyone had a wonderful 4th of July with family and friends! It is actually one of my favorite holidays! Colored lights decorating the night sky!

With that said I want to share another type of sparkler/firework!

I had the pleasure of doing a photo shoot for Kim Horne of Arizona Bridal Source with Leanna from Photography by Leanna behind the lens! Here is one of the photo's. I will be posting more soon as well as adding them to a slide show on my website Custom Jewelry by Lani.

The hair & make-up was beautifully done by Shawn at Az lash lady & Lisa of Hair by Lisa. It is always such a treat for me to work on a project and have amazing professional photo's to show off my jewelry!