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Wednesday’s Video: BS Your Way Through a Business Plan

January 16, 2019 by WendyB

People considering entrepreneurship often ask me if they need a business plan. My answer is, yes, you should have one. My caveat is that it will probably be complete bullshit. Yep, lots of business plans that are full of optimistic bullshit, and that’s true whether they are drawn up by a one-person company or by…

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Filed Under: advice, Business, education, get smart, The Bitchtastic Guide to Business™, video, Words of Wisdom Tagged With: business plans

The Weeks in Review

January 13, 2019 by WendyB

In case you missed it, here’s what’s been on the blog recently. Monday, December 24: MrB knows how to give good gift. Tuesday, December 25: Merry Titmas! Wednesday, December 26: The voluminous fashion trend isn’t going away, and that’s good. Thursday, December 27: My YouTube highlights for 2018. Monday, December 31: My Jewels of the…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, pearls, video, week in review Tagged With: fashion vlog, jewelry vlogger, youtuber

Wednesday’s Video: Career Advice for Disruptive Times

January 9, 2019 by WendyB

My latest YouTube video is a continuation of my series of job and business tips. This time, I’m sharing what I’ve learned from the my own surprising career path, which took me from journalism to jewelry design. Today I reveal the faulty logic behind two bits of conventional wisdom: That NOT having a Plan B…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, Business, education, get smart, The Bitchtastic Guide to Business™, video, vintage WendyB photos Tagged With: aol, business advice, career advice, entrepreneurs, people magazine, time magazine

Wednesday’s Video: Pearl Perfection After 20 Years

January 2, 2019 by WendyB

Talk about slow fashion! In November 2011, my Jewel of the Month was my redesign of a pearl pendant that I got in 1998. Late last year — seven years after that blog post — the same pendant suddenly became my favorite everyday necklace. How and why did this happen? Let’s go to the videotape,…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, Jewelry, jewelry designer, my designs, necklaces, pearls, redesigns, video Tagged With: pearl necklace, pearl pendant, redesign jewelry

Year in Review: YouTube Highlights for 2018

December 27, 2018 by WendyB

Does anyone even know what day of the week it is? The week between Christmas and New Year’s is like a time warp, except I also don’t know who, what, or where I am. If you too are staring vaguely in the direction of a screen, you might as well take this time to catch…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, video, year in review Tagged With: jewelry vlog, youtube jewelry videos

Wednesday’s Video: Get Inspired for New Year’s Eve

December 26, 2018 by WendyB

New Year’s Eve is next Monday. If you haven’t decided what you’re going to wear, I suggest you hop on one of my favorite looks and go big: Big, puffy, and ruffled, to be exact. Again, shout-out to my blogging friend Sheila from Ephemera for remembering that I wrote about an H&M jacket in 2010…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, blogs and bloggers, clothes, Fashion, fashion trends, homegrown vintage, independent fashion bloggers, jackets, video Tagged With: h&m, kendall jenner, moncler, rihanna

Today’s Video: Purrkoy, Anne Boleyn, and the Tudors

December 19, 2018 by WendyB

I was amazed when two beautiful flower arrangements arrived today, sent by my Instagram cat friends who wished to honor my beloved Purrkoy. Be sure to click through the Instagram slideshow to see how many people got together to do this. View this post on Instagram I’m always telling people that “catstagram” is one of…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, Animals, anne boleyn, cats, History, queens, video Tagged With: anne boleyn, exotic shorthair cats, henry viii, i love my cat, purrkoy the kitten

Wednesday’s Video: So, You Wanna Start a Jewelry Biz!

December 12, 2018 by WendyB

My pre-holiday gift to you is going to be a whole lot of business advice! I’m following up yesterday’s post on lessons learned from my three-year Eminem merchandise debacle with a new YouTube video that addresses jewelry-industry challenges. However, once you remove the unusual jewelry-biz issue of consignment from the equation, many of these tips…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, Business, consignment, education, The Bitchtastic Guide to Business™, video Tagged With: business advice for jewelry designers, eminem merchandise, straight talk on business

Wednesday’s Video: Nefertiti Ring and Reading

December 5, 2018 by WendyB

Wednesday’s Video: Nefertiti Ring and Reading

My one-of-a-kind Nefertiti poison ring is available for purchase on 1stdibs! It’s also the star of this week’s video. Watch to learn more about my inspiration for this design and get a book recommendation as a bonus. If there are any particular designs you’d like to see a video about, let me know in the…

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Filed Under: History, Jewelry, my designs, poison rings, queens, video Tagged With: ancient egypt, egyptian inspired jewelry, egyptian queens, lapis lazuli, mechanical jewelry

Wednesday’s Video: Meet Me in Columbus

November 28, 2018 by WendyB

If you live in or near Columbus, Ohio … let’s meet up! I’ll be making an appearance at Alexanders Jewelers on Friday, with selected pieces from my 18K gold collection in tow. Get all the deets in this week’s video. This is your chance to try pieces on in person while doing some holiday shopping…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, video Tagged With: alexanders jewelers, columbus ohio jewelry

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