Monday, March 22, 2010

A Wonderful Weekend

Last Friday and over the weekend, my husband and I went to a Marriage Enrichment Weekend.  It was great fun getting to know the 20 or so couples, play games together, laugh and cry together and work on enriching our marriages.  We had time to talk uninterrupted with our spouse without distractions like work and family. 

We rushed back on Sunday afternoon and took the children out for a special dinner to celebrate our son's 18th birthday.

A lovely portrait, don't you think?  I suspect I'm the shortest person in the family now!

A happy pair of siblings!

Happy and goofy at the same time...

My little gal is growing up...

Sister trying to braid brother's hair. 

The view from our table.  Lovely, isn't it?

I'm back now in my studio working hard on my jewelry.  Hope to update the blog with new items and reorganize a bit.  See you back here soon!



Monday, March 1, 2010

Return to the studio

After a week of baking, I'm back in my studio full-time (meaning to say I'm working from 5am to 10pm with  breaks in between for meals and running errands).  Lots of work piling up so I must REALLY focus this week!  Thank you for your continued support and orders.  I really enjoy making the jewelry pieces for you.

I'm also trying my best to get my jewelry boutique ready for you to visit (sorry, only for those living in Singapore!).  Please give me at least 10 more days!

Today I want to show you how different sized beads can affect the outcome of a piece of jewelry using the exact same support beads and technique.

Here are two sizes of freshwater pearls. 

The necklace on the left is made using the larger freshwater pearls and the one on the right uses the smaller pearls.  For both pieces I used 8.0 Japanese glass beads for the centre and 11.0 Japanese glass beads to support to the pearls.  Spiral technique was used to make the design.  As you can see, the larger pearls makes a more defined spiral while the smaller pearls makes a more dainty necklace. 

By the way, don't forget to sign up for the Be a Woman of Today seminars!  There have been quite a few enquiries but unless you sign up (and pay, of course) the seat may go to someone else...

Meanwhile, have a great week!