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Thanks for the Jewelry-Blog Love and Pumpkin Cat!

October 31, 2012 by WendyB

My Marie Antoinette earrings didn’t win an American Gem Trade Association Spectrum award, but I got positive feedback, so I feel proud anyway. Thanks to Cheryl Kremkow for including my design in her post about earring trends at the awards.

READ CHERYL’S POST HERE.

Click to read more about my Marie Antoinette earrings.

I already know which design I’m going to enter in next year’s awards. I haven’t even made it yet but I know it will blow everyone’s mind!

High Polish, another jewelry blog, got into the Halloween spirit with my silver Juana skull necklace.

SEE THE POST HERE.

I have so many variations on my Juana skull design — different necklaces, lockets, rings and cufflinks. But I am still excited to do another one. After creating the chunky Juana skull ring in sterling silver for gorgeous designer/blogger Stacy Lomman, I feel the need to do the style in 18K yellow gold.

$800. Click to order.

Yellow gold — 18K yellow gold, specifically — is my favorite metal to work with, so no design feels “done” until I have the yellow gold version.

Thanks for the blog love, Cheryl and High Polish!

In other jewelry news, this is the last day to get 50% off my cute bat necklaces in my Halloween sale. These pieces are good gifts for Batman fans, because they have rather human-like faces. They’ll go back to full price tomorrow.

CLICK HERE TO SEE THE BATS.

In non-jewelry news, gorgeous blogger Susan of Une femme d’un certain age paid tribute to FitzRoy the cat in pumpkin form.

Click to see on FitzRoy’s Tumblr.

I keep looking at the picture and LOLing. Pumpkin cat looks seriously disgruntled, just like the real thing. Susan, your work is gourd-juss!

Happy Halloween, everyone! And keep sending good vibes to the people trying to recover from Hurricane Sandy.

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Filed Under: awards, blogs and bloggers, cats, earrings, holidays, my designs, rings, skulls Tagged With: cats, Halloween, jack o'lanterns

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  1. Rebecca says

    October 31, 2012 at 12:23 am

    There s norhing cuter than a mustache cat. He looks so cranky.

    • WendyB says

      October 31, 2012 at 4:20 pm

      I laugh practically every time I look at him.

  2. sulky kitten says

    October 31, 2012 at 5:03 am

    Your beautiful earrings are standout pieces, they should have won!! Love the FitzRoy pumpkin,spot on!

    • WendyB says

      October 31, 2012 at 4:20 pm

      A win would have been nice, I will say that! Will try again next year.

  3. Jet aka Punk Glam Queen says

    October 31, 2012 at 10:19 am

    Boo hiss, they have no taste, you been robbed and should’ve won! Love the kitty pumpkin! Can you believe me — the Halloween Queen — doesn’t have a pumpkin? Some kids came right up to our front door while we were out (you have to climb two small staircases to get there) last year & stole it then smashed it down the street! So now I’m paranoid. I put so much work into that baby! What brats! At least the sun is shining, and hopefully the kids can have some fun after being stuck inside all week (and damn I could use it too!) I hope everyone is okay — had some scares with friends and relatives in NJ, but they are all safe. Happy Halloween! XXX

    • WendyB says

      October 31, 2012 at 4:19 pm

      Pumpkin murderers should be prosecuted!

  4. Megan Mae says

    October 31, 2012 at 2:38 pm

    Aww Fitzroy pumpkin looks just like the inspiration! Too cute. I love your adorable smooshy faced cat.

    • WendyB says

      October 31, 2012 at 4:18 pm

      Susan did a great job!

  5. Susan Partlan says

    October 31, 2012 at 7:45 pm

    I wanted you to win!

    Fitzroy is so adorable! Love the pumpkin. It’s perfect.

  6. Shasie says

    October 31, 2012 at 8:59 pm

    Aww that cat face pumpkin is so cute! I love it! That first pair of earrings would be great for Halloween

  7. stacy says

    November 1, 2012 at 1:09 am

    Those earrings are better than any piece of jewelry ever! Except maybe my ring 🙂 xoxo

    OMG, that pumpkin is seriously the spitting image of FitzRoy!

  8. Marti says

    November 1, 2012 at 9:06 pm

    Whatever… the other designs entered have nothing on you. There is nothing like your earrings the detail is what makes them but I’m glad you have next years all planned out. I hate that my comments are sporadic but sometimes I can comment from my work pc and sometimes I can’t. Their in-house web security it’s pretty tight.
    BTW that pumpkin has a lot of similarity to FitzRoy
    Marti

    • WendyB says

      November 2, 2012 at 1:49 am

      Thanks re the designs. Hope to wow everyone next year!

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