{"id":14292,"date":"2012-02-01T16:46:17","date_gmt":"2012-02-01T21:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=14292"},"modified":"2012-02-01T17:21:38","modified_gmt":"2012-02-01T22:21:38","slug":"valentines-day-countdown-day-1-pink-opal-earrings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/valentines-day-countdown-day-1-pink-opal-earrings\/","title":{"rendered":"Valentine&#8217;s Day Countdown, Day 1: Pink Opal Earrings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Valentine&#8217;s Day is coming right up. Time to buy something for your Valentine, email your Valentine a very specific &#8220;hint,&#8221; or just treat yourself! (That last option is very popular among my independent-minded customers.)<\/p>\n<p>Pink gems are romantic, so my first Valentine&#8217;s suggestion is a luxurious pair of <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2008\/04\/blair-pig-project-and-bbd\/\" target=\"_blank\">shoulder-brushing<\/a> earrings featuring pink opal drops and 1.26 carats of diamonds. They&#8217;re named after Helen of Troy and are perfect for a black-tie gala &#8230; or the upcoming Grammys or Oscars.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14293\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/store\/products.php?product=Helen-Earrings\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14293\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14293\" title=\"Helen_Earrings_75__93176_std\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Helen_Earrings_75__93176_std.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Helen_Earrings_75__93176_std.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Helen_Earrings_75__93176_std-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Helen_Earrings_75__93176_std-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14293\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Normally $13,000. Now $8,000 for Valentine&#39;s Day. Click to shop.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I found the opals at a gem show and was so entranced by the color that I had to have them for a one-of-a-kind design. Anyone who gets these should feel very special indeed!<\/p>\n<p>If you need help with this or any other Valentine&#8217;s Day purchase, email me at wbjewelry at hotmail dot com. <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Valentine&#8217;s Day is coming right up. Time to buy something for your Valentine, email your Valentine a very specific &#8220;hint,&#8221; or just treat yourself! (That last option is very popular among my independent-minded customers.) Pink gems are romantic, so my first Valentine&#8217;s suggestion is a luxurious pair of shoulder-brushing earrings featuring pink opal drops and&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/valentines-day-countdown-day-1-pink-opal-earrings\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14293,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[60,320,101,32,586],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-14292","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-earrings","8":"category-holiday-gift-ideas","9":"category-holidays","10":"category-shopping-suggestions","11":"category-valentines-day-2","12":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14292","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=14292"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14292\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14295,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14292\/revisions\/14295"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}