Jade Bookmarks

Heyy everyone,

I know it's been quite a long time. Been making batches of these Jade Bookmarks that are inspired by a mix of Korean and Chinese culture. These bookmarks have been constantly evolving in terms of their design.


The first batch I made, I tried to go along with the simplistic feel of string and beads, but I thought it lacked some glitter. I also wanted to stick with the "original" materials of jade, semi-precious stones, pearls and porcelain. But again, it lacked something. So along the way, I added some Swarovski crystals, then moved from the usual green donut pieces to yellow jade, purple jade and even to this molted green red yellow cream jade.

I love the mix of colours and if you look closely enough, there seems to be a shimmer in the sunlight. It is really pretty. Did I mention that mint turquoise seafoam greenish-blue is kind of my favourite colour? (:

archives

as requested, here is the link for pictures of the previous hodgepodge collections! (:

dinosaur collection update!

i wanted to take all the shots at the playground, but i ran out of time. so i took them against a banana tree instead, gave it a more Jurassic feel, i think. (:

updates for dinotopia up at etsy or you can order through here too by dropping me an email (:

some behind the scenes shots and a peak at some of the other dinos i haven't done up yet.

dinosaur collection coming up next!

f.john series - brontosaurus

and a sneak preview of the dino series...

coming soon to squiggletown - dino necklaces inspired by promisetangeman and the truerassic vacation bible school that i'm helping out with next week. (: will be trying to match the name of the dino to the one i'm using. check back soon!

etsy update!

earring studs and rings (:

pearls + pride & prejudice

heyy all!
been rather busy lately, what with graduation and starting work and all. anyhoo, i've been reading jane austen (pride and prejudice) and i just fell in love with that whole era again. san even rented the movie and i bought one of the many sequels to read. (: so anyways, i've got some bookmarks and earrings to upload in the etsy shop. shall endeavour to finish by today.

meanwhile, here are some pearl earrings i helped my mom restring - changed the findings and added some swarovski and flowers (: enjoy!

sew much!

made this spool rack after reading a blog post about using pencils to form a spool rack. (: and in the background i cut brontosaurus shapes from woodgrain sticker sheets to embellish my sewing machine.

also. was clearing my wardrobe the other day and found some shirts i didn't really wear and were too small. so i decided to make pouches out of them. the first is a purple rhinestone embellished shirt from uk and the second is an a&f shirt. i really like the idea, might be making more soon.

i also made more pouches which are for sale on etsy. so go see! (: