Whether you love Valentine’s Day or loathe it, the days immediately following the holiday are kind of awesome. First of all, the big Whitman’s Sampler chocolate assortments are on sale in all the drugstores to make room for the Easter candy. If you’re buying for me, I do prefer Whitman’s Samplers to Russell Stover boxes,…
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Act Fast to Live Long and Prosper
Last fall, I announced that I’m discontinuing my silver jewelry collection to concentrate on my true loves: 18K gold and platinum. As I’ve gotten lower and lower in silver inventory, once in a while something unexpected turns out to have been hiding behind another piece. I’ve found an extremely limited quantity of three emoji earring…
The Week in Review
In case you missed it, here’s what was on the blog this week. Monday, September 17: Leslie Jones and Christian Siriano put together a LEWK for the Emmys, and Sarah Sophie Flicker has a new fan. Tuesday, September 18: Things are looking up for my slow-fashion Zac Posen skirt. Wednesday, September 19: I’m saying farewell…
Celebrate World Emoji Day AND Made in America Week
It’s World Emoji Day and Made in America Week, so why not mark both occasions by buying some of my emoji jewelry designs, all made in New York City? I started making emoji jewelry in silver and 18K gold in April 2013, and now I have over 50 styles to choose from. CLICK HERE TO…
Jewels of the Month: More Emoji Earrings
The Unicode Consortium — aka Emoji Headquarters — is killing it lately! The consortium used to approve new emojis at such a glacial pace that I started designing my own emoji-like jewelry right along with pieces representing actual emoji. For instance, I created an emoji-like middle-finger earring in 2013. Two years later, Unicode announced a…
Wendy Brandes Rebel Jewelry on JCK Online
When I found out that JCK was looking for examples of jewelry with rebellious motifs, I hardly knew what to send in! I make a lot of jewelry with attitude. For instance … Finally, I narrowed it down to my silver middle finger emoji ring and my more recent 18K gold earrings celebrating 40 years…