I’m so thrilled! My emoji stud earrings — April’s Jewels of the Month — have been featured on Style.com! A great big … … goes out to Katharine K. Zarrella for writing the piece. You’ll notice it mentions that I made up the middle-finger emoji. When I was looking for a hand model for that…
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Fashionable Fruit and the Week in Review
My new sales item is my adorable pomegranate peace-sign necklace in silver and garnet. Check it out … the pendant really is a pomegranate AND a peace sign! Two great things for the price of one. You’re going to be impressed by how solid this piece is. People are always surprised by the heft because…
Boyfriend Jeans? Yes. Boyfriend Jewelry? No.
Actress Lea Michele (Glee) was recently spotted wearing a gold nameplate necklace reading “Cory,” in honor of her boyfriend/co-star Cory Monteith. The concept doesn’t appeal to gorgeous JCK Magazine writer Stephanie Schaefer, who blogged, “To me, this trend seems to be the equivalent of doodling hearts around your boyfriend’s name in middle school—cute, but also…
The Agony and Ecstasy of a Small Business, Revisited
Last year, I wrote a story for the Huffington Post called “The Agony and Ecstasy of a Small Business.” It dealt with economies of scale, which is something I’ve also discussed on this blog here, here and here. In manufacturing, economies of scale means that the bigger the order (of widgets, iPhones, pens or jewelry),…
Good News From JCK and British Vogue
I’m thrilled to let y’all know that I was a finalist in the 2013 JCK Jewelers’ Choice Awards competition! My Empress Wu dragon earrings placed third in the Pearl Jewelry/Over $10,000 category. JCK publishes JCK magazine, the jewelry industry’s leading trade publication. (Here’s an interview JCK did with me last year.) The company also produces and…
Fall 2013’s Fur-Skirt Mini-Trend; Plus, Phind Me on Pheed!
The Fall 2013 fashion shows have wrapped up and Eric Wilson of The New York Times, who observed a lot of mini-trends on the runways, picked one that stood out to him: “… most intriguing, both in its pervasiveness and its silliness,” he wrote, “is the fur skirt.” But, Wilson wondered, why does the fur…
Post-Super-Bowl Post: Jewelry for Beyonce, a Bet on Eminem
Like more than 108 million other people, I was glued to the television on Sunday, watching the Beyonce concert. You know, the big performance that was preceded by football, and followed by quiet naptime and then more football. I agree with Beyonce that the show was “Gone With the Wind fabulous!” I was thrilled by…
New Jewelry Designs for Last-Minute Holiday Shopping
I picked up some just-finished designs from my manufacturer late Thursday. I don’t have the professional pictures of these pieces yet, so they’re not on my website, but because people seemed pretty excited about them on Instagram, I’m sharing some iPhone photos here. If you want any of these for holiday gifts (for someone else…
Wendy Brandes Jewelry in Ocean Home; Week in Review
A huge thanks to the editors at Ocean Home magazine for including great shots of my jewelry in the December/January issue. My Marie Antoinette ring has a page all to itself! My Marie Antoinette earrings and one-of-a-kind, rose-quartz “seashell” ring are featured too. You can follow Ocean Home on Twitter here. Here’s what I had…
JCK Magazine Asks … Wendy Brandes
I’m so excited to be featured in the November 2012 issue of JCK (Jewelers’ Circular Keystone) Magazine! JCK covers style trends and jewelry industry issues, so it’s essential reading in my business. The JCK peeps selected me for their “JCK Asks …” feature and it was one of the most fun interviews I’ve done. I…