{"id":2660,"date":"2009-10-19T20:57:01","date_gmt":"2009-10-20T00:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=2660"},"modified":"2009-10-20T16:39:07","modified_gmt":"2009-10-20T20:39:07","slug":"reasons-to-be-proud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/reasons-to-be-proud\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Reasons to Be Proud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/pro-detail.php?colid=31&amp;collect=true&amp;id=477\" target=\"_blank\">Mud Flap Jill cufflinks<\/a> made it into <a href=\"http:\/\/media.modernluxury.com\/digital.php?e=HOUS\" target=\"_blank\">Houston Magazine<\/a>&#8216;s October 2009 issue. Even better, they&#8217;re in a T&amp;A-themed feature.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div id=\"attachment_2661\" style=\"width: 408px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Houston_Oct09.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2661\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2661  \" title=\"Houston_Oct09\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Houston_Oct09.jpg\" alt=\"Click to enlarge and zoom.\" width=\"398\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Houston_Oct09.jpg 828w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Houston_Oct09-300x272.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 398px) 100vw, 398px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2661\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click to enlarge and zoom.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>My <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/pro-detail.php?colid=30&amp;collect=true&amp;id=200\" target=\"_blank\">Papessa Prayer Locket<\/a> made it into the Fall 2009 issue of <a href=\"http:\/\/insideweddings.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Inside Weddings<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div id=\"attachment_2662\" style=\"width: 408px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/InsideWeddings_Fall09.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2662\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2662  \" title=\"InsideWeddings_Fall09\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/InsideWeddings_Fall09.jpg\" alt=\"Click to enlarge and zoom.\" width=\"398\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/InsideWeddings_Fall09.jpg 828w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/InsideWeddings_Fall09-300x272.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 398px) 100vw, 398px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2662\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click to enlarge and zoom.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Sunday Best thinks I am the bee&#8217;s knees.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesundaybest.org\/2009\/10\/and-the-award-for-best-fashion-writing-goes-to.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2663\" title=\"4024615333_4e9d12fa75\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/4024615333_4e9d12fa75.jpg\" alt=\"4024615333_4e9d12fa75\" width=\"371\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/4024615333_4e9d12fa75.jpg 371w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/4024615333_4e9d12fa75-222x300.jpg 222w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 371px) 100vw, 371px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">And I was one of the winners of <a href=\"http:\/\/heartifb.com\/2009\/10\/19\/and-the-winners-are\/\" target=\"_blank\">Independent Fashion Blogger&#8217;s Dress-Up Soiree contest<\/a>. Thanks to the 130 people who <a href=\"http:\/\/heartifb.com\/2009\/10\/19\/and-the-winners-are\/\" target=\"_blank\">voted<\/a> for me. (Note that I had 131 votes, but one of them was my own!)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">UPDATED TO ADD: <a href=\"http:\/\/stellasroar.blogspot.com\/2009\/10\/wendyb-is-da-bomb.html\" target=\"_blank\">Behold the hotness<\/a> of Mud Flap Jill&#8217;s namesake! I haven&#8217;t seen anything this smokin&#8217; since <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/the-post-without-any-fireman-photos\/\" target=\"_blank\">Zang Toi&#8217;s dinner party<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><div id=\"attachment_2685\" style=\"width: 303px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stellasroar.blogspot.com\/2009\/10\/wendyb-is-da-bomb.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2685\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2685 \" title=\"mexico+153+-+Copy\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/mexico+153+-+Copy.JPG\" alt=\"Bodacious!\" width=\"293\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/mexico+153+-+Copy.JPG 366w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/mexico+153+-+Copy-274x300.jpg 274w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 293px) 100vw, 293px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2685\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bodacious!<\/p><\/div> <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My Mud Flap Jill cufflinks made it into Houston Magazine&#8216;s October 2009 issue. Even better, they&#8217;re in a T&amp;A-themed feature. My Papessa Prayer Locket made it into the Fall 2009 issue of Inside Weddings. The Sunday Best thinks I am the bee&#8217;s knees. And I was one of the winners of Independent Fashion Blogger&#8217;s Dress-Up&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/reasons-to-be-proud\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2661,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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":[12,16],"tags":[275,276],"class_list":{"0":"post-2660","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blogs-and-bloggers","8":"category-press","9":"tag-houston-magazine","10":"tag-inside-weddings","11":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2660","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=2660"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2660\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2670,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2660\/revisions\/2670"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}