Drawings by William & Henry

These are drawings by my two little boys. This top one is by William, 5+. Mummy looks like a duck or is it a chick? :) The black dots are navels according to him while I am holding the wires with my left hand. Wow! My wire working left some marks on him.....hmmmm! is that bad or good I wonder? This one at the bottom is drawn by Henry, 2+. These are mommy, daddy, William, Henry, mama (grandma) and dada (grandpa). We all looks like potatoes! :D

Sparkly Necklace and Bracelet - Brown-themed

I wanted to keep these two pieces for myself as soon as I completed them. The color is sooooooo nice and so "me".....Although I am not a very sparkly person myself (personal preference), these two pieces are an exception.... But what to do, these are commissioned pieces. Out to the new owner. Oh ya! I used gold filled wire and 6mm faceted donut swarovski crystals for these two pretties.

Heywire Bracelet & Coiled Earrings

This one is a brown-themed heywire bracelet similar to this one .

Made these two pieces this morning. The earrings is the same as this one, only bigger in size and I used pearls at the bottom.

Pretties made today

Here are three pretties I completed today, rushing them out for the Gawai Holidays next week. Gawai Dayak is a festival celebrated in Sarawak every 1st June by the natives races in Sarawak. This bracelet and ring set is based on Lisa Claxton's Flower Formation tutorial in Wirework Magazine (Special Issue).

Flower Formation Bracelet and Ring

Flower Formation Ring

Flower Formation Ring viewed from the bottom

The ring on my finger

Pearl Post Earrings

Have a wonderful weekends! :)

Blooming Orchid

Planting orchids is hubby's hobby. This is one of his orchids currently in full bloom. Not sure of the name of this species - hubby gone fishing so can't reach him to ask...:) Anyway, this is just too pretty to ignore. So, I want to share the bloom with you here.

Two Pairs of New Earrings

Here are two dangle earrings completed recently. It's been a while since I made the "Twice Around the World" piece that I almost forgotten how to start. It turned out ok and the Czech fire polished beads below is still one of my favorite colors.

Herringbone Weave Ring - Tiger's Eyes

This is a commissioned piece. The technique used here is the Herringbone Weave, made popular by Eni Oken. She has a free tutorial on this weave at her site.

Flower Pearls Ring

Even sickness can't take me away from my wires and stones. I took the day off from work today as I am not feeling well. But that didn't stop me from making this pearl ring today. Looks like a flower from the top. I used gold filled wire for this ring.

Sterling Silver Wire Wrap Ring - My First

This is not my first ring but this is my first wire wrap ring with Sterling Silver wire and Sterling Silver metal beads. Wire wrapping this ring with 20ga wire is almost the same as wrapping with Stainless Steel wire, in terms of hardness of the wire I must say. Overall, I am very satisfied with this ring. The technique I used for this ring is contain in my Sparkly Crystal Ring Tutorial available at my etsy shop also in this blog.

My First Anklet - Tiger's Eyes

I have been making wire jewelry for more than two years now but this is my first anklet. Hmm! Looks like not many people wear anklets. This tiger's eyes anklet measures 12 in and is a made for order piece. Each of the 6mm tiger's eyes are flanked by 4mm (AB) Swarovski Crytals and wire wrapped with 24ga gold filled wire.

At Work Today

Here are some pictures taken on my trip to Bintulu this weekend. Am still here and will only be back to Kuching tomorrow evening.

Sarawak has LOTS of rivers. These pictures show tributaries of Batang Rajang (Rajang River), the longest river in Sarawak. Pix on the left shows Sibu Town, at the banks of Rajang River.

View of sunset from my hotel room. We attended the Makan Tahun, an annual fest at one of the villages north of Bintulu. Today is the preparation day and tomorrow we will be there again for the feast :)

Local kueh known as "Kelupis" (left) will be given away to the guests tomorrow.

Poor buffalo. Buffalo Horns anyone?

Testimonial

The best thing to hear after a day of work (yeah! I have to work this weekend) is a very positive comment from someone who purchased my Sparkly Ring Tutorial. Here's what she has to say. This really made my day.....:)

Dear Mei, I have been having so much fun making rings using your tutorial! Thank you so much for creating it. I have to say, I am so pleased with how professional the tutorial looks and how incredibly clear the directions and pictures are. I love that I ended up with great looking results from the first ring. Plus it has inspired me to be more creative with wire overall. My 13-year-old daughter and I have covered our fingers in sparkly rings! If you are planning on creating any different wire tutorials please let me know. Laura Marino "Each dawn we open our eyes to a gift we don't deserve and haven't earned. Another day, another hour, another breath. The greatest miracle is taking the emptiness of life and filling it with eternal meaning. It's an invitation from the king!" -Carol Walker (my mom)

Thank you Laura. :)

Pearl & Garnet Ring

This is a simple pearl and garnet wire wrap ring made last weekend. This ring is special in a way as the sizes of the pearls are different, increasing in size as they approach the center, same with the garnet beads as can be seen in the second picture. I maybe listing this ring in my Etsy shop soon.

Iridescent of Abalone Shell

This piece of abalone shell is from New Zealand. Mom-in-law found it in her drawer and handed it over to me to play with. She said she has lots of them but can't locate them at the moment. Oh well, what a waste. Here, the shell is wrapped simply with 22g stainless steel wire. Simple but very tight. At the back of the shell (or is it the front?), the wire is bend like a cross. Hmmm! a lot of crosses lately.

Woven Wave ByPass Ring - Onyx

I really enjoyed myself making this ring based on Louise's Tutorial on Woven ByPass Ring. I was a bit nervous when it comes to weaving as I failed miserably in the past especially when it involves lots of weaving. Look at this failed project - Failed Pendant But then when I was weaving this ring, it was not as difficult as back then. I guess it must be the size of wire I used for weaving. I used 28g whereas for my previous project, I used 25g. Stainless steel wires of 20g formed the shank of this ring. Very happy with the outcome and I really love it. Happy with the outcome, I give it another try with copper wire and this time it is even easier to weave. The copper wire is "soooooooo" soft. How I wish stainless steel wires are as soft as that. :)

Another Cross

The Frame

Tiger's Eyes?

Cherry Quartz?

Finally, its Cherry Quartz, amethyst and garnets

Kissing Pipas

My eldest boy, William loves to kiss. By this I mean he willingly kiss his parents (thats us) and grandparents without question. Henry, the younger one (2 and half) on the other hand is choosy when it comes to kissing. Being kiss or kissing his brother William is a definite NO! NO!. If William try to kiss him, he will run screaming and crying with his mouth covered. His reason being "Koko (big brother) got "nua" (saliva)". He doesn't mind our "nua" but he got problem with his Koko's "nua"....:D. If I kissed William first and then ask Henry to kiss me, Henry wouldn't want to because he said "Koko's nua is on my lips!" Wonder how this 2 years old is so particular about "nua" *shaking head*. Enough about kissing and "nua", here is a Kissing Pipa bracelet accompanied by a Pipa Hook/Clasp I made today.

The oval shaped moonstone used here are from Szarka (thanks Szarka) and the four stones the pipas are kissing are tourmaline. The teardrop shaped stone on the left pipa is prehnite while the pink stones on the right hand pipa and the clasp are....hmmmmm , duh forgot what its called (brain not working). Will check it out later. Got it - Cherry Quartz (6mm)

Beautiful Aquamarine and Tourmaline

Paid quite dearly for these Tourmaline and Aquamarine but I can't resist them .......hmmmm..........They are my favorite gemstones. "smiling from ear to ear" but got one big hole in my pocket.........

Adjustable Garnet Ring

This ring was done last week but with my busy schedule at work and travelling, I forgot that I have not posted it here. This ring is meant to be adjustable, but once done, the adjustable is not so adjustable after all. It only budge a little bit when I try it on my bigger finger :). Anyway, this is an idea I am planning to explore more when I have the time for more wire jewelry.