{"id":17741,"date":"2012-11-09T01:23:45","date_gmt":"2012-11-09T05:23:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=17741"},"modified":"2012-11-09T01:23:45","modified_gmt":"2012-11-09T05:23:45","slug":"jewel-of-the-month-mid-finger-ring-monogram-mania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/jewel-of-the-month-mid-finger-ring-monogram-mania\/","title":{"rendered":"Jewel of the Month: Mid-Finger Ring Monogram Mania"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB10001424127887324894104578104882996177170.html\" target=\"_blank\">Wall Street Journal had a story on how monogramming is hot for the holidays<\/a>, so I took that as a sign that my new letter\/punctuation mid-finger rings should be November&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/category\/jewel-of-the-month\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jewel of the Month<\/a>! I gave you a sneak peek at these additions to my <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/custom-wendyb.php\" target=\"_blank\">WENDYB by Wendy Brandes<\/a> diffusion line <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/new-spidey-manicure-new-mid-finger-rings\/\" target=\"_blank\">last month<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17744\" style=\"width: 507px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/new-spidey-manicure-new-mid-finger-rings\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17744\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17744\" title=\"midfingerrings\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/midfingerrings.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"497\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/midfingerrings.jpg 497w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/midfingerrings-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 497px) 100vw, 497px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17744\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click for original post.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Now the ring styles shown above are available on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\" target=\"_blank\">my website<\/a>. The gold letter ring (which will be in my normal 18K gold, not 14K as described in that original post) is $335 and custom-made for you in the letter of your choice.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17745\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/store\/products.php?product=Mid%252dFinger-Ring-%252d-Gold%2C-Letter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17745\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17745\" title=\"B-ring.gold.80__13733_std\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/B-ring.gold_.80__13733_std.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/B-ring.gold_.80__13733_std.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/B-ring.gold_.80__13733_std-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/B-ring.gold_.80__13733_std-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17745\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click to order in the letter of your choice.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>To order a silver letter ring for $150, holla at me at wbjewelry at hotmail dot com. If punctuation is more your style, I have one sterling-silver mid-finger asterisk ring available for immediate delivery.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17747\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/store\/products.php?product=Mid%252dFinger-Ring-%252d-Silver%2C-Asterisk\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17747\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17747\" title=\"asterisk\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/asterisk.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/asterisk.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/asterisk-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/asterisk-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17747\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This sterling-silver mid-finger asterisk ring is available for immediate delivery. Click to purchase.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Another option is partially gold-plated sterling silver. I have one dollar-sign ring like that ready for immediate delivery and would be happy to do a letter version.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17746\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/store\/products.php?product=Mid%252dFinger-Ring-%252d-Dollar-Sign\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17746\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17746\" title=\"$.ring.80__56707_std\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/ring.80__56707_std.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/ring.80__56707_std.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/ring.80__56707_std-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/ring.80__56707_std-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17746\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">$175. Click to purchase.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>My standard mid-finger ring comes in an adjustable size 4 &#8212; you can open the band wider or pinch it smaller to fit comfortably on your finger. Of course, because these are all made to order, you can request another size instead. You might want a larger size so that you can wear your ring normally instead of mid-finger. Just bear in mind that manufacturing slows down this time of year as factories deal with holiday orders, so please allow three weeks for delivery and order sooner rather than later.<\/p>\n<p>I have plenty of other letter, number and punctuation options. If you&#8217;re looking for a statement ring, my original, large, sterling-silver <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/store\/search.php?search_query=letter&amp;x=0&amp;y=0\" target=\"_blank\">letter rings<\/a> are available individually. I have at least one of each letter ready to go, so early orders will be filled immediately.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17742\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/store\/products.php?product=Letter-Ring-%252d-B\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17742\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17742\" title=\"B-ring_Z__17441_std\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/B-ring_Z__17441_std.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/B-ring_Z__17441_std.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/B-ring_Z__17441_std-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/B-ring_Z__17441_std-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17742\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;B&#8221; is for &#8220;buy me.&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how the G ring looks on gorgeous blogger Patti of <a href=\"http:\/\/notdeadyetstyle.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Not Dead Yet Style<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17743\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/nuthin-but-a-g-ring\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17743\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17743\" title=\"pattismall\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/pattismall.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/pattismall.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/pattismall-300x250.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17743\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Patti&#8217;s G ring.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Not a ring person? My petite letter necklaces come with standard options like STFU &#8230;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17752\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/store\/products.php?product=Letter-Necklace-%252d-Small%2C-Silver%2C-STFU\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17752\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17752\" title=\"STFU_silver_80__49426_std\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/STFU_silver_80__49426_std.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/STFU_silver_80__49426_std.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/STFU_silver_80__49426_std-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/STFU_silver_80__49426_std-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17752\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">$275. Click to purchase.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8230; but people have been customizing them by ordering their own letter combinations, often representing family members&#8217; initials. Price depends on your choice of gold or silver, chain length and number of letters, numbers or symbols on the necklace, so email me at wbjewelry at hotmail dot com to discuss.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re looking for a statement monogram necklace, my Boleyn initial pendant in sterling silver fits the bill.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17754\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/store\/products.php?product=Boleyn-Necklace-%252d-Silver\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17754\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17754\" title=\"anne_boleyn_silverA__87222_std\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/anne_boleyn_silverA__87222_std.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/anne_boleyn_silverA__87222_std.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/anne_boleyn_silverA__87222_std-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/anne_boleyn_silverA__87222_std-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17754\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blogger Alice Olive holds her Boleyn necklace. Click for more information.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Those are $660 and because they&#8217;re large, they take longer to produce. To get one of those in time for the holidays, order now.<\/p>\n<p>At the moment, my most subtle initial offering &#8212; my 5-millimeter stud earring &#8212; is my most popular. I have hashtag and &#8220;at sign&#8221; studs in stock &#8230;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17753\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/store\/products.php?product=%22At-Sign%22-Single-Earring\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17753\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17753\" title=\"@earring.50__00803_std\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/@earring.50__00803_std.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/@earring.50__00803_std.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/@earring.50__00803_std-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/@earring.50__00803_std-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17753\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One &#8220;at sign&#8221; earring is $35. Click to purchase.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8230; but you can order any letter, number or symbol in any combination you want. For instance, if MrB had pierced his ears the way I did &#8212; with two holes in one lobe and one in the other &#8212; I&#8217;d make one M, one R, and one B earring for him. That&#8217;s not going to happen because he doesn&#8217;t have any piercings, but you see what I&#8217;m saying.<\/p>\n<p>Like the concept of personalization but not initials? Try an area-code necklace or ring set.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17755\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/store\/products.php?product=Number-Necklace-%252d-Small%2C-Silver%2C-666\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17755\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17755\" title=\"666necklace.80__65983_std\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/666necklace.80__65983_std.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/666necklace.80__65983_std.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/666necklace.80__65983_std-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/666necklace.80__65983_std-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17755\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sterling-silver necklace with three numbers is $275.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I wear a set of 212 rings myself.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17756\" style=\"width: 489px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17756\" class=\" wp-image-17756  \" title=\"nyc212profile\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/nyc212profile.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"479\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/nyc212profile.jpg 999w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/nyc212profile-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 479px) 100vw, 479px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-17756\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wearing my NYC and 212 rings with my IDGAF necklace.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Journey sang, &#8220;Any way you want it, that&#8217;s the way you need it&#8221; and that clearly applies to this kind of design. There are so many options!<\/p>\n<p><center><object width=\"420\" height=\"315\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/atxUuldUcfI?version=3&amp;hl=en_US\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/atxUuldUcfI?version=3&amp;hl=en_US\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/center><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re feeling overwhelmed, don&#8217;t be shy. Email me with your request and I&#8217;ll get you sorted out ASAP. I can even make you a necklace that says ASAP while I&#8217;m at it. <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday&#8217;s Wall Street Journal had a story on how monogramming is hot for the holidays, so I took that as a sign that my new letter\/punctuation mid-finger rings should be November&#8217;s Jewel of the Month! I gave you a sneak peek at these additions to my WENDYB by Wendy Brandes diffusion line last month. Now&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/jewel-of-the-month-mid-finger-ring-monogram-mania\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17742,"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":[295,13,6,591],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-17741","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jewel-of-the-month","8":"category-necklaces","9":"category-rings","10":"category-wendyb-by-wendy-brandes","11":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17741","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=17741"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17741\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17767,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17741\/revisions\/17767"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}