{"id":19776,"date":"2013-03-30T00:15:36","date_gmt":"2013-03-30T04:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=19776"},"modified":"2013-03-30T00:18:06","modified_gmt":"2013-03-30T04:18:06","slug":"customer-of-the-day-brenda-diforte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/customer-of-the-day-brenda-diforte\/","title":{"rendered":"Customer of the Day: Brenda DiForte and Her Genie Necklace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When gorgeous client Brenda DiForte sent me this picture of herself wearing her new 18K-gold teeny genie necklace, I immediately asked if I could share it. Look at how adorable she is!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19777\" style=\"width: 528px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/brenda.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19777\" class=\" wp-image-19777  \" alt=\"brenda\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/brenda.jpg\" width=\"518\" height=\"518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/brenda.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/brenda-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/brenda-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 518px) 100vw, 518px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-19777\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">He-e-e-e-re&#8217;s Brenda!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>She emailed me, &#8220;Obsessed with my genie necklace! It&#8217;s been my go-to piece!&#8221; That&#8217;s a major compliment because Brenda studied jewelry design at New York&#8217;s Fashion Institute of Technology. She JUST launched a blog dedicated to jewelry and other beautiful things called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iluminadablue.com\" target=\"_blank\">Illuminada Blue<\/a>. Check out her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iluminadablue.com\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\">About <\/a>page to find out what the name of the blog means; I love it!<\/p>\n<p>The genie pendant that Brenda purchased is petite but, as is typical of my work, it still has plenty of detail &#8212; I made sure you could see the genie&#8217;s little vest, pants, curly-toed shoes and ponytail.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19778\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19778\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19778\" alt=\"Genie_Gold_Necklace__36075_std\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Genie_Gold_Necklace__36075_std1.jpg\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Genie_Gold_Necklace__36075_std1.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Genie_Gold_Necklace__36075_std1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Genie_Gold_Necklace__36075_std1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-19778\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Close-up view of the genie.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve been <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/are-you-following-me-on-facebook\/\" target=\"_blank\">following me on Facebook<\/a>, you know that I&#8217;ve sold all of my silver and gold teeny genie necklaces and I won&#8217;t be making any more. But you still have a chance of getting my silver wolf (or dog) necklace on sale.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19862\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/store\/products.php?product=Little-Woolf-Necklace-%252d-Silver\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19862\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19862\" alt=\"silver_woolf_2__33994_std\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/silver_woolf_2__33994_std.jpg\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/silver_woolf_2__33994_std.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/silver_woolf_2__33994_std-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/silver_woolf_2__33994_std-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-19862\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">$30, down from $60. Click to purchase.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I&#8217;ve got two of those left. Once again, when they&#8217;re gone, there won&#8217;t be any more made, so buy now or forever hold your peace! If you prefer gold to silver, the 18K gold version of the wolf is available at <a href=\"https:\/\/store.brokenenglishjewelry.com\/product-info.php?pid1106.html\" target=\"_blank\">Broken English Jewelry<\/a> for $700. <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When gorgeous client Brenda DiForte sent me this picture of herself wearing her new 18K-gold teeny genie necklace, I immediately asked if I could share it. Look at how adorable she is! She emailed me, &#8220;Obsessed with my genie necklace! It&#8217;s been my go-to piece!&#8221; That&#8217;s a major compliment because Brenda studied jewelry design at&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/customer-of-the-day-brenda-diforte\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19777,"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":[606,8,43,13,106],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-19776","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-customer-of-the-day","8":"category-gorgeous-clients","9":"category-my-designs","10":"category-necklaces","11":"category-sale","12":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19776","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=19776"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19776\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19986,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19776\/revisions\/19986"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}