I usually feature my newest design as the Jewel of the Month, but for March, I was inspired to take another look at an old favorite.
After struggling home through snow and sleet this evening, I was happy to throw myself into FitzRoy the cat’s favorite chair and watch a Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 7 marathon on Pivot TV. Coincidentally, today my right-hand woman Eryn posted our first Instagram video of my one-of-a-kind 18K gold Vampire Diana ring with the removable silver stake. Thanks to our friend Grace for the excellent modeling job!
I can’t believe I never did a video of this ring before. I’d always had great still photos, including this one showing the piece assembled …
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… and this one, showing what happens after you pull the stake out …
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… but I’d never shown it in action.
This design concept came from another Buffy binge in 2010. The Billy Idol-style vampire Spike was always my favorite character on that show (if you’ve watched the show, you know the joke is that Billy Idol stole his style from Spike).
Billy on the left in the 1980s. Spike on the right in the ’90s.
I liked the sensitive/troubled/helpful Spike who emerged later in the show, but Spike being evil — or at least a little sassy — was always the most fun.
I decided to do some Spike-worthy pieces, starting with a non-mechanical version of the ring all in silver with a blackened-silver stake.
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That silver ring and the matching necklace are currently sold out, though if you email me at info at wendybrandes dot com, I’ll make either style to order.
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I still have one silver vampire stake necklace with “wood” details available for immediate delivery.
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I might make more of the silver stake necklaces in the future too, but there’s only going to be one gold ring. I currently have it on sale on my site, but I’m going to put it back up to the regular price by the end of this week because it is a supernaturally special piece and I was clearly deranged when I marked it down. In other words, act quickly if you want to get it for less!
You don’t have to be a Buffy or Spike fan to wear this fab ring, of course. It’s good for Twilight, The Vampire Diaries, True Blood and all other vamp fans. As a bonus, if you happen to run into an unfriendly, unhandsome real-life vampire, you can whip out that little silver stake to defend yourself. Stay safe from bloodsucking fiends and look good — no garlic breath required!
Big shout-out to a new vampire series. My teenaged daughter is obsessed with Carmilla, a remake of the Sheridan LaFanu novel. Carmilla is a very sex-ay lesbian vampire attending college and kissing girls in Canada. The show is a web series sponsored by… wait for it… Kotex! How brilliant is that? Blood lust and kotex.
Carmilla fans call themselves Creampuffs, btw.
OMG! Thanks for alerting me to this. I have to check it out. And the sponsor is the funniest thing EVER.