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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Wendy Brandes Jewelry X The Style Crone, Part 6
Here’s the sixth look from my “Immortal Style” brand campaign starring 76-year-old model Judith Boyd, aka the Style Crone. These photos feature my Carpe Diem black-diamond skull medallion and matching earrings. Here’s a closer look at the necklace … … and the earrings. These one-of-a-kind designs are not onyx! Each skull shape is cut from…
Wendy Brandes Jewelry X The Style Crone, Part 5
Here’s the fifth look from my “Immortal Style” brand campaign starring 76-year-old model Judith Boyd, aka the Style Crone. She’s modeling my Queen of Scots snake necklace and earrings. Shout-out to my stylist Shannon Stokes for putting Judith in this blue sweater — it really brings out her beautiful eyes. Plus, I’m allllll about the…
Jewel of the Month: Throwback Thursday Necklace
Every so often, I get an email with “Is this your design?” in the subject line. When I look at the attached photo, I usually find that the jewelry in question is just a common style, like a safety-pin earring, or something that only looks like my work from a distance. That said, I’ve been…
Wendy Brandes Jewelry X the Style Crone, Part 3
The rollout of my Immortal Style campaign continues! In this third image, 76-year-old model Judith Boyd — aka the Style Crone — wears the full suite of my Mary Queen of Scots snake designs: necklace, earrings, ring, and tiara. This collection was inspired by the term that the advisors of Elizabeth I used for Mary:…
Easter Egg Jewelry
Believe it or not, charm bracelets have existed for millennia! While I’m normally obsessed with ancient artifacts, my favorite charms are of more recent vintage — generally the 20th century, when a lot of clever mechanical pieces were produced. I love designing mechanical jewelry myself, and I was once inspired by an old charm, though…
Carpe Diem: Black Diamond Skull Designs
Did you do your homework and watch yesterday’s video about my black diamond “Carpe Diem” skull designs? If not, you should do it now … and don’t forget to leave a comment for extra credit! I promised nice still shots of the three-piece mini collection today. Actually, I’ve already shared plenty of photos of the…
March’s Jewels of the Month: Carpe Diamond!
A few weeks ago, famous groundhog Punxsutawney Phil did not see his shadow, and you know what that means — an early Jewels of the Month post for March! I just can’t wait any longer to share the video for the official debut of my black-diamond “Carpe Diem” mini collection. If you’re a regular reader,…
Wednesday’s Video: Cool Hearts, Not Regular
Whether you’re buying a gift for someone else or yourself, I have cool heart jewelry — not regular heart jewelry — that’s perfect for Valentine’s Day. – GIF from Imnotaregularmom GIFs My heart designs are more than meets the eye — and would you expect anything less from me? The diamond-pavé Sophie pendant twists from…
“Put Your Lips Together and Blow”
Men often ask me if they can wear my necklaces, and I answer, “Of course!” But I’ve never had photographic evidence until now. Behold my Virginia Woolf Whistle looking hot, hot, hot. I can’t outdo my model’s original caption for this, so here it is: “I’m serving angry-coach-gonna-punish-the-whole-team-if-you-don’t-give-me-ten-more masochistic fantasy (and the ‘ten’ here is…