{"id":28077,"date":"2014-12-15T13:12:10","date_gmt":"2014-12-15T18:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=28077"},"modified":"2014-12-15T13:12:10","modified_gmt":"2014-12-15T18:12:10","slug":"fitzroy-is-a-marsala-jewel-and-januarys-birthstone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/fitzroy-is-a-marsala-jewel-and-januarys-birthstone\/","title":{"rendered":"FitzRoy Is a Marsala Jewel! And January&#8217;s Birthstone."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This month, Pantone named &#8220;Marsala&#8221; as the color of the year for 2015, describing it as a &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pantone.com\/pages\/index.aspx?pg=21163&amp;\" target=\"_blank\">robust and earthy wine red<\/a>.&#8221; As always,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.adweek.com\/adfreak\/pantones-color-year-marsala-and-it-has-some-critics-throwing-shade-161759\" target=\"_blank\"> there was criticism<\/a> of Pantone&#8217;s choice, but I like the color because it reminds me of garnets. This fall, I designed a garnet stud and ear jacket combo featuring <a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/fitzroy_the_cat\" target=\"_blank\">FitzRoy the cat<\/a>, and I&#8217;m thrilled that the piece was included in National Jeweler&#8217;s list of <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.nationaljeweler.com\/2014\/12\/marsala-jewels-for-2015\/\" target=\"_blank\">Marsala jewels for 2015<\/a>. You&#8217;ve already had a <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/11\/sneak-peek-of-a-catty-new-collection\/\" target=\"_blank\">sneak peek of the design<\/a> thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/diamondoodles\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hannah Becker<\/a> of Diamond Doodles &#8212; here is a closer look.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_28078\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/store\/products.php?product=FitzRoy-the-Cat-Earring-Jackets-With-Birthstone-Studs-%252d-Garnet\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28078\" class=\"wp-image-28078 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/FitzroyZ_B__96398_std.jpg\" alt=\"FitzroyZ_B__96398_std\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/FitzroyZ_B__96398_std.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/FitzroyZ_B__96398_std-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/FitzroyZ_B__96398_std-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-28078\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click to see on my website.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The first pair was sold right after the sneak peek, but I will have at least one other pair available for delivery early next month &#8212; and don&#8217;t forget, garnet is January&#8217;s birthstone! I will also do all other birthstones, so if you want to pre-order one of those ahead of time for the cat-loving woman in your life, holla at me at info at wendybrandes dot com. As a bonus, the birthstone studs look lovely on their own. Prices will vary depending on the type of gem used.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.nationaljeweler.com\/2014\/12\/marsala-jewels-for-2015\/\" target=\"_blank\">CLICK HERE TO SEE NATIONAL JEWELER&#8217;S LIST.<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This month, Pantone named &#8220;Marsala&#8221; as the color of the year for 2015, describing it as a &#8220;robust and earthy wine red.&#8221; As always, there was criticism of Pantone&#8217;s choice, but I like the color because it reminds me of garnets. This fall, I designed a garnet stud and ear jacket combo featuring FitzRoy the&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/fitzroy-is-a-marsala-jewel-and-januarys-birthstone\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28078,"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":[77,660,60,43,16],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-28077","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cats","8":"category-ear-jackets","9":"category-earrings","10":"category-my-designs","11":"category-press","12":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28077","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=28077"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28077\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28079,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28077\/revisions\/28079"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}