{"id":46584,"date":"2021-08-02T12:46:16","date_gmt":"2021-08-02T16:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=46584"},"modified":"2021-09-03T19:10:25","modified_gmt":"2021-09-03T23:10:25","slug":"happy-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2021\/08\/happy-august\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy August!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Looking for a birthday gift &#8230; for yourself, maybe? My customers and I are all about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/jewel-of-the-month-lauras-tourmaline-ring\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">self-gifting<\/a>! For August birthday wimmins, I&#8217;ve got a stunning example of the month&#8217;s birthstone, peridot, in the form of diamond chandelier earrings on sale on 1stdibs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/jewelry\/earrings\/chandelier-earrings\/wendy-brandes-august-birthstone-peridot-diamond-chandelier-earrings\/id-j_5810261\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/peridot-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/peridot-3.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/peridot-3-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/peridot-3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/peridot-3-320x320.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Click to shop on 1stdibs.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>And let&#8217;s not forget birth signs. What Leo wouldn&#8217;t love this lion pendant?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/jewelry\/necklaces\/pendant-necklaces\/wendy-brandes-onyx-18k-yellow-gold-lion-leo-zodiac-pendant-necklace\/id-j_5774352\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"436\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/leo-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46590\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/leo-1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/leo-1-275x300.jpg 275w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/leo-1-300x327.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Click to shop on 1stdibs.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>That necklace has been worn by supermodel Bella Hadid, as well as other celebrities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.papermag.com\/bella-hadid-cover-2129976295.html?rebelltitem=6#rebelltitem6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"516\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/bellaresize-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/bellaresize-1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/bellaresize-1-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/bellaresize-1-300x387.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Bella Hadid in Paper Magazine. Click to see all the Bella looks, full size.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>More of a ring person? Gaze into the sapphire eyes of the lion adorning my Lion and Hunter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/category\/jewelry\/maneater\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Maneater ring<\/a>. (Spoiler alert\/reassurance: The lion comes out on top in this jewelry story!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/jewelry\/rings\/cocktail-rings\/wendy-brandes-one-kind-18k-gold-lion-ring-secret-inside\/id-j_6065852\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/lionresize.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/lionresize.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/lionresize-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/lionresize-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Click to shop on 1stdibs.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><meta charset=\"utf-8\">Speaking of my Maneater collection &#8230; if you&#8217;ve been a reader a long time, you know I&#8217;ve been working on that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2019\/08\/jewels-of-the-month-the-maneater-collection-revisited\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">multiple-piece art-jewelry group for quite a few years<\/a>. I&#8217;m happy to say the final Maneater piece will debut this fall. Stay tuned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking for a birthday gift &#8230; for yourself, maybe? My customers and I are all about self-gifting! For August birthday wimmins, I&#8217;ve got a stunning example of the month&#8217;s birthstone, peridot, in the form of diamond chandelier earrings on sale on 1stdibs. And let&#8217;s not forget birth signs. What Leo wouldn&#8217;t love this lion pendant?&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2021\/08\/happy-august\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":46585,"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":[52,592,120,60,291,703,76,295,719,87,659,43,13,6,723],"tags":[2500,776,1396,2088,2502,2501],"class_list":{"0":"post-46584","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birthdays","8":"category-birthstone","9":"category-diamonds","10":"category-earrings","11":"category-featured-jewel","12":"category-gems","13":"category-gold","14":"category-jewel-of-the-month","15":"category-jewelry","16":"category-jewelry-designer","17":"category-maneater","18":"category-my-designs","19":"category-necklaces","20":"category-rings","21":"category-special-occasions","22":"tag-animal-jewelry","23":"tag-august-birthstone","24":"tag-leo-jewelry","25":"tag-lion-necklace","26":"tag-lion-ring","27":"tag-zodiac-jewelry","28":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46584","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=46584"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46584\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46594,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46584\/revisions\/46594"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}