To give you a peak into what inspires me to design a piece of jewelry, I thought I would explain how the City Squares necklace came to be.
I am always on the lookout for great stuff to make into jewelry – something striking and unique is always going to go home with me. Often…the beauty of a clasp or gem is all the inspiration I need. Then there are those times when I collect a bunch of parts and can’t for the life of me figure out what to do with them. That is the case with the sardonyx, crystal and sterling silver squares used in the City Squares Necklace.
I wanted to combine them with the Swarovski crystal squares and the sterling silver squares, but for some reason, the look was just not coming together for me. Until one day when I was walking in downtown San Francisco.
I looked up at an office tower in front of me with the graphic rows of windows and something in my brain made me think of the Sardonyx and the other squares. I have to admit, it really helps my creativity when I’m feeling moody and I was in a real funk that day. I was inspired at that point to pull out all of the parts that I knew would one day come together into a stunning necklace. When I sat down to create the necklace, all the parts just seem to fall into place.
For more pictures of this necklace check out this page –
Just a quick note to drop in and say what a great time Marie and I had at the Lafayette Art & Wine Festival this past weekend. It was great to meet all of you! Don’t be a stranger 
It’s a great feeling to finally see the birth of our new HDJ website. It has been a long time in coming and a lot of work on our part and that of our design team at Quirky Bird with Staci at the helm.
No rest for the weary … Marie and I will be setting up our display at the 13th Annual Lafayette Art and Wine Festival tomorrow and Sunday. I hope some of you will make it out for some fun and sunshine and drop in to say hello.
We hope to be listing more of our work onto the site on a regular basis, though September is a busy month for us, so the new items will be trickling in for the next couple of weeks. Stay tuned 
-Ann Marie
I would like to welcome you to my first effort at writing a blog. I would also like to welcome you to our newly opened Heart’s Desire Jewelry online boutique. We have been working very hard for the past year to update our look in a way that reflects our style. I hope you like it and find it a pleasure to browse through.
Marie and I are jewelry artists. We love the art of design and in particular have a passion for creating well designed jewelry. We hope to be able to share that love of design with you in this blog as well as some insight into how we create our pieces.
This blog is also where we will give you a sneak peak at some of our latest creations so you can have first pick before they even get added to our website and where we will post notices of special discount codes for our best customers, which include you!
Marie and I will take turns posting here. Please feel free to contact us with any feedback on our musings and suggestions on topics you would like to see us discuss. If you have pictures of yourself wearing one of our creations, please send it to us so we can see. Our work is a part of us and we like to find out how it is getting along out there.
-Ann Marie
