{"id":28195,"date":"2014-12-26T00:33:05","date_gmt":"2014-12-26T05:33:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=28195"},"modified":"2014-12-26T00:33:05","modified_gmt":"2014-12-26T05:33:05","slug":"year-in-review-jewels-of-the-month-for-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/year-in-review-jewels-of-the-month-for-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Year in Review: Jewels of the Month for 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

My Jewel of the Month<\/a> posts highlight my newest jewelry designs. Here are 2014\u2019s hot jewels from both my luxe signature line and my social-media-inspired WENDYB by Wendy Brandes diffusion line<\/a>. Click the photos to read the original posts.<\/p>\n

Single earrings<\/a> were hot this year<\/a> and they’re not going to let up in 2015<\/a>.\u00a0 I started offering my 4 1\/2″-long Cleopatra earrings in both gold<\/a> and silver<\/a> as singles in January.<\/p>\n

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This makes a statement!<\/p><\/div>\n

One of my specialties is redesigning old jewelry. I made these amethyst birthstone earrings for gorgeous client Susan and featured them in February.<\/p>\n

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These had already been redesigned once before by someone else.<\/p><\/div>\n

In addition to creating one-of-a-kind designs for individual clients, I’ll add special requests to my regular line, especially when it comes to emojis. March’s Jewel of the Month was a sterling-silver meat cleaver stud<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Look away, vegetarians!<\/p><\/div>\n

The fourth of my eight-ring Maneater collection was the Bull and Bullfighter ring<\/a>, formally introduced in April, right in time for Taurus<\/a> birthdays. Gorgeous singer Skylar Grey had a personal preview of the ring the month before when she wore it to Elton John’s Oscar party.<\/p>\n

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Skylar looked gorgeous that night!<\/p><\/div>\n

In March,\u00a0 Sheryl Sandberg<\/a>, Facebook chief operating officer and author of Leaning In<\/em>, joined with former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Girl Scouts USA chief executive Anna Maria Ch\u00e1vez<\/a> to announce Ban Bossy<\/a>, a campaign aimed at empowering girls.\u00a0 By May, I had both BOSS<\/a> and BOSSY<\/a> necklaces.<\/p>\n

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Be a boss like Rick Ross.<\/p><\/div>\n

I wear June’s Jewels of the Month — my barbed-wire stacking rings<\/a> — every day! I expect matching barbed-wire earrings<\/a> to be on my site next month.<\/p>\n

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Can’t have too many rings!<\/p><\/div>\n

My now-discontinued Chicken on Nest<\/a> necklace in silver was featured in July. If you’ve got an unlimited budget, the original 18K gold chicken-in-egg locket<\/a> is still available.<\/p>\n

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Sorry! These are all gone.<\/p><\/div>\n

People use “literally<\/a>” as a synonym for “very” these days. Ugh! In August, this necklace was my way of saying, “I literally can’t even<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

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Literally is literally a necklace now.<\/p><\/div>\n

September’s Jewel was the “PUSHY” necklace<\/a> I made for former New York Times editor Jill Abramson.<\/p>\n

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She loved it!<\/p><\/div>\n

My October design was a hockey mask and chainsaw earring set<\/a>. Shopping app Spring turned the pair into an animated gif for Halloween.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Scary … but cute!<\/p><\/div>\n

I was thrilled when my Pink Elephant and Tipsy Writer Maneater ring <\/a>won an honorable mention in the AGTA Spectrum awards<\/a> at the end of October — meaning November’s Jewel of the Month was announced a few days early!<\/p>\n

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The Spectrum awards recognize work with colored gems.<\/p><\/div>\n

I ended the year with a diamond tribute to New York City — my yellow, white and black diamond NYC Taxi and Passenger Maneater ring<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The NYC skyline is engraved on one side, the Brooklyn Bridge is on the other. And “I Heart NY” is engraved on the bumper!<\/p><\/div>\n

Stay tuned for all the great new designs I have coming up for 2015! <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My Jewel of the Month posts highlight my newest jewelry designs. Here are 2014\u2019s hot jewels from both my luxe signature line and my social-media-inspired WENDYB by Wendy Brandes diffusion line. Click the photos to read the original posts. Single earrings were hot this year and they’re not going to let up in 2015.\u00a0 I…<\/p>\n

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