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Quick and Easy Projects for Valentine's Day

noreply@blogger.com (Mei Tan) — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 10:38:00 +0000

Valentine's Day is just around the corner.
For those who always do things last minute, just like me, here are my recommended last minute Quick and Easy wire jewelry projects for you.
They are all available at my Etsy Shop.
Here goes.

Wire Wrap Rose Ring - 30 minutes.

What others say about this tutorial:

Real simple and easy to make.
This ring is so easy & so pretty
Clear concise instruction.
It's given me a few ideas for new flowery items!
Very detailed and easy to follow! Lots of close up pictures!! I need that!! Thanks!! :)
Good description, easy to follow...thanks!
Excellent tutorial: detailed & very well-illustrated.
Very simple design - described well &easy to follow!

Wire Wrap Rose Earrings - 30 minutes

What others have to say about this tutorial:

Wow, brilliant design, so simple yet very elegant! I'm a beginner and made this in 30 minutes. Instructions were very clear. Thanks.
Very Fun to learn & do!!! Thank you!!
Very easy tutorial.
Not a day has passed from buying tutorial and I have a new pair of earring already! Such fun to make and very easy instructions to follow,thank you.

Wire Wrap Stud Earrings - 30 minutes

What others have to say about this tutorial:

Easy and looks great. I'm a beginner and made a pair in less than 30 minutes. The finished look is very professional. Will make more to give away as presents.
Easy to understand!!! I made my first pair already! I love it!!! Thank you.
Perfect! Easy to follow.
I've made several pairs of these earrings for birthday gifts -- my friends love them!
Clear step-by-step instructions with lots of good photos. Love the cute earrings that can be made with them.
Very well put together Tutorial, WONDERFUL PICTURES... I have always liked this type of stud earring,now I have made several pairs already, lots of fun!
Very concise and clear instructions. The photos are enough to get the idea from. Very well documented tutorial.
Tutorial has clear step-by-step photos, all in color, and looks super easy. I know what I'm giving as gifts this holiday season!

Other quick and easy projects you can check out are:

Wire Wrap Sparkly Crystal Ring - 30 minutes
Sparkly O Studs (Athena's Shield) - 30 minutes
Wire Wrap Infinity Bracelet - 30-45 minutes

Happy wrapping :)

The Most Important Tool of All in Wire Jewelry is....

noreply@blogger.com (Mei Tan) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:39:00 +0000

...NOT this, this, this, this, this, this or this!

It is the HAND and fingers.

Obviously, but always taken for granted.

I found this out the very very very very very painful way last Monday.

I slipped and fell on my butt outside the house due to slippery floor after the drizzle.

Hurt my hand while trying to cushion the fall and experienced the most excruciating throbbing pain.

Bum is ok (probably I got fat bum as cushion :) but look at my hand.

As if it is not bad enough, this is my right hand, my working hand.

I'd be out of the wire jewelry action for at least 2 or 3 weeks or maybe a month.

Can't hold the pliers anymore.

Any pressure on that Mount of Venus will inflict pain...huhuhu...

Lesson learned:

Be extra careful when walking or running on wet floor.
Don't rush, walk slowly.
Wear slippers/shoes with good rubber sole (mine is botak - bald)
Listen to dear hubby! :) don't be stubborn! When he says "don't do" then he may have the premonition...the story - I insisted on making a small rack (carpentry) although he was against it. The fall happened when I went to the back to look for the last piece of aluminium. In the end, hubby finished off the little rack.
Anymore safety tips? I you have, feel free to share in the comment.

There you are.

No matter what, Hand is not the only important tool.

The eyes, ears, nose, feet, teeth, etc. are all important.

So, do take care.

My First YouTube Uploaded

noreply@blogger.com (Mei Tan) — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 03:46:00 +0000

I have been wanting to do this for a long while.
My first YouTube video was uploaded this morning.
It is not about wire jewelry though....don't be disappointed!...:D. That will come later......
Anyway, this video is about a ferry ride across Batang Samarahan or Samarahan River, nearby Kuching during one of our weekend outings last year.
OK, a bit of introduction on rivers in Sarawak.
Here in Sarawak, some rivers are named "Batang" something, something instead of the common "Sungai" for example Batang Rajang, Batang Sadong, etc. etc. Both Batang and Sungai mean "River".
However, it is generally understood (only in the State of Sarawak) when a river is named "Batang", it means this river is huge/and long.
Ok, do enjoy my first video and have a great Sunday.

Wire Wrap Stud Earrings - New Design

noreply@blogger.com (Mei Tan) — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 09:40:00 +0000

My "reply to comment" is back in order. How did I do it? I took the shortest and easiest way out...at least for me, as I don't think I'd be able to find out the problem (and solve it) on my own.....technically challenged.

So, I uninstalled, downloaded and re-installed Chrome!!! Thanks to Google I was able to get back all my bookmarks, etc. and at the same time get rid of some of the apps installed but never used.

Anyway, I hope you have a great Chinese New Year (CNY) and holidays (for those celebrating).

Mine is so and so, punctuated with unpleasantness here and there.

It was a wet CNY and kind of gloomy on most days, till this moment.

Another day more and its back to work.....

The whole week almost gone....and still lots to do.

Today, I am sharing with you a new design for a wire wrap stud earrings.

No soldering or gluing involved here.

Just plain wire wrapping.

This earrings was designed (special request) and made to match a bracelet of the same coin glass beads (sorry, no picture as I handed the bracelet to the new owner as soon as it was done).

Thanks Marc for getting me thinking and came up with this studs design.

A tutorial for this wire wrap stud earrings is in the list.

Meanwhile, for another stud earrings design, you can check out this design available at my Etsy Shop.

Year of the Dragon

noreply@blogger.com (Mei Tan) — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 16:34:00 +0000

KONG HEI FATT CHOI....Happy Chinese New Year to all family, friends and readers.
May the year of Dragon brings you abundance of everything - success, prosperity, fortune, luck, love, joy, happiness, health, friendships, opportunities, peace, pleasure and fun.

Can't Comment!

noreply@blogger.com (Mei Tan) — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:26:00 +0000

Arrrrrrgh! I can't reply to comment on my blog.
Why? Why? Why? Been trying for two days.

Dear readers, do you have the same experience before?
How do you solve this?
I have never experience this before.

Looks like I have to reply to comment here.
Hope there is no problem publishing.

Banae, I hope you are reading this.
Banae Phelps, Monday, January 16, 2012 11:35:00 AM GMT+08:00
What gauge of wire are you utilizing here? I am just starting and thought this would be an easy item to make to learn how to work with the wire and tools before I purchased your other tutorials. THank you.

Referring to this tutorial - http://www.wireblissmei.com/2009/01/free-tutorial-basic-3-wire-braiding.html

Reply:

I used 16ga wire for this project. However, finer wires up till 22ga is suitable too. You will get a finer looking cuff.

Try out with craft wire first if you are not very sure. Thanks.

Twice Around the World Set

noreply@blogger.com (Mei Tan) — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 01:31:00 +0000

Its rainy days here in Kuching.
After 4 or 5 hours of rain this morning, the roadside drain is overflowed.
This rarely happen and I have a feeling lots of places in the city are flooded by now.
A friend got caught and stuck in the traffic jam on the way to work.
Hubby called to let me know not to go out this morning as most roads (on his way to work) are flooded and cars are stuck in between.
There goes my leave. I am suppose to get an official matter done this morning.
Anyway, this is a good opportunity to post my recent pretties for your viewing.

A set of Twice Around the World (TAW) Wire Wrap Bracelet, Ring and Earrings with Malachite

The tutorial for the TAW Bracelet is available here.

The tutorial for this TAW Ring is available at my Etsy Shop - here

It is still raining heavily outside.

Be safe.

2012

noreply@blogger.com (Mei Tan) — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 15:18:00 +0000

Two Thousand and Twelve.
Happy NEW YEAR 2012
All the best wishes.
I am tired and shall be going to zzzz land.
Enjoy your count down and see in 2012.
Be happy, be safe.

Seasons Greetings and Sparklies

noreply@blogger.com (Mei Tan) — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 09:17:00 +0000

Before you go off for the long weekend and holidays, I would like to take this opportunity to wish all regular readers and followers of my blog as well as readers who just happen to stumble upon my site a very MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR.
Thank you for your friendship, loyalty, commentaries, encouragements, patient, inspirations and supports all these years.
Here is the last batches of wire wrapped sparkly crystal rings and fruity rings for the year.
Hope it will bring you lots of sparks during the celebrations.

These three pictures of the Sparkly Rings above were taken with Samsung G2 (8MP) phone camera - inspired by Heather in her post here. Being kiasu, I tried it out this morning and they turned up quite good.
No color editing was done except for cropping and inserting the logo.

Happy Holidays! :)

Fruits and Weekends Gateaway

noreply@blogger.com (Mei Tan) — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 04:52:00 +0000

Here's an off wire jewelry ramble.
Some pictures taken last two weekends during our outings to Serian, Hot Spring and Serikin Market.
I have posted about Serikin Market several times here, here, here and here, about Hot Spring here and maybe several other posts but I don't think I have ever posted anything on Serian, a small town (population about 90k+), an hour drive from the city.
Serian is famous for its durians.
That is why you will be greeted by this Giant Durian as you enter the town.

As usual, our favorite place to visit is the market.
At the time of our arrival, late morning, the whole town was really busy.
Lots of people around especially at the market and shops around it.
It was a Sunday and most likely people were doing their early Christmas shopping.
Can't tell as I've only visited this town on a Sunday, so it may be the usual crowd on a weekend :)....

Here are the highlights of the trip, mostly taken at the market.

Fruits everywhere...rambutans (the hairy one, top left), mangostene, durians and guavas.

All kind of vegetables as well. Ops! the one at top left is not vegetable, its bread fruit, top right is Terung Dayak (sour brinjal) while bottom left is buah petai (petai beans).
Bottom right are the many types of shrimp paste (belacan).

This one is an interesting fruit - buah tarap.
Looks a bit like jackfruit and buah cempedak, they should be cousins...hehehe....
I didn't know there are two types of buah tarap.
The hairy and non-hairy :)
Something new for me.
Which one do you prefer?

Feels like having all of them.
Colorful kuih-muih (pastries, cakes, cookies, biscuits, etc. etc.)

Handcrafted colorful baskets from colorful binders or packing straps.
Used to be made from rattan and other natural resources but these are scarce and hard to find due to forest clearing. Sad! Sad!
Next we had our lunch at a nearby eatery (forgot the name...).

Not to be missed is this fat and juicy sayur midin...a wild forest fern, grow mostly in disturbed swampy forest. We had other dishes but I stopped taking picture after this midin, as I am too busy eating :)
After lunch, off to the river. These are some of the pictures taken along the way.

Hill paddy planted by the locals.
Very common view along the roads in Sarawak.

The region is quite mountainous with winding roads like this.

Pepper vines, planted by the locals on small plot of land. Another common view.
Don't be surprise if the pepper you are having is from here. Sarawak pepper is world renowned :)

Swamp or wet paddy, planted on low lying area, unlike hill paddy.

The kids having fun at the back of the pickup - just for a short distance.

Finally, the river.....nice clear water but its kind of neglegted since our last visit.

Tall bushes on the way down...Argh! Geli!

Getting ready with the net....

Here's the catches....Borneo Sucker and a tiny crab.

We were at Pasar Serikin yesterday. Not much to say about Pasar Serikin (as I have posted about it several times). I think this are the more interesting parts of the trip.....

Large Geckos for sale at RM50 each.

Pitcher plant!

......with sticky rice cooked in it :) Yummy!

Look, with sambal belacan (shrimp paste).
Henry loves it!

Next will be a fruit related ring post....

One more day left for my Artfire Studio Sale - 25% off all wire jewelry tutorials.

An Email that Made my Day

noreply@blogger.com (Mei Tan) — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 12:03:00 +0000

Just sharing an email that I received this morning from Tina.
She is so kind to let me post it here.
Thanks Tina!

Let me tell you, I take my hat off and salute you. This is a fabulous, artistic, and beautiful tutorial (Tina is referring to the Twice Around the World (TAW) Bracelet Tutorial). Not to mention that is not hard as long as one follows your very clear instructions and pictures. It also and leaves room for other projects using the same link.

You are great. I will be doing it tomorrow because I believe this project deserves to be done in silver and/or gold filled wire. with round gem beads. At the moment I ran out of the last one.

I love your tutorials and will appreciate if you keep me posted for any new one that may come out.

My Artfire Studio SALE is still on till the 20th Dec.
25% off all tutorials including this TAW Bracelet Tutorial.

3 Wire Wrap Rings and Something for Myself

noreply@blogger.com (Mei Tan) — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 15:54:00 +0000

WIREBLISS ARTFIRE SALE is STILL ON TILL 20th DECEMBER 2011 (Yeah! I fixed the date)
**************
Now proceed with inspirations!
Got to post this before I proceed with other things.
Yeah! Hope I am not boring you with these rings :)
Two Adjustable Wire Wrap Beaded Ring, a fruity ring and something for myself.
The tutorial for this Adjustable Ring is currently at $3.75 (Was ~~$5.00~~)
Check it out at my Artfire Studio.

Here's something for myself.
Remember the Peace Pendant from NanoStyle?
Look what I've done to it. It has got lots of friends.
Attached it to a long chain and I can put on and take off anytime in a second.
Going to add some lively colors to it later on.
For now, I will enjoy the "dull" color ;)

WIREBLISS is Having a SALE! at ARTFIRE

noreply@blogger.com (Mei Tan) — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 07:56:00 +0000

WIREBLISS is Having a SALE! at Artfire (only)
25% off all items in the shop!
Sale is tarting today until further notice.

Click here to visit WireBliss at Artfire now!

Now you can purchase WireBliss's tutorials from as low as $2.25.

Click here to visit WireBliss at Artfire to check out more.

Buying on ArtFire is easy!
No account is needed to check out and several payment options are available.
Simply add the items you wish to purchase to your cart. Then, click on your cart to begin the checkout process.
On the final page of check out, buyers are able to choose which method of payment they wish to use. By clicking on any of the "CHOOSE" buttons, shoppers will be taken directly to those services' secure payment websites and asked to log in to pay for the order. The seller address is also displayed for check or money order payment if that has been designated by the seller as an accepted payment method.
After you have paid, you will receive an order confirmation email with the seller's contact information included. If you have any questions or need assistance, you can email the seller directly with the email address provided.
Source, Arfire FAQ

Wire Wrapped Bookmarks

noreply@blogger.com (Mei Tan) — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 12:16:00 +0000

As much as I love to read, I found that most of the books that I've been planning to read been sitting in the rack collecting dust, some for years...I can't remember exactly when I read a whole book.
Managed a quarter of Eat, Play, Love sometime last year. Before I can finish it, I got distracted.
Those are books that I can physically hold.
There are also a collection of ebooks, emagazines sitting somewhere in my hard drive and ereader, waiting for me...wonder when I can get started with them.

Anyway, for those who love to read, here are few bookmarks completed recently.

Material used - 19ga stainless steel wire and various beads and gemstones.
Involved lots of hammering to harden the wire.
Designs are endless, just work on your imagination..e.g. shapes such as stars, triangles, squares, zig zag, etc. etc.

Wire Wrap Crystal Pendant - Triplets

noreply@blogger.com (Mei Tan) — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 09:46:00 +0000

We all have our own Thanksgiving Day and today its our US friends' turn.
Based on my little knowledge and understanding, Thanksgiving Day is celebrated in the United States every 4th Thursday in month of November.
So, I am taking this opportunity to wish Happy Thanksgiving Day to all friends and readers from the US.
Here in Malaysia, we celebrated our Thanksgiving Day back in Sept 12 (15th day of 8th lunar month), commonly known as Mid-Autumn Festival or the Moon Cake Festival. Well, as the name indicated, we celebrated with lots of mooncakes and lanterns :) More on Moon Cake Festival here.

Back to wire jewelry, here is a recently completed crystal pendant.
They are triplets.
The crystals are rather small and quite difficult to work with.
However, as I don't want to disappoint a friend and myself, I managed to wire wrap them nicely.
Yes! I can do it! hahaha...just giving encouragement to self :)

Happy Holidays and have a great day.

Jewelry or Handbags?

noreply@blogger.com (Mei Tan) — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 13:29:00 +0000

Are you a jewelry or a handbags person?
No! This is not a quiz and there are no correct or wrong answers :)
Me?
When it comes to jewelry and handbags, I admit I am both a jewelry and handbags person.
Of course, not forgetting shoes, apparel, accessories, etc. etc. but these would be for another day.

Now, back to jewelry and handbags, I am sure you'd agree they are women's best friends.
Erm...What am I rambling about this time?
Well, its mid-November now and December is coming.
So many holidays around the corner - Christmas, New Year and Chinese New Year....
Now you know what I am getting at? :)
It is the time of the year again......where you see sales sign everywhere, 70% less, 50% less, 20% less, etc.
Yeah! It is shopping time!
Too much temptation, its hard not to shop.

Handbags! Purses!
1, 2, 3, 4, or 5, they are never enough.
I...lurv!..lurv!..lurv!....handbags and purses.
I am always in search for the perfect handbags and purses, which is not easy.
Maybe that is why we women always ended up with more (handbags and purses) than we can use.
If you are like me, still searching for the perfect one, how about shop handbags here.
The perfect one might be here :)

As for jewelry, I don't really shop for them as I made them myself....a bit of self promotion here..hehe
Anyway, if you are looking for jewelry, shop jewelry might just have what your are looking for. There is a handmade category if you prefer handmade.

Until the next time, happy shopping!

Birthday Boy and his Sketches

noreply@blogger.com (Mei Tan) — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 14:07:00 +0000

Henry celebrated his 6th birthday 4 days ago. How time flies....
It was his happiest day because he got his birthday cake with Ben 10 theme (he's been thinking about this cake for the last few months), he got some presents for his kindy friends and got a huge red heart drawing in return, he got his favorite beach ball, he got to eat at one of his favorite places, he got his Ben 10 comic book and two more story books.
Glad he decided to have books instead of toys.
Here is the birthday boy and his brother :)

Henry and William love to sketch and draw.
Guess all kids are the same. Now, I am going to bring a bit of smile to your face with his sketches of the family .......

From left to right, that's me with my favorite green blouse (that's according to him... ermm maybe I wear it too often), followed by the daddy, William and himself the smallest with his favorite color, blue.

That is me again on the left and him on the right. He missed out his nose.
Notice my necklace and pendant? Very nice, so sweet of him.
Then, I asked him to draw a close up of me...curious on how I look like in his eyes................

Tada!!!! How about that? Can't help but LOL....I gave him an A+++ for this.
But why is it my eyes always looking downward?
Maybe I am busy with wirework all the time...LOL...
Anyway, I love that all his sketches of us are with smiling faces.

Finally, a self-portrait of himself...smile :)
So, what do you think of this sketches?
I think they are very cute...

Something wrong with my site

noreply@blogger.com (Mei Tan) — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 12:04:00 +0000

Phew! Its back to normal :)
Will be posting soon.
~~Oh no......Something is wrong with my blog..~~
~~Getting some help....~~

Brass Wire and Sparklies

noreply@blogger.com (Mei Tan) — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 15:31:00 +0000

So far I mostly work with stainless steel wire, gold filled wire and a little bit of silver and copper wire.
Last weekend I decided to try out the brass wire that I purchased recently.

Erm...I found that it is quite easy to work with.
In fact a bit too soft for me.
I like the color though. They looks like gold, don't you think so?
Just hope that it doesn't tarnish over time.

Here are the results - A pearl bracelet and adjustable wire wrap ring, with tiny pearls.

If you'd like to learn how to make the adjustable ring,

the tutorial is available at my etsy shop here - Adjustable Wire Wrapped Ring Tutorial

Look at the gold like color....

I am going to bored you with this Sparkly Ring again.
Wire wrapped (gold filled wire) a bunch of them last weekend..phew!

If you are interested, the tutorial for this ring is also available at my etsy shop here - Sparkly Crystal Ring
Seems like I am making the same ring all the time.
But, people love them.....
...and I love your visits...

One Size Fits All: New Wire Jewelry Tutorial

noreply@blogger.com (Mei Tan) — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 11:55:00 +0000

JUST RELEASED!
Adjustable Wire Wrapped Ring with Seed Beads.
This tutorial is rated for beginners to intermediate level students.
The lesson teaches you to make an adjustable wire ring that fit finger sizes between 6 to 12.
Once you are familiar with the technique, the ring is highly customizable depending on your creativity. You can make it thinner or wider, plain or colorful, bigger or smaller to fits your fingers and tastes.
It doesn't take long to complete one so it makes great last minute gifts as well.

Beads! Beads! Beads! Abuzz

noreply@blogger.com (Mei Tan) — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 16:05:00 +0000

The Borneo International Beads Conference.
Took place last weekend.
Last year was held in Miri, about an hour by air from Kuching.
So this year, I made sure I don't miss it since its in Kuching.
Sad! Sad!, I only managed about half an hour there, before its time to pick the boy from his Taekwando.

Click picture for larger view.
Intricate beadwork from our very own Sarawak.

(Click picture for larger view)
More beads from Borneo.

(Click picture for larger view)
These bead works are from South Afrika and Kenya.
The top most are peacock necklace from South Africa.
Very detailed and intricate work.
I was told it takes about a week to complete one.

:) my favorite stall that displayed lots of Copper and silver wire jewelry from Indonesia.
Look familiar? The rose pendant at the top right corner :)
Lots of wire weaving and coiling there.

Another beautiful native beads from Borneo.
About 10mm or larger each.

You have a great weekend.
I am looking forward to it....working on my next wire jewelry tutorial :)

Wire Work How To and Matang Wildlife Centre

noreply@blogger.com (Mei Tan) — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 05:16:00 +0000

How nice to start the day with a message that reads "Congrats! One or more of your items has been featured in a new collection titled: "Wire Work How To", curated by BonniesPlace; Great job!".
If you have the time, do take a peek at some of the talented wire artists listed.
Who knows you'll get hook, like me.
Here is the link - Wire Work How To.
The following pictures are not related to wire jewelry but shots taken during Raya cum Independent day - last 31st August 2011.
A bit late but nevertheless....off wire rambles.

We took the boys to Matang Wildlife Centre, about 30 minutes drive from the city.

The Information Board is a bit confusing.
Maybe we got the orientation wrong cause we ended up on the wrong side of the trail....lol...

Dear hubby and William way ahead.

It looks bright here but actually its quite dark...the little one got scared and we got left behind a bit.

Catching up and manage to look at the signboard indicating the tree species - Kayu Malam (Night Wood - direct translation :))

Here's the Hornbill - can't see much here as the camera keep focusing on the wire mesh.

Any suggestion on how to take clear picture of caged animals?

Here's the crocs...sleeping.
The boys got all excited...but that's about all the wildlife we saw :)

Most cages are empty!

No Orang Utans...dissapointed!

Here's, the stream.

Clear water but the rocks are mossy and slippery.

There was only one other group of people there so we kind of have the whole place to our self.

I think it's because of the entrance fee - RM10/adult, RM5/child.....expensive? Erm...kind off...considering...rather not say...

I don't know why but they don't want to dip or sit in the water - maybe its the moss...

As usual, I am busy looking at the rocks hoping to find some interesting ones.
Look! Bit of love from this rock I found.

Snack time! Here's the Lemang!

Glutinous rice cooked in bamboo + coconut milk.

We purchased this on the way to the centre.

Look how much is cooking. He is making lots of them because it's Raya and his Lemang is very popular.

RM9.00/piece

Ready to eat? :) Peeling the bamboo...and...

Yummy! well....its sticky rice...and its filling...

Time to go home, exit...

A bit of fun over the sunroof....

The sun was setting by the time we hit the highway...

...stopped by our favorite stall for dinner...:)

Hope your weekend would be fun.
Happy Weekend :)

Wire Wrapped Rings-Adjustable and Jasper

noreply@blogger.com (Mei Tan) — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 06:19:00 +0000

Just a quick one to post on two recently completed rings.
One Adjustable Japanese Seed Beads Ring...and one wire wrapped Jasper ring.
Both are similar to previous ones if you have been following my posts :)

I am currently working on a Tutorial for the Adjustable Japanese Seed Beads Ring.
Been a while since I last published any tutorial so...
I guess its about time :)
Further, there have been a couple of inquiries for this tutorial...
So, hang on there, it shall be ready soon...
Till then, have a great weekend!

Back to School and Peace Pendant

noreply@blogger.com (Mei Tan) — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 13:03:00 +0000

When the boys start school earlier this week after a week long holiday, it means back to busy time for me.
Besides work, basically its back to the routine of dropping and picking up the boys from schools.
Morning is not so much of a problem as I drop Henry at his kindy on the way to work.
At noon time, I have to rush to pick him up and drop him off at home by 12:30pm. As he gets out of the car, William gets in and off we go as he is in the afternoon session which starts at 12:45pm. After dropping him off, normally just on the dot, I'll drive straight to office, grab a quick lunch (normally tapao / take away) and back to work - all within 1 hour, provided there is no traffic jam.
That's basically my day on week days.
Now you know why I am always looking forward to weekends and holidays....hehehe.
I am sure there are many parents in similar situations as I am but that is part of life over here.
Not sure about other places though....maybe you can share.
Enough rambling, here is what we really need - PEACE - at home or outside home.
This wire wrapped Swarovski Crystal peace pendant was completed a while back but it got pushed back and back till now.

Its quite large, about 5cm in diameter but it is meant to grab attention :D
Have a PEACEful day!

Wire Wrapped Handphone Charms

noreply@blogger.com (Mei Tan) — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 16:18:00 +0000

:) Weekend is here again...happy!
After that it will be Raya holidays and school holidays.
Almost one whole week to catch up with delayed projects.
Hope to complete most of them.
Meanwhile here's the recent completed project - wire wrapped handphone charms.
Been a while since I last made handphone charms.
This time around made 14 of them.

These are made of Swarovski Crystal and Pearl.

These are mixture of glass beads, crystals, gemstones, pearl, Swarovski Crystal and metal charm.

Close-up, I still love swirls......

These are my favorite. These beads have large enough hole for the chain to go through, so I made them this way.

Have a beautiful weekend my dear readers.