Photographer George De Castro Day and designer/stylist/model Stacy Lomman — my dream team — have been helping me take some fresh “as seen on” jewelry photos over the past week. I’ve been wanting to do this for ages! I’m so excited that I put all the freshly photographed designs on sale on 1stdibs for the…
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Jewel of the Month: Lip Necklace in 18K Gold
Whether you love Valentine’s Day or loathe it, the days immediately following the holiday are kind of awesome. First of all, the big Whitman’s Sampler chocolate assortments are on sale in all the drugstores to make room for the Easter candy. If you’re buying for me, I do prefer Whitman’s Samplers to Russell Stover boxes,…
Gifts for Goths: Skull and Bones Necklace
I can’t believe I still have this exquisite Memento Mori design in stock. The skull is blackened 18K yellow gold and the bones are blackened sterling silver — proof that it’s totally okay to mix metals. The necklace is on sale on 1stdibs through next Monday. Get it for the goth in your life —…
Holiday Sale: My Jewelry on 1stdibs
Ready to do your holiday shopping? Select Wendy Brandes Jewelry designs are already on sale on 1stdibs. I’ll be adding more discounts up through Black Friday this week. All super-special deals will be available through Cyber Monday, and shipping is free. Don’t see the piece you dream of on sale? Don’t be shy! Message me…
Holiday Sale: Swoon You Next Tuesday!
There’s one more chance to shop my jewelry in person before the holidays! Next Tuesday, December 11, I’ll be at Swoonery Jewelry Salon in New York City again, with six other independent designers. I’ll have my silver collection on sale, along with select gold and platinum pieces … such as my last few 18K gold…
Start Your Black Friday Shopping … With Silver Jewelry
My silver jewelry sale is ready to go! CLICK HERE TO SHOP THE SALE Remember, this is the last of my silver. I won’t be remaking any of these pieces for my site! With a lot of designs, I’m down to a single one so if you want, for instance, a middle finger emoji ring…
Cyber Monday: Buy! Buy! Buy! Give! Give! Give!
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…
Mother’s Day Shopping Code
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…
A Black Friday Sale Is Better When It’s Black and Gold
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!
Holiday Gift Suggestions and Black Friday Sale
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…