{"id":24672,"date":"2014-03-05T17:55:51","date_gmt":"2014-03-05T22:55:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=24672"},"modified":"2014-05-12T13:50:38","modified_gmt":"2014-05-12T17:50:38","slug":"two-new-custom-necklaces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/03\/two-new-custom-necklaces\/","title":{"rendered":"Two New Custom Necklaces"},"content":{"rendered":"

I love doing custom work<\/a> for gorgeous clients. My policy is that if you can describe it and pay for it, I can make it!<\/p>\n

I did two custom necklaces recently. The first one was for a gentleman who wanted to get his entrepreneurial daughter<\/a> a necklace that featured the name of her start-up company<\/a> as a birthday gift. Gotta love a man who supports a lady’s business!<\/p>\n

When I do letter or word jewelry<\/a>, I normally don’t engrave. I either use individual “cut out” letters in my own special font …<\/p>\n

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My OMG ring set. Click to purchase.<\/p><\/div>\n

… or a word cut out of the customer’s signature font, like this necklace for gorgeous rapper Gangsta Boo<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Click for original post.<\/p><\/div>\n

But, in this case, the company name wasn’t in a font that was conducive to that style, so I went with an engraving. Gotta be flexible when doing custom work! We made the piece special by creating it in of-the-moment 18K rose gold<\/a> and using a diamond for a dot in the company’s name. Here’s the result.<\/p>\n

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The birthday gift.<\/p><\/div>\n

I find that photos of jewelry are often misleading size-wise. Designs read much bigger or much smaller than they are in real life.\u00a0 Gangsta Boo’s necklace<\/a> is 3 1\/2″ wide, while the new necklace is only 1 5\/16″. That’s why it’s very important to read the measurements on my website<\/a>. If you don’t see measurements or have a question, email me at wbjewelry at hotmail dot com before ordering. I’m also happy to send you a photo of a piece in my hand or being worn, in order to give you a visual of the size.<\/p>\n

Here is another “size matters” example. In October, when I was hanging out with Gangsta Boo in New York<\/a>, I wore my small, silver 666 necklace in her honor because Boo’s original rap group was the Oscar-winning Three 6 Mafia<\/a>.\u00a0 Her new group — which reunites some of the original group members — is called Da Mafia 6ix, so there are still sixes involved.<\/p>\n

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The devilish necklace on me. Click for original post.<\/p><\/div>\n

Boo loved the necklace, but I knew she couldn’t wear a necklace with 5-millimeter pendants on stage.<\/p>\n

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The original 666 in my hand. $275. Click to purchase.<\/p><\/div>\n

A rapper has to go big or go home! I made her a special version with numbers that are 1 1\/4″ high.\u00a0 Big difference, right?<\/p>\n

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The special Boo version.<\/p><\/div>\n

Here’s how the necklace looks on Boo.<\/p>\n

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From Instagram. Click for source.<\/p><\/div>\n

Much more appropriate!<\/p>\n

You can catch Da Mafia 6ix on tour<\/a> these days; I will definitely be at the New York City concert later this month. For custom designs\u00a0 — whether they’re your own concept or a version of one of my existing pieces — get in touch with me at the same email as above: wbjewelry at hotmail dot com. (And, of course, I do any kind of engagement\/wedding jewelry, ranging from traditional to totally unique.) Note: very complicated, one-off designs are going to be more costly than something you’d find “off the rack” in a store. Read more about that here<\/a>. Simple designs and easy variations on my existing pieces are less pricey. <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I love doing custom work for gorgeous clients. My policy is that if you can describe it and pay for it, I can make it! I did two custom necklaces recently. The first one was for a gentleman who wanted to get his entrepreneurial daughter a necklace that featured the name of her start-up company…<\/p>\n

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