{"id":38168,"date":"2017-11-26T22:52:03","date_gmt":"2017-11-27T03:52:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=38168"},"modified":"2017-11-26T22:52:03","modified_gmt":"2017-11-27T03:52:03","slug":"the-week-in-review-117","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/the-week-in-review-117\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week in Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In case you missed it, here&#8217;s what was on the blog this week.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Monday, November 20: Feeling kinda punk but kinda fancy? <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/jewel-of-the-month-gold-safety-pin-earring\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Buy yourself an 18K yellow gold and diamond safety pin earring<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Tuesday, November 21: <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/my-extra-special-black-friday-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pretty sure no one else is offering a Black Friday deal as awesome as this one<\/a>. It runs through this Tuesday, November 28.<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday, November 22: <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/wednesdays-video-vintage-wedding-pictures\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">In my weekly YouTube video, I gave you a peek inside my wedding album<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/x4EAhJbsWVE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Thursday, November 23: <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/throwback-thursday-10-years-of-thanksgiving-posts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ten years of Thanksgiving blog posts<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Friday, November 24: <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/talk-to-the-hand\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More on how you can donate thousands of dollars to the ACLU, Planned Parenthood, and\/or relief efforts in Puerto Rico by shopping my Black Friday &#8220;sale.&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Over on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wendybrandesjewelry\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>, we posted some examples of my available jewelry designs and their corresponding charitable donations of 50% of their retail prices.<\/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\/Bb-VUijl-EK\/\" 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\">Now that\u2019s a fist full &#8211; from bottom left: the lapis lazuli Nefertiti ring is stretching her locket; the white diamond Cleves ring; the Mia Scent-Locket ring saying \u201cahhh\u201d; and the black diamond Cleves ring. Those little pinky\/midi rings make great stocking stuffers too, but they\u2019re not part of the \u201csale.\u201d But for the rest of the 18K ring party you see here, you can expect 50% of the purchase price of your piece to be donated to @aclu_nationwide, @plannedparenthood, or @irteams\u2019 relief efforts in #PuertoRico. Once you choose your organization at check out, we do the rest. And you (or your loved one) will receive confirmation of your donation from the chosen organization. #thanksGIVING #giveback \u2800 -\u2800 -\u2800 -\u2800 #blackfriday #happyholidays #smallbusinesssaturday #cybermonday #givingtuesday #musthave #giftguide #wishlist #jewelry #finejewelry #jewellery #earrings #necklace #ring #rings #stacksarethenewblack #giveback #charity #donation #mistletoe #futureheirloom #heirloom #showmeyourrings #stacksarethenewblack #sale<\/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=\"2017-11-26T21:43:06+00:00\">Nov 26, 2017 at 1:43pm PST<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async defer src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Now all you have to do is shop! Don&#8217;t forget to read the terms <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/talk-to-the-hand\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In case you missed it, here&#8217;s what was on the blog this week. Monday, November 20: Feeling kinda punk but kinda fancy? Buy yourself an 18K yellow gold and diamond safety pin earring. Tuesday, November 21: Pretty sure no one else is offering a Black Friday deal as awesome as this one. It runs through&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/the-week-in-review-117\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"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":[14,320,101,723,598],"tags":[1014,1458,1013],"class_list":["post-38168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-gift-ideas","category-holiday-gift-ideas","category-holidays","category-special-occasions","category-week-in-review","tag-givingtuesday","tag-black-friday","tag-giving-tuesday","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38168","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=38168"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38171,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38168\/revisions\/38171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}