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Jewels of the Month: Time to Give Women a Hand

June 12, 2019 by WendyB

I’ve got a limited number of my sterling-silver emoji earrings left. Ten of those depict hand gestures; they’re sold as single studs that you can mix and match. Through Sunday, June 16, at 11:59 p.m. ET, I will donate $10 from each $35 purchase of a single stud to your choice of She Should Run…

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Filed Under: #NOPE of the Day, earrings, emoji, featured jewel, feminism, Good Causes, In the News, jewel of the month, Jewelry, news, politics, rants, single earrings, stud earrings Tagged With: emoji earrings, joe biden, joe biden's finger, liuba grechen shirley, she should run, vote mama

Jewel of the Month: Sexy Emojis Say Sayonara to Silver

September 19, 2018 by WendyB

September’s Jewel of the Month is a sex-ay mixed pair of silver stud earrings. Say hello to my little friends — the emoji peach and eggplant! If you’re fluent in emoji, you know what this combo means. Even if you’re not fluent in emoji and think to yourself, “If I had a dirty mind, what…

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Filed Under: earrings, emoji, featured jewel, jewel of the month, Jewelry, single earrings, stud earrings Tagged With: eggplant emoji, peach emoji, sexy emojis

A Long and Shady Business Story, Part 1

April 12, 2018 by WendyB

The Coachella music festival starts tomorrow in Indio, Calif. I’m excited to go for the third year in a row. At the same time, I’m dreading it a little, because I know I will be spending about 10 hours standing in the sun, cheek-by-jowl with kids as young as 13, in order to secure a…

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Filed Under: Business, Celebrities, Eminem, Jewelry, The Bitchtastic Guide to Business™ Tagged With: coachella, eminem

New Collection: ANZA PURE by Wendy Brandes

December 21, 2017 by WendyB

I’m excited and honored to announce my new collection for ANZA Gems: ANZA PURE! Click through the three slides below to see the first styles: asymmetric dangle earrings, single stud earrings, and a necklace — all created with glowing pink spinel and electrifying green garnet. A post shared by idazzle (@idazzle) on Dec 20, 2017…

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Filed Under: birthstone, Business, earrings, gems, Good Causes, Jewelry, necklaces, Shopping, shopping suggestions, stud earrings Tagged With: anza gems, ANZA PURE

Celebrate World Emoji Day AND Made in America Week

July 17, 2017 by WendyB

It’s World Emoji Day and Made in America Week, so why not mark both occasions by buying some of my emoji jewelry designs, all made in New York City? I started making emoji jewelry in silver and 18K gold in April 2013, and now I have over 50 styles to choose from. CLICK HERE TO…

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Filed Under: chokers, earrings, emoji, Jewelry, necklaces, single earrings, Special Occasions, stud earrings Tagged With: emoji jewelry

The Weeks in Review

October 23, 2016 by WendyB

In case you missed it, here’s what’s been on the blog during October. Monday, Oct. 3: Naughty cufflinks inspired by customer. Tuesday, Oct. 4: Kim Kardashian’s robbery and advice about diamonds. Wednesday, Oct. 5: Halloween jewelry, including earrings for Jason Voorhees fans. Thursday, Oct. 6: Crazy lipstick colors and Remembering a dress worthy of the…

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Filed Under: week in review Tagged With: bob dylan, election day jewelry, kim kardashian robbery, neil young, oldchella, patriotic jewelry, paul mccartney, presidential debate, rolling stones, versace

Jewels of the Month: VOTE NASTY

October 21, 2016 by WendyB

The final presidential debate this week inspired me to put together a special stud-earring set, which I shared on Instagram. Do you follow me on Instagram? You should because that’s where I share spur-of-the-moment things like this — new designs,  new combinations, and special sales. CLICK HERE TO FOLLOW ME ON INSTAGRAM. I only had…

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Filed Under: earrings, feminism, In the News, jewel of the month, Jewelry, necklaces, politics, rings, silver, stud earrings Tagged With: election day, get out the vote, hillary clinton, i'm with her, nasty, nasty jewelry, nasty woman, nasty woman jewelry, vote jewelry

Jewel of the Month: Double-Finger Ring for ANZA Gems

July 28, 2016 by WendyB

Can’t take the heat? Then you should have tuned into Hallmark Channel’s “Christmas in July” programming earlier this month. Why wait till December to “Catch your favorite holiday Hallmark Channel Original movies!” when you can enjoy them in the summer, right?* I’m feeling a little like Hallmark right now because this is an “August in…

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Filed Under: jewel of the month, Jewelry, Press, rings Tagged With: anza gems, conflict-free diamonds, ethical gemstones, garnets, idazzle, spinel

Bye, Kitson!

December 14, 2015 by WendyB

In 2010, I wrote about a Wall Street Journal story by Christina Binkley called “The Problem With Being a Trendsetter.” It was about how small designers’ products get ripped off by companies that can afford to mass-manufacture cheap versions of signature designs. (Two years later, this would happen to me with Topshop.) Binkley’s story mentioned Elle…

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Filed Under: Business, stores

JCK Ponders Amazon’s Potential for Jewelry Sales

August 19, 2015 by WendyB

Rob Bates, news director of JCK Online, has been contemplating whether Amazon can succeed in the jewelry business. Amazon has had its eyes on jewelry since 2003. CLICK HERE TO READ ROB’S STORY. I’m always thinking that I’ve got to clear out my thousands of old emails, but they came in handy today when Rob…

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Filed Under: Business, Press, The Bitchtastic Guide to Business™

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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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