Stella - SGD 30 - Sold

I still have another Stella for sale so here it is ~ a vintage blue flower cab encased in a brass setting, with a brass faerie hugging her knees amidst cascading gold leaves and glittering swarovski star lights. Length is a chest-long 26" with a pretty blue crystal heart ~

Little Pin #10 - SGD 25 - Sold

Another antiqued pin with vintage parts and a little toot toot atop a ruby-coloured quartz drop ~
You can see the packaging for the one-of-a-kind Little Pins here - great for gift-giving!

Rowena - SGD 55 - Sold

Another glittering pair with the same swarovski rhinestone rings, rose quartz carved roses, beautiful faceted amethyst briolettes, high lusture freshwater pearls and other goldfilled accents. Simply decadent! Drop is 7.5 cm from goldfilled hooks ~

the tuesday after

Oops! I was meant to upload more photos yesterday, especially the brooch pins, but I was so utterly exhausted that I dozed off after lunch and did not wake up till the hubster came home early from work cos he was feeling peaky. One invalid and one very tired post-Maad moi could not drag themselves out of bed until it was dinnertime. But I've finally loaded the pics of the sold brooches! Got some orders on hand to finish but I'll be trying to make more so if there are any colours you seriously like, drop me a line and I'll try to come up with sth for you!

This was an experimental piece but I really liked the burst of colours! Not very wintry christmasy i know but still beautiful on the eyes :) The vibrant colours are not very obvious cos I should have chosen a lighter background but I was quite taken with it still and it took a lot of self-convincing to part with it .

More parting shots include these 2 customised pieces:

More pieces coming up real soon!

time for a breather!

So glad Dec's Maad is finally over! I brought more stock this time but the good stuff were swept up within the first half hour so I'm sorry to have disappointed those who made the time to come by but missed seeing the loot. Thank you so much for your wonderful support, really appreciate seeing you guys! :) I always feel so blessed after each Maad, cos friends always pop by to support me so it becomes like a mini gathering. Plus of cos, I get to befriend new vendors and catch up with old friends! Poor Matt ended up being stuck at the booth for ages while i went-a-gallivating haha... wouldn't know what i'll do without him - he packs my stuff for each event, carries everything, prepares the change, sets up the displays, buys me food and basically puts up with my high-strung state during the stressful days. (Note to self: Be nicer to hubby this week!!)

Here are some of the picks:

Starving now so i'm off to get some grub but I'll be back to list stuff still available after Maad ~ meanwhile pics of most sold items can be seen on my Flickr. I've not uploaded the brooches yet but will do so in the afternoon. They went really quick! Have to do more cos they're fun to work with and easy to give! Which reminds me I have to start sorting out those christmas pressies soon :p Have you started your shopping yet?!! There's gonna be a Fancy Faire at Orchard Hotel this tuesday and wednesday so i'll be doing some shopping there for the family while supporting some Maad friends (Elaine fr Pisces Passion, Vivienne fr Fuchsia Lane, Sabrina fr Sabbiew etc.)~ do check them out if you're free!

On genes and a sneak-of-the-day

Do you wonder sometimes how much stuff runs in the family? I never thought i'd end up doing jewellery someday, heck i never really passed art in my school!! Wasn't particularly well-known for any creativity to be honest. But what if genes did have a part to play in it...

If you'd caught Home Decor 3 on Channel 8 last night, you would have seen many of my cousins and even my gran on TV! They were on Mark Lee's team and since I'm not a frequent viewer of the show, I heard from the grapevine that his team hadn't won for a while so naturally they were kinda worried. Nevertheless they put in lotsa thought and effort, most of my cousins and aunts and even my lil bro went down to help with the renovation and they deservedly won, at least to me! Loved the way they revamped my gran's old furniture and came up with a east-meets-west-contemporary style :)

My gran even got to show off her crafting prowess in making butterflies fr used cans (so green right), which by the way, is not the only thing she does. She also makes little beaded animals like doggies, kitties, sheep, snakes... you name it, she jolly well can make it! I'm so proud of my gran!! Maybe my mom managed to sneak some creative gene from gran to me after all! Ok enough of showing off my gran.... ain't Athena a pretty lady! I'm very pleased with the way she turned out and can't wait to show her at Maad this weekend. Very vintage, very green... just the way i like them :) I have to get back to preparing logistics for the fair... you really gotta check out Dec's Maad cos there'll be so many cool stalls way perfect for some handmade indie shopping!! (maybe i should display some of my gran's butterflies too)

Dec Maad sneaks!

Some pieces for Maad next weekend...

there's lots more where these came from, and even more in the works!

Maad next weekend

Sorry things have been quiet here lately cos I've been hibernating and working on stuff for Maad next weekend. Usually stock runs out after the 1st day so I'm trying my darnest to have more and if possible 2 pieces of each design so I can stagger the display for the 2-day affair. I'd hate to disappoint the folks who can only pop by on Sunday!

This time round, apart from the usual repurposed vintage goodies, there will be petite lovelies and glam danglies, as well as special ooak italian charm necklaces (from the stash I acquired in the Philippines) and unique little quaint brooches perfect as stocking stuffers! I'm more pysched than stressed which is quite strange for moi, but hey i'm not gonna complain about that heh

I've got to go run errands now, but I'll get back to answering those emails and posting more sneaks. Thanks for sticking around! :)

December Maad
Time: 11 am - 7 pm
Address: Red Dot Design Museum on Maxwell Road

Roberta sneak

Another piece for Dec's Maad ~ more jewelled tones for the festive season! :)

Sophie - SGD 29 - Sold

Thought I'll list sth new just to keep things going instead of hoarding everything for Maad :) Sophie is a classy pair of good old-fashioned earrings featuring pretty shell roses. These roses are abt 1.8cm wide and the drop is a petite 3.5cm fr antiqued brass hooks ~

Another Maad sneak!

Ooh look at what came out yesterday! A quaint purply eye-catcher that's bound to be a keeper! I'm hoarding this for Dec's Maad, which by the way, is on for sure! So keep the 1st & 2nd of Dec free if you can and come do some major christmas shopping! (hopefully at my booth so i can do some christmas shopping too haaa)

Miss Holly - SGD 55 - Sold

Sorry everyone for being tardy in replying mails but I've been stuck in bed with a bad cold since Deepavali and today's my first good day although I still sound like darth vader. The last few days have been an absolute nightmare! Not being able to do anything at all except finish season 2 of Grey's Anatomy and plough thru half of OC season 4. Thanks to the hubster (who is a much better nurse than I am and was fabulous in looking after me despite catching the bug as well), I felt well enough today to try working for a bit. This is one of the perks of working from home, I get to fall back to bed if I don't feel well enough to carry on without having to commute heh.

Miss Holly is made from vintage holly-like bracelet links with clear quartz roses, green garnet briolette, lotsa mystic grey swarovskis as well as freshwater pearls, swarovskis and gold-filled extras. Drop is a lovely 8cm from goldfilled hooks ~

I wore a pair to meet my gal pal Val last week and we stumbled upon this lovely shop called L'Escalier in Takashimaya. It really is a treasure trove that carries local brands like the dear Makisquarepatch, Fuchsia Lane and Saltplay. Miss Holly caught the eye of the pleasantly polite (a rarity for local customer service) shop staff who suggested I bring in my portfolio and some sample creations for the manager to explore the possibility of stocking my pieces there! I think it'll be a great stockist so hopefully I can do up something to show them soon (if i don't tear my hair out amidst preparations for Maad and all). Exciting times ahead!!

Rose Assassin sneak

This vintage rose dagger pin was quickly taken by a regular who gave me the freedom to do it up into whatever I fancied so this is a little sneak surprise for her ~ More similar pieces of this style will be available at Dec's Maad if nothing goes wrong. Sorry I've been quiet lately, it's just too exciting checking out the possibilities with these vintage acquisitions! Usually it only takes one good piece to start a new series so yay! This Rose Assassin just saved me :)

Spring Fling II - Sold

A more petite remake of Spring Fling at a private request ~

my little bunny mug

Woke up yesterday morning feeling a lil anxious cos the thought of all those orders I've yet to finish is weighing heavily on my mind. Esp. since I popped by Maad yesterday and moi friends were like, hey where have you been? Come back to Maad soon! So yea, I'm thinking of how I can juggle finishing existing orders with coming up with new pieces for Dec's Maad. I'm praying very hard that my fingers and mind don't fail me! Having a stall at Maad is more about the community experience rather than the sales, though it's usually harder cos I have to spend lots and work like mad to stock up for the 2-day market. Still the friendship, the bustling atmosphere and ahem the shopping more than makes up for it.

Managed to control the spending yesterday but I couldn't resist this little bunny mug made by Amy, from whom I got most of my japanese-style ceramic bowls from. Matt and I love her work to bits! So rustic and homely. I find it so adorable that the little rabbit's peeking out fr the top of the mug :)

This guppy bowls are so pretty too! It'll be pretty cool to see the little fishies "swimming" when there's soup or sake in the bowls. I thought they were teeny whales at first but Amy corrected my faux pas!

Amy will be at Dec's Maad on the 1st and 2nd so remember to check out her cool ceramics!

i am free

I've been running out of accessories to wear which is such an irony considering what I do so I decided to do up a new necklace with some of the kyanite brios I'd been storing away hee hee. Didn't want anything fussy so some swirly goldfilled tubes and a brass swallow later, here's i am free. Somehow the glistening blue of the kyanite and the soaring swallow reminds me of the vastness of the sky and how puny I am in relation to this huge universe. I'm just glad I got Someone out there looking out for me!

The hubster thinks I shouldn't hoard stuff so I'm still contemplating keeping this for myself or for sale. Need time to think it over first haaa ~

Serene - SGD 55 - Sold

Think I love Serene as much as I did Esmeralda, just look at the colour! Soft blue carved roses (not sure what stone it is tho, shimmering moonstone gems and kyanite drops with the same pretty freshwater pearls and swarovski rhinestone-studded rings.

Drop's 8cm from goldfilled hooks (same for the wirework and chains) ~ swoons...

Yvaine - SGD 54 - Sold

Esmeralda was a fave so it was sad that I only got 1 pair of those soft minty green roses! I've done up 2 more versions of it, each slightly different from the other. Here's Yvaine, a silver-pinkie-purply combi of rose quartz roses, swarovski rhinestone-studded rings, the same beautiful freshwater pearls (even jenna thought they were gorgeous!), muted lilac & pale rose-pink czech drops and faceted gem-quality amethyst brios.

Drop is 7 cm fr sterling hooks (so are the wirework and chains) ~ Wonderful glitzy earrings... I'm getting into the christmas mood already!

Esmeralda - SGD 55 - Sold

I loved these minty green roses and kept them for the longest time until I decided to do sth with them as a christmas prelude. Beautiful gleaming swarovski crystal-studded rings, freshwater pearls with an extraordinary sheen, swarovskis and fabulous gem-quality phrenite brios for that awesome vision of green!

Drop is 7.5 cm on goldfilled hooks ~ (wirework and chains are also goldfilled)

Put the pic up on Flickr a while ago but forgot to describe it and yet it still got sold before the listing came up. Thanks babe! You know who you are, and I'm glad you got my fave piece of the lot!

Crimson Plush - SGD 46 - Sold

Crimson Plush is a slightly different version of Plush with red peony cloisonnes as well as phrenite and green onyx brios... but just as luxurious! Drop is 6.5 cm from goldfilled hooks ~ picture of Crimson Plush on light background here.

Plush - SGD 46 - Sold

I enjoyed working with the colours in Opulence but unfortunately I'm out of those gorgeous mudan/rose cloisonnes so I came up with other versions. Plush features pretty blue peony cloisonnes which I've used before, with tangerine clay roses, vermeil flower, swarovski blings, hoops, little red garnet rounds and rich orange carnelian brios.

Drop is 7 cm from goldfilled hooks (tarnish-resistant wirework and 14k goldplated chains) ~ Picture of Plush on a light background here.

cool vintage finds

After much frustration and exasperation with the embassies in Singapore, our friend Jenna finally set off for KL to get her visa into India yesterday and suddenly the house seems awfully big and quiet again. Which means it's time to become a recluse and work harder than ever! Recently I've been falling in love with gemstones and collecting different pretties one strand at a time cos the good stuff never comes cheap! I've been starting to include them in my pieces as well and it makes me so happy to just work with these pretty gemmies :p

I've finally opened up my trove of treasures from trawling the antique shops/flea market stalls of Salamanca Market in Hobart and Port Adelaide. This ain't the whole loot too! That's how much stuff I came back with.

The last picture are some beautifully aged cameos that my girlfriends and I found and I especially love the vintage black carved cameo set in a what i think is cannetile* filigree frame.

*Cannetile is a french term to denote a decorative jewellery technique in which a metal, usually gold, wire is twisted into delicate and intricate designs featuring rosettes and scrolls. Meant to be very popular in 19th century England.

So there! My stock of possible Christmas goodies. They're in excellent condition and beautiful in their own right so I don't have to do much to repurpose them. Just hope I can do them justice!

surrounded by Oct babies

There was quite a bit going on last week with so many birthdays to celebrate, including the hubster's! It was pamper-matt day so we went to HMV to get dvds (he's a movie freak) and got fabulous GV goldclass tix to catch Superbad which wasn't the best show but it was that or zombies and I hate zombies. Martinis (and superyummyiate5 steak sandwiches) at morton's afterwards and the day would have ended brilliantly with an intimate dinner at The Universal if the hubster's gut hadn't acted up all of a sudden so we went home instead to a night of Grey's Anatomy in bed. Not that we minded. heh.

Still working on new stuff but here are some pics of customised orders recently completed:

Will be back with more updates on when new buns are coming out of the oven! :)

Spring Fling - SGD 38 -1 pair only - Sold

Greens and yellows, wonderful springy colours that nature has to offer... Minty green metallic roses, brass swallows, vintage yellow rose cameos and crystal chain on a ring of creamy white pearls for a romantic ensemble. Drop is 7.5 cm from 14k goldplated hooks ~

Opulence - SGD 46 - Sold

Beautiful lush red rose cloisonnes with gem-quality carnelian and phrenite brios with red garnet accents and bling charms make this a festive cheery delight ~ Drop is 6 cm fr goldfilled hooks (1 pair only I'm afraid!)

Faerie Whisper - SGD 36 - Sold

I liked the simplicity of this charmed duo, and that swarovski wheel especially! The shine's bound to bring attention to the ears :) Drop is a pretty petite 5 cm~

Misty II - SGD 38 - Sold

The black version of Misty ~ this is another cutie! A different picture on a lighter background is over here. Drops are also 5.5 cm and 8 cm fr 14k goldplated hooks ~

Misty - SGD 38 - Sold

Ooh I did a bunch of tinkerbelley earrings cos christmas just reminds me of all the good ole enid blyton and disney family stuff and fairies are one of those beautiful memories! Misty has 2 different tinkerbelle charms with various blings for some extra shine this holiday season. You can see a picture of Misty on a white background here.

Drops are 5.5 cm and 8 cm fr 14k goldplated hooks ~

Genevieve - SGD 46 - Sold

Gorgeously green charmer with vintage flowers, etched teardrop shaped locket, mint lady cameo and swarovskis ~ Genevieve took such a long time to make that I almost find it hard to part with! I like the subtle changes in shades of green that come together here :)

Drop is 7 cm fr antiqued brass hooks ~

Pixie Dust - SGD 45 - Sold

I don't really work with silver tones much but hey I gotta leave my comfort zone sometimes eh? So here's Pixie Dust a calming blue pair with vintage blooms, freshwater pearls with sultry fairy and rhinestone heart-shaped key charms ~ Little moonstone brios and swarovskis up the gleam factor.

Drops are 7 cm and 6.5 cm respectively fr sterling hooks.

Leila - SGD 29 - Sold

The name Leila just popped into my head, guess the name just brings flowers to mind! (at least for me) Pretty vintage white petals with AB crystal centres on antiqued filigrees with more beautifully faceted swarovskis, topped with smooth white brios. Petitely refreshing!

Drop is 5 cm fr antiqued brass hooks ~

Golden Fronds - SGD 36 - Sold

Fall in love with filigrees all over again....swaying leaves, vintage white blooms and trails of glitter gleam for a dash of tropical romance.

Drops are 8 cm and 7 cm respectively fr 14k goldplated hooks ~

new stuff tmr!

Crazy times. It's been such a madcap week that I've not been able to list new pieces as I had hoped. I don't even know what's keeping me but I'm definitely posting new uploads tmr! Yippee! It's been an uncertain end of the year with lotsa major happenings in limbo and it's just hard to plan for Maad with everything going on :( I would really love to do Maad in Nov or Dec or both but I haven't been able to finalise anything yet which is a bummer. Guess I'll have to stick with online listings for a bit! Lotsa christmasy items coming up so do keep a lookout ~ We'll be heading back England for Christmas this year and I'm really looking forward to it! A quiet wintry christmas with the family. Ok maybe quiet's not the right word hah. That said, this means Dec will be a crazy month of prep since there's so much christmas shopping to do! *shudder

Think i better work harder with the huge impending expense and all. Sigh.

rested and ready for more!

It's been a long while but I'm finally back and ready to get back into the swing of things! :) Tassie was an awesome break and I really love that place! The air was so fresh, the ocean so blue... I've never felt better and more rested than I did on this hol. Not to mention how the hubster and friends have been commenting on my newfound radiant glow and that I've seemed to have lost weight! *rubs hands in glee* I attribute these perks to our resident dietician Charlotte who made sure we had the necessary food groups in the right proportion and dragged us around on killer bushwalks.


I've just finished uploaded all the photos of our trip on Flickr after hours of sorting, phew! It's such a beautiful place with so many wonderful people that I simply have to share them. I especially loved digging for vintage treasures at Salamanca Market in Hobart and Port Adelaide where there were so many stalls and antique shops selling estate jewellery. Think I came back with at least 60 pieces of vintage jewellery that caused me to get stopped at customs on our way home haha. I'm simply thrilled at all the great finds! They will be perfect for my Christmas theme :)

Things have been crazy since i returned with Phoena's 2nd birthday party and Jenna coming back from Thailand and Malaysia that I haven't been able to really work on existing and new orders. I'm still clearing mails and motivating myself to plan for the next Maad - it's been such a chore! The hot humid weather hasn't been much help, it takes so much effort just to keep awake in the afternoons. Makes me miss the weather in Tassie already! Sniff.

While I've yet to share the crazy things we did on our road trip, here are some new pieces from the desk ~ only 1 pair of each design is available!

Delicate Swallows - SGD 36

Beautiful flowery cloisonne charms and soaring swallows with glittering rhinestone drops make this a darling to behold ~ Drop is 4cm from goldfilled hooks.

Delicate Swallows II - SGD 36 - Sold

A black version with addition of AB swarovski rondells ~ Drop is slightly longer at 4.3 cm with goldfilled hooks as well.

Blushing Peony - SGD 35 - Sold

Laid my hands on more peony cloisonnes so here's a mismatched white beauty with accents in red ~ Drops are 6cm and 4.5cm respectively from 14k goldplated hooks.