{"id":22923,"date":"2013-10-22T14:02:15","date_gmt":"2013-10-22T18:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=22923"},"modified":"2013-10-22T14:02:15","modified_gmt":"2013-10-22T18:02:15","slug":"my-take-on-kim-and-kanyes-engagement-ring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/my-take-on-kim-and-kanyes-engagement-ring\/","title":{"rendered":"My Take on Kim and Kanye&#8217;s Engagement Ring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kanye West popped the question to Kim Kardashian with a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/472859\/kim-kardashian-shares-pic-of-engagement-ring-from-kanye-west?cmpid=tweol-manual\" target=\"_blank\">15-carat diamond ring by Lorraine Schwartz<\/a>. I appreciate his timing, because yesterday I launched another Instagram account &#8212; @WendyBrandesJewelry &#8212; which focuses solely on my jewelry designs and other jewelry news. No cats and dogs (you need to follow <a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/fitzroy_the_cat#\" target=\"_blank\">@fitzroy_the_cat<\/a> for those) and no concert photos (those are at my personal Instagram, <a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/wendybrandes\/#\" target=\"_blank\">@WendyBrandes<\/a>). Just jewelry! (&#8220;Just [fill in the blank]&#8221; wording will forever make me think of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yNCWtAGbzSg\" target=\"_blank\">Just Bulbs store on David Letterman&#8217;s show<\/a>.) So thanks, Kanye! I now forgive you for that whole <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/dinner-with-designing-women\/\" target=\"_blank\">table-stealing episode<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In a day or two, I will be turning the new Instagram account over to Eryn, my very first full-time employee. Woot! I&#8217;ll also introduce her to you here. But, until then, hustle over to @WendyBrandesJewelry on Instagram to get my personal reaction to the Kimye ring and see some of the custom engagement rings I&#8217;ve created for my own gorgeous clients. If you want more background on one of the rings you see &#8212; or to look at additional rings &#8212; click <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/category\/engagement-rings\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> to browse the engagement ring posts on this blog. If you&#8217;re more fascinated by Kanye than by engagement rings, click <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?s=kanye\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> to see all my mentions of him.<\/p>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_22924\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/store\/products.php?product=Gravity-Engagement-Ring\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22924\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22924\" alt=\"engagement1\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/engagement1.jpg\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/engagement1.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/engagement1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/engagement1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-22924\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This isn&#8217;t Kimye&#8217;s ring &#8230; it&#8217;s mine! Click to see on my website.<\/p><\/div> <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kanye West popped the question to Kim Kardashian with a 15-carat diamond ring by Lorraine Schwartz. I appreciate his timing, because yesterday I launched another Instagram account &#8212; @WendyBrandesJewelry &#8212; which focuses solely on my jewelry designs and other jewelry news. No cats and dogs (you need to follow @fitzroy_the_cat for those) and no concert&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/my-take-on-kim-and-kanyes-engagement-ring\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22924,"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":[10,523,605],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-22923","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"category-engagement-rings","9":"category-social-media","10":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22923","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=22923"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22923\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22925,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22923\/revisions\/22925"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}