Friday, March 28, 2008

Announcement at Etsy Shop - FREE Shipping

YES! You read it right. Starting today, all items purchased from my Etsy Shop: WireBliss (see snapshot of store below) will enjoy FREE Shipping to all destination, all over the world. Shipping cost will be absorbed by me. This FREE shipping applies to Registered Mail only. Expected delivery time is between 2 to 4 weeks. Sometimes faster and sometimes slower depending on your location. If you would like it to be shipped by Fedex/DHL/Pos Laju, convo or email me at meiky6@gmail.com for a quote. You will have to borne the cost for these type of shipping cost though. For more details, check out my Etsy Shop, you might find something you like there.

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Sparkly Crystal Ring by Riqzmiecreation

Ainol is amazing. She bought my tutorial for Sparkly Crystal Ring but take a look at what she came up with. This ring is even more beautiful than my Sparkly Crystal Ring and you can see that she put lots of effort into it to come up with a ring as unique as this one. wire wrapped sparkly crystal ringwire wrapped sparkly crystal ring

Monday, March 24, 2008

Sparkly Crystal Ring by Corra

wire wrapped sparkly crystal ring by Corrawire wrapped sparkly crystal ring by Corra Corra proved it again. She has the talent and speed as well. Following the instructions in my step by step pictorial tutorial for Sparkly Crystal Ring, she completed her first ever ring in 10 minutes! That is really something. When I first started making rings, I spent about half an hour for a simple wire wrap ring. For this short time that I know her (less than a month), she is a great photographer as well. If you would like to see her pretties and great photographs, visit Corra's blog decorshandmades.blogspot.com. She will be angry with me for cropping her pictures smaller here. She mentioned somewhere that she hates to crop her pictures. But Corra, I just want to show the details of the ring you created here :). Sorry ya! Speaking of speed, where can you find someone who created 3 tutorials within a time span of 3 months from the time she discovered wire jewelry?

Sparkly Crystal Ring by Cheryl Lloyd

At last I got to see some results from my Sparkly Crystal Ring Tutorial. Cheryl from the UK is very kind to show me her rings this morning. She also gave me the permission to feature them here. Thanks Cheryl. She said "I made three that evening - only in practice wire and with the wrong size crystals (6mm, not 8) so they aren't anything like as good as yours". I guess the size of the crystal is not that important as they turned out very nice and sweet. Cheryl has other talents as well and if you are interested with other items handcrafted by Cheryl, take a peek at her website - Handmade in Wiltshire. Sparkly Crystal Ring by Cheryl Lloyd Sparkly Crystal Ring by Cheryl Lloyd

Saturday, March 22, 2008

Donut Jade Pendants

I made these two wire wrap donut jade pendants today and I am quite happy with the results. The first one (green jade) is a commissioned piece and features 3 4mm pearls at the front and one at the back of the pendant, coral bead (red) and another 4mm green bead (not sure of the name). The second one is now available at my Etsy Shop (go check now!), features a donut pendant measuring about 3.7cm from top to bottom while at its widest part, the donut measures 3cm. The flower a the top is created with spring in mind. Faceted tourmaline briolettes form the petals while pearls of various sizes adorned the center and back of the pendant.
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Friday, March 21, 2008

Pearl Necklace and Pipa Pendant (Reverse)

My holiday didn't go to waste after all. I completed a necklace and pendant today. Fingers are better today. This checkered pearl necklace and pipa pendant (reverse usage) is made up of 107 pieces of pearls of various kind. There are the 5mm (white and blue), 6mm (blue), 8mm (white) and 12mm pearls coin (Blue/purplish). wire wrapped checkered pearl necklace and pipa pendant (reverse usage)The length of the necklace is about 17 inches while the pendant measures 4 cm from top to bottom. wire wrapped checkered pearl necklace and pipa pendant (reverse usage)The pendant is designed according to the Wired Chinese Knot, same as I used for this earring, introduced by Corra but used differently here. wire wrapped checkered pearl necklace and pipa pendant (reverse usage)wire wrapped checkered pearl necklace and pipa pendant (reverse usage)
Back view of the pendant here.
wire wrapped pearl braceletAnd the handcrafted hook. I like this one.