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Year in Review: Jewels of the Month for 2014

December 26, 2014 by WendyB

My Jewel of the Month posts highlight my newest jewelry designs. Here are 2014’s hot jewels from both my luxe signature line and my social-media-inspired WENDYB by Wendy Brandes diffusion line. Click the photos to read the original posts.

Single earrings were hot this year and they’re not going to let up in 2015.  I started offering my 4 1/2″-long Cleopatra earrings in both gold and silver as singles in January.

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This makes a statement!

One of my specialties is redesigning old jewelry. I made these amethyst birthstone earrings for gorgeous client Susan and featured them in February.

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These had already been redesigned once before by someone else.

In addition to creating one-of-a-kind designs for individual clients, I’ll add special requests to my regular line, especially when it comes to emojis. March’s Jewel of the Month was a sterling-silver meat cleaver stud.

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Look away, vegetarians!

The fourth of my eight-ring Maneater collection was the Bull and Bullfighter ring, formally introduced in April, right in time for Taurus birthdays. Gorgeous singer Skylar Grey had a personal preview of the ring the month before when she wore it to Elton John’s Oscar party.

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Skylar looked gorgeous that night!

In March,  Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook chief operating officer and author of Leaning In, joined with former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Girl Scouts USA chief executive Anna Maria Chávez to announce Ban Bossy, a campaign aimed at empowering girls.  By May, I had both BOSS and BOSSY necklaces.

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Be a boss like Rick Ross.

I wear June’s Jewels of the Month — my barbed-wire stacking rings — every day! I expect matching barbed-wire earrings to be on my site next month.

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Can’t have too many rings!

My now-discontinued Chicken on Nest necklace in silver was featured in July. If you’ve got an unlimited budget, the original 18K gold chicken-in-egg locket is still available.

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Sorry! These are all gone.

People use “literally” as a synonym for “very” these days. Ugh! In August, this necklace was my way of saying, “I literally can’t even.”

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Literally is literally a necklace now.

September’s Jewel was the “PUSHY” necklace I made for former New York Times editor Jill Abramson.

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She loved it!

My October design was a hockey mask and chainsaw earring set. Shopping app Spring turned the pair into an animated gif for Halloween.

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Scary … but cute!

I was thrilled when my Pink Elephant and Tipsy Writer Maneater ring won an honorable mention in the AGTA Spectrum awards at the end of October — meaning November’s Jewel of the Month was announced a few days early!

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The Spectrum awards recognize work with colored gems.

I ended the year with a diamond tribute to New York City — my yellow, white and black diamond NYC Taxi and Passenger Maneater ring.

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The NYC skyline is engraved on one side, the Brooklyn Bridge is on the other. And “I Heart NY” is engraved on the bumper!

Stay tuned for all the great new designs I have coming up for 2015!

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Filed Under: emoji, jewel of the month, my designs, necklaces, rings, single earrings, Skylar Grey, stud earrings, year in review

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  1. stacylomman says

    December 26, 2014 at 9:15 am

    Every piece is amazing!

    • WendyB says

      December 27, 2014 at 1:00 am

      Why, thank you!

  2. HelOnWheels says

    December 29, 2014 at 12:16 pm

    I saw Skylar on TV (I think on SNL) and kept looking for the necklace you made for her. Unfortunately, denied!

    • WendyB says

      December 29, 2014 at 11:01 pm

      I knoooowwww! It’s the one time I’ve seen her lately when she wasn’t wearing the necklace! Sad!

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