Celebrity Jewelry Trend: Who is Wearing What?

I am creating a column on 'Who is Wearing What?' which basically compiles fashion or jewelries that are being worn by the rich and famous, that includes our beloved celebirties. It is aimed to give you some inspiration on what to wear or to create.

Olga Kurylenko at Quantum of Solace Cast Photocall

Diablo Cody at the 80th Academy Awards

Rihanna in Dublin, Ireland

Ashley Tisdale at the 2008 SAG Awards

Olga Kurylenko at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival

More Information about Complete Beading Jewelry & Accessories

I am currently reading this book. On request, I am compiling some information about this book. The pictures above are captured from the book. This book is teaching A-Z of beading from introduction to different types of beading methods. This includes bead threading, wire work, looming, embroidery to bead weaving. You can refer to the pictures for some design ideas. Click here for more info!

Watch Me - Handmade Jewelry Club Sale Is Listed with Malaysian Babes Forum

Have just added in sales announcement with Malaysian Babes Forum.

Earring Giveaway!

Thanksgiving Giveaway Earrings!

There's still a day and a half left to leave your comment about what you're thankful for. I'll choose a random comment to win these ocean blue ceramic charm earrings on sterling silver earwires. (the color on the bottom picture is more accurate, I was experiencing lighting "issues" today!)

I opened the kiln this morning to lots of new pendants and I am thankful that they all turned out!

Wire Art Jewelry - The Art of Making Real Jewelry without soldering

Wire art jewelry is the oldest technique in jewelry making and had been introduced maybe 1000 years ago. You can create almost anything with wire art techniques from simlple ring to bolder bracelet. As a teacher myself, this art teaches me to be creative in creating more beautiful and wonderful jewelry. For basic, you can learnt how to make spiral, caging, headpin, hammering, oxidizing etc. After you master the basic techniques you can upgrade yourself by learning coiling techniques that is used to connect frames. The master techniques are the woven and textile techniques that look alike textile pattern that can be used to add interesting design in wire art.

Sweet Chill - Sterling Silver with Swarovski doughnuts

This simple is made from sterling silver and Swarovski doughnuts. It had been soldered, buff, hammered and polish to high standard finish. The last picture show you can wear up to 3 - 4 rings per finger for more bolder look. Price per ring is : RM 27.50 inclusive box and postage. Buy 3 rings at RM 25.00 each. Go to my blog for more jewelry : emikaz.blogspot.com

Photobucket SUCKS!

Photobucket sucks!

It won't let me post pictures because I exceeded the bandwidth so now I have to pay in order to post pictures on my site.

Oh well, I'm going to use imageshack from now on.

I'll repost my old pictures tomorrow.

Hope you guys had a lovely Thanksgiving and got lots of good deals for Black Friday.

It's almost 11pm now and I am soooo ready for a nice bath and to go to bed.

(Arden B. leather jacket, Arden B. dress from last year, American Apparel lame leggings, Ross booties)

I had a black top earlier and changed into a dress during the day. I just felt like dressing up =)

Fantastic Friday

Why is today fantastic you may ask?  For many reasons! For one - it's Black Friday and I no longer work in the customer service industry! *dances* Also, my fantastic Etsy Bloggers Team is doing a sale!!!

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H a p p y H o l i d a y s ! !
The EtsyBloggers HOLIDAY S*A*L*E* is going on from Black Friday thru Cyber Monday!!
That's Friday 11/28 thru Monday 12/1!!
See a list of the 50+ shops having a SALE below...
H a p p y S h o p p i n g ! !

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I've got 10% off my entire shop PLUS FREE shipping on orders of $20 or more.  If you mention this post I'll make it 15% off. Nice eh?


I also received this award a couple of days ago and have been so busy I haven't had a chance to blog about it. Yikes! So thanks to the fantastic Spirit Mama for considering me worthy :) Now the rules say I'm supposed to nominate 7 other blogs - but I'm not going to pass it on today - because I'm really tired! Sorry guys - i know - I'm a spoil sport :P

Why am I so tired if I'm not working in customer service you might ask? Good question, because I certainly didn't go shopping! I'm not that brave/crazy/whatever *wink* No, today was the last day of moving stuff out of the place we've been house-sitting for the last two months! We thought it would all be done by yesterday except for some cleaning, but that was not to be.  I ended up having a nasty allergic reaction to a new medicine the doc's tried putting me on and that kinda made everything take longer.

So now everything is in the new apartment and my hubby and I spent the first night in our new place last night! Even though everything is disorganized and in boxes, and we'd forgotten our pillows at the place we were house-sitting, it was still a nice feeling to be in a place that was "ours" again.  Since moving back to our home town we've been in limbo, and I'm really happy about how everything has worked out with a living place, job for hubby, and getting hubby into a new school!  Now if we can just get me healthy - I'd be on top of the world :) That's ok - I can wait!

As soon as we've got some more of the boxes cleared I'll post some pics of the new place - give me until next week sometime - I'm exhausted!

Featured Etsy Shops :)

Featured Etsy Artisans

BrokenChinaTreasures

Who says china is ruined when it is broken? Gee, looks kinda pretty to me! Beautiful pieces...you must see these! Offers International shipping!

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Amigurumi Creations by Zafras
The absolute cutest Amigurumi! Oh, if only she knew my weakness for frogs! Offers International shipping!

Thank You

My new purchase!

Steve Madden Lace up boots!

Mine for only $69.99! =)

Hope you guys are having a wonderful Thanksgiving.
It's been a tradition for my sister and I to go to KFC and have chicken and mash potatoes every Thanksgiving since middle school.
To continue the tradition, my bf and I walked to KFC but apparently, in the city KFC is closed on Thanksgiving so we went to Denny's instead and ate $50 worth of really delicious food. lol
Thanksgiving is almost over in a couple of hours so before it ends, I would like to say THANK YOU to everyone and I am grateful for everything that God has given me.

See you tomorrow!

Love, Aimee

Black Friday Featured Artists...

Featured Artists from Etsy:

Stormslegacy

From animal-charmer extraordinaire, Michelle of Stormslegacy creates some of the cutest and whimsical animal charms! Creations include rats, cats, and bunnies or any other cute little furry creature you can imagine! Michelle sculputres each piece by hand(no molds used) from one single piece of clay for durability. She then follows up the process with hand painted details. Charms can be used for jewelry, zipper pulls, cell phone charms..
Great for stocking stuffers!

You can find Stormslegacy at http://www.stormslegacy.etsy.com/

Check her out...she also has great paintings and beautiful jewelry!

GrandmaBettys

GrandmaBettys makes a wonderful line of body pampering and health items from all natural ingredients such as bees wax, shea butter, coconut oil, vitamin E and essential oil fragrance. She also offers ear candling supplies (for 16 years!). Nothin' like handmade bath stuff for Christmas!
You can find GrandmaBettys at http://www.grandmabettys.etsy.com/.

She also has a sister site on Etsy where she sells supplies: http://www.renewedresources.etsy.com/.
Drop by and say "Hi!"

The Coming BLACK FRIDAY

Well, another holiday season rolls around, and with it, BLACK FRIDAY! (oh, and CyberMonday).

I plan to offer sales on my etsy stores:

From midnight tonight (11/27) to 11:59PM on Monday (12/1), all orders recieve 20% off and free shipping! Whoo-Hoo!

Please see individual listings for more details!

http://alterity.etsy.com
http://alterityart.etsy.com

Thankful for Etsy :)

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Now, I know, that only counts for those of us in the USA  - but it's still an excellent reminder to be thankful for all the good things in our lives.  I, for one, am extremely for having found www.etsy.com! To give a little back story:

I love jewelry, despite the fact that I grew up a tom-boy! I first learned how to do wire-wrapped jewelry around 10 years ago, and I remember spending hours and hours working making chains of links, and dreaming of someday selling in a craft fair or open market.  I never really thought it would happen though.  At the time I still wasn't very coordinated and it took me a LONG time to make a bracelet or necklace!

Fast forward - time goes on - and I learned some new jewelry techniques and began to seriously dream of selling jewelry.  This was about two years ago.  I wasn't really sure what to do though.  I had some friends and family really encouraging me, but I didn't have any idea how to start!  Plus life was really busy.

Then, about a year ago, I started getting really sick. That's a long story, but the result was that I had a lot of time on my hands where I ended up making jewelry, because it was something I could do sitting still.  After a few months of that, one of my friends introduced me to etsy, and the rest was history!

Ok, not quite, it's been a lot of hard work and I've learned a LOT since I opened up shop in May. It's hard to start making a dent in the jewelry world, because there are a lot of other artists out there, but I have had sales on etsy!

I'm really thankful for having this opportunity, especially since my health problems have continued! I'm also extremely excited, because I know I've learned a lot in the last year about my craft - here's a few of the pieces I'm the most proud of!

I know I have a lot more to learn - but see - that's something else to be thankful for! Because I have another year ahead of me with lots of opportunities to learn new things, expand my business, and make new friends!

Want to know what else I'm thankful for? Check out what I said on my other blogs!

Thankful for friends.
Thankful for family.

New Jewelry Designs

Happy almost Thanksgiving! A bunch of new jewelry items up on my site today, the two pictured here are just a sample. I had an extra incentive to get them photographed and posted since I just sent out my holiday special offer email to everyone on my email list! I always mean to send my email offers out more frequently but tend to just do one in the fall or winter. I've heard that more frequent (without being annoying) is more successful but I never seem to get around to it.

Even if you weren't signed up for my email newsletter this time around, you can still benefit. I'm offering free shipping on all orders to the U.S. and Canada until December 7th! I also have a bunch of jewelry items on sale in an effort to clear out a bunch of inventory to make way for next year's designs so this is a great time to shop.

For those of you in the U.S., enjoy turkey day! I know I will be taking a moment tomorrow to be thankful for so many people and things in my life. The holiday spirit has already hit me enough that I think it's time for me to do a little giveaway this week... Post a comment on my blog about what you're thankful for and I'll enter you in a random drawing to win a sweet little pair of sterling silver earrings featuring my ceramic charms for you to keep for yourself or to knock one more gift off your list! Comments must be posted by this Sunday the 30th (Pacific time) to qualify. I'll get a photo of the earrings up once I've come out of my turkey induced food coma...

Diamond Ring

Diamond ring

Code: R017

Type: Swarovski crystal & MGB beads

Beads Size:
- Swarovski crystal (4mm)

Price: RM 22.00 / unit (discount 10%)

Ring size available: 2 1/2 inches

For more details, please send an e-mail to Eva Ng at evang_yanyan@yahoo.com.

URL: http://beadsgardenfashion.blogspot.com/

In Study Mode

My finals are coming up & I've got 2 projects due so I am in a major study mode.

I'm so proud of myself because my class ended at 6pm but I stayed later to study and work on my project. hehehe =)

(Vintage Jacket, Old Sweater, Walgreen stockings/tights, Steve Madden boots, H&M Belt, LV bag)

Thank you for all the lovely concerns & comments about my skin problem.

I put this vaseline type lotion called Aquaphor all over my body after a shower last night and when I woke up my skin felt a lot better. =)

Aimeeways, are you guys ready for Thanksgiving?
I know I am! Although most of the time I'm probably going to have to work on my final projects.

Love, Aimee

I'm so Excited!!!

There are many things I'm excited about today :) For one - I'm thankful to be alive - you can read about that story here. I'm also very excited to announce that the Etsy Bloggers are having a sale! My shop is participating with 10% of the entire shop PLUS FREE shipping on orders of $20 or more! Here's our team announcement :)

H a p p y H o l i d a y s ! !
The EtsyBloggers HOLIDAY S*A*L*E* is going on from Black Friday thru Cyber Monday!!
That's Friday 11/28 thru Monday 12/1!!
See a list of the 50+ shops having a SALE at http://etsybloggers.etsy.com
H a p p y S h o p p i n g ! !

I'm also very excited to share with you an exciting opportunity I have! Have you listened to Blockhead Radio? If not - check the widget on the side of my blog! And clicking on the logo below will take you to the blog!


Anyway, Rod, the founder of this radio program and a man we call the "King Plugger Lugger" (because he loves to plug other people's businesses!), is doing a lot to expand the program. The Monday night show is now being called Artisan for Artisan and will be covering a wide range of topics related to the artisan world! Come join is Monday's at 9pm EST for an awesome time of laughter and fun :)

Rod's also added on a Wednesday night show, also at 9pm EST, called the Indie Music Artist Spotlight. He'll be doing live interview's with a wide range of artists, the first week's show is already in the archives, so go listen!

Now for what I'm REALLY excited about! Starting Thursday, December 4th, and 12pm EST, will be the new show - Spotlight on Artisan! Rod will be there to introduce the show and run the chat room, but it will be co-hosted by none other than the fabulous Lily of Tulips Treasure Box and myself! That's right - each week we'll lining up fantastic indipendant artists to interview - and you'll get to hear my voice! Here's a hint - I sound 16, but I'm really not :P

The opening show will feature a live interview with a wonderful artist - Lauren of TheChainMailleLady :) I have a thread going in the forums to help promote this - so if your as excited about getting to know other artisans as I am - go chat in the thread with us!

Watch Me - Handmade Jewelry Club Sale Is Listed with ShoppingNsales!

Handmade Jewelry Sale is now listed in ShoppingNsales. Take a look!

Update on 30/11/2008: ShoppingNSale has brought in good traffic for us. Some jewelry makers have managed to sell their creations! Though not many yet, but it deserves some celebration. At least our effort has started to produce results.

Please remember to update your posting to Sold at the label and the title of the posts. This will create good image for yourself for updating your listing and will allow your pages to be listed at relevant cateogies of the blog.

Black Paint

I went to the hardware store and got some black paint to paint a mirror I got from the Goodwill store yesterday. I bought the paint so I could paint it today, but I forgot to buy the brush. lol

Oops!

(Arden B Bomber Jacket, Charlotte Russe Plaid shirt, American Apparel Men's Thermal shirt, Abercrombie denim shorts, Ugg boots)

and back to my Interior Design Post.

I remember seeing Lisa Edelstein's NY home in the US Instyle but once gain it was featured in Instyle Russia November 2008.
Her overall interior is a bit bohemian(my favorite) with a neutral tone but she makes it fun and girly by adding colorful accessories.

Lisa has a simple cow print above her headboard. How fun!

Sad to Say....

Well, my jewelry party yesterday ended up being a bust.  Other than those participating, my friend Ruth was the only one who showed up!  And yes, for those of you who know my real name is Ruth (or Ruthie), yes, we have the same name :P It gets quite confusing when we hang out together too! Here's a picture of my Mom, me, and Ruth all sitting and talking (and crafting!).

My brother is a real sweetheart and he did a lot to help me with both the set up and the tear down.  He also took most of the pictures...  Here's a pic of me making him work :)

The sad part about the party being a bust was that it wasn't just me there showing my work, my dear friend who runs the shop The Kilted Hedgepig was also there with her jewelry.  Here's a pic of her and her sister setting up her jewelry!

So what went wrong? Well, our theory is that we simply didn't have enough time and energy to put into promoting the jewelry party.  My Mom got back a week ago from a trip to Nicaragua, La (the other artist) is doing NaNoWriMo this month and is very distracted by that, and between getting ready to move and my health problems...  Well, let's just say this could have been planned better.

We're not giving up! The way we figure it we had a ton of fun hanging out and chatting, and next time we'll do a better job promoting. :P We are thinking we'll try and do one late January as a Valentines day party.  Hopefully that one will go better!

The Sunshine Set -RM58 (USD17)

This is a very special piece. It's worn in a pair. One is elegant while the other is chic. A clever combination .

To purchase, kindly email me at beadpassion168@gmail.com

BEADPACS - a community service project innitiated by Beadpassion. Parts of the proceeds shall be donated to charitable course

Bracelet - Rustic -RM42 (USD12)

A rustic look bracelet. Looks very good on jeans or anything black. Crafted using honey jade, crystals, glass beads, freshwater pearls, agate and dyed jade

To purchase, kindly email me at beadpassion168@gmail.com

BEADPACS - a community service project innitiated by Beadpassion. Parts of the proceeds shall be donated to charitable course.