{"id":20916,"date":"2013-05-31T00:01:33","date_gmt":"2013-05-31T04:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=20916"},"modified":"2013-05-30T13:15:27","modified_gmt":"2013-05-30T17:15:27","slug":"the-orange-trend-at-jck-las-vegas-see-me-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/the-orange-trend-at-jck-las-vegas-see-me-there\/","title":{"rendered":"The Orange Trend at JCK Las Vegas (See Me There!)"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Couture<\/a> and JCK<\/a> fine-jewelry trade shows are taking place in Las Vegas this weekend. WWD reports that the color orange is expected to be a key trend.<\/p>\n

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Click for WWD’s website.<\/p><\/div>\n

If you want to be first to flaunt jewels in a citrus-y shade, check out my Edburga poison ring set with a vivid fire opal cabochon<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The Edburga poison ring shown closed. $2,000. Click to purchase.<\/p><\/div>\n

The fire opal is set in an 18K-yellow-gold bezel. The body of the ring is blackened sterling silver. With regular wear, the blackened finish wears off, exposing the regular silver underneath. I think this evolution makes the ring more beautiful and the piece is best suited for people who agree, because there ain’t no stopping the process!<\/p>\n

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The Edburga ring shown open. Click to purchase.<\/p><\/div>\n

I’ve only made one of my Edburga rings with fire opal, so if you get this you’ll have a one-of-a-kind piece.<\/p>\n

The Anglo-Saxon queen Edburga<\/a> is one of my more highlarious royal-lady jewelry inspirations.\u00a0 In the late 700s, she helped her kingly husband out by poisoning his enemies. Unfortunately, accidents do happen, and she poisoned hubby himself. Whoops! She hightailed it out of town and wound up in the court of Charlemagne, who was quite taken with her. He offered her a choice for her next spouse: himself or his son. She picked the son. Oh, Edburga! That was the wrong answer! Charlemagne sent her to a convent as punishment. At the convent, she hooked up with a new boyfriend — according to some versions of the tale, she got pregnant — so she was kicked to the curb again.\u00a0 I think her theme song should be Pink’s “Trouble”: <\/p>\n

“I’m trouble
\nYeah trouble now
\nI’m trouble y’all
\nI got trouble in my town”<\/em><\/p>\n

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