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Small Cats for Leo Season on 1stdibs; Week in Review

July 29, 2018 by WendyB

Leo season started last Sunday, and I’ve got the lion jewelry of your dreams. That said, big cats aren’t always better! Why not do something different and get some small-cat jewelry for a feline-loving Leo’s birthday? I’ve got designs inspired by my own beloved FitzRoy the cat on 1stdibs. Fitzy is Instagram-famous for sitting in…

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Filed Under: Animals, birthstone, cats, ear climbers, ear jackets, earrings, gems, Jewelry, stud earrings, week in review Tagged With: 1stdibs, leo birthdays

Valentine’s Day/Anti-Valentine’s Day Countdown: #5 of 14

February 5, 2016 by WendyB

It’s National Wear Red Day today — part of the effort to raise awareness about women’s risk for heart attacks and strokes. Did you know that women often experience different symptoms than men do?  The illustrations posted here are very helpful, but you should check out the comments too. It’s educational to read about individual…

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Filed Under: birthstone, ear jackets, earrings, holiday gift ideas, holidays, jewel of the month, stud earrings, Valentine's Day

October’s Other Birthstone: Tourmaline

October 13, 2015 by WendyB

October babies are lucky. They have two birthstones: opal and tourmaline. Opal is better known as a birthstone, but I think it’s good thing that there is a backup. Opals are relatively soft gems — about as hard as glass — that are more easily scratched than other stones. Once in a while, someone makes…

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Filed Under: birthstone, ear jackets, earrings, History, stud earrings

Wendy Brandes Cat Jewelry in National Jeweler

July 24, 2015 by WendyB

Thanks to Cindy Edelstein for including me in Tuesday’s TrendTracker post for National Jeweler. This one was about pets. I’m represented by my FitzRoy the Cat ear climbers. How cute do these look on? You can get the FitzRoy climbers on my website here. Don’t forget that I also have FitzRoy earring jackets and birthstone…

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Filed Under: cats, ear climbers, ear jackets, earrings, Press, works in progress

You’ve Cat to Be Kitten Me! Random Thoughts.

April 21, 2015 by WendyB

I can’t believe that I wrote about Ariana Grande’s signature cat-ear headbands AND her breakup with rapper boyfriend Big Sean yesterday without mentioning Sean’s song “Stay Down.” I was so engrossed in using my stud letter earrings to spell the abbreviation for “I Don’t Fuck With You” — Sean’s hostile ode to a previous ex…

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Filed Under: cats, Celebrities, ear jackets, earrings, my designs, stud earrings

JCK Magazine and FitzRoy the Supermeowdel

April 10, 2015 by WendyB

Thank SO MUCH to gorgeous JCK Magazine editor Jennifer Heebner, who was working on a story about earring jackets when she discovered that my FitzRoy-the-cat earring jackets and birthstone studs were actually the start of a whole FitzRoy collection. She did a separate story about Fitz and his 18K-gold jewelry! I’ve already posted the FitzRoy…

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Filed Under: cats, ear jackets, earrings, Press, stud earrings

FitzRoy Is a Marsala Jewel! And January’s Birthstone.

December 15, 2014 by WendyB

This month, Pantone named “Marsala” as the color of the year for 2015, describing it as a “robust and earthy wine red.” As always, there was criticism of Pantone’s choice, but I like the color because it reminds me of garnets. This fall, I designed a garnet stud and ear jacket combo featuring FitzRoy the…

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Filed Under: cats, ear jackets, earrings, my designs, Press

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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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