Our unique and hand-crafted jewelry designs are a collaboration between my daughter Stassi, and myself. I was first inspired to start designing jewelry after my first trip to Venice, Italy in 1997. After visiting Murano Island and seeing all the tiny hand-blown glass and crystal beads, I bought a book in Italian. I started teaching myself from the photos since I could not read Italian at that point.
Within four years I had my jewelry in stores all over New Orleans, Southern Louisiana, Texas, Alabama, Mississippi and Puerto Rico.
After Hurrican Katrina hit us in New Orleans, it wiped out all of our jewelry in the stores without any recovery. Our house was right on the levy and also flooded.
Stassi decided to go to university in L.A., so we packed up and moved to Southern California, where I am from originally.
When Stassi worked at SUR and on Vanderpump Rules, I was slowly designing pieces that she and the other girls could wear on the show. Stassi would show me the outfit or dress she was planning to wear and I would either design something for her and she would love it, or she would have me make changes to it to fit her taste.
Since the Summer of 2022, she has been working with me on new designs and selecting the pearls, gold chains down to the fine details.
Stassi has always had such a flair for fashion. She knows what works and I am love working with her.
My husband Eric is my production partner, our CFO. I could not do this without him.
We hope you just love wearing Dayna Wyland Jewelry.