house moving week

This photo was taken last week, my beads are all out of the boxes now but strewn very messily on my table.

Will be tidying the place after I complete the local orders on hand, I'm a bit behind schedule, yikes!

rest

♥ The Book Bed!   more funky beds can be seen here

I'm so glad tomorrow's appointment is cancelled, yay! Just as well as I'm feeling a bit under the weather right now, muscle aches are not fun :(

Good thing I have wrapped up most of my local custom orders, with only 1 last blue bracelet to make, after that I should hope to snuggle in bed with a good book in hand.

Can't wait...

a fruitful week

this week has been a fruitful time of crafting, I managed to get 3 bracelets & a matching set done!

The family is busy today, everyone seems to have their Saturday plans filled to the brim already, that means I'm left alone to entertain myself  ;))

Might as well get the photos done for my new pieces, list list list & hopefully the 'made in february' section wouldn't look that bare anymore.

hmm... looks like it's a (fun filled?) day of hard work for me, wish me luck!

When I get bored I guess I'll do some bloghopping, which is always fun!

In fact I'm tempted to ditch all the listing plans and dive right into the many blogs I haven't had time to catch up with, yikes!

Concentrate, mei, concentrate!

january round up

Magical bracelet

Say hello to February, woot!

January was a hardworking month, updated my etsy store with 18 new pieces and working a lot more on local orders. For the first time in my 2 year old local store I had a waiting list! Not exactly a good thing, because I was feeling rather terrible that my buyers have to wait, I used to ship orders out within 2 days, or 3 days max. During the busy period last month, it stretched up to 2 weeks... Oh my! On the other hand, I'm absolutely thrilled that they would be so sweet to wait for me, some even told me to 'take your time, it's alright'.

Aww..... :))

January was busy partly due to the Chinese New Year celebrations in early February. The Chinese all dress up in their new clothes so I was rushing to get all orders completed by then. How relieved I was when they were all done!

I'm taking a week off too this Spring Festival (as it is known in China), I think it's almost 6 days already since I last played with my pliers, definitely one of the longest periods I have gone without working at my bead table!

My fingers are itching, ideas are spinning around in mind, I guess it's a signal for me to lodge myself at my favourite spot at home ;)

Pretty sure I will having a blast beading away this noon!

(before relatives start dropping by my home & the dinner tonight, chinese new year is my most cherished time of the year)

friday

Had a belated birthday buffet lunch with my friends today. I stuffed myself so much that I was too full for dinner (sin of gluttony?). I seldom go for buffets as I'm a small eater, buffets are simply a waste of money for me :) which is good in a way, less guilty pleasures!

I told my friends not to get me presents this year as most of the time I have no need/use for them, save the $$. I did receive some mini candy canes though, how cute! Oh, and a huge handmade card too with sweet messages written all over, that meant much more to me than a store bought plushie or teddy bear :)

am glad I don't have a sweet tooth, this would have sent me straight to the dentist if I were to finish all!

After the heavy lunch, I made this customized bracelet for a local customer. I'm not too fond of silver actually, preferring the rustic old charm of antique brass but it was a refreshing change to work with different materials once in a while :)

 

I really like the teeny weeny heart charms that dangle from the chain, how I wish I have them in antique brass too, that would be so cool!

Off to source.... Have a nice weekend!