{"id":38052,"date":"2017-11-24T00:05:05","date_gmt":"2017-11-24T05:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=38052"},"modified":"2017-11-26T21:59:21","modified_gmt":"2017-11-27T02:59:21","slug":"talk-to-the-hand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/talk-to-the-hand\/","title":{"rendered":"My Extra-Special Black Friday Deal Begins!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/my-extra-special-black-friday-deal\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">extra-special Black Friday deal that I announced earlier this week<\/a> has officially begun! <\/p>\n<p>As I said, if you shop <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">my website<\/a> now through next Tuesday, you will get ZERO percent off.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/giphy.com\/embed\/tMyCJmeXHBetq\" width=\"480\" height=\"358\" frameBorder=\"0\" class=\"giphy-embed\" allowFullScreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/giphy.com\/gifs\/laughing-joker-jack-nicholson-tMyCJmeXHBetq\">via GIPHY<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>However, for every item purchased for $800 or more, half of the retail price will be donated to one of three organizations: the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ACLU<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.plannedparenthood.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Planned Parenthood<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irteams.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">International Relief Teams<\/a>&#8216; work in Puerto Rico. The donation will be made in your name and include your contact information so you can receive confirmation from the organization you choose.<\/p>\n<p>This is how it works:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>From November 24 through November 28, you get no discount.<\/li>\n<li>Instead, 50% of the retail price of in-stock, price-listed jewelry designs valued at $800 and up will be donated in your name to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ACLU<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.plannedparenthood.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Planned Parenthood<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irteams.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">International Relief Teams<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Choose your nonprofit and type its name into the &#8220;notes&#8221; section during checkout. Add the word &#8220;anonymous&#8221; if you don&#8217;t want your contact information shared with the organization of your choice. The donation will still be made, but you won&#8217;t receive the confirmation.<\/li>\n<li>Exclusions include designs that are out of stock; those that are made to order or must be resized; those that are &#8220;price upon request&#8221;; and designs &#8212; like my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/store\/products.php?product=Letter-Necklace-%252d-NASTY-%252d-Gold\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NASTY necklace<\/a> &#8212; that normally include a charitable component.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For example, if you&#8217;re ready to invest in a red-carpet-worthy diamond piece like my white gold Gloriana necklace, you could choose to send a whopping $7,500 to relief efforts in Puerto Rico. You read that right: $7,500. At the same time, you&#8217;ll have an amazing necklace &#8212; with a wonderful story behind it &#8212; that you&#8217;ll enjoy for the rest of your life and then pass down to the next generation. This is the definition of heirloom jewelry.<\/p>\n<p><center><div id=\"attachment_38160\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/store\/products.php?product=Gloriana-Necklace-%252d-White-Gold\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38160\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Gloriana_Silver_Zoom__39332_std.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Gloriana_Silver_Zoom__39332_std.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Gloriana_Silver_Zoom__39332_std-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Gloriana_Silver_Zoom__39332_std-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Gloriana_Silver_Zoom__39332_std-320x320.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-38160\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click to purchase.<\/p><\/div><\/center><\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions, holla at me at info at wendybrandes dot com. That includes requests for more photos of any designs that you&#8217;re interested in. And, don&#8217;t forget, you can always give any amount of money directly to the three worthy organizations. <\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CLICK TO START SHOPPING!<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The extra-special Black Friday deal that I announced earlier this week has officially begun! As I said, if you shop my website now through next Tuesday, you will get ZERO percent off. via GIPHY However, for every item purchased for $800 or more, half of the retail price will be donated to one of three&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/talk-to-the-hand\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":38160,"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":[53,89,101,719,43],"tags":[1458,996,1013],"class_list":{"0":"post-38052","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-charity","8":"category-good-causes","9":"category-holidays","10":"category-jewelry","11":"category-my-designs","12":"tag-black-friday","13":"tag-black-friday-jewelry-sale","14":"tag-giving-tuesday","15":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38052","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=38052"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38052\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38162,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38052\/revisions\/38162"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}