Wire Wrapped Fossilized Coral Pendant

Fossilized Coral! Fossilized Coral! (proper name is Agatized Fossil Coral)
Not sure why but I kept forgetting the name of this stone.
Most of the time, I only remember the coral part :)
This stone comes is several shades of colors - brown, reddish, gray, yellow, red as can be seen here.
The beautiful part of this stone is the flower like patterns in the stone.  Just awesome!

This pendant measures about 1in long and 0.8in wide.
I wrapped it in this particular way so that the "flowers" are all visible because that's the beauty of the stone.

Further reading on Agatized Fossil Coral (Gem Select) here.

3 New Packages in My Etsy Shop

I listed 3 new packages for my tutorials at my Etsy Shop tonight.
Check them out at the link here - 3 new Packages
Here they are in pictures.

Choose ANY 2 of these 4 tutorials from the $8.00 category for $12.00 instead of $16.00.

Saved $4.00 (25%)

Choose ANY 2 of these 3 tutorials from the $6.00 category for $9.00 instead of $12.00.

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Choose ANY 2 of these 3 tutorials from the $5.00 category for $7.50 instead of $10.00.

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Head on to my Etsy Shop now :) - Tutorial Packages at WireBliss

For Malaysian who would like to purchase in RM, do email me at meiky6 @gmail.com for details.

Blue themed Wire Wrapped Cross

A quick post this morning as I have to finish some work (office) today
......on a Saturday! :( There goes half the weekend....
Anyway, this cross is a custom order....similar to this and this. Got the idea? :)

Ok, I'm back to work.

Japanese Seed Beads, Adjustable Wire Wrapped Ring

Another adjustable Japanese Seed Beads wire ring.
Never get bored with this project as it is quite simple and easy.
This ring fits most finger sizes except for very tiny size of course.

Still Playing with Wire Wrapped Number

After number 8, I was inspired to wire wrapped another number.
This time around another lucky number - the number 3.
In Chinese culture, the number 3, "saam" sounds like "birth", thus considered as very lucky - more info here
For this piece, I use the combination of stainless steel and copper wire, and pearls.
Copper wire is so easy to work with :) How I wish stainless steel wire is as soft as that :)

Avia's simple guide to spiritual meaning of numbers is very interesting. Here the meaning for number 3:

Three: The spiritual meaning of number Three deals with magic, intuition, fecundity, and advantage. The number Three invokes expression, versatility, and pure joy of creativity. Three is also a time identifier as it represents Past, Present and Future. Consecutive Threes in your life may symbolize the need to express yourself creatively, or consider your present directional path in relation to past events and future goals. Three may also represent promising new adventures, and assurance of cooperation from others whom you may require help. Three typically symbolizes reward and success in most undertakings - Source: Whats-Your-Sign.com

Looking forward to wire wrap more numbers :)

Outing With the Boys - Prawning

We took the boys out for their first prawning (fishing for prawn) experience today.
The spots we went to are several irrigation canals in Samarahan, about an hour drive from the city.
Because the area is low lying, the water is brackish and subject to tide movements.
We used to frequent these places before the boys came along.
Now that they are older, we are introducing them to this activity that we enjoyed so much then.
If they like it, there will be many more weekends like this.
There goes my time for wire jewelry.......
We left at about 1pm and it was a hot! hot! day.
Here are pictures of their/our first prawning experience.

Waiting patiently.

William with his first fishing rod and reel.

Can you believe it? He is so scared of this small little prawn....LOL..
This is the only prawn we caught this trip!

 His first little fish.
We caught few of this but we released them.

The bait! Only hubby dares to touch and handle them. Yucky!

More waiting.

Look familiar? Yeah, wire wrapped rod tip guide...at least my wire wrapping skill still required here...LOL

 Henry

We met these two boys at the same spot.

Both are only 11 years old but they are expert fishermen.

At the end of the day, they say Yes! they love it and would like to do it again.