{"id":40846,"date":"2018-08-21T23:38:11","date_gmt":"2018-08-22T03:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=40846"},"modified":"2018-08-21T23:38:11","modified_gmt":"2018-08-22T03:38:11","slug":"jewel-of-the-month-inspired-by-egypt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/jewel-of-the-month-inspired-by-egypt\/","title":{"rendered":"Jewel of the Month: Inspired by Egypt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the first royalty-inspired designs I created was my Cleopatra earring style, way back in 2006.<\/p>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-40847\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Cleo-Earrings_gold-hi-res-1023x954-768x716.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Cleo-Earrings_gold-hi-res-1023x954-768x716.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Cleo-Earrings_gold-hi-res-1023x954-768x716-300x280.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I eventually did a matching necklace &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><center><div id=\"attachment_40848\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40848\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/cleotinajresize.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"332\" class=\"size-full wp-image-40848\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/cleotinajresize.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/cleotinajresize-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-40848\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Modeled by Tina J<\/p><\/div><\/center><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and had the pleasure of seeing the earrings worn on the big screen by Kim Cattrall in <em>Sex and the City 2<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><center><div id=\"attachment_40850\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/throwback-thursday-my-satc-earrings\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40850\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/samantha-22-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"264\" class=\"size-full wp-image-40850\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/samantha-22-1.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/samantha-22-1-300x159.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-40850\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click for a recent post about &#8220;Samantha&#8221; and the earrings.<\/p><\/div><\/center><\/p>\n<p>People have always asked me for a matching bracelet, and I&#8217;m happy to say that I finally have that in the works. Here&#8217;s what it&#8217;s going to look like.<\/p>\n<p><center><div id=\"attachment_40852\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40852\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/cleoforblog.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"369\" class=\"size-full wp-image-40852\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/cleoforblog.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/cleoforblog-300x222.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-40852\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Email info at wendybrandes dot com to inquire about this work in progress.<\/p><\/div><\/center><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s just a rendering and I might still make changes to the design. Normally, I wouldn&#8217;t share a piece so early in the process &#8212; let alone make it a Jewel of the Month &#8212; but I felt inspired to blog it after visiting the Egyptian wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art this weekend. Of course, I took a close look at the jewelry on display, and I was amazed at how well my bracelet would fit in with the selection there.<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_40853\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/egypt.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40853\" class=\"wp-image-40853\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/egypt.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/egypt.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/egypt-296x300.jpg 296w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/egypt-768x779.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/egypt-300x304.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-40853\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click to enlarge.<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>This is one of the reasons I love designing jewelry &#8212; it endures not just for years or decades, but for millennia!<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re interested in a Cleopatra bracelet, holla at me at info at wendybrandes dot com. This can be customized in so many ways with different metals and gems, so tell me your favorites!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the first royalty-inspired designs I created was my Cleopatra earring style, way back in 2006. I eventually did a matching necklace &#8230; &#8230; and had the pleasure of seeing the earrings worn on the big screen by Kim Cattrall in Sex and the City 2. People have always asked me for a matching&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/jewel-of-the-month-inspired-by-egypt\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":40847,"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":[69,291,601,295,719],"tags":[1626,464],"class_list":["post-40846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bracelets","category-featured-jewel","category-inspiration","category-jewel-of-the-month","category-jewelry","tag-cleopatra","tag-sex-and-the-city","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40846","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=40846"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40846\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40854,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40846\/revisions\/40854"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}