{"id":40669,"date":"2018-07-25T23:56:43","date_gmt":"2018-07-26T03:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=40669"},"modified":"2018-07-26T00:14:24","modified_gmt":"2018-07-26T04:14:24","slug":"wednesdays-video-my-wedding-band-has-gone-awol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/wednesdays-video-my-wedding-band-has-gone-awol\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday&#8217;s Video: My Wedding Band Has Gone AWOL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MrB and I celebrated our 17th anniversary on Sunday with a low-key local dinner.\u00a0 I wore a t-shirt and denim shorts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/flashback-friday-gareth-pugh-in-las-vegas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rather than the Gareth Pugh outfit I wore for our previous two anniversaries<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_40670\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/throwback-thursday-1-wedding-1-anniversary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40670\" class=\"wp-image-40670 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/anniversary2017resize.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"971\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/anniversary2017resize.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/anniversary2017resize-154x300.jpg 154w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/anniversary2017resize-300x585.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-40670\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I did NOT wear this look from 2017. (Click for original post.)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Another thing I wasn&#8217;t wearing was my chunky wedding band.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_40671\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40671\" class=\"wp-image-40671 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/weddingband.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/weddingband.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/weddingband-300x297.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-40671\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo taken this May.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Why? Because I lost my own damn ring! I always give advice to customers about how to cope with AWOL jewelry &#8212; this week&#8217;s video is about how annoyed I was\u00a0to have\u00a0to\u00a0take my own advice.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7p2yDz3Sw8U\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>While I still haven&#8217;t found my ring (and don&#8217;t believe I will), an unrelated household organization project did uncover this first-ever, wedding-day photo of the ring from July 22, 2001. Aw!<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_40672\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2009\/09\/your-wedding-wish-is-my-command-now-vote\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40672\" class=\"size-full wp-image-40672\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ringscan.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ringscan.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ringscan-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ringscan-300x452.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-40672\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click for full wedding-outfit photos.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I count my engagement ring and wedding band as the first serious jewelry I ever designed, even though I&#8217;d dabbled in a couple of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/jewel-of-the-month-terri-berrys-birthday-ring\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">unsatisfactory redesigns<\/a> earlier. I was working at an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/never-is-the-next-new-thing-my-bio-and-columbia-spectator\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">investment bank<\/a> when MrB and I got married, and I always say those rings led to my next career. In other words, this wedding band had extra significance. What do you think? Should I remake it just as it was or do something entirely new? I&#8217;m leaning toward the latter but I&#8217;d like it to still &#8220;speak to&#8221; my engagement ring like this one did. That creates more of a challenge, but it&#8217;s one I probably won&#8217;t have to worry about for quite a long time. Customers&#8217; jobs always take precedent over anything I might want to do for myself!<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, if you want to see more photos from my wedding, here&#8217;s a whole video devoted to my GIGANTIC wedding album. <\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/x4EAhJbsWVE\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCffTpc4r3ru3j5T6MwxsMVQ\/videos\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to subscribe to my YouTube channel so you don&#8217;t miss the next video!<\/a><\/strong><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MrB and I celebrated our 17th anniversary on Sunday with a low-key local dinner.\u00a0 I wore a t-shirt and denim shorts rather than the Gareth Pugh outfit I wore for our previous two anniversaries. Another thing I wasn&#8217;t wearing was my chunky wedding band. Why? Because I lost my own damn ring! I always give&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/wednesdays-video-my-wedding-band-has-gone-awol\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":40671,"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":[669,719,6,1291,118],"tags":[1606,1607,839],"class_list":["post-40669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-about-wendy","category-jewelry","category-rings","category-video-about-wendy","category-weddings","tag-jewelry-advice","tag-jewelry-insurance","tag-wedding-band","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40669","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=40669"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40669\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40677,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40669\/revisions\/40677"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}