Friday, August 24, 2012

Simple Wire Wrap Rings

When I first started with wire wrap rings, this is the simplest method I started with.
You wouldn't believe how simple
it is until you try it out yourself.
Once you get the hang of this,
add it with your own creativity,
you can come up with a wire
wrap ring that suits your style.

For these rings here, I just added another loop around the beads/crystals.
Decorated the side/shanks with a wee bit of wire wrap loops to make it less boring to look at :)
simple wire wrapped rings with Swarovski Crystals

If you feel more adventurous, check out Szarka's Bingo Ring Tutorial at Magpie Gemstones.
Have a great weekend!

Saturday, August 18, 2012

Salam Aidilfitri 2012

Finally, the big day is here. Today is the end of Ramadan.
I'd like to wish all my Muslim friends, colleague, acquaintances, lovely wire jewelers, ever loyal blog readers, blogger friends, Facebookers, Twitterers, Linkedin friends, wherever you are a very Happy Hari Raya 2012 :)
May you get to "balik kampung" safely and have a joyous celebration.

SELAMAT HARI RAYA AIDILFITRI

Friday, August 10, 2012

Herringbone Weaved Rings

When I managed to steal some time the other day, I revisited an older project and here is what I whipped up - few Herringbone Weaved Rings.
This is one of the techniques I fell in love with when I first started with this wire jewelry addiction. Eni has a free tutorial for it and it should be available at her JL site.

This ring variation was created by me back then, when I have not seen it done into a ring (now you see them everywhere! Can I say I made it popular?...wink! I am sure there are people who got something to say about this). I wrote a free tutorial for this ring and shared it with whoever were interested back then. You must be one of them who has gotten them...hehe...
Oh...you can't find the free tutorial in this blog anymore. I have since taken it down.

However, the tutorial is still available for Free if you purchase this other tutorial - the Caged Herringbone Weaved Bead. Yeah! my own variation to the Herringbone Weave.

Herringbone Weaved Rings with pearl, swarovski crystals

The pearl HBW rings are quite pretty don't you think so?
Note to self - make more of them.
More HBW Rings here - HBW Rings
More Tutorials here - Wire Jewelry Tutorials