My Grey World

24 Apr, 2008

Earrings earrings earrings earrings!!

Posted by: Sylvia Giacinta In: beading journey

There’s a reason why I repeated the word 4 times. You’ll know later.

Went for a basic wirework class conducted by Izel on Tuesday. (Yes, Paddy, now I know where you stay… Bwahahaha) Learned about the basics of manipulating pins (flat-head and round-head pins) to make… Yes you’ve guessed it.. Earrings! Had a great fun twisting my pins (and my hands… LOL). Buying books and watching tutorial videos just don’t cut it, believe me. Having a real life human instructor really really helps. You can know what the guideline is, you can know whether you’re wrong or right, and when you’re wrong you can be corrected immediately! If you’re interested on learning, I highly recommend classes by Izel Satisfaction guaranteed You can even ask her where to buy the beads and other jewelry parts! I got 3 namecards in hand now. Hahaha.

In case you don’t know, I’m a big sucker of earrings! Whenever I’m visiting a blogshop selling jewelries, I will take a look at the earrings first. No matter what.

And finally! I’m able to make my own earrings

Just like online shops that like to name their products, lemme name my earrings too..
(note : pardon the low quality of the images. My phone camera really can’t make it =/ )

This one with green big beads and strands of blue-white-green beads.. I name her Lisa. The name gives the impression of shy, simple, yet elegant woman.
(By the way, the real meaning of Lisa is “My God is a vow”)

Next in line..

This one’s name is “Blair”. Coz it gives the impression of a strong, confident, and outspoken girl.
(Oh come on, you know I’m a big fan of Gossip Girl)

It looks a bit slanted.. Well actually it is. Coz I used a big and heavy bead yet the pins are very soft and delicate. So… It got slanted. It’s actually different from what I intended to be. I wanted to finish this piece with something else, but ended up with those red beads at the bottom. But that “something else” will be used later…

And for the last piece!

Picture really sucks but there are actually blood-red swarovski crystals dangling there! Luv it..
I named her… Kelly. Based on Kelly Rutherford, the actress who plays Serena’s mother on Gossip Girl, Lily Van Der Woodsen. (Lily sounds too fragile to me. Kelly sounds better..) It’s an image of elegant and graceful woman.

She’s like the hottest mom ever.
Anyway, this piece is that “something else” I was talking about. I wanted to attach this fan with those dangling beads to “Blair”, but I thought it would be too heavy and too long. So I decided to make this “fan” by itself and ta-dah! Another pair of earrings!

All three of them. Lisa, Blair, and Kelly. Hehehe.

And here’s the special piece!

Named Kinski, after my dear friend who has just been baptized to be a Catholic. This pair of earrings has an obvious message : Love Jesus who has died on the cross for you. Hope this gift will always make her remember to love the Lord.