GOLD VERMEIL "SOFIA" LOCKET FOR VALENTINE'S DAY

"Sofia" Fortuno Locket $67 for Valentine's Day Promo.

We are offering our "Sofia" Fortuno Locket in gold vermeil on a gold vermeil ball chain at %40 off for Valentine's Day.  There are a very limited number of this combination at this price.  This will make an incredible gift for that special person in your life: your Mother, wife, sister, or best friend.  

This Fortuno Locket comes standard with the sacred heart image insert, two "pearls of wisdom", an envelope of sacred earth from "Sanctuary de Chimayo" in NM that is said to have healing powers and a blue bead to keep away the evil eye.  

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Austin Fashion Week Awards Show at the ACL Live theater.

On the red carpet...

Winning award for "Best Overall Designer"...

Winning award for "Best Men's Designer"...

Winning award for "Best Mash Up Team Photo" for "Bella Corazon"...

This was such an amazing night for us and our collection "Demian & Alex".  We didn't expect to win such big awards, which made the experience all the more stellar.  Thanks again to everyone who voted for us and to Matt Swinney and his team who made this week long event possible.  -Demian & Alex Vazquez

New D&A sterling cocktail rings with large semi-precious stones

 

This is our brand new line of cocktail rings.  We are using semi-precious stones in all shapes, colors and sizes and setting them in our signature, hand carved D&A ring shanks.  Retail prices will range from $155 to $425.  Custom stones and sizes available upon request.  These are not yet available for purchase on our website, but if you would like to pre-order, please contact us at alex@dandadesigns.com, or 512.797.9963.  And please feel free to leave a comment right here on our jewelry blog!

 

 

2011 Austin Fashion Week Submission Piece

This is the necklace we submitted for review by the Austin Fashion Week board.  After review, we have been asked to be a showcase designer at AFW.  We have been paired with Toni & Guy to put on an event, so we're thrilled to be a part of this!  This necklace will be available for purchase soon!  Please contact us for prices and purchasing info - 512.797.9963, alex@dandadesigns.com.

New hand carved and cast sterling silver dog tags by Demian & Alex Vazquez.

Silver dog tags by demian & alex vazquez, D&A. Silver dog tags by demian & alex vazquez, D&A.

Silver dog tags by demian & alex vazquez, D&A.

These are our brand new hand carved and cast D&A dog tags, cast in sterling silver.  These are smaller (1.5"X1"), chicer and sleeker, with lots of nice, hand carved details.  These currently retail at $359 a piece, and come with your choice length of chain.  We have these in tons of variations with skulls, sacred hearts, pearls, turquoise, cushion cut blue topaz and lots more.  Please feel free to contact us about a custom pair... we can do that!  Also, please feel free to leave us feedback right here on our blog site!

New stone bracelet line by Demian & Alex Vazquez - "D&A".

This is a piece from our new stone stretch bracelet collection.  This particular bracelet is created from 12mm round, red tigers eye stone beads as well as african vinyl beads... for all of you record lovers out there.  This stone bracelet also has five of our brand new D&A good luck animal charms, carved and cast by D&A artisans in sterling silver.  Retail price for this piece is $445.00.

Sneak peak at new "leather & chains" collection by Demian & Alex

CLICK ON IMAGE FOR A LARGER VIEW...

This is a piece in one of our new collections titled "leather & chains"... at least that's what we're calling it now.  Integrating these new materials has been a lot of fun, and has taught us a lot.  We love the contrast in colors and textures and we're excited to present the finished collection soon.  Please let us know what you think...

Sterling Silver Virgin Belt Buckle with Sugar Skulls...

[caption id="attachment_1578" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Sterling Silver Virgin Mary Belt Buckle by Demian & Alex"]Sterling Silver Virgin Mary Belt Buckle by Demian & Alex[/caption] Solid sterlins silver belt buckle with D&A sugar skulls wings and the Virgin Mary in Resin.  Contact us for pricing, or for your own, customized buckle.  alex@dandadesigns.com

Brand New "STUNG" Heart by... us.

This is a brand spanking new piece in just in time for Valentine's Day titled the "STUNG Heart".  Carved and cast in solid sterling silver it's a weighty, stand-out piece.  On the front you'll see our little D&A bee which have long been considered as good luck.  If you've seen our "Spanish Heart" it has the same weigh and dimensions.

You can order the silver STUNG heart pendant with a variety of chains.  From the silver and black spinnel chain in the image above, to a pearl chain, emerald chain, solid silver box chain, or a silver vermeil chain... which we would throw in for free.(silver vermeil chain only)  These are so new they are not in stores yet, so we are offering our online friends this piece at wholesale through Valentine's Day.  If you'd like to purchase one, email us...  alex@dandadesigns.com.

New Visigoth & 16th Century Inspired Sterling Collection by Demian & Alex.

Sterling coin pendants and silver spanish heart pendant by Demian and Alex D&A. This is a new sterling line we designed that is inspired by old 16th century Spanish & Visigoth coins.  These pieces are full of detail look amazing on.  The front of the coins are expertly carved and cast by our amazing craftsmen.  The back's of are carved with the D&A logo... our personal stamp of approval ;).  These pieces come in at an incredible price-point, with some of the coin pendants retailing at under $100.  The Spanish Heart can be purchase for just over $200... with chain.  Please let us know your thoughts on this collection... and there's a lot more on the way.  -D&A

16th Century Spanish inspired heart pendant rendering.

Spanish heart pendant by Demian and Alex Vazquez D&A We have recently become very inspired by old world artifacts and culture and wanted to create some pieces that would display some of the amazing design from that era.  This heart will be hand carved and cast in solid sterling and will measure around the size of a quarter, give or take a millimeter.  This piece is currently in the fabrication process and will be available by the middle of September.  Please let us know what you think of this design and leave some feedback.

D&A Personalized Collection Digital Painting and Rendering Image 001.

This is a digital rendering I created in Photoshop of our new Demian&Alex personalized collection.  Demian and I meet to discuss the various shapes and silhouettes we think will compliment our line.  I then commence on many rough sketches... and more rough sketches with some other rough sketches.  After I have achieved some decent blisters on my fingers, I start the digital rendering and painting phase of the design process.  Above is one of the products of this process.  I won't bore you with the details of this process, but there will be a rendering video to follow soon.

The D&A personalized collection will contrast our Sanctuary collections by offering a classic look and feel.  Our customer can purchase one personalized pendant at a time, or a complete necklace with multiple pendants, stones and pearls.  We will be introducing some new chic ways to hang the pendants in the near future as  well...  Please let us know what you think about the upcoming collection.

Sneak peak 001 at new Demian&Alex personalized collection...

Here's a sneak peak of our new D&A personalized collection.  This collection will be fabricated in a myriad of different and exciting materials including sterling silver, 14k yellow gold, copper, gold vermeil, precious and semi-precious stones... and the list goes on.  We are developing this collection so that we may offer our customer a way to express themselves through our jewelry.  The number of combinations that you, our customer, will be able to mix and match these pieces will be endless.

We will also offer the option of integrating your own photos into the pendants for total personalization, as well as name and message stamping directly into the silver or gold, to commemorate a special occasion, or significant date.

The pieces will cover the spectrum in price.  You can create your own, one of a kind personalized necklace... and order it in solid gold and diamonds if you wish.  Be on the lookout for many more "sneak peaks" to come.  There is a lot of exciting design and fabrication happening in the D&A studios.

Large stone silver dog tag pendants by Demian & Alex

Sterling silver dog tag pendant with cushion cut amethyst.One of the many unique designs you'll find in the D&A collections are the large stone dog tags.  We integrate these fabulous, in some cases - one of a kind, stones into the center of the pendant.  It's very unlikely you'll find this look and feel in any other collection, and if you do... they hijacked it from us! This on dog tag in particular has a nice large, cushion cut amethyst stone with skull and crossbones and roses.  We have a nice selection of large stone dog tags you can view in the "catalog at a glance" portion of this site, or on our retail site - DandABrothers.

Working on new D&A "personalized" charm collection.

Demian and I are excited about this new collection we are in the middle of designing.  We will be rolling out a large collection of small, detailed pendants that can be customized for all of those big events in your life.  If you want to commemorate the birth of a new child, you can order a personalized D&A charm with custom stamping to forever remember that moment.  We will be mixing semi-precious and precious stones to these necklaces.  More details to follow...