{"id":41136,"date":"2018-10-08T23:56:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-09T03:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=41136"},"modified":"2018-10-09T00:02:58","modified_gmt":"2018-10-09T04:02:58","slug":"jewel-of-the-month-part-i-swords-for-badass-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/jewel-of-the-month-part-i-swords-for-badass-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Jewel of the Month, Part I: Swords for Badass Women"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s a much-needed good omen! Last week, it was announced that an eight-year-old girl named Saga Vanecek <\/a> had pulled a 1,500-year-old sword out of a lake in Sweden this summer. I hope you will join me in swearing an oath of fealty to our appropriately named new leader<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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I had swords on my mind before reading about Saga, so October’s first Jewel of the Month<\/a> is one of my classic designs: My Matilda sword earrings.<\/p>\n

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I’ve featured the Matilda before. In 2016<\/a>, for instance, I wanted to share the Matilda because of a fun video that gorgeous jewelry blogger Becky Stone took of the necklace version.<\/p>\n

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…I was trying to make a cute little video of this badass @wendybrandesjewelry sword pendant sliding in and out of its scabbard. #uncomfortablysexualjewelryvideos #jewelryporn<\/a><\/p>\n

A post shared by Becky Stone \ud83d\udc8e<\/a> (@diamondsinthelibrary) on