Screw Earrings Anyone?

At hubby's working place, people just throw around/away stainless steel screws. Such a waste! He always come home with a bunch of them, for future usages. He showed me some of the screws he collected yesterday and an idea came to my mind. The result is this "gemmed screw earrings". If you want to be different and unique, this set of earrings is very unique and looks very "hardware" :)

Leaf Pendant

This is another commissioned piece of wire pendant. This time it is "leaf" themed. For the leaf frame, I used 20ga stainless steel wire while for wrapping the crystals, I used 28ga wire. I used 6mm and 4mm bicone swarovski crystals of several colors, mostly shades of green as well as pink and white. I hope it does look lie a leaf. Here are views of the pendant from the top/front, side and back.

Top/front view

Side view

Back view

Garnet Cross and Others

Just showing what I made today. The cross is a commissioned piece. I used garnet of different sizes and shape for this cross. Hope the new owner likes it.

Very fruitful earrings Got to go as the boy is making lot of noises already. Asking me not to be too long on the computer. Duh!

Where I've Been the Last 2 Days

NOT on holidays but WORK at this beautiful coastal village located at the northern coast of Sarawak.

This is a newly opened resort in the village.

View of the village early yesterday morning. It rained heavily the night before. Villagers were so happy that we "brought" rain there :) as most of them still depend on harvested rain water for drinking and cooking.

Another view of the village. So peaceful and cozy.

Beautiful sunset at the beach. Didn't have the opportunity to take a dip although the beach is only about 50m from the village.

Another view of the beach from the resort.Busy at work. Final editing of presentation slides and setting up the place for the public meeting.

Fresh from the sea! These are mackerels caught by the villagers and now ready to be prepared for our lunch at the community kitchen.

"Four-in-One" Pipa Bracelet

"Four-in-One" Pipa Focal in the making

"Four-in-One" Pipa Focal in the making

Done! - "Four-in-One" Pipa Bracelet

I made it finally! And I am very happy and pleased with myself today as not only have I made a "four-in-one" Pipa focal for the bracelet, but I made a "Pipa Clasp" as well. Love it! I used one piece of 20ga stainless steel wire to make all four pipas . Yeah! Only one piece of wire, so that all four pipas are connected to each other. All four pipas are almost perfect except for one. I ran out of wire for the last pipa. As such, I only managed to coil twice instead of three times :) for the last one. Do you notice that? But that is the beauty of handcrafted pretties....the imperfection....... ..........just trying to find excuses here! :). My fingers are quite sore from the twisting. 20ga stainless steel wire is a bit tough for this wrap but it look nicer compared to thinner wires. Stones are 6mm faceted amethyst as well as a couple of freshwater pearls for the center. The focal measures about 3cm x 3cm and the length of the bracelet is about 19cm or 7.5 in. As for the Pipa clasp (this is my favorite part of the bracelet), I used 22ga stainless steel wire and a piece of freshwater pearl.

Pipa Clasp

Pipa Clasp Side View

The idea for this piece have been in my head for a long while, ever since I was introduced to this Pipa Wired Chinese Knot by Corra of decorshandmades.blogspot.com. Well not that long...about a month or so ago. Feels like a long time ago though....hmm wonder why?

Sparkly Bracelet

Sorry the picture taken is not as clear as I wanted it to be due to the background and crystal colors, but here's another sparkly pretty made today. This piece goes together with the sparkly necklace and pendant I made few days ago as shown in the previous post.