Wendy Brandes makes such cool wearable art that in 2012, she was named Fashion Group International’s Rising Star for fine jewelry.

I have posted about some of Wendy’s inventive jewelry on my blog before including here and here. Now I get to feature the woman herself (and also her loved ones).

OneChicklette: Your favorite qualities in a love interest

@WendyBrandes: Kindness and acceptance.

OneChicklette: Your chief characteristic (one word)

@WendyBrandes: Frankness.

OneChicklette: What you appreciate most in your friends

@WendyBrandes: Sincerity.

OneChicklette: Your idea of happiness

@WendyBrandes: A fabulous dinner with friends, outside, on a warm June night.

OneChicklette: Your idea of misery

@WendyBrandes: A world without chocolate or Champagne.

OneChicklette: Your favorite fictional character

@WendyBrandes: The Wife of Bath from the Canterbury Tales.

OneChicklette: Your favorite thing to eat, and also to drink

@WendyBrandes: See above! (Chocolate and Champagne.)

OneChicklette: Five tangible things you can’t live without

@WendyBrandes: Red lipstick, high heels, big rings, silly pets, WiFi.

OneChicklette: What’s the number one item on your bucket list? (question via @SaraLang)

@WendyBrandes: Visiting the moai on Easter Island.

@OneChicklette: Who do you know via social media that you’re dying to meet in real life? (this question came via @floridagirlindc)

@WendyBrandes: I’ve met a lot of them already!

@OneChicklette: What is your most under appreciated tweet? (this question came via @MikeKelton)

@WendyBrandes: “Choosing an iPhone case is the new version of picking a binder for school.”

OneChicklette: A question I should ask the next participant

@WendyBrandes: “Twitter, Facebook or Instagram?”

OneChicklette: Random shout out (can be a person, your business, a web site, a favorite product or brand…anything)

@WendyBrandes: Yo, @BarneysNY and @Bergdorfs, when are you going to add to your cool quotient by carrying my jewelry line?