My Jewel of the Month posts highlight my newest — or sometimes my newsiest — jewelry designs. Here are 2016’s hot jewels from both my luxe signature line and my social-media-inspired WENDYB by Wendy Brandes diffusion line. Click the photos to read the original posts. Redesigning old jewelry is one of my specialties. January’s Jewel…
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The Week in Review
My big news this week is that my friend Stef and I launched a new blog: The Activist Playbook. We want this website to become a centralized resource for people who wish to join the fight against fascism in America. It will include daily actions you can take to resist the dismantling of our democracy….
A Ruby Ring for a Good Cause
In July, I debuted the ruby dangle ring that I created for ANZA Gems. As I explained at the time, Monica Stephenson, who writes the jewelry blog iDazzle, founded ANZA Gems in 2014. Through ANZA, Monica offers a transparent journey from the gem mine to the customer. She personally sources ethically mined, colored-gemstone rough from…
The Week in Review
In case you missed it, here’s what was on the blog this week. Monday: National Jeweler has kind words for my ANZA Gems design. Tuesday: Olympic pearls of wisdom. Wednesday: Summer jewelry ideas. Thursday: Jewels by Grace has a jewel by Wendy. Friday: Spending quality time with Paul McCartney. Over on Instagram, I showed some…
Thanks to the Academy … and National Jeweler
A million thanks to Brecken Branstrator of National Jeweler for selecting my two-finger ring design for ANZA Gems as one of her American Gem Trade Association’s Spectrum Award favorites! National Jeweler had already posted my ring on Instagram last week, but today Brecken included it in her Academy Awards-style blog post on her personal winners,…
The Week in Review
In case you missed it, here’s what was on the blog this week. Monday: My two-finger ring for ANZA Gems is getting a lot of love. Tuesday: Spinel is a new birthstone for August, and it comes in lots of colors. Wednesday: My JCK Las Vegas style. Thursday: I realized that a quadrille is a…
Spinel Is a New August Birthstone
Well, hello spinel! Earlier this summer, two fine-jewelry trade groups — American Gem Trade Association and Jewelers of America — announced that spinel would join peridot as a birthstone for August. I love the vibrant yellow-green hue of peridot. I used it in my Susan chandelier-earring design. But peridot is always some shade of green,…
Instagram Love for the Jewel of the Month
August’s Jewel of the Month — the two-finger ring I designed for ANZA Gems — has gotten some more love on Instagram, thanks to its appearance at last Monday’s press preview for the American Gem Trade Association’s Spectrum Awards. Benjamin Guttery of Third Coast Gems chose it as a personal favorite. My personal "editors choice"…
The Week in Review
In case you missed it, here’s what was on the blog this week: Monday: Is it shorts? Is it a skirt? I don’t know, but it’s definitely Gareth Pugh. Tuesday: Hillary Clinton makes history. Wednesday: The Women’s Jewelry Associations Awards of Excellence. Thursday: My new double-finger ring design for ANZA Gems. Saturday: Shattering the glass…
The Week in Review and, Damn, Kim K!
In case you missed it, here’s what was on the blog this week. Monday: My best dressed at the VH1 Hip Hop Honors was Faith Evans. Wednesday: My new ruby ring for ANZA Gems. Thursday: Bastille Day memories … and a tragedy in Nice. Friday: Eryn’s back at it again with all the fancy rings….