{"id":31720,"date":"2016-02-01T18:07:29","date_gmt":"2016-02-01T23:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=31720"},"modified":"2016-02-01T18:07:29","modified_gmt":"2016-02-01T23:07:29","slug":"valentines-dayanti-valentines-day-countdown-1-of-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/valentines-dayanti-valentines-day-countdown-1-of-14\/","title":{"rendered":"Valentine&#8217;s Day\/Anti-Valentine&#8217;s Day Countdown: #1 of 14"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With Valentine&#8217;s Day on the horizon, I&#8217;m going to go crazy and give you a countdown of 14 <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/category\/jewel-of-the-month\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jewels of the Month<\/a> instead of the usual one. Of course, not everyone feels the love for this holiday, so I&#8217;m going to alternate between Valentine&#8217;s Day suggestions for the romantics &#8212; and anti-Valentine&#8217;s Day designs suitable for self-gifting.<\/p>\n<p>Charlotte Bronte wrote a poem called &#8220;Evening Solace,&#8221; which starts, &#8220;<span class=\"st\">The human heart has hidden treasures &#8230; &#8221; The &#8220;hidden treasure&#8221; of my <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2015\/02\/valentines-day-splurge-the-sophie-twisting-heart-necklace\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sophie twisting-heart necklace<\/a> is its shape-shifting ability. The petite pendant is spectacular enough on first glance, because it is packed with 1.1 carats of diamonds. <\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_31722\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/store\/products.php?product=Sophie-Twisting%252dHeart-Necklace\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31722\" class=\"wp-image-31722 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Sophie_Heart_M__17701_std.jpg\" alt=\"Sophie_Heart_M__17701_std\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Sophie_Heart_M__17701_std.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Sophie_Heart_M__17701_std-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Sophie_Heart_M__17701_std-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-31722\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click to purchase.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>But there&#8217;s more than meets the eye! Give the pendant a twist and you get a different look.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_31725\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/store\/products.php?product=Sophie-Twisting%252dHeart-Necklace\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31725\" class=\"wp-image-31725 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Sophie_Heart_A1__74229_std.jpg\" alt=\"Sophie_Heart_A1__74229_std\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Sophie_Heart_A1__74229_std.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Sophie_Heart_A1__74229_std-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Sophie_Heart_A1__74229_std-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-31725\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">It&#8217;s two necklaces in one.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This is a limited-edition design. I only made two, and just one is still available. Perfect for the woman who wants to have something that (almost) no one else has. You can wear it alone or layer it, as seen below.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-version=\"6\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding:8px;\">\n<div style=\" background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:50.0% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;\">\n<div style=\" background:url(data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAAGFBMVEUiIiI9PT0eHh4gIB4hIBkcHBwcHBwcHBydr+JQAAAACHRSTlMABA4YHyQsM5jtaMwAAADfSURBVDjL7ZVBEgMhCAQBAf\/\/42xcNbpAqakcM0ftUmFAAIBE81IqBJdS3lS6zs3bIpB9WED3YYXFPmHRfT8sgyrCP1x8uEUxLMzNWElFOYCV6mHWWwMzdPEKHlhLw7NWJqkHc4uIZphavDzA2JPzUDsBZziNae2S6owH8xPmX8G7zzgKEOPUoYHvGz1TBCxMkd3kwNVbU0gKHkx+iZILf77IofhrY1nYFnB\/lQPb79drWOyJVa\/DAvg9B\/rLB4cC+Nqgdz\/TvBbBnr6GBReqn\/nRmDgaQEej7WhonozjF+Y2I\/fZou\/qAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/_LYTaCjZXz\/\" style=\" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;\" target=\"_blank\">Tonight&#39;s necklace layers #lovegold #layering #jewelry #jewellery #necklaces #locket #madeinnyc #necklacelayering #protips #mrt<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\">A photo posted by Wendy Brandes Jewelry PR (@wendybrandesjewelry) on <time style=\" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;\" datetime=\"2015-12-12T04:08:52+00:00\">Dec 11, 2015 at 8:08pm PST<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async defer src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>The 18K gold Sophie twisting-heart necklace is available for Valentine&#8217;s Day delivery. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/store\/products.php?product=Sophie-Twisting%252dHeart-Necklace\" target=\"_blank\">Click to purchase<\/a>.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With Valentine&#8217;s Day on the horizon, I&#8217;m going to go crazy and give you a countdown of 14 Jewels of the Month instead of the usual one. Of course, not everyone feels the love for this holiday, so I&#8217;m going to alternate between Valentine&#8217;s Day suggestions for the romantics &#8212; and anti-Valentine&#8217;s Day designs suitable&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/valentines-dayanti-valentines-day-countdown-1-of-14\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":31722,"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":[14,295,43,13,586],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-31720","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gift-ideas","8":"category-jewel-of-the-month","9":"category-my-designs","10":"category-necklaces","11":"category-valentines-day-2","12":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31720","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=31720"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31720\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31727,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31720\/revisions\/31727"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}