Vintage Bouquet Collar Pin $ 20 - ONE piece only SOLD

A smaller version of the brooch. Same vintage materials (the MOP tulips) from 1940s. Please read earlier post regarding brooch.

Vintage Bouquet little earrings $ 16 - ONE pair only ($15 with other purchase) SOLD

I was experimenting with this pair so I am selling it cheap. The same vintage materials from the 1940s (read previous post for brooch).

Little Dainty Flowers $ 36 - ONE pair only SOLD

I can't promise if I can remake these because they took quite a bit of time.

Anyway these are really cute. Love the idea of having a different flower on each ear :)

The fuschia coloured flower petals are actually Rhodonite Garnet but in a nice pink shade. The orange ones are Mandarin Orange Garnet. The Peridot leaves are marquise in shape and the colour is unbelievably nice and clear.

Both flowers are tied to earhooks. Rubber backing provided!

Silver Garden Flowers $ 20 - One pair only SOLD

These Korean parts are so cool! They are matt silver-plated and the post is 925 silver!

Cool, ocean blue Chalcedony drop attached. Simple and easy to wear.

Lilac Hues Necklace $ 50 (Goldfilled chain!)

Delicate, ultra-sweet necklace consisting of purple (or peacock) Keishi pearls, vibrant Amethyst hearts (AAA quality), natural-colour Chalcedony and Vesuvianite petals.

The leaves are made to dangle!

Goldfilled chain is around 17 inches, and it's supposed to be hanging at the collar bones, but more relaxed than a coker. Last inch of chain is an extention chain which allows the necklace to be worn tighter.

Vintage Love Bouquet II Brooch $ 40 (with REAL vintage materials, pls read on)

The vintage materials I am referring to are the 2 little MOP carved tulips (mother-of-pearl). These are over 60 years old! They were from the 1940s. Gosh! Which World War was it then?!

I bought these online from the wife of Joel E. Arem, PhD in mineralogy from Havard University. He is the author of dozens of popular and technical articles and 7 books on gems, minerals and crystals,including the all-time best selling popular gem and jewelry introduction (Gems and Jewelry, 1973, 2nd ed. 1993) and the world's most widely referenced book on gems, the Color Encyclopedia of Gemstones (1977, 2nd ed. 1987).He has been a dealer in fine gemstones and collector of gems since 1972.

The couple travelled places when they were much younger and hence collected lots of stones and minerals which are, of course, considered antiques now.

I have been wanting to make this brooch for weeks. The other materials are freshwater pearls of various sizes and shapes, Moonstone, a MOP round bead and a Aquamarine brio.

For the nolstalgic folks :)

Snowflakes $ 20 - ONE pair only SOLD

Another pretty earring finding I bought from a Korean supplier :) This is in matt silver plating, with 925 sterling silver post (the protruding part for your earhole)!

My photos don't capture it well but there's a man-made crystal (Cubic Zirconia) in the middle. These lovely deep-red garnet drops are among the last of what I have left.

A lovely pair for easy wear.

Little Coral Bouquets $ 28 - 3 pairs ONLY SOLD

As what I had mentioned in my earlier post.

Smaller carved coral flowers (paler), Peridot leaves, Citrine, Garnet and magenta freshwater pearls. Rubber backings provided so you can adjust the height of the bouquets to cover your earlobes if you want it that way :)

MY's Coral Rose earrings (hanging at bottom of lobes)

M Yum asked if I could make coral earrings for her that hang just covering the earlobes - I knew exactly what she meant, because I was once crazy about earrings that hang at the edge of the lobe, and almost considered punching another set of ear-holes lower and closer to the lobe, so that all my earrings could hang at the edge.

Anyway I decided to fix the clusters onto hook-shaped earwires because the earrings might fall out if fixed on studs due to the weight of the stones. The hooks solved the problem to some extend (after trial and error), but I am including the rubber 'backings', just in case.

The nice coral flowers nest among Vesuvianite leaves, magenta freshwater pearls and garnet.

I can also make similar versions with other materials.

Softly, Gently $ 37 - ONE pair only! SOLD

Haha another happy creation :)

Nowadays I am really having fun with beading. A cuppa coffee and something nice gets created!

These unique, round shell beads were given to me by a fellow artist sometime back and I have been keeping them, waiting for the right time to use them. I teamed them with very soft-pink Japanese Clay roses, Lapidolite beads (I am so amazed with this dirty-pink look, how come I never came across this stone before?!) and bronze and white freshwater pearls. End result - a very soft, vintage look.

5% discount for linking

Hey I forgot to take 5% off for those who linked me to their blogs! The last time I did this it was more than a year ago.

Please let me know your blog before you pay, thanks! (Discounts do not apply for some items, please do check with me.)

Ayaka $ 82 - A choker for MYSELF (and ONE other to spare)

PROUDLY PRESENTING......Ayaka (coloured flowers) choker. And I am really very proud of it, couldn't stop taking pictures of it :)

Flowers made with Keishi pearls, Hessonite Garnet (faceted onions in shades of brown and gold), peach Moonstone and freshwater pearls. Just GORGEOUS.

To save cost, I have used gold-plated chain which is not too yellow (perfect for those who hate yellow gold), instead of gold-filled chain. Gold colour is a must here because it really brings out the richness in the earthy colours here. The toggle used is of the same light tone in gold.

The piece I have made here is tailored to the thickness of my neck (which I suspect is thicker because I am taller and bigger and very pregnant). It is not a tight choker, still a choker, but relaxed. Any looser will make it hard to wear as the flower motifs will be flipping around.

I do not have enough materials to make more than 2 pieces. These onions and Keishi did not come cheap so I can't offer any discounts.

Yellow Cheery Autumn Collar Pin $ 16 - ONE piece only SOLD

(This is Little Chun's hand...)

I accidentally destroyed one of a pair of yellow Japanese Clay roses so I was thinking what I should do with the other. Sigh so sad. They were part of a plan for a nice pair of earrings I had in mind.

Anyway this is just so sweet to be worn against either a dark (grey or brown) or light (beige, white or pastel) shirt/blouse.