What Made my Day.....

.....testimonial on the TAW Wire Wrapped Bracelet that I got from Susan this morning.
Here's what she said:

Dear Mei,

Wow, I am blown out of the water with this tutorial.  It is well written and no steps missing.  Very impressive photos and step by step instructions.  It looks like you thought this tutorial out very well before releasing it.  Thank you for all the examples and for sending the tutorial to me so quickly.  Please keep me on your e mail list for other tutorials.  I seem to gravitate to your tutorials.   

Susan

Susan also shared the wire wrapped cross pendant that she made for her son's school silent auction to benefit the school, which was based on my Wire Wrapped Cross Pendant Tutorial.
Really wonderful Susan, thank you for sharing.

If you would like to get 25% off the TWA Wire Wrapped Bracelet tutorial, check for details here -

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NEW WIRE WRAP eTUTORIAL! - Twice Around the World (TAW) Wire Wrapped Bracelet.
It is now available at my Etsy Shop - Wirebliss.etsy,com for $8.00 USD

Here is an offer.
You get 25% less or $6.00 USD if you "Like" my Facebook Page (sounds like bribing, but yeah! something like that :)).  Follow this link to "Like" my FB Page - WireBliss FB Page. Click on the "Like" (thumb up) button to like (pix below).

Otherwise you can browse down my sidebar here, find my FB page almost at the bottom and click on the "Like" button.
Then come back here, at the drop down menu, choose "Facebook Fan Click here" otherwise, choose Normal Price, and click "Buy Now". Here goes:

Choose Only One

Facebook Fan click here $6.00 Normal Price $8.00

I will cross check your name against the Facebook Page before I email the tut.
So, if you have different name in FB, let me know by leaving me a message at checkout.
Is that so much of a hassle? We shall try this out first.
This offer only valid for purchase made here.
This offer is not extended to my Etsy Shop.

Thank you and happy wrapping!
Good night for now or rather good morning. 

Another Wire Wrapped Fossilized Coral Pendant, Large

Although it took less than 2 hours for this piece, posted 2 days ago, this one here took me the whole Sunday!
It doesn't look that complicated but I don't know why it took so long.
But, I admit a lot of time was spent massaging the piece and the wires and thinking how to wrap the wire so it will hold the Fossilized Coral in place.
Figuring and re-figuring, bending and unbending, wrapping and unwrapping the wires couple of times actually.

Hope it doesn't show here..hehe....
Clean look at the front right.
You wouldn't want to look the back of the pendant

Custom order for a special lady and I am running out of Fossilized Coral. 

How to Wire Wrap Irregular Shape Stone

This is faster than I thought.
Got this tiger eye pendant done within two hours this afternoon.

Last week, I spent few hours wire wrapping the same piece with another method, which I abandoned when I remembered how Danagonia wrapped her giant nugget bead. Thanks Camilla for the inspiration!

The irregular shape of this tiger eye makes it difficult to wrap with the normal cab wrap.
That's what I did initially and I failed miserably.

With 3 wires, I formed the frame, holding the stone in place securely.
Wrapped them with 3 different weaving techniques as you can see from the pictures here.

Problem is (but not really a problem actually!), you will end up with a bunch of wires at the top.

A bit tricky to tuck them all in neatly, leaving two for the bail and still make it look good.

Overall, I am quite happy with the outcome and I can see a lot of potential in this technique especially for irregularly shaped stones. If you would like to learn how to wire wrap in similar way, check out Camilla's tutorial here.
Have a wonderful and productive weekend dear readers. 

For the First Time......

......one of my creations is featured in Etsy Treasury created by Riorita.
The featured item is for the Braided Wire Cuff (tutorial). Here is snapshot of the treasury titled
Atarved Adorned (I don't believe my eyes! I meant STARVED of course!)

Check out the other beautiful featured items in the Treasury at this direct link - http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list.php?room_id=130996
Thank you Riorita for the feature.

Airport and Donut Jade Pendant - Pipa Wrap

Here I am at the KKIA waiting for my flight home to Kuching.
Been here for the last 2 hours and I have another hour to wait.
So, here I am posting another wire wrapped piece which I have been wanting to post the last few days but interrupted by this travelling.

This is a very tiny donut jade pendant.
The donut jade itself is only about 1 cm in diameter.
A custom order by a close friend of MIL.
Had hard time figuring out how to wrap it and in the end decided that the pipa wrap would be the safest besides adding size to the tiny jade.

All through the making of this pendant, I was worried that I am going to break the jade.
Its so delicate but thankfully it didn't happen.
Ok, got to go...see you in Kuching :)