Casted. Ready to wear.

If this doesn't scream BIG, I don't know what will. Casted in solid sterling silver from my original wax ring.

Available here~

Popular Geometrics

First off, I'd like to show off my new favorite necklace, made by lulubugjewelry. My sneaky Valentine bought this for me after I vaguely showed him the link to this cupcake necklace that I "really" wanted. It looks so yummy~I love the concept of tinted concrete...

My Valentine didn't leave empty handed though. I finished cleaning up the sterling silver band that I had first sculpted in purple wax. Now shiny and clean~I love the look of brushed metal especially because highly polished silver gets scratched so easily.

Meanwhile, I got a few orders this week for my geometric rings which took me by a pleasant surprise. I definitely will have to build an inventory on these babies. Also, I received some rings that I sent out the the casting house and I'm still working on polishing them off. They will be posted on my Etsy shop soon.

What's new in my shop? Check out these necklaces that were made in my little itty bitty apartment while watching the new season of The New Girl and Spartacus...

Both available in my shop now!

Our new friend.

This was a gift I received from my bf which is a DIY mini cow from MOMA in New York, pretty much a Munny doll but so much cooler! We are both love cows especially since we both fall in the same year of the ox!

Here's a profile of our new friend! I love his tail :)

Since I love metallic things, I decided to throw the components of my friend into a metallic spray paint bloodbath. I also threw in my mini manikin because I think he would look better as a robot. Final result TBD...

NEW to the shop! I also made another resin ring similar to my Purple Resin Ring to add to my black collection. I will be posting this to my Etsy shop later today~ There are many necklaces and rings that will be showing up in my shop so make sure to take a peek!

Good news! I finally received my rings from the casting house, so there will be lots of new rings in my shop this week. There's still alot of work to be done, so stay tuned!

Being new to blogging, I realized that GIVEAWAYS are really popular and everyone loves free jewelry. I know I do~Do you guys think I should do a giveaway soon???

New Items and Treasuries!

I got featured in TWO treasuries today and that makes me really happy. Other Etsy sellers probably have a gazillion features on a daily basis but I am extremely flattered when I get one in a blue moon~

Thank you to Tubi Du and Katie Wohl for featuring my geo rings! If you all have time, check out their shops as well!

Meanwhile, I converted a pendant that I made into a ring, and I'm liking how it turned out. My Brass X Ring is now available here! Good thing about this ring is that its adjustable~

I also posted this new Brass Triangle Chevron Necklace in my shop. As you can see I am still obsessed with triangles, and I don't think it will end any time soon. I love sharp edges and geometric shapes even if it means accidentally poking myself with one of the sharp corners.

Being a seller on Etsy, I can't help but marvel at the beautiful things you can find. I have a huge wishlist of things I absolutely need to get my hands on, but if I buy everything I love, I'd go bankrupt.

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The spotted lidded jar

Triangle Vase

Large Bag in antique cognac

As I am writing this, I find out that the leather bag above has been sold. Oh my heart...

I'm also going to snag one of these bottles very soon. Handmade, beautiful and simple.

Happy shopping everyone!

New jewelry added to the shop!

It's been a busy week! Busy at my real job and also busy working at home making jewelry!

Off topic, I think I'm alil obsessed. Whenever I see anything remotely close to resembling a deer head, I feel like I need to touch it, buy it, and mount it on my wall. However, I'm a very uncomfortable hanging deer cartilage on my own wall, so metal, cardboard or ceramic will have to do for now.

 Meanwhile, new items have been added to the shop, such as my Brass Chevron Geo Necklace~

I don't really use bright bold colors in my jewelry much, but since Valentines Day is coming up, I figured, why not add some RED! This necklace will be available in my shop tomorrow. 

I've also been playing around with different types of wax for a ring collection that I'm brainstorming. They will be sent off to the casting house soon!

Finally, a very simple man ring has been carved out for a very special someone for Valentines Day.

Stay tuned!

Here is a trio of pictures I took of Janet embellished in some of my current jewelry. She herself is an inspirational fashionista and gave me some really good tips on how to promote my jewelry and I plan on implementing them as soon as I can. Thanks Janet for being patient and being my model for the night!

New in my Etsy Shop are my two black themed sterling silver rings.

These are my Black Galactic Swarovski Sterling Silver Ring and my Round Black Onyx Sterling Silver Ring:

More coming soon! Have a good weekend everybody~

Just a regular Thursday night...

Here's a quick peek of an awesome photoshoot I had with my friend Janet, featuring one of my favorite rings, the Sterling Silver Geometric Diamond Ring.

I'm liking the black and white...

More to come, when it's not past my bedtime zzZZZZ...

Meet my new friend Jessica.

I finally found her! My mannequin, Jessica is now available 24/7 for me to accessorize and take better pictures of my jewelry. Here are some pictures of her strutting some of my favorite necklaces:

Meanwhile, my Black Fleather Statement Necklace (above) has been featured in a Treasury List! Weeee~

I'm a nerd and I'm proud.

Still in my origami and pattern inspiration/obsession, I created a couple of rings this week. Here are my newest creations, my sterling silver geo rings~My Tetrahedron ring is already available on Etsy, and my Orb ring and Pyramid ring will be available this week!

Each ring was made entirely out of 14 and 16 gauge wires, with a lot of soldering, hammering and some burned fingertips. I oxidized them and hand polished them carefully to highlight some areas.

***Please note that these rings were intentionally made to protrude out of your finger and attract a lot attention. ***

On a totally different topic, I really wanted to show you my newest DIY home wall decor, especially made for my boyfriend. His condo walls are bare, I had so many paint samples from a previous project that ended up being a fail, and an awesome Martha Stewart gigantic hole puncher. So here it is! There will be three frames with three different patterns, and these are two of them~ I hope they bring some colors to his place :)

Anyway, don't forget to check my Etsy shop for new stuff~! Cheers!

Bubble Earrings Finished!

I finally finished my Bubble earrings, which match my Bubble Ring that is already on my Etsy shop! After soldering for which seemed like forever, I finalized made these earrings. Warning for the light headed, these babies have some serious weight to them. Just enough to provide some bling but light enough not to stretch your delicate earlobes~The Bubble Earrings will be posted on my etsy shop demain! Stay posted~

They've been tumbled and hand brushed with a brass brush for some extra shine. These earrings kind of reminds me of the Flinstones ~

On another note, I wanted to give you a sneak peak of what's in my Moleskine. I like seeing my sketches and then seeing the actual real life product. Makes me happy.

Meanwhile, I received these onyx cabochon from jkjewelrysupply. I am planning to start a collection of jet black jewelry consisting of HUGE Swarovski crystals, giant black rocks like hematites, pyrites, onyx, etc just because I love how mysterious black jewelry looks and how amazing they contrast against silver, brass and copper.

What are my inspirations for making jewelery?

Every artist have different inspirations, whether it be nature, animals, food or even dead things. I can't say I have one type of inspiration, but I do think I see things in a weird, bizarre matter that makes complete sense to me. I've decided to share some examples~

I was obsessed with origami when I was young, and I still randomly make something whenever I somehow get a piece of paper in my hands. I think origami tessellations are really inspirational and extremely beautiful if incorporated into jewelery.

 Recently I made a trip to Chapters and was so happy to see that alot of their home decor/gift items were on sale. These caught my eye and I had to buy them for no real purpose except to touch them and play with them. These wonderful shapes are called icosahedron. They are also a lot bigger in real life than seen in the pictures, almost as big as pomelo. I am already brainstorming ways to fabricate these icosahedron into sterling silver pendants...

 

These beautiful brackets belong to my boyfriend, and they do a fantastic job holding up a very heavy floating shelf. Although it's only from Home Depot, they are quite interesting in design, and I already see the resemblance to my Brass Double Square Pendant Necklace here.

Next is a wonderful fruit bowl that I especially love because this is how I would like to wire wrap my rocks, crystals, minerals or anything else that is chunky. I haven't really done wire wrapping as of late, but I will be incorporating a different way to use wire wrapping techniques once I receive some materials that I'm waiting to receive in the mail.

Lastly, I would like to present these beautiful girls given to me for Christmas by my two wonderful friends in Edmonton. These are adorable salt shakers, however I am envisioning these girls as pendants for necklaces. I already have blocks of wax ready to be carved but I just haven't had any time to work on them yet. I want to make wax carvings out of these characters and have them molded into either brass, bronze or sterling silver through the lost cast waxing method.

These are simple household items, but I am really excited to see what I can create with these inspirations. Stay tuned and don't forget to check out for updates on my Facebook page!