Vintage Orange Necklace

Sea Shell Bangle in glamor style

This bangle was commissioned by a young lady for her special occassion. She was fascinated with my sea-shell-bangle and wanted to make a more glamorous  bangle with more filigrees and lots of crystals.

So here it was.... I was so happy with the out come, it looked very beautiful .

The idea of using three shell pearls was the same as the 'old' Sea Shell Bangle but using wire stitching to stitched all pearls and crystals around them really made a big different. And adding more filigree also made it looked soooo glamorous.

I hope she will like it as much as I do ... if she doesn't I wouldn't mind keeping it for myself ... =D

ONYX BROOCH

BIG MARQUIS BROOCH

TITANIUM DRUZY - a filigree brooch

Often when I browsed on the internet, titanium druzy were bound in a simple bezel with silver or gold. Or when using wire work, it was only a simple bezel with a few swirls added.

When I saw this titanium druzy I was so amazed by its beauty... then when I put it in my hands, I knew immediately what I wanted to do with it. I wanted to make a brooch with lots of swirls and filigrees. And I deliberately used gun metal colored wire so the titanium druzy can stand out against the dark wire. Wire stitching technique were used for the crystals around the stone.

Once completed, this brooch was more beautiful than what I had visioned ... and I really love it.

It looks so vintage and rich with details... I think this is yet my best piece so far... =)

Thank you so much for looking.....

GREEN DROP BROOCH ( for kebaya )

It's been almost a month since my last post. Since then I made a few pieces but I haven't got time to take their pictures. And this is one of them....

This was the first time I made a two tier brooch... because when I saw these colored druzy, I had a feeling that they belong together. So I came up with the idea of two tier brooch.

The upper part was made with wire stitching surrounded by filigrees and I used czech fire polished crystal together with swarovski crystal to enhance the green color of the druzy.

On the lower part I deliberately keep it simple to give the upper part as the focus point.

I really love this brooch, the size is not too big (10 x 15,5 cm ) and the color is so fresh...

I plan to make a pair of earring to match but still hesitate whether to make a stud or a chandelier. Personally, I love chandeliers ..... =)

what about you?

SHIMMERING BLACK DRUZY - a jewelry set

Rose vitrail lite crystal - a jewelry set

Among my beads collection, this rivoli from swarovski crystal belonged to the category of special beads because of their beautiful color.

I was always waiting for the perfect project to use for this special bead and I when I drew this brooch/pendant, I thought the rose vitrail lite would be a perfect bead to use as the vocal point.

And I think I was right.... as you can see bound with prong and surrounded by different color of crystals and silver filigree... it really create a beautiful brooch/pendant.

To complete the set, I also made a pair of earrings. As I love chandelier earrings so much, maybe I over did the swirls.... =)

But I thought, that beautiful brooch/pendant needed an earrings that were equally beautiful, right? With 8 cm earrings dangling from your earlobe in sparkling crystals, they were really a match with each other.

Thank you for looking..... (^0^)

My first piece in 2011

Today February is officially started, and I haven't posted a single piece of jewelry. Actually I have made several pieces through out January and this was my first piece that I made.

As you can see, I still used wire stitching for these pieces.

This piece is a brooch and can be use as a pendant. I used natural druzy surrounded with crystal beads, the size is about 10 x 8 cm.

And I also made a matching earrings

They really looked great together.... =)

Wishing you ........

May this new year will be full of creativity,
open up new opportunity
in wire activity
and bring you promises of a brighter tomorrows...

May you have a great New Year.

LABRADORITE in wire stitching

This is a more elaborate version of wire stitching compared to my last project.
It has a considerably more details of filigree and I purposely made the "labradorite chain" part detachable so the "pendant" part could be worn separately as a brooch.
With 10 x 7 cm "pendant" and 60 cm "chain" if worn together I'm sure it it could be a "statement" necklace.... =))
I wish I could take a better pictures, in reality it is more beautiful..... enjoy....

WIRE STITCHING ?

The term of wire stitching was my own way of explaining the technique that I used to make these jewelries. As I explained in my previous post http://beautyndbeads.blogspot.com/2010/10/and-i-won.html it was inspired by jewelry with beading technique. And since I have no patient (yet) to learn that technique, I tried implement it with wire work.

As you can see the result was wonderful..... with filigrees and beads stitched on the netted back ground made the jewelry pieces looked "full" and "rich".
And using darker wire as the back ground really gave a sense of dimension as well as enhancing the gold color.

I really really love this pieces.... enjoy....