Happy Days Are Coming!

Soon my dear friends.....soon :-)

Bits and Pieces about - Wire, Running and Life

I am happy to share with everyone that soon there will be new designs to be posted. I have made a few new pieces about a month ago now and its just that until now I do not know how to take good photos of them. Bad me! Hubby is still so busy with work and it would be unfair if I will deprive him of his resting time just to take pictures. I know someday I have to learn photography but then again I have a wonderful partner who takes awesome photos. I think I'll just stick with playing with wire and leave the photography job for him.

Also this week marks my 11th week half marathon training. Yes, I am training to finish a Pikermi this coming August. Finishing it would be my best birthday gift ever. I hope to do it in less than 3 hours and no more than 3hrs 15min. Finishing the race before I turn 41 would be a dream come true. It would also ensure that I would be able to finish a full marathon by March of next year in under 8 hours. Im keeping my fingers crossed and fervently praying that I would not be encountering so many injuries in this journey. Shifting to barefoot running during training is a bad move but it was a decision I freely made, so even though my training days are making me crazy, I do not mind just as long as there won't be major injuries along the way.

About two weeks ago Hubby and I celebrated our 10th year of togetherness. Ten years seems so short. Looking back, I would not have it any better. I love the life we created, most of all I love the person I am spending the rest of my life with. We are looking forward to many more ten years ahead.

Flower Collection Now Available

Flowers signify a lot of meaning, mostly it is always to convey what we feel. Each flower color has also a meaningful story behind its color. It is this reason why each individual is very particular with the flower and color they choose for a bouquet, for floral arrangements and for flower jewelries.

But whatever the color is, the real meaning still lies on what you feel towards the person who gave the flowers to you. The color may add to the beauty of the arrangement, but at the end of the day, only your heart will know what the true meaning of the color of flower you received is.

So come and browse the Collection and choose the best flower color that suits you or your love ones!

2011 Crystal Bead Series

The Crystal Bead Series is a mixture of different kinds and sizes of crystal beads used as centerpiece of a necklace. The series will mainly focus on the small to the smaller bunch of crystal beads. It aims to draw out how beautiful and intricate jewelry pieces could emerge out of a simple, plain and small bead.

Every piece is handcrafted and handwoven. Materials in this series will mostly consists of enameled copper wire and artistic copper wire with the crystal beads. For the series' initial offering - The Pink Crystal Collection!

*** Pink Crystal Collection - Wanda (2 inches long including bail)

*** Pink Crystal Collection - Twisted Frame (1.4 inches long including bail)


*** Pink Crystal Collection - Smiley (1 inch long and 1 inch wide)


*** Pink Crystal Collection - Siren (1.8 inches long including bail)


*** Pink Crystal Collection - Nucleus (1.7 inches long)


*** Pink Crystal Collection - Helix (2 inches long including bail)


*** Pink Crystal Collection - Butterfly (1.2 inches long including bail with 1 inch wing span)

*** Pink Crystal Collection - Basket (1.5 inches long including bail)


Enjoy the collection as there will be more surprises coming.

My Way of Giving Back

Since its Christmas season and gift giving time, I wondered what I could possibly give back to this business venture I went into. Though I started late, business has been very good to me, I did not encounter any problems or delays in everything that I set my mind into.

I made sure that I put a small part of who I am in every design that I make. Most of which is seen in the colors I choose to combine. Bright and cheerful colors makes a lot of difference in my world.

Also, I did not forget the people who helped me start the business and the people I met along the way. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

Happy Christmas to all!

2010 Collection: Copper Bracelets

As I have shared with you with my previous posts, I love working with both aluminum and copper wires. Maybe you have observed that they come in pairs. And since I have released my aluminum bracelets about a month ago, you can now enjoy my copper bracelet collection here.

With this collection, I dubbed my hand with a bit of chainmaille, specifically the byzantine chain. Making the byzantine chain took a lot of time and perseverance. It was not an easy task, that is why I was so happy when I was able to finish not only one but two. With the byzantine chains in hand, I also tried my luck with making charms out of beads. I would like to label them as beads with a twist. They brought color, cheerfulness, and gaga to an all copper colored chain. I also played with different crazy designs I could create with copper wire to complete my first ever Copper Bracelet Collection.

Come and visit me at flickr. Enjoy!

2010 Collection: Aluminum Earrings

The first project I made using large wire gauges are earrings. They are fun and easy to make. I also do not consume a lot if and when I encounter difficulties that warrant me to just disregard that particular piece. Yup, I made a lot of mistakes in the past, most of which was marring the wire and eventually throwing it away.

Now, every time I make earrings, I compare them with having a vacation. I do not tire myself too much with one piece and can move on to another in just a few minutes. Gratification is instant! That's one reason I love making them. Also, I consider them as one of my best sellers in bazaars and commissioned work. They make good one of a kind souvenirs during debuts and all girl parties. I just did that when I turned a year older about two months ago. My friends loved them and wore them the minute they opened their gifts of appreciation.

To share with you my inspiration/s with making earrings....well everything I see around my room is an inspiration. I do my earring work in front of the television, on a Crime and Investigation channel. Don't ask me why but I had fun doing them =) You can view them here.

2010 Collection: Copper wire Earrings

Feel free to browse some of my 2010 Collection: Copper Wire Earrings at my flickr account. These earrings are made with non tarnish copper wire and is very lightweight. Many of my clients attest that they do not notice they are wearing earrings when they wore these.

My inspiration with making these are circles. From my wigjig tool to anything round found in my room inspired me with these collection. Even the triangle earring has rounded edges!

These designs are one of a kind and they make such a good conversation piece. Some are made with plain copper wire, some are wrapped and one was made with seed beads. Its a good piece to give as gifts or souvenirs or an addition to your growing earring collection. So grab a pair now and see for yourselves. Enjoy!

2010 Collection: Aluminum Bracelets

Finally my 2010 Collection: Aluminum Bracelets are now showcased at flickr. I had a lot of fun working with aluminum wire since it is the second wire medium I fell in love with. Of course the first one being copper wire. Heehee

Since I started beading and joining bazaars I have always been fascinated with charms. And since I love wearing bracelets, I figure, why not include bracelets with charms in my product line. At first, I used to gravitate with metal clay charms and assemble different designs in one bracelet, this style appealed to mostly teenage gals as they themselves choose the charms under the "make your own charm bracelet" scheme I had. Now that I want to concentrate with wire, I discovered that I will be able to awake more of my creative self if I will make my own charm bracelet from scratch. Hence the wonderful journey towards charm bracelet nirvana.

There were a lot of inspirations making the bracelets, but most often than not I get them when I'm watching anything that involves crime and investigation. I do not how and why, but I do. Good thing with this project, as often as I can, I do not and will not replicate anything that I do but with the lovely and lightweight charm bracelets, I could easily do the whole thing in just over 30mins. As I have said earlier, they are lightweight, handmade, made of aluminum wire, easily cleaned (after using clean it with a soft cloth) and very affordable. Didn't I tell you it sells like hotcakes!

2010 Collection

I have been quite busy the last few days. I have all this ideas swimming in my head waiting to be carried out. At the top of my long list is to be able to make a lot of wire + bead bobby pins. Now, if you'll gonna ask me, why make something with bobby pins? Well, its because of these bobby pins that I first fell in love with wire.

I think it was the year 2004 or 2005 if I'm not mistaken. A good friend, Mabel Santiago-Rubia sent an invite for a beading class. Outcome of which is to be used as charms for scrapbook pages. There were 8 women who signed up and were all eager to make butterflies and dragonflies. The materials that were handed out contained wire (in different colors),beads (seed beads) and bobby pins. It took about 4 hours for the whole class to make a bobby pin butterfly, a hanging dragonfly, and a butterfly decorated card. I was never a wire lover but after the class I went on hunting for wires in all colors and in all sizes to use as charms for my scrapbook pages. But I never made anything with the wires that I had, so much so that I never made a scrapbook page with a wire + bead charm on it. Now, who would have thought that I would turn out to love wire and beads? And who would have thought that I would be excited as to embark on a new business venture out of wire + beads?

In appreciation to the tutorial of my good friend, I have posted my 2010 collection at flickr highlighted by my bobby pins.

Enjoy!