convertible chain

new at my etsy store, am extremely excited about this, do read on :)

a cool way of getting the most out of you money ;)

This is what you will be getting:

With just 1 chain, you can turn all of my bracelets into necklaces

 

For example: Starlight bracelet

link up the convertible chain & wear it as a necklace!

Makes your jewellery all the more versatile ;)

full details available HERE ♥

a cause to rejoice

this is a long overdue post, I should have written this 2 weeks ago!

anyway, as the title of this post says, it's happy causes that deserve a blog post ;)

(yep, 2 causes!)

First up, I have finally reached my target of 100 items in store

(at the time of writing this, I have more than 100 already, see what I meant that this is an overdue post?  
Am a procrastinator at heart!)

Secondly, I had my first taste of being on the Etsy front page, even after 2 weeks I still feel a little giddy thinking of it ;)

Being there for just 1 hour, my views & hearts went over the roof, what a pleasant surprise!

I knew being on the FP brings you a lot of new visitors, but I didn't know it was this huge...

I had a couple of sales as a result of this and I'm so thankful to ArtByAmarose who featured me in her treasury & last but not least, the One up there who made a girl very very happy ;)

box

My sister received a box of Japanese biscuits that came in this pretty box, mum kept it for me knowing I never have enough of storage boxes ;)

Instead I'm using this as a photo background, the house doodles are too cute to be stored away!

Agree? :)

Only pity is that it's made of cardboard instead of metal, a bit flimsy for long-term use.
I certainly need to be more gentle with this!

work in progress

Here are 2 necklaces I made today, only half done as I'm planning to glue mini flower cabochons onto the filigrees. My shipment of supplies will be arriving some time this week, have bought quite a few of smaller sized flowers (hint: adorable!), can't wait!

I really like this design, looks a bit Christmassy don't you think?

Which is the irony of it, because these will only be up for sale in January, hmm...

I'm absolutely bad at keeping up with trends, I never follow them and my pieces seem to be way off the season (I like the non-conformity of it) ;)

but I'm extremely delighted to have found out the Pantone 2011 Colour of the Year is

honeysuckle!

woohoo... one of my favourites, such a sweet fine blend of pink and red.

now with this I hope it will keep me trendy & in style, whatever you call it ;)

having way too much!

I was working on a necklace the other day and couldn't find the filigree I wanted. I searched through boxes and boxes for a whole 10 minutes before finding it in my toggle & chain box.... I have always prided myself on being able to remember where I kept every single item, to the smallest beads! Daddy said this to me many times 'You must have really good memory to remember all this!', to which I would smile proudly at him.

the filigrees I was looking for, hidden snugly at the bottom of the box!

necklace made, can be seen HERE

Guess this time my 'pride bubble' has burst! ;)

and an indication that I should probably control my bead hoarding business, haha

but isn't that what all beaders do? we accumulate & heap up all the time!

Speaking of that, I have gotten some new toggles to add to my stockpile!

my favourite of the lot are the ones on the bottom left.

=)

oh gosh, just remembered I have a parcel at post office yet to be collected...

more hoarding, I never seem to learn, yikes!