Unique Bridal Jewelry Collection

Our newest Bridal Blessing Jewelry Collection has unique wedding jewelry for the spiritual, stylish bride. Vanessa thoughtfully designed this collection with gemstones such as aquamarine, rose quartz, and pearls--gemstones that encourage love and happy marriages. We believe that it's important that the bride have positive energies of this kind on her most important day.

Many of her pieces have details that enhance the bride's features, including a cascading back detail on the necklaces that accentuates the bride's elegant back to compliment a tube or backless gown. By using rose quartz in this collection's palette, Vanessa creates pieces that add a gentle touch of color, and are perfect alternatives to the traditional white palette.

Charming Pearls Bracelet: Iridescent peach-colored pearls with a shimmering luster are finished with a sterling silver extension chain and a delicate cascade of pearls.

Keishi Pearls Necklace: One of our bestselling pieces, this necklace creates a delicate floral-like effect on your necklace. Created high-quality keishi freshwater pearls and oval pearls.

Aquamarine Organic Silver Bracelet: Aquamarine gems glitter gently in unique faceted cuts. Accented with organically shaped sterling silver pieces and finished with a sterling silver extension chain.

View our complete Bridal Blessing Jewelry Collection >>

Zen Inspired Jewelry

Vanessa's designs have a strong Zen influence, and although the term "Zen" is commonly used today, it is rarely accompanied by explanation. Zen is a fascinating discipline that cannot be neatly categorized as a religion, and we hope to write more on this subject in the future.

Zen originated in China as one of the ten Buddhist denominations. And although it began as a religious sect, Zen does not worship God or observe ritual or religious affiliations. It is an open minded discipline that respects and coexists peacefully with all religions in the world.

The most important scriptures that influence Zen are the Diamond Sutra and the Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch, two scriptures that emphasize void or naught.

The development of Zen can be attributed to the teachings of Buddhism, Lao Tzu and Confucius. Chinese scholars study Zen Buddhism as an objective study and not a religion. Its influence on Eastern culture spans widely in oriental society, from art to psychology.

Wishgiving's Zen Collection by Vanessa Leu is inspired by the artist's Zen discipline, creating a array of jewelry that is a modern interpretation of Zen. Each piece has clean, elegant lines celebrating nature's gemstones without distractions, elevating the experience to a higher state of mind.

Amethyst Zen Necklace

Rough Crystal Quartz Silver Cable Necklace

Black Onyx Silver Drop Earrings

Modern Classics - timeless pieces for a timeless beauty

Our Modern Classic Collection includes endearing pieces for a timeless, classic style. Every woman needs a timeless classic in her jewelry box, to cherish for years to come.

Artfully crafted with distinctive, unique gemstones, this collection features limited edition jewelry that are exclusive to Wishgiving.

Not only can you wear these pieces on the much awaited anniversary dinner, you can also wear these with your favorite jeans or sundress. There is no better way to welcome the upcoming new year.

Aquamarine Teardrops Silver Necklace

Blue Chalcedony Silver Bracelet

Keishi Pearls Necklace

Thoughtful & Eco Friendly E-Cards

We've recently developed a line of free e-cards with thoughtful, warm messages for everyday and holiday use. We hope to encourage e-cards because it reduces impact and conserves paper that we use in sending numerous holiday cards.

Please feel free to use our e-cards whenever possible, and brighten someone's day with a few clicks of your mouse. (Note: all of our e-cards include music, so please remember to turn on your speakers.)

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Yoga Inspired Jewelry for the Modern Yogi

The beautiful yoga lifestyle is so welcome in our fast-paced, stressful lives. I wanted jewelry that can express this, but have been disappointed because yoga jewelry is usually so literal or esoteric, incapable of combining the two worlds. I love pieces I can wear to express my spirituality, but won't compromise my style. Our designs are designed with the stylish, modern yogi in mind -- beautiful jewelry pieces that help balance chakras and aid in your yoga practice. You can wear these pieces with jeans, at a business meeting, or on a night out.

Crown Chakra Amethyst Hoop Earrings

Apatite Qing Coin Necklace

Heart Chakra Pearl Cluster Earrings

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Sharing: Kahlil Gibran

"Love has no other desire but to fulfil itself.
But if you love and must needs have desires, let these be your desires:
To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night.
To know the pain of too much tenderness.
To be wounded by your own understanding of love;
And to bleed willingly and joyfully.
To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving;
To rest at the noon hour and meditate love's ecstasy;
To return home at eventide with gratitude;
And then to sleep with a prayer for the beloved in your heart and a song of praise upon your lips."
- Kahlil Gibran

(canyon picture via morguefile)

Site Construction

We are currently working on slight changes to our site as well as organizing new collections and cleaning up older pieces. We have the site set to login before viewing so you can still view the site during its edits and purchase pieces. Don't worry, the checkout system is still perfectly safe and secure.

Please be patient with us, and we apologize for any inconveniences!

I'll leave you on a brighter note, with the Amethyst & Silver Necklace, one of the pieces designed for the beauty of the stone.

Gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous. I used to have a slight apprehension towards amethyst because some variations of amethyst lend to tacky. I'm talking about amethyst of lesser quality, which are consequently dyed horrendous shades of purple. After finding this high-quality, hand-cut amethyst, all my apprehensions flew out the door.

Lovely.

Favorites of Mine

There are a few pieces in the studio that cause my heart to beat just a bit faster each time I look at them. Among them are:

Leopard Skin Jasper Silver Tassel Earrings

It is sometimes difficult to remember why we spend so much effort and time searching high and low for unique gemstones. All of that traveling, meticulous inspection of gemstones, dealing with vendors (who aren't always honest) is tedious to say the least.

Each time we find new reasons why we shouldn't spend so much time searching for new materials, and the only motivation that keeps us traveling and searching is finding stones such as this leopard skin jasper that's completely natural and untreated except for the cut. I remember seeing these stones for the first time; the texture and colors of this leopard skin jasper were so inspiring that we felt an immediate connection with this stone.

The stones can also be seen in the matching necklace for the earrings:

Leopard Skin Jasper Silver Links Necklace

Nowadays, so many stones are treated with chemicals to create an unnatural shine effect on gemstones, or factory-cut in such unbecoming and tacky forms. We knew that we came upon something special with this jasper. So gorgeously natural and unabashedly itself in its textures and colors.

(The toggle for this necklace is one handcrafted by silver artisans in pure fine silver.)

A Glimpse Inside the Wishgiving Studio: Amazonite Squares Silver Necklace

For our artists, the most enjoyable aspect of Wishgiving is the creativity in the design process. In a sense, our artists see the process as bringing life and attention to the gemstone. Recently, we changed our home page to a photographer by Romeo Koitmäe, a very talented photographer we admire. We were very flattered when he told us he loves most of our pieces, particularly the Amazonite Squares Silver Necklace.


The Amazonite Squares Silver Necklace is an elegantly modern piece. A lot of thought went into creating a clean, uncluttered and understated design. The geometric cut of the stones are balanced by the earth-tones of amazonite, and highlighted by pure fine silver details. The artist who designed this piece understood amazonite's characteristics--rich in history as evidenced by its earthy colors and being named after the Amazon river--and drew a careful balance between its obvious antiquity and quiet elegance.

She found pure fine silver details that suited the piece perfectly. Details were painstakingly hand-carved by silver artisans.


The entire piece is very reflective of Amazonite's metaphysical properties as a stone for finding personal truth, soothing energy, creativity, truth and luck.

Sharing Our Thoughts With You: Copyright & Design

The issue of copyright is something that cannot be ignored in any creative line of business. As designers, we hope that others will follow the "designer's code of ethics" and develop their own original work and respect others', but we know this is wishful thinking.

As we've mentioned before, Wishgiving has a great deal of respect for art in all forms, and because of this, we work hard to develop original work as well as protect our artists. Our artists' work, including designs, names of designs, site design, site copy, graphics and photography, are all preserved under copyright and receive our firm protection.

I'm mentioning this not only because I've found Wishgiving's designs/designs' names being duplicated, but also to make a statement regarding respect for original art. Copyright protection for art is more than business legalities; it is to acknowledge the profound respect for an artist. It is often taken for granted, or forgotten, that an artist's work is not simply the result of the hours put into creating a specific design. Rather, we should acknowledge the artist's devotion in developing that artistic eye, creativity and skill during his or her lifetime. An artist is never developed overnight, and each piece created is a result of the artist's devotion to art.

By taking another's designs to sell as their own, one offends the very idea of art and original design, detracting from the artistry of a piece by turning it into a means of profit. The artist in me finds it demeaning.

Aside from taking time to create our own designs, we also enjoy showcasing other works of art on both our main site, and on our blogs. All work we showcase is duly credited to the original artist/designer. We also contact individual artists to acknowledge their work and our mentions of their work.

Please join us in preserving original work, and look forward to introductions of artists that have inspired us.

The Little Fourteen-Year-Old Dancer

I have a poster of Degas' The Little Fourteen-Year-Old Dancer in my room. It is the first thing you see when you walk in. I like to think of the poster as a no-fail optimism-boost for whenever my spirit needs lifting.

The Little Fourteen-Year-Old Dancer is very much a Degas piece (it is, after all, a sculpture of a ballerina), but to me, it somehow stands apart from his other works of art. There's something so sweet and pure about the sculpture; she stands so proudly, facing a world of possibilities, with feet poised to take her next sprightly step. Will her dreams of becoming a prima ballerina come true? Marry her true love? Get through 9th grade? :)

The Fourteen-Year-Old is my model of hopeful fancies and dreams of what is yet to come.

Speaking of what is yet to come, Wishgiving has a new site, with convenient, user-friendly functions, and hundreds (okay, maybe hundred) of new designs. This time around, we've done more experimentations with shapes and movements, as colors and textures of gemstones have always been our major inspirational force. There are so many new, exciting things happening with Wishgiving. We can't wait to show you!

I'll leave you with more pictures of one of my daily inspirations:





Stand tall.