Want to Know How to Catch Crabs?

We used to do this a lot before the boys came along. I think it's earlier than that....about 10 years ago. Hubby and I love to go out fishing, prawn fishing or catch crabs. Then we got busy, then came the first baby then the second and now they are little boys and we are even busier. And of course, in between that I got addicted to wire jewelry....hehehe... Anyway, today hubby decided to go catch crabs and asked me to tag along. So, we did just that (took the older boy along - William). First we went to purchase six crab traps and a stingray head for baiting. Here are pictures showing the whole process....

Weaving my Heart Away

Am at weaving again and enjoying it very much. Someone saw the adjustable woven ring I made as gift for my friend the other day and requested for similar ones and here they are. Identical twins ha? :) Not reallylah! but they are woven with gold filled wire. The best thing about adjustable rings are you don't have to worry about the perfect fit. One size fits all! Easy on me and easy for the wearer.

Pearls are still the Favorite

Good old pearls. They are still the favorite among my customers. Here are few pairs wire wrap earrings completed today. Two pairs of simple stud earrings and a pair of angelic pearl earrings.

Playing with Copper Wire

I have been wanting to play with copper wire for a long while and finally did just that last night, of all time when I was busiest. Maybe it was stress due to the unfinished work and presentation (this morning). Anyway, I managed to steal some time off "work" to hammer two copper wires and twisted them into this two almost identical pieces. Not sure what to do with them but it was fun to do all the hammering..:) Maybe I should wire wrap the loops with some small beads. I can "see" green will go very well with copper! What think you? Also stole a little bit of time to wire wrap (simple) this donut jade pendant with gold filled wire - a special request.

Crocodiles and Orchids

Yesterday morning we were at Jong's Crocodile Farm. Took the boys to see the crocs - their first time. They were and are still excited and happy with the visit and now they are requesting for another trip there. Here are some pix of the hungry crocs.

Feeding time

A Tailless Croc

With Grandma

In the afternoon, hubby and me headed for Charlie's Orchid farm - my first time :) Took some pictures of his beautiful orchids. And so my whole day was gone and I ended up working at night.

More Please! Sparklies

For the last two nights, I have been working on these sparklies. 50 of them. Yeah! A whole bunch of them and my fingers are sore from holding the crystals, especially the 4mm Swarovski Crystal while wrapping them. They can be quite painful if you keep holding them on the same spot of your fingertip - in this case the tip of my pointing finger. These are called Sparkly Crystal Ring and they are similar the following which I have done before (Wow! quite a lot of them now that I am listing them here):

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• Here - the tutorial if you are intersted :) - http://wirebliss.etsy.com

Here are few simpler version of the ring as I ran out of 4mm bicone Swarovski Crystal. Still simple and sparkly though. They are all wrapped with 23ga gold filled wire, Swarovski Crystals and gold filled metal beads (3mm).