{"id":42898,"date":"2019-06-11T23:38:42","date_gmt":"2019-06-12T03:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=42898"},"modified":"2019-06-11T23:38:42","modified_gmt":"2019-06-12T03:38:42","slug":"im-an-instore-design-awards-finalist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/im-an-instore-design-awards-finalist\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m an InStore Design Awards Finalist!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m delighted to say that the custom ring I made for gorgeous client Laura was a two-time finalist in the <a href=\"https:\/\/instoremag.com\/the-instore-design-awards-2019-winners\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2019 InStore Design Awards<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><center><div id=\"attachment_42899\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/jewel-of-the-month-lauras-tourmaline-ring\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42899\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/tourmaline.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"504\" class=\"size-full wp-image-42899\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/tourmaline.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/tourmaline-296x300.jpg 296w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/tourmaline-300x304.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-42899\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click for original post.<\/p><\/div><\/center><\/p>\n<p>The ring won <a href=\"https:\/\/instoremag.com\/best-ring-over-5000-2019-winners\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">second place in the category of Best Ring Over $5,000<\/a>, and tied for third place in the <a href=\"https:\/\/instoremag.com\/best-platinum-jewelry-2019-winners\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Best Platinum Jewelry category<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><center><div id=\"attachment_42900\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/jewel-of-the-month-lauras-tourmaline-ring\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/lauraresize.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"364\" class=\"size-full wp-image-42900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/lauraresize.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/lauraresize-300x219.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-42900\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click for original post.<\/p><\/div><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I so enjoyed making this ring! Lately, when someone asks to see an example of my work &#8212; beyond what I&#8217;m wearing, of course &#8212; it&#8217;s the first photo I pull up. To learn more about the meaning of this ring and see some great before-and-after pictures, check out the video I did in April.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BYw3B8aMcy4\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re interested in custom work yourself, holla at me at info at wendybrandes dot com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m delighted to say that the custom ring I made for gorgeous client Laura was a two-time finalist in the 2019 InStore Design Awards. The ring won second place in the category of Best Ring Over $5,000, and tied for third place in the Best Platinum Jewelry category. 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Lately,&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/im-an-instore-design-awards-finalist\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":42899,"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":[669,231,341,719,43],"tags":[342,2041,2042],"class_list":{"0":"post-42898","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-about-wendy","8":"category-awards","9":"category-custom-work","10":"category-jewelry","11":"category-my-designs","12":"tag-custom-jewelry","13":"tag-instore-design-awards","14":"tag-tourmaline-ring","15":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42898","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=42898"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42902,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42898\/revisions\/42902"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}