{"id":42815,"date":"2019-05-30T23:57:42","date_gmt":"2019-05-31T03:57:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=42815"},"modified":"2019-05-31T00:58:06","modified_gmt":"2019-05-31T04:58:06","slug":"jewel-of-the-month-a-throwback-necklace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2019\/05\/jewel-of-the-month-a-throwback-necklace\/","title":{"rendered":"Jewel of the Month: Throwback Thursday Necklace"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every so often, I get an email with “Is this your design?” in the subject line.\u00a0 When I look at the attached photo, I usually find that the jewelry in question is just a common style, like a safety-pin earring<\/a>, or something that only looks like my work from a distance.\u00a0 That said, I’ve been alerted to a few blatant knockoffs<\/a>. And then there was the time in 2016 when my mother didn’t know she’d lost her one-of-a-kind ring until a lovely couple named Jan and Carma found it outside a Florida grocery store. They saw my name inside the band and contacted me.<\/p>\n

CLICK TO READ ABOUT MY MOM’S RING’S ADVENTURE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, I saw “Is this your design?” in a subject line of an email from … Wendy. Because I do email myself constantly to remind myself of things I need to do, my first thought was “Why am I asking myself this question?” I mean, I should know my own designs.<\/p>\n