{"id":36676,"date":"2017-06-15T09:15:55","date_gmt":"2017-06-15T13:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=36676"},"modified":"2017-06-08T13:57:56","modified_gmt":"2017-06-08T17:57:56","slug":"throwback-thursday-vegas-gems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/throwback-thursday-vegas-gems\/","title":{"rendered":"Throwback Thursday: Vegas Gems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I skipped last week&#8217;s big jewelry trade shows in Las Vegas because I have a new plan for working with retailers &#8212; one that I will reveal soon. The decision made sense from a business perspective, but personally, I missed seeing the group of jewelry-industry women known as the Vegas Gems. Click the photos to see my original posts about these great ladies from <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/what-wendy-wore-jck-las-vegas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2013<\/a> &#8230;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_36677\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/what-wendy-wore-jck-las-vegas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36677\" class=\"wp-image-36677\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/vegasgemssmall.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/vegasgemssmall.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/vegasgemssmall-300x211.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-36677\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left: Vegas Gems organizer Shamila Jiwa, designer Erika Winters, me, and journalists Brittany Siminitz, Jennifer Heebner, and Barbara Palumbo.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/06\/what-wendy-wore-platinum-and-bricks-at-jck-las-vegas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2014<\/a> &#8230;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_36678\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/06\/what-wendy-wore-platinum-and-bricks-at-jck-las-vegas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36678\" class=\"wp-image-36678 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/jckbarbara21.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/jckbarbara21.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/jckbarbara21-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/jckbarbara21-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/jckbarbara21-300x302.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-36678\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left: Me, Barbara, Erika.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/what-wendy-wore-hanging-with-my-vegas-gems\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2015<\/a> &#8230;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_36679\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/what-wendy-wore-hanging-with-my-vegas-gems\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36679\" class=\"wp-image-36679 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/vegas3resize.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/vegas3resize.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/vegas3resize-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-36679\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Our best photo ever.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8230; and <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/what-wendy-wore-hanging-with-my-vegas-gems\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">last year<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_36680\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2016\/07\/jck-luxury-part-ii-hanging-with-the-vegas-gems\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36680\" class=\"wp-image-36680 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2016gems.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2016gems.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2016gems-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2016gems-300x301.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2016gems-320x320.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-36680\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Our biggest gathering.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I attended the Vegas shows for my first three years as a speaker and\/or blogger.<a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/jck-luxury-part-i-im-on-the-lists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Last year was the first time I exhibited<\/a>, so that was even more exciting and exhausting than usual. One bit of excitement that Eryn and I could have done without was temporarily losing my 18K gold full-finger barbed-wire ring on the gold carpeting near our display case. We did find the whole situation hysterically funny after we found the ring, so we re-enacted our desperate search on video, right down to me literally rolling on the floor laughing.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" 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: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-version=\"7\">\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%;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;\"><a 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;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BGVZzy_DZRk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">After a long day at a trade show, everything starts to blend in! Half an hour and two heart attacks later, guess where we found this missing gold ring?! ? #latergram #jewelryvideo #luxurybyjck #gold #lovegold #vegas #diamond #sparkle #bling #golden #eliteenclave #lostandfound #stack #showmeyourrings #showmeyourcouture #barbedwire #18k #jcklasvegas @jckevents #luxuryatjck #behindthescenes #sneakpeek<\/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 post shared by Wendy Brandes Jewelry PR (@wendybrandesjewelry) on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2016-06-07T01:14:11+00:00\">Jun 6, 2016 at 6:14pm PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async defer src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>This year, it was good to know I was represented by Vegas Gem <a href=\"http:\/\/idazzle.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Monica Stephenson<\/a>, who was there wearing <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/indesign-and-in-the-times\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the award-winning ring<\/a> I designed for her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.anzagems.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ANZA Gems venture<\/a>. Thank you to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mystoryjewelry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">My Story Fine Jewelry<\/a> for taking this stunning photo of the two-finger ring.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" 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: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-version=\"7\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 59.328782707622295% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;\"><a 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;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BVDXfSmlI3A\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lots of #girlgang in the desert ? ??inspired by all the #talented #emergingdesigners #livingincolor I was blown away by the ?of @idazzle #awardwinning ring by @wendybrandes ?<\/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 post shared by My Story Fine Jewelry (@mystoryjewelry) on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2017-06-07T20:58:30+00:00\">Jun 7, 2017 at 1:58pm PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async defer src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I never get tired of seeing photos of this ring &#8230; and I can hardly wait to debut my next ANZA design this summer! Stay tuned.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I skipped last week&#8217;s big jewelry trade shows in Las Vegas because I have a new plan for working with retailers &#8212; one that I will reveal soon. The decision made sense from a business perspective, but personally, I missed seeing the group of jewelry-industry women known as the Vegas Gems. 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