Friday, March 2, 2012
It’s always wonderful to hear from a happy customer! Gorgeous blogger Sheila of Ephemera emailed me these pictures of herself wearing the lapis lazuli ring she purchased from me. Click the photos to read about the occasion for the ring and Sheila’s jewelry-wearing philosophy. Here is a look at the ring as it appears on [...]
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Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Run out to your newsstand and get the March 2012 issue of Nylon Magazine! The gold-plated swear rings from my WENDYB by Wendy Brandes line are on page 88. Here is a scan. There’s lots of great stuff in the issue in addition to my rings. If you’re into the pastels being shown for spring, [...]
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Wednesday, January 18, 2012
People often ask me if it’s okay to mix yellow and white metals. My answer? “Hell, yes!” I didn’t always have that mindset, though. I too grew up thinking jewelry had to be matchy-matchy. I don’t know where that fashion taboo against combining different-colored metals came from. One of the most famous jewelry designs in [...]
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Wednesday, June 22, 2011
I’m doing some extra-special work on my promised post about gold. In the meantime, you should check out the work of gorgeous blogger/photographer Alice Olive. I’m flattered that she’s a fan of my jewelry, and I’ve used her photos on my website. Today, she posted a lovely self-portrait in which she’s wearing my silver Cleopatra [...]
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Saturday, June 4, 2011
I love it when my gorgeous clients take beautiful pictures of their new WendyB jewelry. Blogger Beautifully Invisible always amazes me with her photos, thanks to the quality of the photography as well as her lovely hands. I put her picture of my swear rings on my website a while ago. Beautifully Invisible recently purchased [...]
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Wednesday, March 16, 2011
When gorgeous blogger Mariel of Preppy With a Twist asked me to create her engagement ring, I immediately got ABBA’s “Waterloo” stuck in my head. It took me a while to recall that the song was featured in a key scene of the 1994 movie Muriel’s Wedding. In the movie, Toni Collette is shy Muriel [...]
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Tuesday, January 11, 2011
The only thing better than a gracious note from a gorgeous client is a gracious note with photos attached. New Orleans-based Jeff Louviere recently emailed me these two pictures of his wife Vanessa wearing my Isabella Wolf-Fang necklace while cavorting with their rescued German shepherds. The photos were so intriguing that I had to ask [...]
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Thursday, November 4, 2010
Great news! The new swear-ring styles that I pre-sold on Kickstarter have come in sooner than expected. I will be sending them out this weekend. I already got one OMG set out to gorgeous blogger Solo Lisa. The rings came in handy when Lisa wanted to express her love for particularly delicious ramen. Lisa already [...]
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Tuesday, August 17, 2010
I had a great time at my joint sample sale with my designing friend Zang Toi today. All my peeps stopped by. Gorgeous blogger Pamela of Market Publique treated herself to an asterisk ring. My gorgeous friend Elizabeth was all like, “OMG!” Gorgeous blogger Tina of The Occasional Cook is a big True Blood fan [...]
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