{"id":35802,"date":"2017-03-15T21:56:20","date_gmt":"2017-03-16T01:56:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=35802"},"modified":"2017-03-16T19:56:42","modified_gmt":"2017-03-16T23:56:42","slug":"piercing-inspiration-advice-for-earring-lovers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/piercing-inspiration-advice-for-earring-lovers\/","title":{"rendered":"Piercing Inspiration & Advice for Earring Lovers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Facebook reminded me today that it’s been a year since I posted this photo of the lovely Cassi Lopez<\/a> adding two piercings to my right ear.<\/p>\n

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Click for the original post about last year’s tragus and conch piercings.<\/p><\/div>\n

The photo, in turn, reminded me that I have an earring-palooza<\/a> to blog about because we’ve been piercing like crazy here. That’s what happens when you’re a jewelry designer (and a midlife rebel<\/a>) who is constantly producing new earring designs. You need new places to put those earrings, which is what I pointed out to fellow designer Julie Lamb<\/a> before I convinced her to visit Cassi at New York Adorned<\/a> last month. Julie designs lots of earrings for her line, including adorable black-sheep studs<\/a>. Yet she was walking around with only two working piercings in each lobe. The shame! Cassi fixed her up by reopening an old third hole and adding a fourth to Julie’s right ear. Much better, right?<\/p>\n

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Click to see on Julie’s Instagram.<\/p><\/div>\n

Julie was a wee bit hesitant ahead of the process, and she definitely had a moment of on-camera ouchiness …<\/p>\n

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Julie says, “Ouch!”<\/p><\/div>\n

… but she was so thrilled by the results that she has vowed to go back soon for the other ear.<\/p>\n

I, however, look my most serene when getting an ear piercing. Seriously, I think this piercing picture from 2015 is one of my best photos ever.<\/p>\n

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Click for original post.<\/p><\/div>\n

This time, Julie took (and narrated) a video of me chatting and laughing with Cassi mid-piercing.<\/p>\n