Last week, I introduced the Francis Fall ’09 collection with a drum roll of sorts. Gorgeous ex-blogger ENC took pity on me and emailed me to say that her husband, a professional drummer, would kindly do some drum roll videos for me so that I would be able to announce things with the appropriate fanfare…
Jewelry
Celebrities Wear WendyB and Francis
I’m finally starting to see the results of my plan to take over the world: two hot celebrities are wearing WendyB-approved items this week. The first is Alexa Chung, the MTV It Girl who makes all the fashion bloggers’ hearts go pitter patter. She’s wearing the Matilda sword necklace from my jewelry line on page…
Paris, Day 5, Part Deux: Blogger Dinner
A highlight of day 5 in Paris was meeting handsome blogger Thom and his gorgeous fiancee, Sharon, for dinner at Le Train Bleu. They live in Vancouver but just happened to be visiting Paris at the right moment. Oddly, we all enjoyed discussing this episode of Family Guy over dinner. MrB took this picture of…
London, Day 5: Going for Baroque, Going for Lunch
In the morning, MrB and I went to the V&A to see an exhibition on Baroque style. I was very inspired. It’s strange: I like clean, modern shapes, but I also like insane amounts of detail, particularly symbolic detail. I’m all about secret messages. I guess the Matilda necklace is the most baroque of all…
Good Squirrel/Bad Squirrel
A good squirrel is one you can wear around your neck. WendyB’s haiku-inspiring silver Squirrel Necklace is available for $125 Click photo to purchase A bad squirrel is one that invades my personal space while I am sitting outside minding my own damn business. “This squirrel is a little closer than normal.” “Uh-oh, he…
Pun Intended
Blogging Woolf, a blog about “Virginia Woolf and her circle, past and present,” posted about my still-in-progress Virginia Woolf Whistle pendant, which I wrote about here. As you may recall, the pun-tastic pendant is a whistle that pops open to reveal a tiny “Woolf” inside. A look at the Virginia Woolf Whistle prototype In the…
Congratulations Are in Order
Handsome blogger Thomas of The Sunday Best has proposed to his gorgeous GF Sharon … and yes, she accepted! I’m excited to have created the Asscher-cut engagement ring for the lovely couple. This is the first engagement ring I’ve done for a blogger. Congratulations, Thomas and Sharon!
Two Jills
In February, gorgeous blogger Jill of Trend de la Creme did a funny post on the evolution of the mud flap girl. Another gorgeous blogger named Jill, who had already purchased two pairs of cufflinks from me for her lucky husband, was inspired. She emailed me to ask if I could make special mud flap…
The Matrix Is Everywhere
I went to the New York Women In Communications Matrix Awards on Monday to see MrB present an award to the lovely and talented Monica Langley of the Wall Street Journal. The awards honor “extraordinary achievements of outstanding women in the communications industry,” and they’re quite a big deal. Another one of the honorees was…
Hannah Montana Wears WendyB
If you look VERY closely, you can sorta see my Victoria Buckle Ring on Miley Cyrus’s index finger. Woot!