Valentine's Love

In the spirit of V-Day, we thought it would be apropos to do a boudoir post! Sure, it's the sexiest day of the year but why stop there? A boudoir photo session is a great way to keep the love going all year round and makes the perfect wedding, birthday or just-because gift for that special someone in your life! YOU! (But we don't think your guy will complain either *winks*)

As if you need an excuse to get pampered and feel empowered, a dreamy photo session with Nomo Akisawa of Simply Sweet Photography and make-up by Jasmine Hoffman is the perfect time to get all dolled up and embrace your unique beauty.

“And don’t think that you have to be a perfect 0 to do boudoir, look like a Victoria’s Secret model, or be as young. Boudoir is for every woman every shape & size, every age, and beauty is truly in everyone. You just have to leave it up to the photographer to embrace it. Boudoir is for the every day average woman – you DO NOT have to be a model.”

— Nomo Akisawa, Photographer

“Don’t be nervous to do one. I will guide and pose you, and use my creative eye to get all the right angles. You don’t walk in a model, but by the end of the session, I promise that you will feel like one! Stop giving yourself excuses as to why you can’t do one. Just do it!”

— Nomo Akisawa, Photographer

Ready to book? Our friends Nomo Akisawa of Simply Sweet Photography and Jasmine Hoffman are having a February Boudoir Special for $585 that includes:

• 1 hour photo session
• Makeup Application by Jasmine Hoffman
• Hair Styling by Cara Christensen
• Mink Lashes from SLMissGlam

And to sweeten the experience, brides who purchase their bridal jewellery from us at Jeweliette Jewellery by March 1, 2016 will receive a complimentary jewellery rental for their boudoir experience*

To take advantage this offer, please contact Jasmine Hoffman at  littlejasminebeauty@hotmail.com for more details and to book.

Elsa Corsi Hearts Remmington

It's no secret that we are absolutely, ridiculously head over heels in love with all gowns Hayley Paige. She just gets us. And our jewels look fabulous with her creations! 

In particular, one of our favorites is the Remmington from her Fall 2015 Collection. Behold the beauty....

IMAGE VIA http://www.jlmcouture.com/

It is described as "Rosewater long sleeve A-line bridal gown, illusion floral beaded bodice with bateau neckline and low open back, layered English net circular skirt." Swoon!

IMAGE VIA http://www.jlmcouture.com/

So when we found out that our Calgary store, The Bridal Boutique, was bringing it with them to Vancouver for a styled shoot-we might have done a little happy dance! Aaaand it might have looked something like this...

Here are some of our favorite photos taken by Blush Wedding Photography of the Remmington Gown from the garden inspired styled shoot that ended up being featured on 100 Layer Cake! Just lie me in a bed of roses...

The lush grounds at Hycroft Mansion were enhanced with additional florals from Granville Island Florist. The result? If it were not for the characteristic Vancouver rain, we could have sworn were transported to a Tuscan Villa!

Our Jennifer Earring incorporates various sizes of marquise crystals and teardrops into a beautiful culmination of sparkle! The double pointed edges on the marquise shape are a natural compliment to the botanical beadwork on The Remmington by Hayley Paige.

In most cases, when accessorizing a long sleeved gown a bracelet is not always necessary. However, we could not resist pairing our Bee Bracelet that was color mixed in a combination of Light Silk and Crystal Clear Swarovski Crystals with this look! You can shop the Bee Bracelet in our Online Shop, here: http://www.elsacorsi.com/shoponline/beautiful-bee-bracelet

Photographer: Blush Wedding Photography / Venue: The University Women’s Club of Vancouver / Styling: Countdown Events / Floral Design: Granville Island Florist / Hair & Makeup: Jasmine Hoffman / Jewelry: Elsa Corsi / Dress Boutique: The Bridal Boutique Calgary - See more at: http://www.100layercake.com/blog/2016/01/26/romantic-garden-bridal-inspiration/#sthash.oN8c01u7.dpuf

What's in a Name? Our Custom Design Process

One of our favorite parts of designing jewellery is making a custom pieces! In fact, some of our best designs are inspired by your requests and often make it into our collection forever celebrated by name of who who inspired them! How cool is that?

Because each piece is made in our very own studio, we have total control over your design from start to finish meaning that some of the many ways we are able to customize are:

• Length: We always guarantee a perfect fit to your bracelets and necklaces ordered from us as we measure your wrist at time of order and make it that size. No need to settle for gaps, hanging chains or other visual intrusions to a good design!
• Post or Clip: The posts we use are surgical steel and we have had excellent results with them in the 16+ years we have been creating jewelry. That said, some people are extra sensitive and for them we can offer the option of 14K posts or clip ons.
• Colors: We have access to all the colors in the Swarovski Crystal rainbow and would be delighted incorporate your favorite colors in our designs.
• Incorporating Heirloom Jewelry: Sometimes we are brought a brides sentimental pearls to transform into a new piece or a most recently a vintage necklace that was reworked into a bracelet.

Here are some examples of actual brides that inspired and had some of our most popular designs made for them!

The Jennifer Earring, isn't it gorgeous! (You can also shop this style in our Online Shop)

The Tania Earring, also known as our most published earring...and for good reason, it is stunning!

Ready to start on the (insert your name here) style? Please visit us in shop at Jeweliette Jewellery or one of our designer attended Trunk Shows!

Typically, our orders can take anywhere from 4-12 weeks, so we encourage you to think of your wedding jewels well in advance of your wear date since you may want to see all the components together for your final gown fittings and beauty trials.

A Modern Ismaili Celebration

We love it when brides find a way to infuse their cultural traditions into their wedding day style, like Narmin did by combining Mehndi with her sparkling Elsa Corsi jewels!  

If you are not familiar with the practice of Mehndi art, it is henna that is applied in elaborate designs a few days before the wedding to the hands and legs of the bride. This ceremony is believed to symbolize happiness, love and prosperity & strength in marriage. 

The Mehndi remains on the hands and legs of the bride to develop the color of the henna. It is believed that "the darker the Mehndi, the deeper the love".

For Narmins first look, she wore our Nicole Earring! The marquise crystal shapes used in both the bracelet and earring are the perfect compliment to each other!

And then for the evening, she did the ol' switch-a-roo into our Margo Earring and a stunning Jenny Packham style gown. Very Old Hollywood meets Bollywood meets Gatsby, we love it!

Congratulations to the happy couple!

Love Narmins style? You can shop both the Nicole Earring and Margo Earring in our Online Shop!

Photographed by Lucida Photography with additional images blogged by Narmin and Aslam's wedding planner, Alicia Keats, here: http://www.aliciakeats.com/an-ismaili-wedding-narmin-aslam/

Wedluxe Magazine Winter/Spring 2016

Our brides love pouring through the pages of Wedluxe Magazine...and it's easy to see why as each page is more inspiring than the next, filled with endless wedding style inspiration! With each seasonal issue we are literally chomping at the bit to see who wore what and which weddings made it onto the highly coveted pages! Not gonna lie, we did a little happy dance when we opened the Western Winter/Spring 2016 Issue to find THREE of our brides featured (PLUS one more in the Eastern Edition)! 

We will be posting highlights from each wedding individually in future posts, but in the meantime enjoy these sneak peeks! 

You can also purchase the magazine digitally, here: http://wedluxe.com/store/issue/wsprint-toronto-2/

Linda & Jack, photographed by Hong Photography

Nickoe & Vedad, Photographed by Ophelia

Andrea & Mark, Photographed by Life Studios Inc.

Tara & Tristan, Photographed by 5ive15ifteen Photo Company

Featured: Fly Away Bride

We can't think of a better way to say goodbye to November than this stunning autumn inspired style shoot published on Fly Away Bride featuring one of the most fashionable brides-to-be on Instagram, Ally Gradley of GumbootGlam!

This fall wedding inspiration styled by Jasmine Hoffman and photographed by Camilla Anchisi will leave you feeling as warm and cozy as a cup of hot cider on a blustery day!

Keep scrolling for a snapshot of the feature as well as our favorite details from the shoot!

Love all the pieces? You Can shop the whole look HERE

With hair this gorgeous, all you need is a few thoughtful accessories to complete the look! Our "Laura" hair chain is the perfect icing on top for long-do bridal hairstyles. Hair by Cara Christensen of the Blue Jasmine Beauty Group.

Here's a closer view at our "Ainsley" Bracelet (Right) We usually recommend brides wear the bracelet on the right had for two reasons, one, so it glitters out towards the guest during the ceremony and, two-because you never want any other jewelry competing with The Ring.

As usual, Jasmine Hoffman picked the perfect lashes and makeup look for the scene. These ones are the Full on Glam by SLMissGlam . To see what other products she used to create this look, view her behind the scenes Instagram post here.

The Halo Teardrop Earring is also one of our favorites because of its classic, yet modern styling. It is currently listed in our Online Shop, and does come is several size, post and teardrop variations.

Adore! A Monique L'Huillier gown from Bisou Bridal is perfect in any season, really! A work of art no matter where you are walking down the aisle!

Creative Director & Make up: Jasmine Hoffman | Photography: Camilla Anchisi | Flowers: Flower Factory | Model:Gumboot Glam | Gown: Bisou Bridal | Jewellery: Jeweliette | Hair Styling: Cara Christensen | Cake: The Cake and the Giraffe 

Love all the pieces? You Can shop the whole look HERE

Featured: Best Friends For Frosting

When your best friends are a makeup artist, a hair stylist, a couturier and a photographer you know that a styled photo shoot featuring your favorite things is inevitable! Throw in a pink convertible Mini Cooper, some balloons and a beach sunset...and, well, you end up with the ultimate girly style session!

Many thanks to Best Friends For Frosting for featuring the results on their blog this week! BFFF is a lifestyle website and inspiration guide for stylish and creative living, dedicated to sharing cutting edge, chic ideas to inspire you to become your best self and to celebrate the every day in style! We are totally down with all that, so it was an honor that they loved our shoot as much as we did!

Read the full feature online HERE and keep scrolling down for some of my unpublished personal favorites!

As seen in best FRIENDS for frosting

Makeup Artist Jasmine Hoffman has a special talent for always picking the perfect lashes! These ones are by SLMissGlam in Dangerously Glam...they feel so luxurious on, if only I really was born with it!

The outfit was designed by Kim Ironmonger of Valencienne Bridal in Toronto. Valencienne is our Toronto retail partner and you can find us there three times a year for our designer attended Trunk Shows. Kim is a magnificent designer and her attention to detail and craftsmanship is enough to make your head spin! A little fun fact about her is that she even designed a wedding dress for Whoppi Goldberg!

Make Up : Jasmine Hoffman – www.jasminehoffman.com
Hair : Courtney Brands
Jewels : Jeweliette Jewellery – www.jeweliette.com
Dress : Valencienne – www.valencienne.com
Lashes : SLmissGlam – www.slmissglam.com

Nails by Yasushi - www.kaenvancouver.com
Pink Mini Cooper : Mini Yaletown www.miniyaletown.com
Photography : Nomo Akisawa - www.simplysweetphotographybynomoakisawa.com/

Blogger Bride

If you don't already know Jenny from Crazy Style Love, get ready to meet one super stylish woman! One look at her Instagram of daily outfit postings will leave you with some major closet envy...but in a good #wardrobegoals kinda way! So when she came to our shop looking for wedding jewellery, I gotta say the pressure was ON! 

I am so happy we were able to find her three beautiful pieces from our collection to go with her multi-color, botanical Theia gown that she will love and cherish forever! Keep scrolling to view our favorite images from Jenny's wedding day and so grateful that she shared even more photos of her sparkling I Do's and experience with us on the blog! 

“I’m so excited to share some photos of the beautiful jewellery I wore on our wedding day. With only two weeks to go before our special day, I was starting to get a little nervous that I hadn’t yet found the perfect pieces to wear. When we were vacationing in Vancouver, a friend suggested I check out the cutest little store called Jeweliette Jewellery, where the owner, Elsa Corsi, makes her own custom, hand-made crystal pieces. As soon as I walked in the store, I felt like I was in sparkle heaven.

The darling Elsa and her beautiful mother were both in the store when I stopped by. Both women were so sweet and lovely. They helped me select the perfect crystal pieces to go with my dress; a gorgeous hair piece, a stunning bracelet and a pair of sparkly earrings. I received so many compliments on my jewellery that day, and I know these are pieces that I will love and cherish forever.

Elsa also makes custom jewellery, however, I found the perfect pieces in her store, so I didn’t have to go that route. But I really do want to treat myself to a custom Elsa Corsi crystal piece in the future. I just love the thought of owning a unique piece of jewellery. Below are a couple of pics I took while visiting her store, and also a close up of the earrings I wore. I’ve also included a photo of an adorable cat taken in the courtyard leading out from her store. This beautiful cat hangs around Elsa’s shop, and it was such a picture perfect moment.”

— Jenny via www.crazystylelove.com

The Kristen Earring, See it in our Lookbook

The Mixed Shapes Cuff

the Vine Come, See it inour lookbook here

Photography: Jessica Rose Photography  Dress: Theia  Jewellery: Elsa Corsi from Jeweliette Jewellery

View more at https://www.crazystylelove.com/2015/11/crystal-sparkle/

A Visit with #Nadittude (Part 1)

If you can't make jewellery for your friends, who can you make jewellery for? I aways say! So when Nadia Albano asked me to make her a special piece of body jewellery, I jumped at it!

Nadia produces a weekly makeover column in The Province newspaper and is also the owner and operator of Nadia Albano Style Inc., a boutique studio located in Vancouver’s Kitsilano area. If you  follow me on Instagram then you might recognize her work from some of my selfies, as she often does my hair and makeup for special events!

A few weeks back we did a little photoshoot in our shop, which she blogged about, and it was then that I presented her with her piece!

This was one of the first pieces that we were able to use our new 'fabric-friendly' crystal chain on, it is sans claws and promises to not catch on clothes-which is a must on a piece like this.

It also looks amazing with the ear climber we made for her previously, doesn't it? Keep scrolling down to the end to see the newest one we designed...it's our new favorite!

"Work, turn to the left, work, now turn to the right! Work, sachey chantey"

And Viola! Here is the final look complete with the newest, Grande Dame of ear climbers! If you are thinking of adding a custom body chain to your wishlist, visit us in shop to start the process!

Thank you so much to Daniella Ciuffa Photography for capturing the moment and to Wardrobe Apparel for the amazing Greta Constantine Dress I was wearing! 

At the end of November, we will be hosting a holiday-slash-bridemaids Trunk Show in collaboration with Wardrobe Apparel showcasing selected Greta Constantine pieces in the shop! Stay tuned for more details or email us for your exclusive invite!