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Wendy Brandes Jewelry at Steve Quick

December 18, 2017 by WendyB

If you’re a jewelry lover in the Chicago area, hurry over to Steve Quick Jeweler‘s Lincoln Park store because owners Steve and Melissa Quick have a single one of my 18K gold Agrippina poison rings in stock for the holidays! A post shared by Wendy Brandes Jewelry PR (@wendybrandesjewelry) on Dec 18, 2017 at 1:14pm…

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Filed Under: gift ideas, holiday gift ideas, Jewelry, lockets, poison rings, rings, Shopping, shopping suggestions, stores

Fly Over to Hummingbird Jewelers in Rhinebeck!

December 8, 2017 by WendyB

I’ve been selling exclusively online for over a year now so I’m super-excited to announce a rare opportunity for jewelry lovers to try on some of my best-known 18K gold designs at Hummingbird Jewelers in Rhinebeck, N.Y. Thank you to Bruce and Peggy and the rest of the Hummingbird team for putting together this gorgeous display…

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Filed Under: gift ideas, holiday gift ideas, Shopping, shopping suggestions, stores Tagged With: hummingbird jewelers

Cyber Monday: Buy! Buy! Buy! Give! Give! Give!

November 27, 2017 by WendyB

This is actual footage of me emerging from the Internet rabbit hole I fell down last night while looking up the origins of the term “Cyber Monday.” via GIPHY It was easy enough to find out that Ellen Davis — a young executive at the National Retail Federation trade association — coined the term “Cyber…

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Filed Under: Business, charity, gift ideas, Good Causes, holiday gift ideas, holidays, Jewelry, my designs, sale, sales, Shopping, shopping suggestions, Special Occasions

The Week in Review

November 26, 2017 by WendyB

In case you missed it, here’s what was on the blog this week. Monday, November 20: Feeling kinda punk but kinda fancy? Buy yourself an 18K yellow gold and diamond safety pin earring. Tuesday, November 21: Pretty sure no one else is offering a Black Friday deal as awesome as this one. It runs through…

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Filed Under: gift ideas, holiday gift ideas, holidays, Special Occasions, week in review Tagged With: #givingtuesday, black friday, giving tuesday

My Extra-Special Black Friday Deal

November 21, 2017 by WendyB

There are so many shopping “holidays” after Thanksgiving now! We’ve got Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, Cyber Monday, and (to make amends for all that shopping) Giving Tuesday. It’s all “buy buy buy” followed by a little “give give give.” Kind of overwhelming, no? That’s why I’ve decided to mash a bunch of those themes…

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Filed Under: charity, gift ideas, Good Causes, holiday gift ideas, Jewelry, my designs, Shopping, shopping suggestions Tagged With: black friday, cyber monday, giving tuesday, small business saturday

Jewels of the Month: Order Your Opals for October

September 25, 2017 by WendyB

Can you believe September is almost over? That means it’s a good time for the official debut of my opal birthstone jewelry, now available by special order for October birthdays and beyond. I’ve been working on this little suite of designs all year. You’ve had glimpses of the collection since March when I started wearing…

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Filed Under: birthdays, birthstone, earrings, featured jewel, gems, gift ideas, jewel of the month, Jewelry, jewelry designer, my designs, necklaces, rings, Shopping, Special Occasions, stud earrings, Y-necklace Tagged With: lariat necklace, opals

Mother’s Day Shopping Code

May 6, 2017 by WendyB

Mother’s Day is next Sunday, so it’s time to hit my website and buy some jewelry! Whether you’re getting a gift for a mom … or you’re a self-gifting mom … you can use the code “HOOKMOMUP” at checkout to get 20% off any in-stock purchase over $100.* A bunch of my jewelry designer friends…

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Filed Under: gift ideas, holiday gift ideas, Jewelry, sale, sales, Shopping, shopping suggestions Tagged With: jewelry discount code, jewelry for mother's day, mother's day jewelry sale, mother's day sale

A Black Friday Sale Is Better When It’s Black and Gold

November 25, 2016 by WendyB

My Black Friday sale is on, and it includes all of my black and 18K gold designs, plus a few bonus pieces. Each sale comes with a charitable donation made in your honor!

Filed Under: gift ideas, holiday gift ideas, Jewelry, my designs, sale, sales, Shopping Tagged With: black and gold jewelry, black diamonds, onyx, planned parenthood donation, snake jewelry

Holiday Gift Suggestions and Black Friday Sale

November 21, 2016 by WendyB

Since the 1980s, PNC Financial Services has released an annual Christmas Price Index, which tracks current costs of the goods and services that are the gifts given by the “true love” in the song “The 12 Days of Christmas.” I’ve always been amused by the way PNC calculates the costs because — let’s face it…

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Filed Under: gift ideas, holiday gift ideas, Jewelry, sale, sales, Shopping Tagged With: 12 days of christmas, black friday jewelry sale, black spinel, gold jewelry on sale, onyx

Jewelry Fo Yo Momma

May 2, 2016 by WendyB

Thanks to Barbara Palumbo of the blog Adornmentality for once again including me in her highlarious list of Mother’s Day jewelry suggestions. Barbara suggests my FitzRoy the cat lariat necklace (18K yellow gold with oranges sapphire and a black opal) for what she calls the “‘My Kids Are Grown So I Adopted Nine Cats’ Mom.”…

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Filed Under: cats, holiday gift ideas, sale

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Award-winning designer of fine jewelry inspired by women's history and pop culture. A former journalist who writes about jewelry, fashion, medieval history, news, feminism, dogs, cats and whatever else is on her mind. Blogging since 2007.
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