29 July 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Accessories to Paper Beads

Accessories to Paper Beads

I was just thinking about it the other day that I did not miss wearing business clothes, suits and high heels.  I am grateful that I don’t have to do that anymore, once a month, maybe.  I work from home most of the time, go to the shop, run errands…….and always dress casual but always [...]

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19 July 2010 ~ 4 Comments

Fruit de Mer

Fruit de Mer

This is one of the projects I have been working on.  We shipped out first batch of the paper bead kits, Kayla patiently sorted them out and made sure everyone got paper beads from all the 18 participants.  The rest of them will ship tomorrow.  You know the feeling when the party has almost come [...]

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15 July 2010 ~ 4 Comments

Adorned Cockle Shells

Adorned Cockle Shells

The first time I heard of cockle shells from an old nursery rhyme, Mary Mary Quite Contrary and I didn’t even know what it means.  Well for those of us whose memory needs to be  nudged a little bit, it goes like this:
Mary, Mary, quite contrary,
How does your garden grow?
With silver bells, and cockle shells,
And [...]

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11 November 2009 ~ 5 Comments

Crocheted Filigree Hoops

Crocheted Filigree Hoops

The other thing I am most passionate about aside from paper bead making is crochet.  I learned to crochet just from watching my aunts do it every single day when I was six years old.  I collect old crochet books and old patterns.  Recently, I discovered wire crochet and has been doing a lot of [...]

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25 October 2009 ~ 1 Comment

Filigree Bracelet Embellished w/paper beads

Filigree Bracelet Embellished w/paper beads

You can buy these filigree bracelet findings but you can also just make them or crochet them. If you already crochet then this would just come easy to you. It is same as crocheting yarn or thread except you are doing it with wire. The wire you will be using for wire crochet should be [...]

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