I’m thrilled to say that I’m a finalist in the 2016 JCK’s Jewelers’ Choice Awards! The engagement/anniversary ring design that I created for my own mother won second place in the Personalized Jewelry $1,000 & Over Category. This ring design came about when my mother’s original engagement ring needed significant repairs before my parents’ 50th…
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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…
Thanks From the Two-Time Swearing Champ
A big thank you to all of you who voted for me in three categories for the not-at-all-serious-and-therefore-extremely-important-to-me Drysdale Awards, hosted by Grant Miller Media. Sadly, I didn’t retain my Blogger of the Year title from last year’s Drysdale Awards. But I held onto Most Overt Product or Service Endorsements (known last year as Blog…
Regifting, Bloggy Style: The Meaning of Xmas
Here’s a rerun of my 2008 Christmas post. Before you read it … VOTE FOR ME AT GRANT MILLER MEDIA! If you don’t vote for me for me in all three of my categories — Blogger of the Year, Blog With the Most Overt Product or Service Endorsements, and Blog With the Most Swears —…
Go Ahead, Make My Birthday!
Today’s my birthday and you can make it a good one by voting for me in three categories of the not-at-all-serious-and-therefore-highly-desirable Drysdale Awards, hosted by Grant Miller Media. Go to Grant’s site, check out the left side of the screen and vote for me for Blogger of the Year, Blog With the Most Overt Product…
Congratulations, SATC2 Polyvore Contest Winners!
Thank you to everyone who entered the Polyvore contest for my Sex and the City 2 earrings. I loved all the entries so much that I cracked under the stress, thought I was on American Idol and developed multiple-personality judging disorder. First, I got hostile like Simon Cowell. Then I got delirious like Paula Abdul….
What Wendy Wore: Encounters With Bad Samaritans
MrB and I went to a dinner celebrating our gorgeous friend Joanna’s @&#th birthday last Thursday. That’s what the menu said: “@&#th Birthday Bash.” Unfortunately, I wasn’t wearing my swear rings to match the menu. Instead, I wore a vintage Ossie Clark maxi that I bought last year from Vintage-a-Peel and the Cleopatra necklace that…
Jewels of the Month: Cleopatra Earrings and Necklace
I’m sure it’s no surprise that my Cleopatra styles are May’s Jewels of the Month. I’ve been telling you … and telling you… and telling you… that my gold and diamond Cleopatra earrings will be seen on Samantha (Kim Cattrall) in Sex and the City 2, out on May 27. I’ve already spotted the earrings…
Win My Sex and the City Earrings on Polyvore
Got mad Polyvore skillz? If so, enter my contest for a chance to win silver Cleopatra earrings worth $450. The gold and diamond version of the earrings are worn by Samantha in Sex and the City 2. Polyvore describes itself as an “easy-to-use virtual styling tool lets people mix and match products from any online…
You Are All Winners
I’m devastated that I received a mere honorable mention in the race for the second annual Drysdale award for Blog With the Most Swearing. I was hoping to be a two-time winner in this category, but gorgeous blogger Gwen from Everything I Like Causes Cancer beat my ass. To Gwen, I say, “Congratulations!” and “Fuck…