Meet Larissa Rose: New Rose Gold Engagement Rings

We’ll be debuting some of our new designs in the coming weeks, here, on Facebook, and on Instagram.

And we couldn’t resist leading with our Larissa Rose Engagement Ring and Larissa Rose Wedding Set. We’re really feeling the botanical motif and blush of color for a spring engagement.

Is there anything more romantic?

Celebrities like Blake Lively are making rose gold rings one of the hottest trends for chic brides. We think they look so feminine and special. For more rose gold engagement rings, click here.

 

We Love: Bespoke Wedding Dresses

This weekend, we’re so inspired by these links for food, fashion and culture. What’s inspiring you these days? If you have any amazing ideas of your own, we’d love to read them in the comments.

We were honored to have our Tatiana Engagement Ring named February’s ring of the month, by Engagement 101 magazine.

Got time for a wedding video and a quick cry? Of course you do.

Prepare to be besotted. We just discovered Laure de Sagazan, the bespoke, Parisian wedding dress designer. C’est incroyable, non?

We’re loving this something blue wedding inspiration shoot.

And wow, these pictures! Every detail of this wedding in Mexico is crisp and gorgeous, yet totally fun and casual.

Shopping for a honeymoon, a vacation, or just daydreaming, pinning or making a travel bucket list? Sunsurfer is a resource we love for pretty travel photography.

Our idea of a perfect shower gift. Cooking 101 from the mother of modern cooking, Alice Waters. And maybe throw in these.

Speaking of food, our hero Joanna Goddard says this veggie burger is the best, so we’re going to try it.

Oh the sparkle! If you’re a NY area art lover, get down to PS1 for this show. It’s open till March 31st. And don’t forget your camera!

Click through our slideshow above, of designs by Laure de Sagazan. Like us on Facebook and be the first to know about our new designs and giveaways.

 

 

Our Facebook Contest Winner

We’re thrilled to announce that our Facebook fan Joanna has claimed her prize, a heart shaped pendant from our Heirloom Collection.

We love her enthusiasm! She emailed us the following:

OMG! OMG! I am writing to you STILL in shock that I won! YAYAYAYAY! You have no idea how excited I am, I think I am dreaming as I am so in love with this breathtaking necklace! I am still shaking from excitement. Wow, this is a dream come true! Thank you from the bottom of my heart!! I have never had anything near this wonderful happen to me before! I have been happy dancing around the house ever since I received you email. Doing cartwheels in my mind! Many many thanks again!

Now we’re happy dancing around, because we made our winner so happy. Check out our Heirloom Pendants here, to see what Joanna is so excited about. And Like us on Facebook to be eligible for future giveaways!


We Love: Peter Som for BHLDN

So many things we love this week, mostly wedding-related links and Academy Awards fun. Enjoy, and have a beautiful weekend!

So gorgeous! BHLDN is making Peter Som wedding gowns! Click through our slideshow above for the first 2 looks!

These dresses from the RED Valentino fall-winter collection would make the most legendary, high fashion bridesmaids ever. Via 79 ideas.

Got 6 minutes for a sweet, Oscar-nominated romcom?

Years ago, we read in the NY Times that the secret to hangover-free celebrations is cocktails that combine clear spirits with a vitamin C mixer. It works! For an Oscar night signature cocktail, we want to try this. (It’s bright and beautiful for a spring wedding, too.)

Ever watch wedding dances on YouTube? We do. This one’s a classic. So much love.

How cool is this? Fair trade site 7 Hopes United now has a gift registry.

Want to go somewhere totally different for your honeymoon? Prague looks like a photographer’s paradise.

And here’s every single item we’d want for the trousseau on Stripes & Sequins. The perfect little collection to make a bride feel beautiful.

Thanks to Forbes Magazine for mentioning us!  They picked 22 jewelry designs for 2013, including our Tilly Engagement Ring!

Like us on Facebook, where we’ve added a new tab where you can browse our collections. And feel free to talk back in the comments!

 

 

 

We Love: Valentines Day! Plus, Win a Diamond Pendant!

We love these easy-to-make giant valentine posters! (If you make one, we want to see pictures!) So cute.

And don’t buy any chocolate caramels till you’ve done the proper research!

Have you checked out Vogue’s lovely lingerie guide for 2013? You should!

We posted about it before, but we don’t want anyone to miss this! Like us on Facebook, then enter to win this new design. We decided to debut our Heirloom Pendant by giving the first one to one of our fans, before they’re available to buy. Today’s the last day to enter.

Got a brilliant Valentine’s idea? Leave us a comment!

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Our Pendant Necklace Giveaway on Facebook

One of our lucky Facebook fans will win our latest design! It’s our Heirloom Diamond Pendant, an exclusive, custom-made Jeff Cooper 14K gold diamond necklace. Simply ‘Like’ us on Facebook, then enter.

Read more about this heartfelt collection and our collaboration with Mike Rubendall here. With its unique combination of glamorous diamonds and sweet, meaningful symbolism, we think Valentine’s Day is the perfect time to unveil it!

Sweepstakes ends February 14, 2013. Like us on Facebook!

David Cooper & Cycle for Survival

We’re proud to announce that there’s a front page feature in the Centurion newsletter about the ambitious and heartfelt charity work of our president David Cooper!

It’s great for our jewelry industry colleagues to discover what we’ve known all along: David has been a tireless supporter of the fight against cancer for years, raising over $35,000 so far, and inspiring others to get involved.

As a Cycle for Survival leader, David will engage 100 cyclists in a fundraiser that gives 100% to Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centers. The money funds research and treatments for rare cancers, and most cancers that effect children.

“It’s a massive event, tremendously powerful and emotional,” he told The Centurion.

The event is February 2, so David will hop off his bike and onto a plane for Centurion the same day. Click here to learn more about Cycle For Survival, and here for David Cooper’s personal page where you can read about the charity, donate, or sign up to ride.

Image, Conan O’Brien quote from Etsy.

The Jewelry Industry & Wedding Ring Trends

Happy Monday!

We’re preparing to travel to Centurion, our industry’s big trade show. We love Centurion, when we get to meet up with our favorite authorized retailers, create new retail relationships, and show off our new designs. We wouldn’t be in such a fabulous business if we didn’t love attention, right?

Also, check us out on the front page of The Knot’s 6 Hot Engagement Ring Trends. The picked our Leah Engagement Ring to illustrate the floral engagement ring trend. Other trends the Knot echoed from our own trend list are colored engagement rings, double halo rings, and twisted bands.

The Heirloom Diamond Pendant

Anyone can network on the golf course, but our own David Cooper launched a new creative venture right from the tattoo chair.

While being tattooed by another artist in Mike Rubendall’s studio, David was getting to know the legendary Rubendall, and they hit it off right away. “Mike would pop his head in from time to time, and we’d talk about everything we had in common. Besides being artists and business owners, we shared similar perspectives when it came to life, work and family.”

At the time, Mike and his wife were expecting their first baby, and David and his wife expected their second child around the same time. When David introduced Mike to the idea of a “push present,” they decided to collaborate on a pendant for Mike’s wife.

A push present, or baby bauble, is given to a new mom by her partner. It’s usually jewelry, and the idea is to pamper her, honor her hard work, and celebrate the birth in a meaningful, memorable way.

That first pendant design, brought to life in gold and diamonds, proved their aesthetics were compatible. They immediately decided to create a full collection based on stars, initials and religious symbols. Millgrain edges give the pendants a vintage feeling, and they have the same refined simplicity you’d expect from any Jeff Cooper piece. As David puts it, “Mike has an eye for lines, proportion and flow. That’s what makes these pendants truly unique and special.”

To launch the new collection, we’ll be giving them away on Facebook. ‘Like’ us and we’ll let you know when it’s time to enter.