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It’s always nice to get an email like this:

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my new ring!

THANK you!


The email is from gorgeous blogger ENC, and the photo shows the first of three custom-made stacking rings I designed for her. I’m using the stones from an old ring that she inherited. The ring in the photo is 18K rose gold with rubies; I also have some diamonds to use. Stay tuned for the next two rings. And remember, there’s no need to keep jewelry you don’t enjoy when I can remake it for you. If you want to inquire about a redesign, contact me at wbjewelry at hotmail dot com.

UPDATED TO ADD: Here’s another view of the ring.

© Wendy Brandes
Photo by John Muggenborg

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  1. That ring looks awesome! I love how the little gold shapes reach and stretch from one stone to the next.

  2. Wendy, you are so talented it’s unreal! I hope you frame emails like that so that you can continually remind yourself how great you are x

  6. That is lovely. I have some old jewelry that I don’t know what to do with, a really old Chinese yellow gold bracelet that I had when I was a baby, the gold is so soft and at some point it’s lost its catch, not that it would fit me these days anyway! I’m always wondering what I can do with it to make it wearable again, seems such a shame.

  7. i can’t wait to see these stacked.. wow. I can picture it already.. so nice. Kudos on great design, once again.

  9. Wow, looks amazing. I’ve decided I’m dropping hints to people around my birthday that I want something you designed!

  10. I loooooooooooooooove this ring! The combination of the delicate stones and the gold “x”s is beautiful.

  11. I really do love it!

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    this post!

  16. Hi there-how completely, utterly gorgeous-I love it and I’ve a sneaky feeling Enc does too!! Excellent job well done my dear, can’t wait to see the next ones!!

  18. Ugh, Blogger ate my comment! But the gist of it is that you are an awesome designer of jewelry and that this setting is just perfect for Enc.

  25. okay Wendy you are ridiculously talented!! didnt know you carried out this service! wow this idea of a stacked ring is amazing. cant wait to see the next pieces of the stacked set! this is so original,you need to patent this design my sweet of you havent already.
    muah x
    marian

  30. For anyone who thinks this is easy, IT’S NOT. I tried once, miserably, to make jewelry. I failed. Everything looked terrible, the lines were fuzzy, and those rotary machines freaked me out. After seeing your lovely designs, I’m convinced: you’re a genius.

  32. Lucky Enc – I’m so jealous! Damn this crappy economy forcing me not to spend any money – bah!

    PS: We’ve given you an award 🙂

  33. Wendy, this is just gorgeous. I love the shape–so unusual & so gorgeous. Can't wait to see the next to.

  35. Wendy, leave it to you to make something so interesting and beautiful. ENC, could we see a before/after shot?

  37. That’s so sweet!
    If I had a ring like that I would write an email like this aswell! It’s gorgeous!

  38. Oh man! I’m gonna scrounge around my grandma’s old jewelry for stones and gold so I can get you to make me a flying monkey ring!

  39. I know this is old….but did you read the article on gold in the National Geographic?
    Pretty fascinating stuff…like all the gold that has ever been mined in history would only fill two olympic size swimming pools. huh!

  41. Iron Chic, I never read that article, though I meant to. I’ll have to look online.

    Duchesse, I should note that doing something like this can be much more expensive than buying a ready-made piece. For custom work, I’m doing a one-of-a-kind design and the customer pays for the design work directly. If you buy from my inventory, I’ve already paid for the design work. It’s couture vs ready-made. I recommend this kind of project for people who have emotional attachments to particular gems or metals, not for people who want to be thrifty.

    Other peeps, I’m glad you like it. Wait till you see it with the other two rings.

  42. this ring is gorgeous.

    i wish i had “known” you before. i had a family heirloom “disappear” from a VERY reputable jeweler. they refuse to take responsibility for it and accused of us taking the jewels back and claiming we didn’t. now we’re gonna end up in a lawsuit w/them. but what pisses me off the most is that we lost a very precious family heirloom. oh well…

  46. I came to your blog to see your designs and they are wonderful.. this is truely incredibly special…