{"id":1060,"date":"2009-01-25T22:30:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-26T05:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=1060"},"modified":"2009-01-25T22:30:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-26T05:30:00","slug":"gratifying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/gratifying\/","title":{"rendered":"Gratifying"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s always nice to get an email like this:<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left; font-style: italic;\">\n<blockquote><p>I<br \/>love LOVE love<br \/>LOVE love LOVE<br \/>love LOVE love<br \/>LOVE love LOVE<br \/>love LOVE love<br \/>LOVE love LOVE<br \/>love LOVE love<br \/>LOVE love LOVE<br \/>love LOVE love<br \/>LOVE love LOVE<br \/>love LOVE love<br \/>LOVE love LOVE<br \/>love LOVE love<br \/>LOVE love LOVE<br \/>love LOVE love<br \/>LOVE love LOVE<br \/>love LOVE love<br \/>LOVE love LOVE<br \/>love LOVE love<br \/>LOVE love LOVE<br \/>love LOVE love<br \/>LOVE love LOVE<br \/>love LOVE love<br \/>LOVE love LOVE<\/p>\n<p>my new ring!<\/p>\n<p>THANK you!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/observationmode.blogspot.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 220px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/SXuHDwwOX4I\/AAAAAAAAHHM\/DZo5GQfYO_E\/s320\/GetAttachment.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294974285600677762\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>The email is from gorgeous blogger <a href=\"http:\/\/observationmode.blogspot.com\/\">ENC<\/a>, and the photo shows the first of three custom-made stacking rings I designed for her. I&#8217;m using the stones from an old ring that she inherited. The ring in the photo is 18K rose gold with rubies; I also have some diamonds to use. Stay tuned for the next two rings. And remember, there&#8217;s no need to keep jewelry you don&#8217;t enjoy when I can remake it for you. If you want to inquire about a redesign, contact me at wbjewelry at hotmail dot com.<\/p>\n<p>UPDATED TO ADD: Here&#8217;s another view of the ring.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 226px; height: 102px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/SX3f_P5OqWI\/AAAAAAAAHHs\/8gc73giLMtk\/s320\/-12.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295635014548892002\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">\u00a9 Wendy Brandes<\/span><span style=\"font-style: italic;\"><br \/>Photo by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.muggphoto.com\/\">John Muggenborg<\/a><\/span><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<p> <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s always nice to get an email like this: Ilove LOVE loveLOVE love LOVElove LOVE loveLOVE love LOVElove LOVE loveLOVE love LOVElove LOVE loveLOVE love LOVElove LOVE loveLOVE love LOVElove LOVE loveLOVE love LOVElove LOVE loveLOVE love LOVElove LOVE loveLOVE love LOVElove LOVE loveLOVE love LOVElove LOVE loveLOVE love LOVElove LOVE loveLOVE love LOVElove LOVE&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/gratifying\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,8,43,6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1060","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-blogs-and-bloggers","7":"category-gorgeous-clients","8":"category-my-designs","9":"category-rings","10":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1060"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1060\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}