﻿{"id":1718,"date":"2014-08-28T16:30:00","date_gmt":"2014-08-28T16:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/dailyjewel\/?guid=0e8b988db5a65eaae4c0a3af34bc254e"},"modified":"2014-08-28T16:30:00","modified_gmt":"2014-08-28T16:30:00","slug":"throwbackthursday-emoji-jewelry-and-a-shout-out-to-taylor-swift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/dailyjewel\/2014\/08\/28\/throwbackthursday-emoji-jewelry-and-a-shout-out-to-taylor-swift\/","title":{"rendered":"#ThrowbackThursday &#8211; EMOJI JEWELRY AND A SHOUT OUT TO TAYLOR SWIFT!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-7PzVu5PNTWo\/U_7XvEAtZAI\/AAAAAAAAspo\/eqR0ipk1Fhc\/s1600\/Wendy1.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-7PzVu5PNTWo\/U_7XvEAtZAI\/AAAAAAAAspo\/eqR0ipk1Fhc\/s1600\/Wendy1.png\" data-pinit=\"registered\" height=\"290\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;\"><b>EMOTICON via Wikipedia<\/b> &#8211; An&nbsp;<\/span><b style=\"background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;\">emoticon<\/b><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;\">&nbsp;(<\/span><span class=\"nowrap\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; white-space: nowrap;\"><span class=\"IPA\" title=\"Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:IPA_for_English\" style=\"background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none !important;\" title=\"Help:IPA for English\">\/<\/a><\/span><span class=\"IPA nopopups\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:IPA_for_English#Key\" style=\"background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none !important;\" title=\"Help:IPA for English\"><span style=\"border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px;\" title=\"\/\u0268\/ 'e' in 'roses'\">\u0268<\/span><\/a><\/span><span class=\"IPA nopopups\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:IPA_for_English#Key\" style=\"background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none !important;\" title=\"Help:IPA for English\"><span style=\"border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px;\" title=\"\/\u02c8\/ primary stress follows\">\u02c8<\/span><\/a><\/span><span class=\"IPA nopopups\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:IPA_for_English#Key\" style=\"background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none !important;\" title=\"Help:IPA for English\"><span style=\"border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px;\" title=\"'m' in 'my'\">m<\/span><\/a><\/span><span class=\"IPA nopopups\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:IPA_for_English#Key\" style=\"background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none !important;\" title=\"Help:IPA for English\"><span style=\"border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px;\" title=\"\/o\u028a\/ long 'o' in 'bode'\">o\u028a<\/span><\/a><\/span><span class=\"IPA nopopups\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:IPA_for_English#Key\" style=\"background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none !important;\" title=\"Help:IPA for English\"><span style=\"border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px;\" title=\"'t' in 'tie'\">t<\/span><\/a><\/span><span class=\"IPA nopopups\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:IPA_for_English#Key\" style=\"background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none !important;\" title=\"Help:IPA for English\"><span style=\"border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px;\" title=\"\/\u0268\/ 'e' in 'roses'\">\u0268<\/span><\/a><\/span><span class=\"IPA nopopups\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:IPA_for_English#Key\" style=\"background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none !important;\" title=\"Help:IPA for English\"><span style=\"border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px;\" title=\"'k' in 'kind'\">k<\/span><\/a><\/span><span class=\"IPA nopopups\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:IPA_for_English#Key\" style=\"background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none !important;\" title=\"Help:IPA for English\"><span style=\"border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px;\" title=\"\/\u0252\/ short 'o' in 'body'\">\u0252<\/span><\/a><\/span><span class=\"IPA nopopups\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:IPA_for_English#Key\" style=\"background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none !important;\" title=\"Help:IPA for English\"><span style=\"border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px;\" title=\"'n' in 'nigh'\">n<\/span><\/a><\/span><span class=\"IPA\" title=\"Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:IPA_for_English\" style=\"background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none !important;\" title=\"Help:IPA for English\">\/<\/a><\/span><\/span><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;\">) is a&nbsp;<\/span><a class=\"mw-redirect\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Metacommunication\" style=\"background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Metacommunication\">metacommunicative<\/a><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;\">&nbsp;pictorial representation of a&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Facial_expression\" style=\"background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Facial expression\">facial expression<\/a><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;\">&nbsp;which in the absence of&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Body_language\" style=\"background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Body language\">body language<\/a><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;\">and&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prosody_(linguistics)\" style=\"background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Prosody (linguistics)\">prosody<\/a><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;\">&nbsp;serves to draw a receiver&#8217;s&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Interest_(emotion)\" style=\"background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Interest (emotion)\">attention<\/a><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;\">&nbsp;to the tenor or temper of a sender&#8217;s nominal verbal communication, changing and improving its interpretation. It expresses\u2014usually by means of&nbsp;<\/span><a class=\"mw-redirect\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Punctuation_marks\" style=\"background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Punctuation marks\">punctuation marks<\/a><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;\">\u2014a person&#8217;s feelings or mood and can include numbers and letters, as well. These emoticons are usually flipped sideways. As social media has become widespread, emoticons have played a significant role in communication through technology. These emoticons offer another range of &#8220;tone&#8221; and feeling through texting that portrays specific emotions through facial gestures while in the midst of cyber communication.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-XaoVAO6TBXo\/U_7XuqnwzpI\/AAAAAAAAspY\/5MDwWnCyjhk\/s1600\/WENDYTAYLOR13.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-XaoVAO6TBXo\/U_7XuqnwzpI\/AAAAAAAAspY\/5MDwWnCyjhk\/s1600\/WENDYTAYLOR13.png\" data-pinit=\"registered\" height=\"343\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-5QfehxLLJfw\/U_7XmQdJtuI\/AAAAAAAAspM\/rhu-FFJb1WI\/s1600\/WENDYTAYLOR.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-5QfehxLLJfw\/U_7XmQdJtuI\/AAAAAAAAspM\/rhu-FFJb1WI\/s1600\/WENDYTAYLOR.png\" data-pinit=\"registered\" height=\"140\" width=\"200\" \/><\/a><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\">Who knew back in the day when &#8220;emoticons&#8221; became the language of the internet, and later found it&#8217;s niche in text messages and social media, that Emoji Jewelry would be a real category and is even found in fine jewelry! &nbsp;&#8230;.hmmm emoji heirloom jewelry?<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><br \/><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-c37qLlotAPs\/U_7mXsD8kkI\/AAAAAAAAsqY\/CHKR1dxYzb8\/s1600\/WENDYMUDFLAPGIRL.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-c37qLlotAPs\/U_7mXsD8kkI\/AAAAAAAAsqY\/CHKR1dxYzb8\/s1600\/WENDYMUDFLAPGIRL.png\" data-pinit=\"registered\" height=\"320\" width=\"210\" \/><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\">Just think you could buy this fabulous<a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/store\/products.php?product=Two%252dRing-Emoticon-Heart-Set\" > Ring Set by Wendy Brandes Jewelry&nbsp;<\/a>&nbsp;and find yourself explaining to the Grand Kids just how &#8220;hip&#8221; (?) &nbsp;you were! &nbsp;OK &#8211; that just outed my age \ud83d\ude09<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\">Of course the minute I start talking Wendy Brandes I have to bring up the piece of jewelry that, for me, put Wendy on my radar. &nbsp;Years ago on Twitter (wow, who ever thought we would be saying THAT!) I saw a jeweler talking about her new necklace&#8230;Mud Flap Jill! &nbsp;I couldn&#8217;t believe that someone gave my FAV traffic distraction, Mud Flap Girl, a name &#8211; AND immortalized her in Gold!!! &nbsp; &#8230;this is on my To Buy List &nbsp;&#8211; just link Mud Flap Girl &nbsp;heirloom jewelry &#8211; that makes me smile!<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\">Before this turns into a Wendy Brandes love fest which would be so easy to do! &nbsp; More recently the designer made my <a href=\"http:\/\/list.ly\/list\/QWX-top-5-daily-go-to-jewelry\" >Top 5 Daily Go To Jewelry <\/a>&nbsp;List for her fabulous mismatched &#8220;Heart U&#8221; earrings. &nbsp;I may work in Jewelry but I am a Huggies and Studs girl.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-WEBZlStpwTQ\/U_7Xul5FBLI\/AAAAAAAAspg\/9LDm9fcqSYw\/s1600\/WENDYHEARTYOU.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-WEBZlStpwTQ\/U_7Xul5FBLI\/AAAAAAAAspg\/9LDm9fcqSYw\/s1600\/WENDYHEARTYOU.png\" data-pinit=\"registered\" height=\"291\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><b>&#8230;and then there is the ultimate in Emoticon Jewels &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/royalwedding.aol.com\/2010\/11\/24\/beyonce-launches-lorraine-schwartz-2bhappy-collection-at-lavo\/\" >Lorraine Schwartz&#8217; Happy Face Bracelet<\/a>!<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-TzHl469G840\/U_7pDTRYgpI\/AAAAAAAAsqk\/1HLRTczPjl8\/s1600\/happyfacebey.jpeg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-TzHl469G840\/U_7pDTRYgpI\/AAAAAAAAsqk\/1HLRTczPjl8\/s1600\/happyfacebey.jpeg\" data-pinit=\"registered\" height=\"240\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-rcbNu3JrDUs\/U_7pDVtPwxI\/AAAAAAAAsqg\/Y4kRZcrb5Kw\/s1600\/happylorrain.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-rcbNu3JrDUs\/U_7pDVtPwxI\/AAAAAAAAsqg\/Y4kRZcrb5Kw\/s1600\/happylorrain.png\" data-pinit=\"registered\" height=\"360\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><b>How can you see these and not smile?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-7PzVu5PNTWo\/U_7XvEAtZAI\/AAAAAAAAspo\/eqR0ipk1Fhc\/s1600\/Wendy1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-7PzVu5PNTWo\/U_7XvEAtZAI\/AAAAAAAAspo\/eqR0ipk1Fhc\/s1600\/Wendy1.png\" height=\"290\" width=\"640\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span><b>EMOTICON via Wikipedia<\/b> &#8211; An&nbsp;<\/span><b>emoticon<\/b><span>&nbsp;(<\/span><span><span title=\"Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:IPA_for_English\" title=\"Help:IPA for English\">\/<\/a><\/span><span><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:IPA_for_English#Key\" title=\"Help:IPA for English\"><span title=\"\/&#616;\/ 'e' in 'roses'\">&#616;<\/span><\/a><\/span><span><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:IPA_for_English#Key\" title=\"Help:IPA for English\"><span title=\"\/&#712;\/ primary stress follows\">&#712;<\/span><\/a><\/span><span><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:IPA_for_English#Key\" title=\"Help:IPA for English\"><span title=\"'m' in 'my'\">m<\/span><\/a><\/span><span><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:IPA_for_English#Key\" title=\"Help:IPA for English\"><span title=\"\/o&#650;\/ long 'o' in 'bode'\">o&#650;<\/span><\/a><\/span><span><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:IPA_for_English#Key\" title=\"Help:IPA for English\"><span title=\"'t' in 'tie'\">t<\/span><\/a><\/span><span><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:IPA_for_English#Key\" title=\"Help:IPA for English\"><span title=\"\/&#616;\/ 'e' in 'roses'\">&#616;<\/span><\/a><\/span><span><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:IPA_for_English#Key\" title=\"Help:IPA for English\"><span title=\"'k' in 'kind'\">k<\/span><\/a><\/span><span><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:IPA_for_English#Key\" title=\"Help:IPA for English\"><span title=\"\/&#594;\/ short 'o' in 'body'\">&#594;<\/span><\/a><\/span><span><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:IPA_for_English#Key\" title=\"Help:IPA for English\"><span title=\"'n' in 'nigh'\">n<\/span><\/a><\/span><span title=\"Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:IPA_for_English\" title=\"Help:IPA for English\">\/<\/a><\/span><\/span><span>) is a&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Metacommunication\" title=\"Metacommunication\">metacommunicative<\/a><span>&nbsp;pictorial representation of a&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Facial_expression\" title=\"Facial expression\">facial expression<\/a><span>&nbsp;which in the absence of&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Body_language\" title=\"Body language\">body language<\/a><span>and&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prosody_(linguistics)\" title=\"Prosody (linguistics)\">prosody<\/a><span>&nbsp;serves to draw a receiver&#8217;s&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Interest_(emotion)\" title=\"Interest (emotion)\">attention<\/a><span>&nbsp;to the tenor or temper of a sender&#8217;s nominal verbal communication, changing and improving its interpretation. It expresses&mdash;usually by means of&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Punctuation_marks\" title=\"Punctuation marks\">punctuation marks<\/a><span>&mdash;a person&#8217;s feelings or mood and can include numbers and letters, as well. These emoticons are usually flipped sideways. As social media has become widespread, emoticons have played a significant role in communication through technology. These emoticons offer another range of &#8220;tone&#8221; and feeling through texting that portrays specific emotions through facial gestures while in the midst of cyber communication.<\/span><\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-XaoVAO6TBXo\/U_7XuqnwzpI\/AAAAAAAAspY\/5MDwWnCyjhk\/s1600\/WENDYTAYLOR13.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-XaoVAO6TBXo\/U_7XuqnwzpI\/AAAAAAAAspY\/5MDwWnCyjhk\/s1600\/WENDYTAYLOR13.png\" height=\"343\" width=\"400\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-5QfehxLLJfw\/U_7XmQdJtuI\/AAAAAAAAspM\/rhu-FFJb1WI\/s1600\/WENDYTAYLOR.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-5QfehxLLJfw\/U_7XmQdJtuI\/AAAAAAAAspM\/rhu-FFJb1WI\/s1600\/WENDYTAYLOR.png\" height=\"140\" width=\"200\"><\/a><br \/><span>Who knew back in the day when &#8220;emoticons&#8221; became the language of the internet, and later found it&#8217;s niche in text messages and social media, that Emoji Jewelry would be a real category and is even found in fine jewelry! &nbsp;&#8230;.hmmm emoji heirloom jewelry?<\/span><br \/><span><br \/><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-c37qLlotAPs\/U_7mXsD8kkI\/AAAAAAAAsqY\/CHKR1dxYzb8\/s1600\/WENDYMUDFLAPGIRL.png\"><span><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-c37qLlotAPs\/U_7mXsD8kkI\/AAAAAAAAsqY\/CHKR1dxYzb8\/s1600\/WENDYMUDFLAPGIRL.png\" height=\"320\" width=\"210\"><\/span><\/a><span>Just think you could buy this fabulous<a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/store\/products.php?product=Two%252dRing-Emoticon-Heart-Set\" target=\"_blank\"> Ring Set by Wendy Brandes Jewelry&nbsp;<\/a>&nbsp;and find yourself explaining to the Grand Kids just how &#8220;hip&#8221; (?) &nbsp;you were! &nbsp;OK &#8211; that just outed my age \ud83d\ude09<\/span><br \/><span><br \/><\/span><span>Of course the minute I start talking Wendy Brandes I have to bring up the piece of jewelry that, for me, put Wendy on my radar. &nbsp;Years ago on Twitter (wow, who ever thought we would be saying THAT!) I saw a jeweler talking about her new necklace&#8230;Mud Flap Jill! &nbsp;I couldn&#8217;t believe that someone gave my FAV traffic distraction, Mud Flap Girl, a name &#8211; AND immortalized her in Gold!!! &nbsp; &#8230;this is on my To Buy List &nbsp;&#8211; just link Mud Flap Girl &nbsp;heirloom jewelry &#8211; that makes me smile!<\/span><br \/><span><br \/><\/span><span>Before this turns into a Wendy Brandes love fest which would be so easy to do! &nbsp; More recently the designer made my <a href=\"http:\/\/list.ly\/list\/QWX-top-5-daily-go-to-jewelry\" target=\"_blank\">Top 5 Daily Go To Jewelry <\/a>&nbsp;List for her fabulous mismatched &#8220;Heart U&#8221; earrings. &nbsp;I may work in Jewelry but I am a Huggies and Studs girl.<\/span><br \/><span><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-WEBZlStpwTQ\/U_7Xul5FBLI\/AAAAAAAAspg\/9LDm9fcqSYw\/s1600\/WENDYHEARTYOU.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-WEBZlStpwTQ\/U_7Xul5FBLI\/AAAAAAAAspg\/9LDm9fcqSYw\/s1600\/WENDYHEARTYOU.png\" height=\"291\" width=\"320\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span><b>&#8230;and then there is the ultimate in Emoticon Jewels &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/royalwedding.aol.com\/2010\/11\/24\/beyonce-launches-lorraine-schwartz-2bhappy-collection-at-lavo\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lorraine Schwartz&#8217; Happy Face Bracelet<\/a>!<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-TzHl469G840\/U_7pDTRYgpI\/AAAAAAAAsqk\/1HLRTczPjl8\/s1600\/happyfacebey.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-TzHl469G840\/U_7pDTRYgpI\/AAAAAAAAsqk\/1HLRTczPjl8\/s1600\/happyfacebey.jpeg\" height=\"240\" width=\"320\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-rcbNu3JrDUs\/U_7pDVtPwxI\/AAAAAAAAsqg\/Y4kRZcrb5Kw\/s1600\/happylorrain.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-rcbNu3JrDUs\/U_7pDVtPwxI\/AAAAAAAAsqg\/Y4kRZcrb5Kw\/s1600\/happylorrain.png\" height=\"360\" width=\"640\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span><b>How can you see these and not smile?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2231,2232,2233,154,2234,2235,734,2236],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/dailyjewel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1718"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/dailyjewel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/dailyjewel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/dailyjewel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/dailyjewel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/dailyjewel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1718\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/dailyjewel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/dailyjewel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/dailyjewel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}