The Art of Beauty - Sold

I've kept this vintage rose necklace with me for the longest time and I know it was just dying to see the light of day. In an inspired moment, I've added my own touch to it, and a lovely kamoe rose round makes its appearance too. Chain's also authentically vintage with the gorgeous dark tinge of time to it :) One of a kind!

Beautiful Dreamer - Sold

Lovely kamoe rounds are set gently against lilac blooms while little swarovski butterflies together with opalite & matt baby blue drops add that dreamy romantic touch. Drop is abt 6.5 cm ~

Sweet Peas - Sold

I was looking up flower species and I thought the blooms in this pair looked like wait a minute... the sweet pea flower!! Not to mention that Jes of Sweetpeas is one of my bestest crafting gal pals! She's such a darling and so is this pair! Drop is abt 8.5 cm ~

Princess Viola - Sold

A really princessy pair with fuchsia roses, rings of tiny cream pearls, peachy sandy leafy beads, tiny trios of metallic czech beads and smoky quartz faceted drops (non-tarnish wirework & sterling hooks). Drop is abt 5.5 cm ~

Peach Goddess - Sold

Ethereal and elegant, Peach Goddess features carved pink quartz roses, brass flower charms, rings of metallic white czech beads, swarvovski crystals, pearls & bobs. Drop is abt 6 cm ~

Silver Matinee - Sold

This is my favourite piece in this batch just cos it's simple yet classy and funky at the same time. Mismatched pair of silver roses and white howlite drops on sterling hooks.

Drops abt 7 cm and 5.5 cm respectively ~

Hope & Faith - Sold

Hope & Faith has special meaning for me cos these 2 words are what's engraved on our wedding bands. To us, hope and faith is what will keep us going through the good times ... and the bad. Hope that's not too cheesy!! ;p

Mismatched pair of little hearts and a double-ring charm. Drops are 6.5 cm and 4.5 cm respectively ~

Jardin de Roses - Sold

These red clay roses are so enchanting against the brass filigrees, with the soft lilac & opalescent beads & pearls. Like a romantic stroll through a rose garden during spring. Drop is abt 4cm ~

Clair de Lune - Sold

Your soul is like a landscape fantasy,
Where masks and Bergamasks, in charming wise,
Strum lutes and dance, just a bit sad to be
Hidden beneath their fanciful disguise.

Singing in minor mode of life's largesse
And all-victorious love, they yet seem quite
Reluctant to believe their happiness,
And their song mingles with the pale moonlight,

The calm, pale moonlight, whose sad beauty, beaming,
Sets the birds softly dreaming in the trees,
And makes the marbled fountains, gushing, streaming--
Slender jet-fountains--sob their ecstasies.

-- Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896)

Debussy's musical depiction of Verlaine's Clair de Lune is a wonderful masterpiece and it came to my mind as I was making this piece. Thought I'd share the poem here cos it's simply too beautiful not to share.... Pale beige roses, vintage-print rose tenshas & blush faceted drops ~
Drop is abt 4.5 cm.

Why Is The Rose So Pale - Sold

Ah Dearest, canst thou tell me why
The Rose should be so pale?
And why the azure Violet
Should wither in the vale?
- Heinrich Heine

Carved pink quartz roses, 2 tone lampwork glass beads with roses and pale blush faceted drops make up this delicate pair that is Why Is The Rose So Pale. Drop is abt 5cm ~

Purple Passion - Sold

Just realised I've been underusing my purple beads and these purple clay roses were too deliciously luscious to resist. My gal pals are big purple lovers and I can already imagine this pair on them! Yummy! :)

Drop is abt 5.5 cm ~

"Sweetness & Light" series!

When I looked at these pieces that I've created for Feb 14, somehow none of them struck me as particularly "Valentine-y", and I'm almost relieved! Somewhere along the way Valentine's Day has become yet another over-commercialised fad and marketing strategy to get us (ok the guys mostly) to spend spend spend, and pandering to it would be the last thing I want.

Matt first started calling me "Sweetness & Light" and I really love it when he calls me that cos it just gives me that sense of being loved, treasured and cherished. I don't know how to describe it, but it's something close to me, that I'm not just his baby, honey or darling. It' makes me feel even more special than that. So today, I've named this new series just that ~ Sweetness & Light ~ and hope that each piece will evoke that sense of love that's almost ethereal, sublime, that words cannot explain, but is only understood between you and your loved one.

Enjoy! :)

* I received a comment saying that aren't I doing exactly what I said I didn't want to - pandering to this commercialised fad? It is a valid comment and I hope to add on to what I may have failed to explain clearly in my rush for time, that Feb 14 prompted the creation of this series with the inspiration of the love between my husband and myself, esp. in view of our upcoming wedding. The fad that involves intentionally jacking up prices and putting guys on guilt trips to buy stuff during this time is not what I want to pander to. I don't have a problem with Feb 14 itself. Matt and I do wish each other Valentine's Day and we have a quiet meal at home. Without Feb 14, I would have still come up with the series. I make and sell stuff, so that's an unavoidable connection to marketing and I am sorry if I have misled people with my comments. Thanks for letting me know! :)