{"id":24821,"date":"2014-03-13T10:30:22","date_gmt":"2014-03-13T14:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=24821"},"modified":"2014-03-13T20:34:50","modified_gmt":"2014-03-14T00:34:50","slug":"shakira-the-cover-girl-plus-other-recent-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/03\/shakira-the-cover-girl-plus-other-recent-press\/","title":{"rendered":"Shakira the Cover Girl, Plus Other Recent Press"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hip-shaking cover girl Shakira is wearing my rose-quartz Venus ring in a feature in the April 2014 issue of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.womenshealthmag.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Women&#8217;s Health<\/a>. Exciting!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24867\" style=\"width: 515px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Shakira-WH-April-2014.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24867\" class=\" wp-image-24867  \" alt=\"Shakira WH April 2014\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Shakira-WH-April-2014.jpg\" width=\"505\" height=\"651\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Shakira-WH-April-2014.jpg 2340w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Shakira-WH-April-2014-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Shakira-WH-April-2014-794x1024.jpg 794w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 505px) 100vw, 505px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-24867\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click to enlarge.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Ah, I remember when Shakira&#8217;s video for &#8220;Whenever, Wherever&#8221; came out in 2001 &#8212; I couldn&#8217;t take my eyes off her!<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/weRHyjj34ZE\" height=\"315\" width=\"420\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/center>I&#8217;ve never seen her in concert but I did see her perform &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8C6xDjQ66wM&amp;feature=kp\" target=\"_blank\">Objection (Tango)<\/a>&#8221; live at the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2002_MTV_Video_Music_Awards\" target=\"_blank\">MTV Video Music Awards in 2002<\/a>. Click that link &#8212; you&#8217;ll feel like you got a good core workout just watching her dance.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, back to the Venus ring, which you can see on Shakira&#8217;s hand at the bottom of the Women&#8217;s Health photo. It&#8217;s been sold, but the matching necklace and earrings are still available and currently on sale. They are both 18K rose gold, set with rose-quartz cabochons and diamonds.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24869\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/store\/products.php?product=Venus-Necklace-%252d-Rose-Quartz\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24869\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24869\" alt=\"Venus_Necklc_RoseQtz_Zoom__91726_std\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Venus_Necklc_RoseQtz_Zoom__91726_std.jpg\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Venus_Necklc_RoseQtz_Zoom__91726_std.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Venus_Necklc_RoseQtz_Zoom__91726_std-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Venus_Necklc_RoseQtz_Zoom__91726_std-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-24869\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Venus necklace. Click to shop.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>These are the only rose-quartz Venus styles that I made and there won&#8217;t be anymore when these are sold, so if you love pink and appreciate one-of-a-kind jewelry, get your Venus piece before anyone else does!<\/p>\n<p>Other recent press includes <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jckonline.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">JCK Magazine<\/a>, which included my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/store\/products.php?product=%22Sign-of-the-Horns%22-Single-Stud-Earring-%252d-Gold\" target=\"_blank\">sign of the horn earrings<\/a> in a story on jewels that &#8220;do the talking&#8221; in the December\/January issue.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24870\" style=\"width: 561px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/jck.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24870\" class=\" wp-image-24870  \" alt=\"jck\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/jck.jpg\" width=\"551\" height=\"758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/jck.jpg 1275w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/jck-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/jck-744x1024.jpg 744w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 551px) 100vw, 551px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-24870\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click to enlarge.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>You can read about the inspiration for those earrings <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/jewel-of-the-month-earring-inspired-by-eminem-and-mmlp2\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The fine people at Modern Luxury&#8217;s Atlanta-based <a href=\"http:\/\/www.modernluxury.com\/jezebel\" target=\"_blank\">Jezebel magazine<\/a> are also enjoying message jewelry. They included my OMG ring set in the March issue.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24872\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/modernluxury.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24872\" class=\" wp-image-24872 \" alt=\"modernluxury\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/modernluxury.jpg\" width=\"540\" height=\"648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/modernluxury.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/modernluxury-250x300.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/modernluxury-853x1024.jpg 853w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-24872\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click to enlarge.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>More letter rings appeared in this month&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cosmopolitan.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cosmopolitan<\/a> on the hand of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GRLEmmalyn\" target=\"_blank\">Emmalyn Estrada<\/a> from the singing group <a href=\"http:\/\/grlmusic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">G.R.L<\/a>. She&#8217;s wearing a custom &#8220;GRL&#8221; set, of course.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24873\" style=\"width: 537px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/WBJ_CosmoGRLMarch2014-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24873\" class=\" wp-image-24873    \" alt=\"WBJ_CosmoGRLMarch2014 copy\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/WBJ_CosmoGRLMarch2014-copy.jpg\" width=\"527\" height=\"767\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/WBJ_CosmoGRLMarch2014-copy.jpg 1108w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/WBJ_CosmoGRLMarch2014-copy-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/WBJ_CosmoGRLMarch2014-copy-703x1024.jpg 703w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 527px) 100vw, 527px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-24873\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click to enlarge.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I&#8217;ve got <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/store\/search.php?search_query=letter+ring&amp;x=0&amp;y=0\" target=\"_blank\">rings for all the letters of the alphabet<\/a>\u00a0on my website, but they&#8217;re not $440 each, like the caption says. They&#8217;re either $110 or $220, depending if they were made overseas or in the U.S. (Read about manufacturing overseas <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2010\/01\/get-smart-about-manufacturing\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.) Buy a few and spell out what&#8217;s on your mind.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to the editors of Women&#8217;s Health, JCK, Jezebel and Cosmopolitan for featuring my work on your pages. It&#8217;s always a thrill! <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hip-shaking cover girl Shakira is wearing my rose-quartz Venus ring in a feature in the April 2014 issue of Women&#8217;s Health. Exciting! Ah, I remember when Shakira&#8217;s video for &#8220;Whenever, Wherever&#8221; came out in 2001 &#8212; I couldn&#8217;t take my eyes off her! I&#8217;ve never seen her in concert but I did see her perform&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/03\/shakira-the-cover-girl-plus-other-recent-press\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24867,"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":[10,150,16],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-24821","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"category-magazines","9":"category-press","10":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24821","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=24821"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24821\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24883,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24821\/revisions\/24883"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}