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Balgowlah, NSW, Australia
I am a Venezuelan-Italian-Australian living in the Northern Beaches designing and making gorgeous jewellery pieces with Italian craftsmanship

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

New Blog!

I just want to announced that this will be my last post and so as in life it's important to keep moving on....

NEW ADDRESS:

http://blog.larissalandinez.com/

The new blog will give even more...
It was lovely to have this blog with its ups and down posts.


Sunday, March 27, 2011

Octagon mono-earring with feather





Always following geometrical shapes and of course my love for nature and feathers, specially particular ones.
The colors they reflect on the light and the bird where they come from are very important to me when choosing them.
I don't buy them I just found them on my Godmother's farm then get inspired.
The octagon it's in burnished silver and hammered then to give a nice contrast to the cock feather I added the gorgeous big fresh water pearl.

you can buy it on boticca:

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Dog Collar






Being an animal caring and lover I couldn't do less than coming up with this lovely dog collar.

Each of the accessories made for this dog collar were carefully designed.

Absolutely handmade, from the buckle to the name tag, even the links all in oxidized silver.

If you want to order you can have your dog name totally custom made to apply on the side of the collar and the phone number engraved on the back of the name tag.

I can give the option to have it in polished silver and not oxidized.

Leather available: black and purple







Wednesday, March 16, 2011






Not everyone dares to wear a mono earring. This one in particular can give you a very unique style.

Simplicity in lines, with different details that makes it more than stylish.

The front square it's textured with a florentine technique that makes the metal seem velvet then oxidised on the sides and the back polished very well.

The little rectangles on the bottom hold a long silver oxidized chain with a gorgeous pink pearl.

Sunday, March 6, 2011

Men can be really sweet when they want!

I wanted to share the way one of my male clients gave a heart bracelet to a friend as a birthday present. I was delighted with the fact that he wanted to give the heart bracelet in a really special way. It's so important the love that we put into giving things. He not only made feel special his friend but me as well being creative on the packaging!

March just started! Waiting for a wonderful blooming spring!

Thursday, February 24, 2011

"Orchid" mono earring






Delicate and elegant as an orchid this long mono earring has a special touch of charm when it's worn.
Inspired in the orchid shape all hand made in silver 925 hammered to give a subtle texture to the surface. The stones are Iolite and a high quality pearl

You can buy this piece on Boticca:



Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Maxi Chain Earrings



Eye Catching marvellous Earrings!
I was experimenting with different traditional chain techniques, then I found this interesting link chain and maximize it adding a touch of moonstone and simple chain.

You can buy them on Boticca:

Monday, February 14, 2011

And the winner is...

So, It's Valentins's day! I want to announce the winner of: What do you mean to me?
Thanks to all that participated, loved and supported the contest. I would love if all of them were the winners. But there's only one winner.
Congratulations to: Jose Francisco Vilar who won a set of 3 Heart brass bracelets and will share with us how they look on the lucky one!

Heres you can watch the video:


Happy Valentine's day!
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Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Contest: What do you mean to me?




Say yes, to St. Valentine!


Over time, February 14 has become the date for exchanging love messages and a celebration of St. Valentine; Well here's an opportunity to celebrate this day and be rewarded.


I prepared this contest called: What do you mean to me?


  • In order to participate you have to make a video of maximum three minutes where you can express your feelings with only gestures (like a mime does) to your friend, girlfriend, sister, mother or special person to whom you want to give a special gift. You can use your favorite song and any other ways excluding voice or text.
  • You can make your video with a web cam, video camera, mobile or any other device
  • Upload it to and post it into Larissa Landinez Gioielli Facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Larissa-Landinez-Gioielli/8759958499
You have to be a fan in order to do so.
  • Share the video as much as you can so you can receive many "Like".

  • On February 12th the winner of: What do you mean to me? will be announced here

Come on and give it a try to win a beautiful lovely set of three brass heart bracelets


Don't miss the chance! It's not important the language that you speak. Sometimes words aren't needed. With just a smile, a song, a glare you can express what that person means to you.


Say yes, to St. Valentine!





You can also buy this Lovely set of 3 Brass heart bracelets with a special St. Valentin disscount!


Saturday, January 22, 2011

Curious winter "Gold" story

You all will ask yourself: What does a bird has to do with gold?

So it happens that Aristotle described the migration of cranes in The History of Animals, adding an account of their fights with Pygmies as they wintered near the source of the Nile. He describes as untruthful an account that the crane carries a touchstone inside it that can be used to test for gold when vomited up. (This second story is not altogether implausible, as cranes might ingest appropriate gizzard stones in one locality and regurgitate them in a region where such stone is otherwise scarce)

True or not?

I wanted to share the story and the beauty and powerful appereance of the crane bird that I might take in the future for jewelry inspiration.

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Octagon Ring





Always inspired in geometrical shapes. This is another piece of simple geometrical lines softly linked by diamonds giving elegancy and sophisticated charm.

You can choose white gold or gold

Buy it on:
http://boticca.com/larissalandinez/octagon-gold-ring/


Monday, January 10, 2011

A Glance to Jewelry making

I wanted to give a glance of what is the process of jewelry making and how fascinating and intersting can be
more than selling or buying it.

I give all my love and passion making jewelry and so my first post of the year is dedicated to Jewelry making.

Saturday, December 18, 2010

Xipec Totec (Our lord the flayed one)


As in every culture this god belongs to the Aztec mythology and religion. Being the god of agriculture, vegetation, the east, disease, spring, goldsmiths, silversmiths and the seasons.

In my journey as a jewelry Designer in each collection there's some of this deity who was a life-death-rebirth symbol.