{"id":40714,"date":"2018-07-30T22:26:37","date_gmt":"2018-07-31T02:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=40714"},"modified":"2018-07-30T22:26:37","modified_gmt":"2018-07-31T02:26:37","slug":"official-portrait-of-my-black-diamond-skull-medallion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/official-portrait-of-my-black-diamond-skull-medallion\/","title":{"rendered":"Official Portrait of My Black-Diamond Skull Medallion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/jewel-of-the-month-black-diamond-skull\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">In June<\/a>, I shared photos of my &#8220;Carpe Diem&#8221; medallion &#8212; which boasts a 3-carat black diamond cut into the shape of a skull &#8212; but it&#8217;s worth taking another look now that expert jewelry photographer Ed Parrinello of <a href=\"https:\/\/squaremoose.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SquareMoose<\/a> has taken the official picture.<\/p>\n<p><center><div id=\"attachment_40715\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/Store\/index.php\/carpe-diem-pendant.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40715\" class=\"wp-image-40715 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/carpediempendantresize.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"664\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/carpediempendantresize.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/carpediempendantresize-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/carpediempendantresize-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-40715\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click for more information.<\/p><\/div><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Ed&#8217;s photo even shows the tiny ruby &#8220;tongue&#8221; in the skull&#8217;s mouth! (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/Store\/index.php\/carpe-diem-pendant.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zoom in on my website for a closer look<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re in Columbus, Ohio, you can\u00a0try on\u00a0this one-of-a-kind design at <a href=\"https:\/\/alexandersjewelersofohio.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alexanders Jewelers, our local <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/wednesdays-video-all-about-my-concierge-service\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Concierge partner<\/a><\/a>. Just call 614-233-6666 and request a private appointment with Shane; he&#8217;ll be showing the pendant for the next couple of weeks. If you love it, don&#8217;t hesitate because I&#8217;m not going to make another necklace like it! I will, however, be doing different designs with diamond skulls, including two pairs of earrings.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s one of the skull pairs I&#8217;ll be working with.<\/p>\n<p><center><div id=\"attachment_40716\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40716\" class=\"wp-image-40716\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/skullsforearringsresize.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/skullsforearringsresize.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/skullsforearringsresize-300x281.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-40716\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ready to be turned into earrings!<\/p><\/div><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I have a design idea already, but if you have your own vision for these gems, I can work with you on making that a reality. Holla at me at info at wendybrandes dot com to inquire or, if you&#8217;re in Columbus, call Shane. He works with me on custom pieces as well as selling my own designs.<\/p>\n<p>My goal right now is to do five to 10 designs with black-diamond skulls &#8212; without ever repeating a look. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In June, I shared photos of my &#8220;Carpe Diem&#8221; medallion &#8212; which boasts a 3-carat black diamond cut into the shape of a skull &#8212; but it&#8217;s worth taking another look now that expert jewelry photographer Ed Parrinello of SquareMoose has taken the official picture. Ed&#8217;s photo even shows the tiny ruby &#8220;tongue&#8221; in the&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/official-portrait-of-my-black-diamond-skull-medallion\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":40715,"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":[120,291,76,601,719,657,43,13,575],"tags":[1574,1610],"class_list":["post-40714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-diamonds","category-featured-jewel","category-gold","category-inspiration","category-jewelry","category-mourning-jewelry","category-my-designs","category-necklaces","category-skulls","tag-jewelry-concierge","tag-medallion-necklace","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40714","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=40714"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40714\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40719,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40714\/revisions\/40719"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}