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Sneak Preview of New Locket Design

December 2, 2008 by WendyB

This isn’t a proper introduction for my new Hatshepsut Locket, but I can’t resist sharing some amateur pictures of my latest piece. This version is in sterling silver, hanging on a black satin cord.

Here’s how the necklace looks against my amazing bosom.

Please, Pistols, don’t get overexcited by this.

To open the locket, you first open the safety clasp and unscrew the top, like so.


Then you can slide the two sides of the pendant away from each other, like so.

Hatshepsut Locket
© Wendy Brandes 2007-2009


I’m not going to show you the gold and diamond version till the professional photos are taken.

Hatshepsut was an Egyptian queen who, after her husband (who was also her half-brother) died, proclaimed herself Pharaoh. I think she would have gotten along great with Empress Wu, the self-proclaimed female emperor of China, if only they hadn’t been separated by two millennia.

If you’re interested in owning this piece, email me at wbjewelry at hotmail dot com, because it’s not going on my site until I do the good photos.

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Comments

  1. The Paper Doll says

    December 2, 2008 at 2:32 pm

    This is such a beautiful and unique locket – love it 🙂

  2. CDP says

    December 2, 2008 at 2:42 pm

    I like that you’re bringing back the black satin cord. Very pretty.

  3. Sal says

    December 2, 2008 at 2:46 pm

    What a fantastic design!

  4. Alicia/InstantVintage says

    December 2, 2008 at 3:04 pm

    Beautiful piece, Wendy!

  5. Ashe Mischief says

    December 2, 2008 at 3:15 pm

    A beautiful and unique piece! I love that it’s not your traditional locket.

  6. lisa says

    December 2, 2008 at 3:22 pm

    Eeee lovely!

  7. Esther says

    December 2, 2008 at 3:25 pm

    …

    Damn you, temptress! Yet another thing to add to my ridiculously long list of wants from your website. I can’t save fast enough. 😛

  8. Little Lj says

    December 2, 2008 at 3:29 pm

    I love this idea!

  9. applevenusian says

    December 2, 2008 at 3:32 pm

    Forget the locket… bodacious ta-tas!!! hee hee.

  10. KD says

    December 2, 2008 at 3:38 pm

    The meeting of Empress Wu and Hatshepsut would be epic.

  11. Jill says

    December 2, 2008 at 3:53 pm

    I have never seen a locket like that. I couldn’t figure out how it would convert, tricky tricky! I really like it.

  12. WendyB says

    December 2, 2008 at 4:08 pm

    Apple, I’m blushing! Wait, no I’m not!

    Jill, yeah, I’m not really sure that locket is a fair description of it.

    Other peeps, glad you like it! Wait till you see the “real” one in gold.

  13. pretty face says

    December 2, 2008 at 4:09 pm

    That’s fantastic…. imagine what you could hide in there!

  14. Moira says

    December 2, 2008 at 4:26 pm

    So very cool!

  15. TheShoeGirl says

    December 2, 2008 at 4:37 pm

    I love it!!! LOVE it.

  16. Danielle says

    December 2, 2008 at 4:50 pm

    ooh – that will be epic in gold.

  17. Miss Karen says

    December 2, 2008 at 5:22 pm

    I love this piece – I can’t wait to see the gold version 😀

  18. Susanna says

    December 2, 2008 at 5:34 pm

    Wendy, you are killing me with all of these new pieces!

  19. enc says

    December 2, 2008 at 5:40 pm

    That’s very clever. I think it’s very impressive against your impressive bosom.

  20. Diabolina 3.1 says

    December 2, 2008 at 7:02 pm

    love the necklace almost as much as the bosom. meow!

  21. Imogen Lamport says

    December 2, 2008 at 8:07 pm

    Yes – what an amazing bosom! I’m jealous – perfectly shaped – as is the locket – which is most unusual – I thought for a moment as I was reading the post that you might use it to keep a nip of something stronger than water in it – but no – it comes completely apart!

  22. finnthepug says

    December 2, 2008 at 9:04 pm

    I love it. So beautiful. And creative. I’m saving my bones.

  23. TEXTSTYLES says

    December 2, 2008 at 9:52 pm

    this piece is incredible
    just beautiful craftsmanship
    and i love the idea of the piece

    brava!

  24. cybill says

    December 2, 2008 at 10:35 pm

    That is beautifully engineered! If I had one, I would keep it full of loose diamonds and let them spill out when I opened it, le sigh.

  25. WendyB says

    December 2, 2008 at 10:37 pm

    Cybill, I heart you.

  26. Fabulously Fashionable Dawn says

    December 2, 2008 at 11:21 pm

    Ohhhhh I love it so!

  27. Sharon Rose says

    December 3, 2008 at 2:01 am

    Hi there-I’ve not seen anything like this before, so unique and beautiful!!

  28. Farren says

    December 3, 2008 at 2:11 am

    That is a very cool take on what is usually just a boring locket. I love it! It’s very unique! =)

  29. Songy says

    December 3, 2008 at 7:08 am

    very clever.

  30. In Yr Fshn says

    December 3, 2008 at 7:41 am

    SO LOVELY and you totally have Blake Lively bosom–which is a really good thing.

  31. KT says

    December 3, 2008 at 9:37 am

    OK, so I have to admit the first thing I thought was “Check out the cleavage!” Then I was so relieved to see that I was not the only one thinking this! Oh yeah, I like the necklace.

  32. BS says

    December 3, 2008 at 10:19 am

    Beautiful and totally unique, as your jewelry (and bosom) always is. Will the story of how the design relates to Hatshepsut come with the pictures of the gold and diamond version? Pretty please?

  33. stef m says

    December 3, 2008 at 1:11 pm

    cool! i love interactive designs.

  34. ambika says

    December 3, 2008 at 1:31 pm

    Ooo, I read tons about Hatsheput back in the day. She really was impressive. Wore the beard & errthang.

  35. katrocket says

    December 3, 2008 at 2:52 pm

    so very cool!

  36. pistols at dawn says

    December 3, 2008 at 3:03 pm

    That truly is an amazing bosom. Um, neckboob.

    Er, nip-

    And you warned me about it, too.

    This should be for female spies with style, because hiding the cyanide tablet in a fake tooth is so passe.

  37. THE HOUSE OF STYLE says

    December 3, 2008 at 3:57 pm

    hi Wendy,this like all your designs is amazing.I love how they have great stories behind their design.I have just written a post on my xmas lust list.Your squirrel design is on it.hope you dont me using an image from your site,if theres a copyright name you need me to add,please let me know.
    muah!
    Marian.

  38. -h of candid cool says

    December 3, 2008 at 9:23 pm

    very cool piece

  39. G.G. says

    December 7, 2008 at 5:04 pm

    Gorgeous! Oh, and the locket is great too 😉 My first thought was that one could hide a lock of hair in there. The locket, not the boobs.

  40. Dressed and Pressed says

    December 9, 2008 at 1:51 pm

    So when are we going to get a locket based on your bosom, Wendy? Could be a bestseller… Could go tits up. Hee!

  41. WendyB says

    December 9, 2008 at 1:53 pm

    Oh, D&P, you naughty girl!

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