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Throwback Thursday: Vegas Gems

June 15, 2017 by WendyB

I skipped last week’s big jewelry trade shows in Las Vegas because I have a new plan for working with retailers — one that I will reveal soon. The decision made sense from a business perspective, but personally, I missed seeing the group of jewelry-industry women known as the Vegas Gems. Click the photos to see my original posts about these great ladies from 2013 …

From left: Vegas Gems organizer Shamila Jiwa, designer Erika Winters, me, and journalists Brittany Siminitz, Jennifer Heebner, and Barbara Palumbo.

… 2014 …

From left: Me, Barbara, Erika.

… 2015 …

Our best photo ever.

… and last year.

Our biggest gathering.

I attended the Vegas shows for my first three years as a speaker and/or blogger. Last year was the first time I exhibited, so that was even more exciting and exhausting than usual. One bit of excitement that Eryn and I could have done without was temporarily losing my 18K gold full-finger barbed-wire ring on the gold carpeting near our display case. We did find the whole situation hysterically funny after we found the ring, so we re-enacted our desperate search on video, right down to me literally rolling on the floor laughing.

After a long day at a trade show, everything starts to blend in! Half an hour and two heart attacks later, guess where we found this missing gold ring?! ? #latergram #jewelryvideo #luxurybyjck #gold #lovegold #vegas #diamond #sparkle #bling #golden #eliteenclave #lostandfound #stack #showmeyourrings #showmeyourcouture #barbedwire #18k #jcklasvegas @jckevents #luxuryatjck #behindthescenes #sneakpeek

A post shared by Wendy Brandes Jewelry PR (@wendybrandesjewelry) on Jun 6, 2016 at 6:14pm PDT

This year, it was good to know I was represented by Vegas Gem Monica Stephenson, who was there wearing the award-winning ring I designed for her ANZA Gems venture. Thank you to My Story Fine Jewelry for taking this stunning photo of the two-finger ring.

Lots of #girlgang in the desert ? ??inspired by all the #talented #emergingdesigners #livingincolor I was blown away by the ?of @idazzle #awardwinning ring by @wendybrandes ?

A post shared by My Story Fine Jewelry (@mystoryjewelry) on Jun 7, 2017 at 1:58pm PDT

I never get tired of seeing photos of this ring … and I can hardly wait to debut my next ANZA design this summer! Stay tuned.

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