WATER-LILIES Brooch

My husband bought me this lovely brooch, handmade from scratch and painted by a young Illustrator from an Indie place in Haji Lane.
This is from her debut range, and once her webbie is up, I'll link it up to my blog. Its a small & exclusive range, with one piece per design.
The water-lilies are my favourite and there were a couple of rings, earrings and more pins/brooches in interesting, colourful arty abstract designs.

CANDICE

Many years ago, during one of his many golfing trips up to Thailand with the senior golfers, my Dad came back with the beautiful pink & white bi-coloured bougainvillea plant in the above RH pix. At that point in time, he'd never set eyes on bi-coloured bougainvillea and he was truly amazed and pleasantly surprised, as he'd never seen this species at the flower gardens here. When googling the name of this variety, how apt it was when I found out its called 'SURPRISE'.

My sister and I were reminiscing about plants and fruit trees he's planted in the garden over the years, and were tickled pink when we remembered how he actually brought this bougainvillea back here :)

Inspired to make a necklace, I was delighted to find that I had a strand of Kamoe-Clay Polymer Clay lentils with just the perfect design and colours to help me out with the piece in mind - smooth, highly-glossed and perfectly colourful with white and shaded pink flowers ... how perfect is that !

After adding a topping of pink gemmies like shaded Tourmalines & Rose Quartz to the Clay lentil, and a hanging cluster of green Peridot & Vesuvianite Rondelles + faceted pink Beryl briolettes, it really did look pretty, especially with more white accents in the form of freshwater and a couple of 8mm swarovski glass pearls along an etched pewter chain of 16", with an extension chain of up to 18".

14K goldfill and Vermeil elements and accents.
U.S. etched pewter chain.

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Hello pretty flower

Tania's new week is off to a good start sniffing around the plants after breakfast.

Hope everyone has a great week too !

Spring Posies - S$55 - Sold

Its Lunar New Year's Eve, and what better way to welcome the new Year of the Rabbit, with SPRING POSIES, a pair of earrings in the bright auspicious colours of reds and golds.

Once again the familiar profusion of bright & exciting colours of flowers, kumquats, goodies, lanterns abundantly surround us !

SPRING POSIES comprises 14K gold vermeil crystal studded Flower ear-posts (think chrysanthemums, peach blossoms, azaleas, orchids ....... ), with a bountiful posy of Shaded Carnelians, Tourmalines, blue-flash Moonstones, Freshwater Pearls, and soft minty Prehnite, above gorgeously red faceted Beryl Briolettes.

Total drop is approx. 3.5 cm.

14K gold-filled accents, 14K vermeil floral ear-posts & pins.

LILLYBETH Necklace

Karin's Polymer Clay Heart here, looks very much like either a beautifully painted porcelain vase from a romantic era, or a lovely wrapping paper bouquet sleeve to hold this pretty floral arrangement of carved Shell Flowers, Garnet, Rose Garnet & Citrine Rondelles, Labradorite Brio. and a beautiful Ruby for that dash of colour.
Trailing etched chains complete this Spring-looking floral sweetie, which is snuggled prettily between similar etched chains lightly sprinkled with smooth pink Tourmalines and a blue-flash Labradorite coin.

Delicate, girly, feminine & flirty ..... that's LILLYBETH.

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LILLYBETH Earrings below match this pendant.

ISABEL - Custom

Request for a Trillium ROSE Set with petite short chain, to which I've added green onyx and peridot rondelles, which meet in the middle with a single moonstone, followed by the trail of Trillium ROSE gemmies and enamelled/sterling silver Trillium flower. Closes with a Balinese Silver Toggle Clasp.
The earrings have been kept simple with matching rondelles & freshwater pearls, but without the Trillium flower charm, so that this set would be "in balance" when worn together.

Trillium ROSE & Trillium JAUNE Earrings - S$42, Necklace - S$26 - SOLD

... are a pair of demure and feminine earrings, featuring a trail of Citrine & Green Onyx (in Trillium Jaune) & Rose Garnet & Green Onyx faceted rondelles (in Trillium Rose).

My husband remarked that they're quite Peranakan looking, so I photographed them with a Kebaya, and they turned out to be quite an enchanting match. I'm sorry that I had to hang the ear-rings in a odd way on the "neck", but it was the only way to give you an idea of how they'd look together with the necklace/kebaya, and an idea of the size.

I've also made a matching necklace in faceted round Grade A Green Onyx, keeping it plain so that it won't detract from the ear-rings, or overpower the look, if worn together.













TRILLIUM ROSE Set (Sold)
















TRILLIUM JAUNE Set (Sold)

Floral Fancy -$48 - Sold

If you like bright, colourful stuff, here's a cheerful bracelet using Karin Moendjen (Polymer Clay Artist - Germany) of Kamoe-Clay-Design's gorgeously floral handmade Polymer Clay Pillows.

Picking off the colours from the Pillows, smooth czech glass brioletts have been used in complementing colours. Agate melon beads in reddish brown & lime green reflect a garden mood, and clear czech glass melon beads with gold lining pick up on the gold-foil dust in the Pillows, and also 'tone down' this colourful trail at specific points. Swarovski crystals in Sand Opal have been added as spacers.

This bracelet closes with a pretty non-tarnish brass butterfly toggle clasp.

TULIPA Earrings - $20 - Sold

Need something to match the bracelet ? Vintage-looking czech glass tulips with gold etching, topped with Dorado swarovski bicones, and little fresh water pearls. Again, Vintaj natural brass french ear-wires; all elements are natural brass.
They hang at about 1-1/2", including the ear-wires.

NATURE DELIGHTS - S$42 - Sold

Spring's in the air, and you just can't get away from the lure and beauty of Mother Nature. U.S. Pewter charms, czech glass assortment of leaves, flowers, ladybird, swarovski creamy pearls and crystals and shell flower. All these dangling sweetly off a 7-1/2 in. lightly gold plated charm bracelet, which closes with a nice solid toggle clasp.