A year ago today, I posted a highlarious gif that shopping app Spring created with my hockey mask and chainsaw stud earrings. You can still get the sterling silver earrings from my Spring store or my own website, and you can have them in time for Halloween if you order today. Thanks again to gorgeous…
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Get a Middle Finger Emoji on Your iPhone and Your Earlobe
Apple has a software update called iOS 9.1 and it’s got 150 new emojis, including the much-desired middle finger! Of course, I’ve been offering middle finger emoji jewelry since 2013. I wear the 18K gold version of my single stud earring every day. Seriously, I can be dressed for a black tie event, and I’ll…
Piercing Insight
Today I found out that fitting oh-so-perfectly into a New York Times consumer-trend story can make a person feel really … basic. The story, called (in the print edition) “Earlobes Are a Canvas for Women Over 30,” reports: “…many women in their 30s and 40s are doing something they had not considered for maybe a…
Two New Earrings for World Emoji Day
Today is World Emoji Day, and if you’ve been wondering why, check the date on the calendar emoji*. According to Emojipedia, July 17 was selected because iCal for Mac was announced at MacWorld Expo on July 17, 2002. The calendar emoji, in turn, inspired Emojipedia founder Jeremy Burge to declare World Emoji Day. And what’s…
Jewels of the Month: Crabs for Cancerians
According to the astrological calendar, the sign of Cancer rules from June 21 to July 22. Cancer is the Latin word for crab, which is why the zodiac sign is represented by a crab and why my Jewels of the Month are my crab emoji designs. You might not be familiar with the crab emoji…
Emojis in Accessories Magazine, With More to Come
Thanks to Accessories Magazine for including my raised hand emoji earring in today’s “Trend Finders” post! In case you missed it last month, the Unicode Consortium — aka Emoji Headquarters — revealed 38 new emojis that are proposed for a June 2016 launch. The list includes crossed fingers, which I already have in jewelry form…
Throwback Thursday: Emoji Face
Here’s a Throwback Thursday photos from my younger days. My MUCH younger days. Do you think the tongue-out emoji face was based on me? I demand royalties!
America Needs MY Emojis, Including Westside/Eastside
Did anyone catch Damon Darlin’s article, “America Needs Its Own Emojis,” in the New York Times Sunday Review section? As he reminds us, emojis originated in Japan, so they don’t cover all of America’s emoji needs: “Indeed, the Japanese vocabulary is most notable for what it fails to offer Americans. For example, there is no…
RIP, Leonard Nimoy
Actor Leonard Nimoy — best known for playing ultra-logical Vulcan Mr. Spock in the Star Trek television show and movies — died today of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at age 83. Nimoy was much more than Spock, of course. He was a Renaissance man who wrote books; directed television shows and movies; spoofed himself on…
Year in Review: Jewels of the Month for 2014
My Jewel of the Month posts highlight my newest jewelry designs. Here are 2014’s hot jewels from both my luxe signature line and my social-media-inspired WENDYB by Wendy Brandes diffusion line. Click the photos to read the original posts. Single earrings were hot this year and they’re not going to let up in 2015. I…