I picked up some just-finished designs from my manufacturer late Thursday. I don’t have the professional pictures of these pieces yet, so they’re not on my website, but because people seemed pretty excited about them on Instagram, I’m sharing some iPhone photos here. If you want any of these for holiday gifts (for someone else…
Jewelry
Lori Gets Married
My Jewel of the Month for July was Lori Kadezabek‘s unusual custom engagement ring. Lori and her fella, Brian “Roley” Riolo, got married on November 10. This week, Lori emailed me a photo from her wedding with the note “I uploaded a pic to Facebook and I am getting shout-outs on how amazing my ring…
For the Holidays: Wendy Brandes Jewelry Gifts Under $100
Click the photos to shop for my sterling-silver jewelry designs priced at under $100! You can see more of my silver jewelry here.
Need Some Hugs and Kisses?
My sterling-silver hugs-and-kisses stud earrings — December’s Jewels of the Month — are now available on my website, so those of you who were too shy to email me to inquire about them can now buy them without assistance! You can buy the X and O earrings singly, if you want just one…
Career Stories: Gene Weingarten and Skylar Grey
I generally don’t covet anyone else’s exact career path. You have to take the bad with the good, and I wind up thinking that one or more aspects of that other person’s experience wouldn’t be ideal for me. Like having to be Donald Trump’s daughter, for instance. But I’ve finally found my fantasy job and…
Jewels of the Month: Hugs and Kisses for the Holidays
I got all excited about single stud earrings when I introduced my hashtag and “at sign” options in October. Single earrings were my passion in the ’80s, and I’ve been wanting to add them to my WENDYB by Wendy Brandes line for ages. I have several new single-earring designs coming out. I picked them up…
A Dash of Hubris
The New York Times ran A.O. Scott’s review of the new Anna Karenina movie yesterday, and the first paragraph resonated with me: “Bad literary adaptations are all alike, but every successful literary adaptation succeeds in its own way. The bad ones — or let’s just say the average ones, to spare the feelings of hard-working…
Wendy Brandes Jewelry in Ocean Home; Week in Review
A huge thanks to the editors at Ocean Home magazine for including great shots of my jewelry in the December/January issue. My Marie Antoinette ring has a page all to itself! My Marie Antoinette earrings and one-of-a-kind, rose-quartz “seashell” ring are featured too. You can follow Ocean Home on Twitter here. Here’s what I had…
Yelawolf and WendyB, the Goddess of Rap
I’m starting to think I might be some kind of rap goddess … or maybe just a prophet, leading nonbelievers to the promised land of hip-hop. Last year, I got my non-rap-fan sister to stand 9 1/2 hours with me to see Eminem at Lollapalooza. This summer, I took MrB to his first rap concert…
Jewel of the Month: Mid-Finger Ring Monogram Mania
Yesterday’s Wall Street Journal had a story on how monogramming is hot for the holidays, so I took that as a sign that my new letter/punctuation mid-finger rings should be November’s Jewel of the Month! I gave you a sneak peek at these additions to my WENDYB by Wendy Brandes diffusion line last month. Now…