{"id":23739,"date":"2014-01-06T00:01:37","date_gmt":"2014-01-06T05:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=23739"},"modified":"2014-01-04T21:52:18","modified_gmt":"2014-01-05T02:52:18","slug":"customer-of-the-day-erica-and-the-loveliest-bones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/customer-of-the-day-erica-and-the-loveliest-bones\/","title":{"rendered":"Customer of the Day: Erica and the Loveliest Bones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During my holiday sale, gorgeous customer Erica purchased my 18K gold-and-diamond Juana crossbones necklace.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_23740\" style=\"width: 486px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23740\" class=\" wp-image-23740\" alt=\"customererica\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/customererica.jpg\" width=\"476\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/customererica.jpg 588w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/customererica-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 476px) 100vw, 476px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-23740\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The necklace on Erica.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>She sent me two photos in an email with &#8220;The Loveliest Bones&#8221; in the subject line. It said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;Wanted to let you know that the crossbones necklace is perfection! I have been wearing it nonstop since I got it. The piece is understated but also completely luxurious. The yellow gold is rich and beautiful. I love it so much.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Your inspiration for the necklace may have came from <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/thursday-book-club-juana-la-loca\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8216;La Loca&#8217; Juana<\/a>, but\u00a0to me this piece represents my two getting-old dogs, Henry, 12, and Bubba, 9, (the bones), and my very precious husband (the diamonds). I am crazy for all of them, and I am crazy about the necklace. (How&#8217;s that for tying everything together?!)&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I felt a little choked up after reading this email! When people connect with jewelry, they <em>really<\/em> connect with jewelry, and that&#8217;s a wonderful thing to see. I like that the necklace has its own special meaning for Erica. That&#8217;s as it should be. I&#8217;m inspired by particular subjects, but the pieces should be interpreted in a personal way by their new owners. (Separately, I too have a getting-old dog named <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2007\/08\/henry\/\" target=\"_blank\">Henry<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>Erica said I could use her photos on my blog even though she confessed that &#8220;the thought of my mug on the public interwebs makes me slightly uncomfortable.&#8221; She joked that I could put a black bar over her eyes. I figured I should come up with something a little more glamorous than that, so here&#8217;s a second photo of Erica wearing the crossbones necklace and a pair of <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/exit-through-the-gift-shop\/\" target=\"_blank\">Peggy Guggenheim<\/a>&#8216;s sunglasses.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_23741\" style=\"width: 496px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23741\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23741\" alt=\"customererica2sunglasses\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/customererica2sunglasses.jpg\" width=\"486\" height=\"648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/customererica2sunglasses.jpg 486w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/customererica2sunglasses-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 486px) 100vw, 486px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-23741\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Take that, would-be image searchers!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Juana crossbones necklace was the last of its kind, but I have two 18K gold locket necklaces and one 18K gold poison ring that all feature the bones on the outside and a skull inside. I&#8217;ve put these designs on sale this week for anyone who is inspired by Erica. I only have one of each, so don&#8217;t miss your chance to own one of these heirloom-worthy pieces. Click to see more photos and purchase!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_23742\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/store\/products.php?product=Juana-Peekaboo-Skull-Locket-%252d-Black-Diamonds\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23742\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23742 \" alt=\"Dog_Bone_necklace_M__09134_std\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Dog_Bone_necklace_M__09134_std.jpg\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Dog_Bone_necklace_M__09134_std.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Dog_Bone_necklace_M__09134_std-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Dog_Bone_necklace_M__09134_std-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-23742\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">18K yellow gold locket with black diamond crossbones on outside. Skull with black diamond eyes inside.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_23743\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/store\/products.php?product=Juana-Peekaboo-Skull-Locket--%252d-White-Gold\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23743\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23743\" alt=\"Juana_Crossbone_pendant_M__79285_std\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Juana_Crossbone_pendant_M__79285_std.jpg\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Juana_Crossbone_pendant_M__79285_std.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Juana_Crossbone_pendant_M__79285_std-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Juana_Crossbone_pendant_M__79285_std-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-23743\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">18K white gold locket with black diamond crossbones on front. Skull with black diamond eyes inside.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_23744\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/store\/products.php?product=Juana-Peekaboo-Skull-Ring-%252d-White-Gold\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23744\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23744\" alt=\"peekaboo_ring_closed_60__48949_std\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/peekaboo_ring_closed_60__48949_std.jpg\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/peekaboo_ring_closed_60__48949_std.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/peekaboo_ring_closed_60__48949_std-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/peekaboo_ring_closed_60__48949_std-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-23744\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">18K white gold poison ring with black diamond cross bones on front. Skull with black diamond eyes inside.<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Contact me at wbjewelry at hotmail dot com if you have any questions about these pieces. I do ship overseas. I should mention that the Guggenheim Museum is currently sold out of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guggenheimstore.org\/peggyglasses.html\" target=\"_blank\">Peggy Guggenheim sunglasses<\/a>, so you should have no qualms about spending your money on jewelry instead!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p> <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During my holiday sale, gorgeous customer Erica purchased my 18K gold-and-diamond Juana crossbones necklace. She sent me two photos in an email with &#8220;The Loveliest Bones&#8221; in the subject line. It said: &#8220;Wanted to let you know that the crossbones necklace is perfection! I have been wearing it nonstop since I got it. The piece&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/customer-of-the-day-erica-and-the-loveliest-bones\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23740,"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":[606,8,44,43,13,7,575],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-23739","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-lockets","10":"category-my-designs","11":"category-necklaces","12":"category-poison-rings","13":"category-skulls","14":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23739","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=23739"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23739\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23752,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23739\/revisions\/23752"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}