{"id":35926,"date":"2017-03-30T14:48:39","date_gmt":"2017-03-30T18:48:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=35926"},"modified":"2017-03-30T14:48:39","modified_gmt":"2017-03-30T18:48:39","slug":"talking-custom-jewelry-with-jck-magazine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/talking-custom-jewelry-with-jck-magazine\/","title":{"rendered":"Talking Custom Jewelry With JCK Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to Kathy Henderson for including me in JCK Magazine&#8217;s recent story about custom jewelry. The &#8220;Custom Relations&#8221; article starts on page 92 of the <a href=\"https:\/\/issuu.com\/jckmagazine\/docs\/jck_marchapril.17?e=28945631\/46518781\" target=\"_blank\">March\/April issue<\/a>. I love the subtitle: &#8220;No jewelry request is too big, too small, or too outrageous for these visionary designers and retailers.&#8221;\u00a0 I also love the first 14 words of the story because they refer to cufflinks that I did.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35927\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/firstline.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"503\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/firstline.jpg 503w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/firstline-300x101.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 503px) 100vw, 503px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I never got a professional picture of those cufflinks, unfortunately, because they had to be delivered for Christmas and time was tight. But you can click this snapshot to see my doggy inspiration.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_35928\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/custom-canine-cufflinks-for-christmas\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35928\" class=\"wp-image-35928 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Scott_After__53885_std.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Scott_After__53885_std.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Scott_After__53885_std-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Scott_After__53885_std-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Scott_After__53885_std-320x320.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-35928\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click us!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I talk more about this style of working on page 94.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35929\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/custominterview.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"432\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/custominterview.jpg 432w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/custominterview-253x300.jpg 253w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/custominterview-300x356.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>JCK included a photo of the platinum engagement ring that I mentioned in the interview as well as another one of my nontraditional engagement ring designs.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-35930\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/custompiecesjck.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"574\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/custompiecesjck.jpg 559w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/custompiecesjck-260x300.jpg 260w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/custompiecesjck-300x346.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Kathy&#8217;s story points out the difference between customizable jewelry and the fully custom work that I and other designers do.\u00a0 Lee Krombholz, the owner of Krombholz Jewelers in Cincinnati, explains it here:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-35931\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/customkrombholz.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/customkrombholz.jpg 511w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/customkrombholz-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And as my right-hand woman and branding chief, Eryn, likes to point out, not only do I make fully custom jewelry, but I&#8217;ll do it in any style.\u00a0 I won&#8217;t force you into my aesthetic. I&#8217;ll even do a traditional ring, if that&#8217;s what you want! Wild, right?<\/p>\n<p>For more information on my custom process, check out <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2010\/03\/get-smart-about-custom-work\/\" target=\"_blank\">this post from 2010<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to Kathy Henderson for including me in JCK Magazine&#8217;s recent story about custom jewelry. The &#8220;Custom Relations&#8221; article starts on page 92 of the March\/April issue. I love the subtitle: &#8220;No jewelry request is too big, too small, or too outrageous for these visionary designers and retailers.&#8221;\u00a0 I also love the first 14 words&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/talking-custom-jewelry-with-jck-magazine\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":35927,"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":[341,345,719,16],"tags":[1224,1221,1223,1222,1225],"class_list":{"0":"post-35926","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-custom-work","8":"category-interview","9":"category-jewelry","10":"category-press","11":"tag-custom-engagement-ring","12":"tag-custom-jewelry-designs","13":"tag-jck-magazine","14":"tag-krombholz-jewelers","15":"tag-nontraditional-engagement-rings","16":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35926","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=35926"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35926\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35934,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35926\/revisions\/35934"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}