{"id":37696,"date":"2017-10-02T03:21:45","date_gmt":"2017-10-02T07:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=37696"},"modified":"2017-10-02T03:21:45","modified_gmt":"2017-10-02T07:21:45","slug":"greetings-from-the-portland-jewelry-symposium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/greetings-from-the-portland-jewelry-symposium\/","title":{"rendered":"Greetings From the Portland Jewelry Symposium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to jewelry-industry guru Peggy Jo Donahue, I&#8217;m out in Portland, Ore., to participate in a panel at the <a href=\"http:\/\/portlandjewelrysymposium.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Portland Jewelry Symposium<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/speaker.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"476\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-37697\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/speaker.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/speaker-300x287.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is my second Peggy Jo panel in a week. Last Tuesday, I was in New York talking about using social media as part of a design business at a 7:30 a.m. breakfast.<\/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\/BZkEXXyHHP2\/\" 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\">Can I just say that it was sublime to have these two sweethearts on a panel at the New York Jewelers Group meeting, which I had the honor to moderate? That is all.<\/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 peggyjodonahue (@peggyjodonahue) on <time style=\" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;\" datetime=\"2017-09-27T23:51:54+00:00\">Sep 27, 2017 at 4:51pm 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&#8217;m happy that today&#8217;s panel is in the afternoon, so I won&#8217;t have to wake up before I normally go to bed! We&#8217;re discussing social media again, but this time in relation to selling custom jewelry. My fellow panelists are Lisa Krikawa of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.krikawa.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Krikawa Jewelry Designs<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.callagold.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Calla Gold<\/a> of Calla Gold Jewelry. I met Calla at dinner tonight, and we found a creepy blue light to stand in. We took a regular photo too, but we liked this one better. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blueman.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Blue Man Group<\/a> better watch out for us. We&#8217;re the new competition.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/bluewomangroup.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"885\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-37698\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/bluewomangroup.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/bluewomangroup-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/bluewomangroup-300x533.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>My <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/category\/uncategorized\/designers\/castelbajac-2\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">JC de Castelbajac<\/a> dress was colorful even before I treated it to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kmart.com\/deals\/bluelight-specials.html#\/grid\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">blue-light special<\/a>. I&#8217;ll have to take a properly lit, full-length photo of it another day, but at least you can see part of it here.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/rainbowdress.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"663\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-37699\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/rainbowdress.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/rainbowdress-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/rainbowdress-300x399.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I got the dress earlier this year on Yoox.com. I&#8217;d been eyeing it for a long time, but wasn&#8217;t quite sure about a dress that looked like a rainbow had merged with a skeleton. But the <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/wanderlust-2015-what-wendy-wore-in-paris\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Castelbajac stores<\/a> I&#8217;d gone to in London and Paris have closed, and I figured this might be my last chance to snag something by this designer. So I did. No regrets!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to jewelry-industry guru Peggy Jo Donahue, I&#8217;m out in Portland, Ore., to participate in a panel at the Portland Jewelry Symposium. This is my second Peggy Jo panel in a week. Last Tuesday, I was in New York talking about using social media as part of a design business at a 7:30 a.m. breakfast&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/greetings-from-the-portland-jewelry-symposium\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37697,"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":[669,571,65,61,1,277,41,497],"tags":[1433],"class_list":{"0":"post-37696","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-about-wendy","8":"category-castelbajac-2","9":"category-designers","10":"category-dresses","11":"category-uncategorized","12":"category-outfit-post","13":"category-pictures-of-me","14":"category-what-wendy-wore","15":"tag-jewelry-industry-events","16":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37696","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=37696"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37696\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37701,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37696\/revisions\/37701"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}