Gorgeous client Shell recently asked me which of my own pieces are my favorites. That’s a tough question! But here are a few things that I like to wear.
The Queen of Scots necklace, which you’ve all seen plenty of times (and I haven’t even gotten to my Mary Queen of Scots Book Club post yet!), is a good one because it is very visible and draws people in. A bold piece like this is great for shy clients who yearn to be a little more gregarious. You can walk into a room and everyone will come over to talk to you. I’m not kidding; it’s literally a conversation piece. If you have social anxiety, this is the cure. You just have to be brave enough to put it on and then your wallflower days are over. Why do you think I started designing big jewelry in the first place?
This piece is taking over the blog. I’m getting tired of its ass.Queen of Scots Necklace © Wendy Brandes 2007-2008
Photo by John Muggenborg
For a long necklace, I’ve been wearing the Isabella wolf fang. You can’t see it in this picture but the wolf has cute little nostrils when you view it head-on. I think the nostrils are one of those funny details that can make a piece.
My Papessa locket in rose gold is at a shoot at Essence magazine.
The Diana ring has heft! I use a lot of metal in my pieces, which makes them expensive but very special. I have an onyx ring, which I didn’t design, that was made in Hong Kong. I’m selling it for $100. It’s a nice ring for that amount of money. But I love to have people hold that ring in one hand and one of my rings in the other. The difference shocks people. After that, they know they’re getting what they pay for with me.
And now for something completely different!
How hot is Yoko Ono in these photos?
Are those leather shorts?Photo from FAD
She’s got the sex-ay outfit and she’s being groped by a Beatle! That’s damn hot! You know, when I was 13 or so I wanted to marry Paul McCartney. Twenty years later, I married a different Paul who, in a bizarre twist of fate, is the same age as Sir Paul. In your face, McCartney! You had your chance! Now it’s too late. That’s what you get for unknowingly rejecting me because we never met. I’ve moved on. Don’t bother calling or writing. Do not send me large gift boxes of delicious Cadbury Dairy Milk. I will just eat them while watching Ice-T on Law & Order SVU with my superfantastic non-Beatle husband. It wouldn’t have worked anyway, because I’m not a vegetarian. But being a veggie doesn’t guarantee that someone is a good spouse, eh? You found that out the hard way. Good luck with that situation.
Closure at last! Anyway! As I was going to say before I so rudely interrupted myself, Yoko had a lot of hot looks. I’ll do a separate post on those soon.
cool jewelry, I like the ring! I love gold jewelry. 🙂
Ooohh… fantastic ring. I’ll go check it out at Gigi Caron’s site in a bit.
LOL funny post. You and Paul look wonderful together – too bad Sir Paul had to learn it the hard way!!
Lovely and amazing jewelry, as always.
I’m reading the Pattie Boyd memoir (er, mostly just looking at the pictures) and holy crap was Beatle George Harrison a total fox! Eric Clapton was cute in a little boy hipster kind of way, but he was a little too petulant for my tastes.
I love the snake necklace. Fabulous.
That’s a great John/Yoko pic.
And i love L&O. Good choice!
aww shucks! i feel so special that i prompted this post! i heart that wolf neckace! you are just so talented, my dear.
Snakey scares me.
When I first saw it in your icon ( a small pic) I thought it was a monkey reaching for fruit and I was in love with it and felt sure I had to have it.
Love the ring and the prayer necklace.
errrr… Wendy, no heart ring in Gigi Caron site..?
Sorry, Lynn! I haven’t been updating everything on that site since I am about to start a new site. I put the new things on it sporadically but since I need a programmer to do it (don’t ask), it’s usually not worth it. If you want to know a price for the ring, or to see a photo of it in silver (lots of times I wear the gold on one hand and the silver on the other), just email me at wbjewelry (at) gmail dot com!
That is a hot picture!!
My favorite items of yours are your poison rings. Love
I love the wolf necklace, I was a member of the wolfpack in school…that necklace would have been perfect (and it still is perfect).
Love the ring…very cool stuff!
smiles, kari and kijsa
nice jewelry!! yoko ono had a very nice body actually…apart from being a really smart woman which i admire
xoxoxo
I followed your comment back to your blog and am so glad I did. Your jewelry is beautiful! Where can I see more? I love that it has historical themes. I want one of everything!
Hi Lindsay! You can see more designs on my somewhat out-of-date website, http://www.gigicaron.com. If there’s anything you like, ask me about it because I have been known to give special prices to blog readers! Also on the blog, you can click both the tags “my designs” and “sales” to see some more.
Your pieces are beautiful. Thanks for stopping by. I’d like to add you to my business blogroll, SassyPurseCandy.com. Feel free to add mine to yours, if you’d like.
This Link Exchange invitation is open to anyone else that has a home-based business, as well.
Yep, she’s hot for sure, but the thought of being groped by a Beatle is hotter still! I absolutely agree with your comment about the importance of details in making things special, unique, fun. Glad you’ve enjoyed your visits to my blog.
Yes I’d be curious to see Yoko’s many looks…Don’t know much about her style
I LOVE that ring! Thanks for leaving a comment of petitefashionista.com the other day. I thought I’d drop by to say hi!
xo
Christa Jean
I love the queen of scots necklace! very pretty!
OMG. Of course I had to click on that link through Twitter. LOL. (1) The ring is very lovely! And it's affordable, too. How sweet. (2) Yoko Ono was and still is a hot azz beeyotch. I know she gets a bad rap, but she's a performance artist and you gotta let them go free.