{"id":40194,"date":"2018-05-21T23:57:34","date_gmt":"2018-05-22T03:57:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=40194"},"modified":"2018-05-22T00:00:34","modified_gmt":"2018-05-22T04:00:34","slug":"thank-you-jck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/thank-you-jck\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m a JCK Jewelers&#8217; Choice Awards Finalist!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thank you, thank you, thank you to the judges of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jckonline.com\/magazine-article\/best-best-2018-digital-flip-book\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">JCK&#8217;s Jewelers&#8217; Choice Awards<\/a> for selecting my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/jewel-of-the-month-toi-et-moi-ring-for-anza-gems\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>toi et moi<\/em> ring for ANZA Gems<\/a> as a finalist in the category of colored stone jewelry over $10,000.<\/p>\n<p><center><div id=\"attachment_40202\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jckonline.com\/magazine-article\/best-best-2018-digital-flip-book\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40202\" class=\"wp-image-40202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/jckwinneranza.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/jckwinneranza.jpg 675w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/jckwinneranza-300x184.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-40202\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click for JCK&#8217;s complete &#8220;Best of the Best&#8221; supplement.<\/p><\/div><\/center><\/p>\n<p>The JCK editorial team also got to choose five personal favorites, so a special thank you goes out to managing editor Melissa Bernardo, who selected my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/Store\/index.php\/queen-of-scots-romantic-snake-tiara.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Queen of Scots snake tiara<\/a> for the best bridal design over $10,000.<\/p>\n<p><center><div id=\"attachment_40203\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/issuu.com\/jckmagazine\/docs\/jck050118_luxury?embed_cta=read_more&amp;embed_context=embed&amp;embed_domain=www.jckonline.com&amp;embed_id=28945631%252F60647858\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40203\" class=\"wp-image-40203\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/jcktiara.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/jcktiara.jpg 1123w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/jcktiara-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/jcktiara-768x535.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/jcktiara-1024x714.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-40203\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Go to page 7 of the &#8220;Best of the Best&#8221; supplement to read what Melissa had to say.<\/p><\/div><\/center><\/p>\n<p>A final thank you goes to JCK blogger Amy Elliott, who included <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jckonline.com\/editorial-article\/royal-wedding-2018-12-jewels\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">my Boleyn necklace in her list of 12 jewels inspired by the royal wedding<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><cener><div id=\"attachment_40204\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/Store\/index.php\/boleyn-necklace.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40204\" class=\"size-full wp-image-40204\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/boleyn-tilt.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"609\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/boleyn-tilt.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/boleyn-tilt-245x300.jpg 245w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/boleyn-tilt-300x367.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-40204\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click to see on my website.<\/p><\/div><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not sure if Amy knew that this crowned initial pendant (available in any letter, of course!) was actually in Queen Elizabeth II&#8217;s presence in 2007.\u00a0 I described that experience in my very first week of blogging.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2007\/07\/boleyn-necklace-at-hever-castle\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-40205\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/boleynblog.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/boleynblog.jpg 841w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/boleynblog-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/boleynblog-768x467.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>JCK&#8217;s editorial operation is a key source of information in the jewelry industry, and its parent company, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reedjewelrygroup.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reed Jewelry Group<\/a>, runs some of the most important trade shows, so I&#8217;m always hugely appreciative of this kind of recognition. I heart you, JCK!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thank you, thank you, thank you to the judges of JCK&#8217;s Jewelers&#8217; Choice Awards for selecting my toi et moi ring for ANZA Gems as a finalist in the category of colored stone jewelry over $10,000. The JCK editorial team also got to choose five personal favorites, so a special thank you goes out to&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/thank-you-jck\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":40202,"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":[669,231,719,43,16],"tags":[733,1233],"class_list":["post-40194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-about-wendy","category-awards","category-jewelry","category-my-designs","category-press","tag-anza-gems","tag-jck-jewelers-choice-awards","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40194","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=40194"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40212,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40194\/revisions\/40212"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}