{"id":34134,"date":"2016-09-16T22:42:48","date_gmt":"2016-09-17T02:42:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=34134"},"modified":"2016-09-16T22:42:48","modified_gmt":"2016-09-17T02:42:48","slug":"back-to-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/back-to-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Back to Work!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I took a couple of weeks off from this necklace design while my goldsmith was traveling, but now we&#8217;re back to work.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34135\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/birdresize.jpg\" alt=\"birdresize\" width=\"498\" height=\"664\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/birdresize.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/birdresize-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/birdresize-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s the labradorite feather carving that I got late last year, positioned on top of the sketch.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-version=\"7\" 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,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC\/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5\/P8\/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo\/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI\/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf\/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); 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\/-T1xNODZSg\/\" 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\">Carved labradorite for a 2016 design #video #pretty #peacockcolors #labradorite #feather #mineral #jewelrydesign #jewelrydesigner #carving #oneofakind #special #beautiful<\/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 video posted by Wendy Brandes Jewelry PR (@wendybrandesjewelry) on <time style=\" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;\" datetime=\"2015-11-20T14:28:52+00:00\">Nov 20, 2015 at 6:28am 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>Here&#8217;s the wax model of a gold bird that will be part of the design.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/birdwaxresize.jpg\" alt=\"birdwaxresize\" width=\"498\" height=\"508\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34136\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/birdwaxresize.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/birdwaxresize-294x300.jpg 294w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/birdwaxresize-300x306.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I hope to have this piece finished by the end of the year, but there are no guarantees. 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