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Welcome and thank you for
visiting my website and browsing my newest collections! My name is
Leticia Wesolowski and I'm the proud owner and designer of Dolce de
Leti. I look forward to designing "Art to sweeten your heart.
Jewelry to embellish your soul."
Most of my customers have
met me in person at Terra Verde, a renowned women's clothing
boutique located downtown Colorado Springs where I have worked from
2002 until 2008. Some of our friendships have started with the
"where are you from?" question that I repeatedly get every day. I
was born in Uruguay, a little country difficult to pronounce, hard
to remember where its located, anyways...what my customers remember
is "that girl with an accent that makes pretty jewelry..." and they
always make sure to pick up a beautiful gift for their friends or
add one more jewel to their collection.
Back in 1994, I
enrolled in the University of Architecture in Montevideo, Uruguay,
pursuing my dream of building contemporary, affordable housing and
improving urban quality life. Four years later, I moved to Colorado
Springs, CO where I made my home with my husband Jeremi and my two
cats Tiger and Sanji.
Although I have put my Architecture
career dream "on hold", I continued my studies at a local college
and graduated as an Architectural Drafter in 2004. Meanwhile, I have
kept myself busy taking photography classes---receiving a nomination
in the local Independent newspaper competition---pottery classes at
Bemis School of Arts, oil-paintings and working full-time at Terra
Verde.
One day I started beading a necklace as a weekend
project and it became an addictive hobby. Making jewelry for every
outfit I wore expanded into making jewelry for friends, family and
co-workers, and by March 2004 I launched "Dolce de Leti." My
original designs were crafty and busy with glass beads and stones
available at local bead shops. Very soon I started going to gem
shows and learning more about stones, and slowly developed a more
elegant style with the use of a wider variety of unique and high
quality gemstones.
I taught myself the different techniques
of wiring and beading through the use of books and the internet, and
of course, lots of practice. I draw inspiration from the stones I
find. Shapes, colors, opacity, translucency, facets or smoothness,
all give character to every design. Also, working at a boutique was
a great help since it gave me the chance to see upcoming fashion
trends, as well as the opportunity to examine in detail the jewelry
that is purchased. I worked with hundreds of jewelry companies and
jewelry artists every season and that helped me to learn what is out
there on the market, what sells, and what works for customers. I
have also met many incredibly nice people that find my jewelry very
unique, affordable & wearable and they have become my daily
inspiration. I am very grateful for your support and patronage.
Now that the line has matured, I strive to design pieces
that outlast seasons and trends, something that could not only be
called an original but a classic. Dolce has evolved into a more
delicate and feminine line, putting close attention to detail and
high quality. My goal is to create a piece of art that you will love
and wear throughout the year for any occasion. Weddings, birthdays,
anniversaries, Christmas, or Valentine's are some reminders of how
you can say 'thank you,' 'congratulations' or 'I love you' with one
of my custom-designed pieces. Or simply give yourself a little
gift...
The name "Dolce de Leti" is derived from the close
association to "dulce de leche" which is a caramel milk-based jam
very popular in the River Plate region. 'Dolce' means sweet in
Italian and 'de Leti' means 'from Leti' in Spanish. In other words,
the jewelry pieces that I make are my sweets to
you.
Please tell your friends about my website
www.dolcedeleti.com and keep visiting!
You can find more
Dolce at these locations:
Terra Verde, Colorado Springs,
CO
Aspen Trader, Wichita, KS
You can spot Dolce being worn
by hundreds of close clients that live in California, Washington ,
Florida, New Mexico, New York, Colorado, Utah, Kansas, Hawaii, even
Uruguay, Brazil, Chile, Spain and France.
I hope you love
your jewelry as much as I've loved making it!
Thank you for
your interest on my line!
Come and visit my website again!
Leticia |
