{"id":9527,"date":"2011-02-04T00:34:21","date_gmt":"2011-02-04T05:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=9527"},"modified":"2011-02-04T00:34:21","modified_gmt":"2011-02-04T05:34:21","slug":"jewel-of-the-month-emoticon-heart-ring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/jewel-of-the-month-emoticon-heart-ring\/","title":{"rendered":"Jewel of the Month: Emoticon Heart Ring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Right on time for Valentine&#8217;s Day, here is my latest design, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/store\/products.php?product=Emoticon-Heart-Ring\" target=\"_blank\">emoticon heart ring<\/a>. Don&#8217;t know how to make an <a href=\"http:\/\/boingboing.net\/2007\/11\/21\/evolution-of-the-hea.html\" target=\"_blank\">emoticon heart<\/a>? Just put a less-than sign and a 3 together, and voil\u00e0! A heart.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div id=\"attachment_9528\" style=\"width: 452px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/store\/products.php?product=Emoticon-Heart-Ring\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9528\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9528     \" title=\"emoticon heart ring_1024\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/emoticon-heart-ring_1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"442\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/emoticon-heart-ring_1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/emoticon-heart-ring_1024-300x250.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 442px) 100vw, 442px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9528\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">$150. Click to purchase. Photo by John Muggenborg.<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Like my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/store\/products.php?product=Swear-Rings\" target=\"_blank\">swear rings<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/store\/products.php?product=Asterisk-Ring\" target=\"_blank\">asterisk ring<\/a>, the emoticon heart ring is solid sterling silver. The band starts at size 6. As you can see in the picture, the band is open in the back so that you can adjust it to fit your finger.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The ring was inspired by gorgeous blogger Jordana of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.clutch22.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Clutch 22<\/a>, who has always been a fan of my swear rings.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div id=\"attachment_9529\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/thank-you\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9529\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9529 \" title=\"jordana swear rings\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/jordana-swear-rings.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/jordana-swear-rings.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/jordana-swear-rings-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9529\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jordana modeling the swear rings in 2009. Click for original post.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>At some point, she said to me, &#8220;If you ever do emoticon heart rings, I&#8217;ll be the first to buy them!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Sorry, Jordana! Gorgeous blogger Erin of <a href=\"http:\/\/workwithwhatyouvegot.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Work With What You&#8217;ve Got<\/a> got to this ring before anyone else.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div id=\"attachment_9530\" style=\"width: 488px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/workwithwhatyouvegot.blogspot.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9530\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9530\" title=\"emoticon\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/emoticon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"478\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/emoticon.jpg 478w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/emoticon-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 478px) 100vw, 478px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9530\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Erin modeling the ring and her snazzy one-finger manicure.<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Erin had the scoop on the new ring because she joined my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WendyBrandesJewelry\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook fan page<\/a>. I recently added a mini store to that page under the &#8220;Shop Now&#8221; button. I&#8217;ll be putting some new designs there first, as well as offering discounts on existing designs. If you want to be in the know, you need to become a Facebook fan!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I only made two of the emoticon heart rings to start. I had to see how I liked them! I did like them and they both sold. I have another batch of rings coming early next week and you CAN get them by Valentine&#8217;s Day but please select an express delivery option so that yours gets to you in time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">And stay tuned for a two-ring version of this look!<\/p>\n<p> <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Right on time for Valentine&#8217;s Day, here is my latest design, the emoticon heart ring. Don&#8217;t know how to make an emoticon heart? Just put a less-than sign and a 3 together, and voil\u00e0! A heart. Like my swear rings and asterisk ring, the emoticon heart ring is solid sterling silver. The band starts at&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/jewel-of-the-month-emoticon-heart-ring\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9528,"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":[320,295,43,6,32],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-9527","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-holiday-gift-ideas","8":"category-jewel-of-the-month","9":"category-my-designs","10":"category-rings","11":"category-shopping-suggestions","12":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9527","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=9527"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9527\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9533,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9527\/revisions\/9533"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}