I was going to share some insane emails — verbatim — from a would-be customer but I decided to spare you normal people the foolishness. (But if any crazy people happen to be reading this, make a note to yourselves: I don’t have to do any custom work that I don’t want to, and if…
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Post-Christmas Jewelry Sale
Did Santa let you down? Console yourself with some Wendy Brandes jewelry. Through January 2, many of the gold pieces on my website are 20% off with the code 20OFF. Pieces in the Sale section are an additional 20% off the already-reduced price. That includes the one-of-a-kind seashell ring — made of 18K rose gold,…
New Jewelry Designs for Last-Minute Holiday Shopping
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…
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.
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…
Gravity’s Manicure and Thoughts on Engagement Rings
My favorite metal is 18K yellow gold — I think it works best with my history-inspired designs — but I use platinum, 18K white gold and silver in my jewelry as well. My “Gravity” wedding/engagement designs, for instance, all got their start in platinum. The Gravity name came from the unusual heft of the first…
Great Minds Think Alike (in Some Ways) … About Tiger Jewelry
Animal-motif jewelry has been around since ancient times. Big cats are an enduring theme. When it comes to a universal concept like this, “‘Tain’t what you do (it’s the way that you do it),” as the song goes. Everyone can interpret the same idea differently. For instance, I made a tiger ring for my gorgeous…
Thanks for the Jewelry-Blog Love and Pumpkin Cat!
My Marie Antoinette earrings didn’t win an American Gem Trade Association Spectrum award, but I got positive feedback, so I feel proud anyway. Thanks to Cheryl Kremkow for including my design in her post about earring trends at the awards. READ CHERYL’S POST HERE. I already know which design I’m going to enter in next…
Shontelle Is a Slayer
Gorgeous singer Shontelle (“Impossible“) is making my vampire stake necklace look really good. She shared this photo on Instagram. I like how she layered it with that sideways cross necklace. And I got a kick out of her caption for the photo: “Ready for these #vampires in #Gotham. They prefer dark n stormy weather. #stake…
“All the Single Earrings, All the Single Earrings!”
I’ve got Beyonce’s “Single Ladies” stuck in my head because of the single earrings I’ve added to my WENDYB by Wendy Brandes diffusion line. The single earrings I wore in the 1980s have been on my mind this year. I loved that look so much. It annoyed me when I had to buy a pair…