Different Kind of Montrance

Not sure if this qualify as a Montrance or not. That is why I am calling it a different kind of Montrance - wire wrapped Montrance :) Focal is pearl while the frame is 20ga wire. This is a "commissioned" piece but it turned out quite different from the Montrance that was shown to me as sample. Lucky I told her that I will take this project as a challenge as I was not sure if I can create it with wire. Still, I hope she likes it. Inspiration: The "Koru" swirl is inspiration from Erin 

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It is the Time of the Year for......

..Ching Ming festival (Chinese All Souls Day)...or grave cleaning day and paying respect to the ancestors again. The actual date is on April 5th but we do it earlier most of the time to avoid the crowd on the actual date. Food, flowers, paper money are the normal offerings. Extras may include paper dresses, perfume, shoes, car, refrigerator, etc. How do we send these to the after world? By burning them of course. But not the food though, still can eat them :) This grave here (top pix) must be one of the last one located within a house compound and within a residential area. It is located within the boys great grandfather's house compound in the city. The older generation likes to have their loved ones close to them I guess. There used to be quite a few similar graves in the area but according to MIL, they have since been relocated to proper burial grounds especially when the houses are inherited to younger generations or sold to new owners. Some were relocated to increase the value of the property. Well, if I have the choice I wouldn't want to purchase a property with a grave on its compound:) Would you? Hmm...I don't normally take photos of grave/s or cemetary for fear that the photo may show "something" else but what the heck, I was just trying to snap the boys having fun with the puppy (bottom pix). WireBlissMei

Finally Its Here!

:D Waited two weeks for this and today it finally arrived. Funny but on the way home from work I got the feeling that its here....sixth sense? Hmm....

Been looking for this cup bur for a long time. Asked my sister in-law in Calgary to look for it but she couldn't find it.

Definitely can't find in Malaysia. Almost gave up when I came upon tooltime at etsy last two weeks and found what I have been looking for all this while. The rest is just smooth sailing.

If you are wondering what the heck is this for, the cup bur is to effectively de-bur the end of a wire after it has been cut! I have not experimented with it yet so I wouldn't know how good it is compared to a normal file. But I really hope that it is better :)

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Another Adjustable Woven Ring

This adjustable wire woven ring (Black Onyx) is a commissioned piece.

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Wire Woven Raw Stone Pendant

I am not sure what to name this stone so I just name it raw stone. Reason being it is one very ordinary river stone - I believe it is a river stone as I have seen similar stone in river that we frequented. It is not shiny but smooth, probably from years of tumbling by nature. I didn't collect this but purchased it. Don't know why but I was attracted to this stone the moment I set eyes on it. Love at first sight?

The wire wrapping - another inspiration from Lisa Barth.

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Just a few Post Earrings

Here are few post earrings I managed to get done today. They are done almost similar to the stud earrings. It's late and it's time for bed. I was unable to access my blog earlier, reason for this late posting. But I will be off to bed right after this. So, have a wonderful morning and happy weekend. WireBlissMei