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Jewel of the Month: Laura’s Tourmaline Ring

April 10, 2019 by WendyB

Jewel of the Month: Laura’s Tourmaline Ring

April’s Jewel of the Month is a custom ring I created for gorgeous client Laura in honor of her 50th birthday. Fun fact: This was the first time I ever took apart one of my existing designs to use a gem for a customer’s ring. Say goodbye to my original 18K gold Fulvia ring … ……

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Filed Under: Custom work, customer of the day, featured jewel, gorgeous clients, jewel of the month, Jewelry, jewelry designer, my designs, platinum, rings Tagged With: tourmaline

Wednesday’s Video: Wendy Brandes Platinum

April 11, 2018 by WendyB

Last week, I introduced the first two videos in a series about my new Wendy Brandes Gold, Wendy Brandes Platinum, and Wendy Brandes Silver collections. I’m adding to those with this week’s featured YouTube video about my platinum collection. If you prefer watching/hearing me talk about platinum while I’m outside, you can check out this…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, Business, platinum, video Tagged With: platinum jewelry, youtube

Wednesday’s Video: Jewelry Design Playlist

March 21, 2018 by WendyB

It can be a challenge for still photography to do justice to ultra-luxe jewelry, no matter how talented the photographer is (and, trust me, I work with incredibly talented photographers). That’s because limited-edition, wearable-art designs — the type of jewelry I make for my Wendy Brandes Gold collection — are more than pretty accessories meant…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, gold, inspiration, Jewelry, platinum, video Tagged With: jewelry inspiration, precious metals

Jewel of the Month, Part II: Abigail’s Engagement Ring

December 14, 2017 by WendyB

Jewel of the Month, Part II: Abigail’s Engagement Ring

Every day, I get three or four emails in which someone claims to be a “big fan” of my blog and offers me $50 to publish a guest post (which often includes the dreaded “infographic”). Of course, anyone who truly is a big fan of this blog might have noticed that I haven’t had a…

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Filed Under: customer of the day, diamonds, engagement rings, featured jewel, gems, gorgeous clients, jewel of the month, Jewelry, my designs, platinum, wedding bands, weddings Tagged With: engagement ring inspiration

Jewel of the Month: Gold Safety Pin Earring

November 20, 2017 by WendyB

Jewel of the Month: Gold Safety Pin Earring

November’s Jewel of the Month is my long-awaited safety pin earring in 18K yellow gold, set with 27 diamonds. It’s sold on my website as a single earring. I introduced a platinum version of this earring in August 2016 as part of my Punk Platinum collection. As I said then, before I was in the…

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Filed Under: earrings, featured jewel, jewel of the month, Jewelry, my designs, platinum, single earrings Tagged With: punk platinum, safety pin earrings

Solar Eclipse Video: Moon-Inspired Jewelry

August 21, 2017 by WendyB

Solar Eclipse Video: Moon-Inspired Jewelry

I’m sharing this week’s YouTube video a couple of days earlier than usual because it’s inspired by today’s solar eclipse. Sun- and moon-themed jewelry is quite common. In the sun category, I’ve had my Gloriana necklace style around for a long time. Usually I prefer the 18K yellow gold version, but white gold is nice…

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Filed Under: Jewelry, necklaces, pearls, platinum, rings Tagged With: eclipse jewelry, solar eclipse

Flashback Friday: Last August’s Platinum Video

April 28, 2017 by WendyB

Flashback Friday: Last August’s Platinum Video

Last August, I shot a video for Platinum Guild International about platinum jewelry, and the video recently went up on PGI’s site. Before I get to the video, some background: In the 1990s, I worked at CNN business news as a producer. In that role, I occasionally had to shoot those scene-setting B-roll moments that…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, interview, Jewelry, platinum, Press, Throwback Thursday Tagged With: platinum guild international

Jewels of the Month: Platinum for the Holidays

December 14, 2016 by WendyB

Jewels of the Month: Platinum for the Holidays

Still finishing your holiday shopping? Or are you like me and just getting started? Not to worry! If you’re in the continental U.S., I can get jewelry to you in time for Christmas Day if you order by Dec. 21. (If you’re in New York City, you have until Dec. 23. I’ll messenger your purchase…

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Filed Under: jewel of the month, Jewelry, platinum Tagged With: platinum, platinum guild international, platinum jewelry

A Symbol of Safety

November 12, 2016 by WendyB

A Symbol of Safety

You’re safe with me. More styles soon.

Filed Under: earrings, Jewelry, platinum, single earrings Tagged With: down with fascism, safe zone, safety pin, safety pin jewelry

Jewels of the Month, Part II: More Punk Platinum

August 5, 2016 by WendyB

Jewels of the Month, Part II: More Punk Platinum

When I started in the fine-jewelry business in 2005, a punk-inspired safety-pin earring or brooch was on the top of my to-do list. I’d seen plenty of costume-jewelry versions, but, as a customer, I hadn’t come across any gold or platinum pieces that I liked. It seems strange now that I couldn’t find something that…

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Filed Under: earrings, jewel of the month, Jewelry, platinum, stud earrings Tagged With: anarchy, platinum, punk jewelry, razor blade jewelry, safety pin jewelry

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