{"id":18339,"date":"2012-12-31T02:24:46","date_gmt":"2012-12-31T07:24:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=18339"},"modified":"2012-12-31T02:26:10","modified_gmt":"2012-12-31T07:26:10","slug":"jewels-of-the-month-for-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/jewels-of-the-month-for-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Jewels of the Month for 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

My Jewel of the Month posts highlight my newest jewelry designs — or, occasionally, existing designs that suit the season\/holiday. Here’s what was hot in 2012. Click the photos to read the original posts.<\/p>\n

In January, I answered the question “Is it okay to mix metals?” with a resounding, “Hell, yeah!”<\/p>\n

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Siobhan ring with mixed metals.<\/p><\/div>\n

February isn’t always about Valentine’s hearts. Sometimes you just want to say, “OMG WTF.”<\/p>\n

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Model Tina J, photographed by Shane LaVancher.<\/p><\/div>\n

March’s birthstone is aquamarine, and I can’t believe no one snatched up my stunning aquamarine poison ring from Broken English Jewelry<\/a> last year! March will be here again before you know it, so hop to it.<\/p>\n

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Livia poison ring in 18K gold and aquamarine.<\/p><\/div>\n

April’s birthstone is a diamond, so it was a good time to feature a custom job: Mindy’s redesigned diamond engagement ring. After I shipped the ring to her, she emailed: “Got it, love it, THANK YOU!!!!!”<\/p>\n

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Mindy’s “new old” ring.<\/p><\/div>\n

I didn’t name an official Jewel of the Month in May, but I didn’t have to, because everyone was focused on my swear-ring design from 2008. First, Topshop knocked it off<\/a>. Then a Dutch magazine asked whether the rings were “Only for tough ghetto chicks or a must-have for every fashionista?”<\/a> (I wear the rings myself, so am I a “tough ghetto chick”? Awesome!) Meanwhile, InStyle contributing editor Marion Fasel declared herself “obsessed” with them.<\/p>\n

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Click for original post.<\/p><\/div>\n

In June, my bad experiences with Topshop — and good experiences with gorgeous blogger Sulky Kitten<\/a> — inspired a couple of necklaces, including the IDGAF necklac<\/a>e that I now wear nearly every day.<\/p>\n

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Later in the year, this necklace gave me the courage to speak to Vogue’s Anna Wintour.<\/p><\/div>\n

July’s Jewel was another custom engagement ring. This one was for dares-to-be-different graphic designer Lori Kadezabek. You can see more photos of the ring at her November wedding here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The proposal!<\/p><\/div>\n

Forever-young MrB celebrated his 70th birthday in August, so I made him pearl-and-tsavorite cufflinks.<\/p>\n

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When you want to give the very best…<\/p><\/div>\n

Gorgeous designer<\/a>\/blogger<\/a> Stacy Lomman inspired me to add a new ring style to my Juana skull collection in September.<\/p>\n

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Sterling silver with white sapphires. I’m excited to do a gold version too.<\/p><\/div>\n

October 16 was the 219th anniversary of Marie Antoinette’s execution. I refrained from making a joke about the French queen “losing her head” over the beauty of my Marie Antoinette earrings. Well, I refrained until now.<\/p>\n

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The earrings are set with 404 tsavorites.<\/p><\/div>\n

I had been wanting to make mid-finger rings for ages. I finally got to do them. They debuted in November.<\/p>\n

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The “B” belongs to me, but you can order any letter you like.<\/p><\/div>\n

I ended the year on an affectionate note. My “hugs and kisses” stud earrings were December’s Jewel of the Month.<\/p>\n

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You can also buy the X and the O singly.<\/p><\/div>\n

Have a happy New Year’s Eve, peeps! Send me photos of any Wendy Brandes jewelry you wear out tonight (or wear to stay in — however you celebrate!) and I’ll post them this week, along with January’s Jewel of the Month.<\/p>\n

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My Jewel of the Month posts highlight my newest jewelry designs — or, occasionally, existing designs that suit the season\/holiday. Here’s what was hot in 2012. Click the photos to read the original posts. In January, I answered the question “Is it okay to mix metals?” with a resounding, “Hell, yeah!” February isn’t always about…<\/p>\n

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