{"id":196,"date":"2007-10-08T21:37:00","date_gmt":"2007-10-09T04:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=196"},"modified":"2007-10-08T21:37:00","modified_gmt":"2007-10-09T04:37:00","slug":"what-inspires-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2007\/10\/what-inspires-me\/","title":{"rendered":"What Inspires Me"},"content":{"rendered":"

Take one cartoon character.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Wilma Flintstone, courtesy of <\/span>Hanna-Barbera<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n

Add white agate<\/a>, gold and a dash of diamonds. Get one necklace.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Wilma necklace in white agate, 18K rose gold and diamonds<\/span>
Wilma necklace \u00a9 Wendy Brandes 2007-2008<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
(Photo by John Muggenborg<\/a>)
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Except it didn’t happen that way.<\/div>\n
In reality, I created a 19 millimeter gold ball to add to a client’s old necklace. Around this time, I noticed some extra-large white agate beads for sale and decided they would look great with a rose gold ball. After I made the necklace, I couldn’t think of what to name it. Then I remembered Wilma Flintstone and she became the name, even though she wasn’t the inspiration.<\/p>\n

I was ecstatic when I saw this Geico commercial the other day.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


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I used the gold bead from the Wilma\/client necklaces as the basis for my Papessa prayer lockets<\/a>. I like to recycle!<\/p>\n

Of course, this whole story could be a big lie. It’s entirely possible that I get my inspiration from a bottle.<\/p>\n

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No, not that bottle! This bottle:<\/p>\n

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Yep, it comes in a bottle nowadays. I’d tell you where to buy it, but then you’d all be making poison rings too, and I don’t want the competition. <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Take one cartoon character. Wilma Flintstone, courtesy of Hanna-Barbera Add white agate, gold and a dash of diamonds. Get one necklace. Wilma necklace in white agate, 18K rose gold and diamondsWilma necklace \u00a9 Wendy Brandes 2007-2008 (Photo by John Muggenborg) Except it didn’t happen that way. In reality, I created a 19 millimeter gold ball…<\/p>\n

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