{"id":38606,"date":"2017-12-28T10:33:07","date_gmt":"2017-12-28T15:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=38606"},"modified":"2017-12-28T20:35:00","modified_gmt":"2017-12-29T01:35:00","slug":"throwback-thursday-eryn-wearing-something-borrowed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/throwback-thursday-eryn-wearing-something-borrowed\/","title":{"rendered":"Throwback Thursday: Eryn Wearing Something Borrowed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My right-hand woman Eryn got <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/jewel-of-the-month-eryns-engagement-ring-redesign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">engaged in this February<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/congratulations-to-eryn-and-donnie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">married in September<\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I previously mentioned that <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/jewels-of-the-month-order-your-opals-for-october\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eryn had her eyes on my opal lariat necklace<\/a> for her big &#8220;something borrowed&#8221; jewelry, but wound up selecting a different design. Here&#8217;s a belated photo of her mom helping her with my one-of-a-kind <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/store\/products.php?product=Selene-Moonstone-Necklace\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Selene moonstone necklace<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_38684\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38684\" class=\"wp-image-38684 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/eryn1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"747\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/eryn1.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/eryn1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/eryn1-300x450.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-38684\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Kayla Rice.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>When you work for a jewelry designer, you don&#8217;t stop with one &#8220;something borrowed.&#8221;\u00a0 As you can see, Eryn also wore my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/store\/products.php?product=Birthstone-Studs-%252d-Opal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">opal studs<\/a>, while her mother wore my Papessa prayer locket necklace. (The bridesmaids also got to borrow.) Here&#8217;s a close-up of Eryn&#8217;s pieces. I&#8217;m proud to say she <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/jewel-of-the-month-siobhan-ring-with-mixed-metals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mixed metals.<\/a> The earrings are set in 18K yellow gold, while the necklace is 18K white gold.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_38685\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38685\" class=\"wp-image-38685 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/erynjewelry.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/erynjewelry.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/erynjewelry-300x218.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-38685\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Kayla Rice.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Continuing the mixed-metals theme, you may recall that I made <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/jewel-of-the-month-eryns-engagement-ring-redesign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eryn&#8217;s custom engagement ring in blackened 18K rose gold<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_38686\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/eryn-engagement-ring.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38686\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38686\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/eryn-engagement-ring.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/eryn-engagement-ring.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/eryn-engagement-ring-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-38686\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Kayla Rice.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I created her wedding band with the same vine-like motif, but in 18K yellow gold with black diamond accents. She requested the style, metal, and gems, but she didn&#8217;t get to see the finished ring until the big moment. I like to keep those<a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/jewel-of-the-month-eryns-engagement-ring-redesign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> surprises<\/a> coming.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_38687\" style=\"width: 406px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/erynweddingband.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38687\" class=\"wp-image-38687 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/erynweddingband.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"396\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/erynweddingband.jpg 396w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/erynweddingband-300x269.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-38687\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Kayla Rice.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The band is curved gently to fit around her engagement ring, and it&#8217;s slim, to leave room on that finger for an 18K white gold anniversary band. (Hint, hint.) Once again, best wishes to Eryn, and <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2008\/03\/best-wishes-to-soon-to-be-bride\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">congratulations<\/a> to her handsome groom, Donnie!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My right-hand woman Eryn got engaged in this February and married in September. I previously mentioned that Eryn had her eyes on my opal lariat necklace for her big &#8220;something borrowed&#8221; jewelry, but wound up selecting a different design. Here&#8217;s a belated photo of her mom helping her with my one-of-a-kind Selene moonstone necklace. When&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/throwback-thursday-eryn-wearing-something-borrowed\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":38684,"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":[341,60,523,640,703,719,43,13,6,723,644,607,539,118],"tags":[1479],"class_list":["post-38606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-custom-work","category-earrings","category-engagement-rings","category-eryn-patton","category-gems","category-jewelry","category-my-designs","category-necklaces","category-rings","category-special-occasions","category-stud-earrings","category-throwback-thursday","category-wedding-bands","category-weddings","tag-nontraditional-wedding-jewelry","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38606","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=38606"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38606\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38690,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38606\/revisions\/38690"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}