{"id":17545,"date":"2012-10-26T00:01:22","date_gmt":"2012-10-26T04:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=17545"},"modified":"2012-10-27T14:49:38","modified_gmt":"2012-10-27T18:49:38","slug":"an-egyptian-jewelry-treat-for-halloween","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/an-egyptian-jewelry-treat-for-halloween\/","title":{"rendered":"An Egyptian Jewelry Treat for Halloween"},"content":{"rendered":"

I blogged about an adorable sarcophagus-and-mummy locket I made several years ago<\/a>, but I never put the necklace on my e-commerce website<\/a>. I meant to do so, but the one-of-a-kind necklace turned out to be too popular with editors and stylists for me to part with it. Now, with Halloween approaching, I figured I’d give y’all a chance to purchase it.<\/p>\n

The 3D sarcophagus is gold-plated and engraved on both sides. As always, I paid a lot of attention to detail, down to the sleepy, pleasant expression on the little fellow’s face and his tiny beard.<\/p>\n

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He’s about 1 1\/4″ long on a 16″ chain.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The back view.<\/p><\/div>\n

Inside the sarcophagus is a wee, blackened-silver mummy with diamond eyes. Like the sarcophagus, the mummy is finished on both sides — bandages are carved all the way around. I’m not one for taking the easy way out and decorating only the front of a piece!<\/p>\n

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The mummy is attached to the sarcophagus by a chain so you don’t have to worry about losing him.<\/p><\/div>\n

The original models for the sarcophagus and the mummy were carved out of hard wax, used in a jewelry-making process called lost-wax casting<\/a>. In my opinion, that technique — though expensive and time-consuming — gives jewelry more personality than computer-based design does. All of my most elaborate pieces are made with lost-wax casting. The sarcophagus is available for $650; holla at me at wbjewelry at hotmail dot com if you’re interested.\u00a0 Buy it for yourself, your favorite Egyptologist … or your mummy!<\/p>\n

If mummies aren’t your thing, I’ve got plenty of other Halloween-appropriate jewels. You can see two of them — my silver-and-agate bat pendant and wolf-fang earrings — in the slideshow of spooky holiday jewelry posted by W Magazine yesterday<\/a>. (Thanks for including me, Tina<\/a>!) Don’t forget that my bat necklaces are on sale through October 31<\/a>. After that, they go back to the regular price.<\/p>\n

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Click to purchase.<\/p><\/div>\n

Bite-sized Snickers and candy corn are admittedly awesome but they’re fleeting pleasures, whereas jewelry can be enjoyed for years. Treat yourself!<\/p>\n

UPDATED OCTOBER 27, 2012, TO ADD: The mummy locket is sold, but I still have bat pendants and other spooky things available. <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I blogged about an adorable sarcophagus-and-mummy locket I made several years ago, but I never put the necklace on my e-commerce website. I meant to do so, but the one-of-a-kind necklace turned out to be too popular with editors and stylists for me to part with it. Now, with Halloween approaching, I figured I’d give…<\/p>\n

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