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Recommended Reading: Anne Thériault’s Queens of Infamy

July 15, 2019 by WendyB

I’ve been scolding myself for nearly a decade (seriously!) for giving up my Thursday Book Club posts, most of which focused on the bad-ass historical women who inspire my jewelry designs.  The last book-club post was the finale of my three-parter on A Distant Mirror, Barbara Tuchman’s book about the 14th century, which I posted…

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Filed Under: anne boleyn, featured jewel, feminism, History, jewel of the month, Jewelry, my designs, necklaces, queens, rings, snake Tagged With: bad-ass historical women, eleanor of aquitaine, leo jewelry, lion jewelry, lion necklace

She’s Not a Mad Queen; She’s an Angry Queen.

May 17, 2019 by WendyB

General Specific: Now is not the time to discuss this, Mad Scientist. Angry Scientist: First of all, I am not mad! I am angry! I am an angry scientist! That is what it is saying on my card of businesses! Sheep in the Big City “To Bleat or Not to Bleat,” Season 1, Episode 2…

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Filed Under: anne boleyn, Arts & Entertainment, History, queens, TV Tagged With: daenerys, dragons, game of thrones, game of thrones finale, lannisters, starks, tyrion, varys

Throwback Thursday: Anne Boleyn’s Necklace

March 7, 2019 by WendyB

Here’s the first photo of myself that I shared on this blog, from the second of three brief posts I published on July 27, 2007. In it, I’m wearing my Anne Boleyn-inspired necklace, while posing outside Anne Boleyn’s childhood home, Hever Castle. My desire for a bold initial pendant had been with me since I…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, anne boleyn, History, pictures of me, queens, Throwback Thursday, vintage WendyB photos Tagged With: anne boleyn necklace

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: Dogs, Cats, and Tudors

January 24, 2018 by WendyB

This is my lucky day because the famous “distracted boyfriend” meme of 2017 has been given the Henry VIII treatment … this meme has finally been perfected pic.twitter.com/9fHfJH1Q01 — julien (@eggsandbread) January 24, 2018 … just in time for my Henry VIII/Anne Boleyn-themed pet video. Yep, I’ve got dogs and cats and the Tudors all…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, Animals, anne boleyn, cats, Dogs, History, queens, video Tagged With: slow fashion

Flashback Friday: Bonn, Vienna, Empress Sisi

September 15, 2017 by WendyB

After a few days in Paris in June, MrB and I went to Bonn, Germany, where MrB was taking part in the Global Media Forum. I attended a panel he did about Trump and the media, and live-tweeted it; check out his description of the way in which Trump differs from Nixon. Then we went to…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, anne boleyn, Fashion, flower pinching, History, pictures of me, queens, travel Tagged With: empress sisi

Jewel of the Month: Boleyn Necklace for Wolf Hall Fans

April 17, 2015 by WendyB

Are all of you Anne Boleyn/Tudor history fans watching Wolf Hall on Masterpiece on PBS? I saw the excellent theatrical adaptations of Hilary Mantel’s historical novel Wolf Hall and its sequel, Bring Up the Bodies, in London last summer. The books and adaptations are about the rise of Thomas Cromwell, who rose from poverty to…

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Filed Under: anne boleyn, jewel of the month, necklaces, TV

Wanderlust 2014: Anne Boleyn and Eminem in London

August 12, 2014 by WendyB

MrB and I love London. We’ve gone there every year since 2008 to visit our many friends who live in the city or close to it. In particular, I like to meet up with gorgeous bloggers and drink Pimm’s.  Here are my previous London posts. 2013: Pimm’s fest and a strange trench coat. 2012: Fish…

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Filed Under: anne boleyn, concerts, Eminem, Ossie Clark, pictures of me, rings, shoes, theater, travel

Introducing Purrkoy

July 27, 2014 by WendyB

Look who has joined my flat-faced animal family! This is Purrkoy, an Exotic Shorthair kitteh from breeder Lynn Cooke of Callyn Cattery. My older kitteh, FitzRoy (aka #thecatinthebowl), who joined us in 2012, has quite a few Instagram cat friends who were from Lynn, so that’s how we found her and Purrkoy. The name Purrkoy…

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Filed Under: Animals, anne boleyn, cats, Dogs, pictures of me, queens

“Gold Makes You Blind”

October 24, 2012 by WendyB

I don’t normally write about other jewelry designers, but I have to make an exception for one of the greats — the famed Swiss jeweler Otto Künzli. I can’t stop thinking about a well-known bracelet he made in 1980. It’s apparently at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, though not on display, so the closest…

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Filed Under: anne boleyn, bracelets, jewelry designer

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Award-winning designer of fine jewelry inspired by women's history and pop culture. A former journalist who writes about jewelry, fashion, medieval history, news, feminism, dogs, cats and whatever else is on her mind. Blogging since 2007.
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