Preparing for Christmas

Some of you have already called to reserve pieces or ask me to make special designs to give away as Christmas presents. I do have many more pieces than I display on my blog so if you're interested, do drop me a line. This year I'll be taking a break from December so orders have to reach me latest end of September. It's also not too early to plan for Valentine's Day and Mothers' Day next year!

Bracelet 3

For this bracelet, instead of a flower centrepiece I decided to use seashells, rose quartz beads, cat's eye beads and Swarovski pearls.

Bracelet 2

This one has a different flower design. I used size 11 Miyuki and Toho glass seed beads with Swarovski pearls and Czech fire polished beads. One of my favourites!

Bracelet 1

Last week was bracelet week! I made four! Here's the first one. I added pink freshwater pearls and a little flower toggle.

A Gift

My daughter asked me to make her a choker necklace the other day. "What colour would you like it in?" I asked. "Brown, of course!" She answered indignantly! Yes, my 12-year-old's favourite colour is brown. No longer pinks and purples!

Here it is, a brown, peach and olive green choker. There are two loops at the back where she can attached her choice of organza ribbon. Hope you like it, darling!

Rainbow Links

In the midst of the hectic two weeks, I needed something colourful in my life and came up with a nice opera length necklace using my colour wheel! It was quite therapeutic watching the colours come together. Life is like that, isn't it? We need the light and dark colours as well as the bright and not so bright colours to complete our experience. I used almost 5,000 Miyuki and Toho size 11 glass seed beads!

Calm after the Drizzle

After a hectic two weeks of taking care of my two children, I can finally sit down and blog a little! My 12-year-old daughter will be sitting for her Primary School Leaving Examinations in a little less than 3 weeks from now so we've working hard at revising her four subjects (English, Chinese, Maths and Science). This is an important exam because her results will determine the quality of secondary school she can apply to. Then there's dance classes and doctors' visits for various problems.

My fifteen-year-old son ended up with bursitis in his foot and a pulled shoulder muscle after a week of bad flu which required some pampering! It's Monday and they're off to school again so here I am!

Although my blog has been quiet, I've been faithfully working as you will see in the photos. I've been wanting to schedule a gallery sale for my friends but it's been next to impossible at the moment. So sorry! I'll let you know when I will be able to do this.

Some of you have asked how I go about my work so I thought I'd share a little. Although I've taken professional classes in jewelry making and design, and can work with almost any technique, my favourite medium is working with glass beads and gems. I love to mix and match colours with textures. I especially love working on garden themes and whimsical designs. When I want to start a new piece, I usually decide on the the main colour and pull out all my materials in that colour, stare at them for a few hours or days even (!) before coming up with a design. Even then, it may not turn out exactly how I envisioned it to be because the beads and gems seem to have a life of their own!

Usually I don't repeat a design exactly unless it's in a different colour scheme. My customers know the pieces they acquire are one-of-a-kind, and no one else has one exactly like that.