Hello there!This week it's staff picks time! Here are some of the gals around the studio wearing pieces they love from the Spring '10 collection as well as current online styles....each picture comes with the jewelry title so if you are interested in any of these pieces please email us on: retail@wendyminkjewelry.com (web customers) or you can also call our store on 212 260 5298 if you are in New York, enjoy these pieces and we hope you find something you love!
First up we have Bone & Resin Beaded Necklace, great chunky ivory bone beads hand-knotted with vintage green resin, gold painted wooden beads and teeny African 'spacer' beads, wonderful string of chunkiness! This style is $125.
Next up an adorable pair of Chocolate Rust Tassel Earrings, these little guys were a little hard to photograph as they were swinging about which in person makes them fabulous! We also have these in a rich cobalt blue, pale blue and coral pink. Just a simple summer dress required! These are $125.
Here's Gena wearing her pick, a Berry Agate Bib. This delightful bright style is a blend of berry and yellow agate with a touch of peach moonstone and a chunky gold tone chain, nice! This style will brighten up the dullest day and comes under $150 which is even nicer.....$120!
Here is Wendy in her Twisted Champagne Necklace! This is a real stunner, layers upon layers of hand-knotted champagne pearls with rose-gold plated chain, rhinestone chain and mother of pearl beads, it's all there, just wonderful....the pearls are classic but the chain is so fresh...this one is $620, an investment but one you'll keep forever.
If chunky but still subtle is your thing then you might love this Raspberry Quartz Necklace of Susan's. This is hand-beaded with fun silver oval beads, raspberry quartz, hollow resin and vintage resin beads....it's yours for $205.
This is one everybody around the studio just loves. It is a vintage-inspired Chocolate Red Necklace, chunky chocolate plated chain with two bright carved red cinebar pendants, one a butterfly and the last a gorgeous bird oval. A great length for summer as would match a tank or tee just perfectly! this one is $220.
Here's Susan featuring another popular style around the studio! This Flower Rose Chain is layered with mixed chains, a wonderful blend of chocolate and rose0gold plating and a very soft bunched flower ribbon at the back (style does not tie, all one piece), gorgeous for spring-summer....$370.
Last up for this week is a super long Malachite Tassel Chain, this style is currently online and is a wonderful bauble style! It can be worn doubled for a layered look, features semi-precious Malachite, vintage resin, gold tone chain and vintage gold cap beads....nice! This one is $150.We hope you have a wonderful rest of the week, WMJ.
Well if you are anywhere on the East Coast this is probably what you woke up to. Yesterday was so beautiful, here at WMJ we had the day off and seems like the general consensus of time spent was; baking, cleaning, watching movies and fighting off colds! How was your snowy day? However gorgeous it is while it's falling, here in good old NYC it always ends up looking like the above...we somehow don't have quite the nature quota to keep it looking pretty! These pictures were taken around our studio neighborhood in Tribeca, sure was an icy commute!
It doesn't seem right today to not mention the tragic passing of Alexander McQueen, we are all saddened by this news, such a huge loss to the fashion industry, he was much admired here in the company. 
So if you keep up with this blog or follow us on Twitter you will have caught wind of a few web changes on their way! We have a stunning 22k Gold Collection (currently being refreshed!) in our boutique plus the Vintage Collection and very soon a selection of these styles will be available online, if either of these interests you please email us on retail@wendyminkjewelry.com as the above will be viewable by subscribers only....more information to come over next few weeks as the changes take shape....Well we wish you all a very happy Valentine's and hope that your Valentine delivers, even if it's a cup of tea in bed! That sounds pretty good actually. Enjoy the rest of your week and the day of love....WMJ Team.
Hello! Sure is a snowy old day here in NYC. Shame though as doesn't seem to be settling, ah well was nice for a morning commute! Here's Wendy, Gena and Cerena wearing their specs this morning in the studio, actually Gena stole Amy's (rendering her almost blind for a few minutes). Wendy has a slight glasses obsession and we love seeing which ones she will feature each day, these cute round ones are perhaps our favorite and Cerena also wears them so they are like twins!Again it's a been a busy week around here, we had a ton of great appointments in the studio with some exciting new customers visiting our showroom. The new collection is also all ready to go for the Gift Show this weekend here in NYC, it runs from the 30th to the 3rd of February so it's a long one, our sales team Erin and John will need a few coffees to keep them going but it's always fun to see our regular wholesale customers and catch up on how things have been going for them. Here's a pretty press shot above we received in the February issue of City magazine, always wonderful to view the styles on a model in a beautiful location! We intend to make the press section of our site far more accessible for shoppers very soon, our web changes are really taking shape and we think you'll like them a lot! 
Email Amy on: retail@wendyminkjewelry.com to order (or ask) about any of the following sample steals.As you probably know if you have checked the site out this week, we have a few sale styles online for just 2 more days, we are having a little pre-Spring clean out and added some gorgeous new styles to the 'current' group too. We have a few additional samples right now that we'd like to offer through the blog this week at a discounted price, so if you are reading this then you are seeing some special pieces! Above is an amazing chunky smoky quartz, tiger eye and antiqued gold bib (earrings not included). This is from our Fall-Winter collection and was an editor favorite! Normally retailing for $495 this sample right here is $240, now that is a half-off great deal. 
Another super duper statement beauty! generous chunks of black onyx with gold-filled antiqued chain, this piece is easy to wear and pretty wonderful for all seasons, this necklace retails for $245 but we have this pristine sample here for just $150. 
We don't really know anyone who doesn't love a hoop! We sell them all day long in our boutique and they are always a no-brainer for our wholesale clients too, it helps that we can make them in pretty much every imaginable color too! These natural toned numbers above are semi-precious hesonite with a single tiger eye drop, simple and easy to put on with any outfit. usually these hoops are $120, but this pair right here, just $60. 
This fantastic black chain necklace was Amy's favorite from Fall-Winter, slinky gunmetal chain layered with a gothic ruffled ribbon, so very now! It's all black, black, black in the fashion pages for Summer too so imagine this chunky piece with a little black dress, it's a little rocker and a little classic all rolled into one. Usually $320 we have two samples right here for $160, half off is a real steal. Well we hope you enjoy these pieces in addition to what we have online right now, next week we will be featuring a sample sale for Haiti, online for the weekend of the 5th-7th, there's some cute pieces for a wonderful cause so be sure to check in next week for that, if you subscribe you will receive a newsletter reminder. Please stay in touch and feel free to comment below on the styles shown, each week we will choose one of our 'commenters' to receive free shipping on their next order! Enjoy the coming weekend and stay warm! WMJ.
Peruvian Calcite Drops
Simple and elegant gorgeousness, they say "I'm here" without saying "I'M HERE"
So the big chill here in NYC seems to be over, (unless we just jinxed it and next week is now going to plunge back into the teens)....it's nice to be a little warmer and leave the gloves at home. The other great thing about warm days is that you can wear more jewelry, or at least wear it and have it be seen! We have some beautiful new jewels for you this week, the styles in this week's blog are hot off the press and look fantastic, it's a break away from the dark (come into the light!), looking ahead to Spring days and planning our new season wardrobes, ok that may be jumping the gun, we got a little carried away....hoping you enjoy the new styles, they are the precursor to some new and wonderful web changes which we won't reveal right now but are going to be like a make-over, no botox required. For any queries about these styles please email: retail@wendyminkjewelry.com, these will be 'live' before the weekend of the 23rd-24th, enjoy!
Ruby Diamond Drops
What can we say about these? the color is truly beautiful, like a fancy cocktail but also a little like a bright sari....
Gold Flower Chain
It's a no-brainer, great handmade cut-out detail with chunky gold vermeil bling, don't think, just put it on, check your teeth for lipstick and leave the house...
Rhinestone Chain Lariat
It's vintage style fabulous-ness, mixed metal lariat (tie it up high like a Texan, or tie it low like...?), features adorable rhinestone chain running through...
Vermeil Oval Hoop
It's hoop heaven, the traditional circular hoop takes an oval turn and it works!
Hammered Flower Hoop
Been a wallflower in the past? Lose the studs and try these for work...you'll receive five compliments by lunchtime, we guarantee!
Tell us which of these is your favorite below and you could win free shipping with your next order! Have a good week and check that site out late Friday for the rest....
WMJ.
Hello Everyone- We hope January is treating you well & you are staying warm, our studio is very close to the water in Tribeca and we are fairly sure it is at least 10 degrees colder! As you know all of our styles are completely handmade right here in the Tribeca studio. Wendy has worked alongside this team of 9 talented Tibetan women for many years, (three Tsering's, Sang Mo, Lobsang, Tenzin, Renzin, Tomo & Yeshi). Our wonderful production team sits together each day around a big table loaded with materials and create every single one of our pieces, it really is a sight to behold. This work as you can imagine requires incredible attention to detail and at the end of each day after the ladies leave there is a row of eyeglasses on top of each work area....this week we thought we'd show you exactly how something which seems fairly simple is made, below is the turquoise hoop, a staple for us and a great seller online and with our dear wholesale clients! here is Lobsang our head jeweler making the style!
First of all, Lobsang takes a wire hoop which Tsering has made by hand previously.....
Then she threads turquoise beads onto softer wire which will be wrapped around and around the hoop frame....the speed at which she does this is alarming & so fascinating!
Each bead has wire wrapped between it for perfect spacing and extra durability!
....and before you know it we have a beautiful pair of hoops all ready to go....there's really nothing better than seeing the materials laid out on the table & watching the ladies create orders, being handmade seems all the better when it is made by such skilled women right in front of your very eyes!Sequins! We love them! They seem to be making a definite comeback, the great thing is that they are not only relegated to evening wear, along with the rhinestone, sequins can now be a daytime piece too!
We have included two fabulous sequin necklaces into our recent Spring Summer 2010 collection, on the right below below is a dusky pink & chocolate plated layered chain with sparkly sequin rose-tie, the second is chunky turquoise & gold chain with a deep blue sequin ribbon, gorgeous! (Email retail@wendyminkjewelry.com for details).....
There is still time to enter lucky3 at Checkout to receive the amazing Lucky magazine opportunity on our website (and in our NYC boutique!), enter it to see the deal...it's a good one! Plus these styles online may be changing very soon so get them while you can, we have new styles coming later this month.We hope you will consider purchasing our Birdcages online in support of the Red Cross Haiti Earthquake fund, this devastating event has touched everyone here and Wendy would love to forward a check as soon as possible, plus you get some cute earrings for such a great cause!Enjoy this coming long weekend and stay in touch, feel free to leave comments below! WMJ TEAM
First up we have Bone & Resin Beaded Necklace, great chunky ivory bone beads hand-knotted with vintage green resin, gold painted wooden beads and teeny African 'spacer' beads, wonderful string of chunkiness! This style is $125.
Here's Susan featuring another popular style around the studio! This Flower Rose Chain is layered with mixed chains, a wonderful blend of chocolate and rose0gold plating and a very soft bunched flower ribbon at the back (style does not tie, all one piece), gorgeous for spring-summer....$370.
