Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Pearls and Rose Ring

Viimasel on kuidagi nii raske postitusi kirjutada, alati on miskit paremat teha :) Näiteks oma ehtekivide pildistamine ja kataloogi tegemine :P Sest enam ei ole mul mingit ülevaadet, mis värvi, kuju või suurust mul juba olemas on. Võtan ennast nüüd kokku ja näitan ühte sõrmust. Esimene selletaoline proov.

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I find it hard to write posts here lately, there's always something better to do :) Like photographing my rhinestones and making a cataloque from them, for example :P Because I really don't have any clue whatsoever what colour, shape or size I already have without a cataloque. Here is a ring. First attempt of this kind.

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Seedbeaded Earrings

Kõrvarõngad, mida muutsin ja parandasin, ning millel pidevalt vahetasin klaaspärleid. Loodan, et see on lõplik versioon :)
Keskel on ehtekivike roosakate klaaspärlitega. Nende ümber tillukesed seemnehelmed.

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Earrings that I had to remake and fix and every now and then change the glass pearls. I really hope this is the last version :)
In the middle there is a clear rhinestone with pinkish glass pearls. Around the center I put tiny seedbeads.

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Beaded Earrings

Ma olen täiesti parandamatu... Vaevalt on uus laadung ehtekividega kohal, kui juba tellin uusi. Ausõna, mul on hirm enda pärast! Aga ega siis neid ehtekive saa seisma jätta, on ju nii?

Neid kõrvarõngaid alustasin eile ja lõpetasin täna. Päris nii välja ei tulnud, kui tahtsin. Arvan, et need tillukesed swarovski navy blue kivid ei paista piisavalt välja. Ja mis mõtet on swarovskitel kui nad ei paista välja? Aga vot see navette-kujuline kivi on hetkel lemmik. See on nüüd kahevärviline givre glaas. Ehk tumesinist ja valget värvi klaasijutid lähevad läbipaistva klaasi seest läbi. Valisin need kivid teiste omasuguste seast välja kuna nendel värvid natuke ka segunenud! Siin on veel seemnehelmeid ja pisut klaaspärleid. Tegelikult plaanisin neid rohkem panna ja paningi, kuid ma pidevalt kraapisin nende pealmise kihi katki ja muudkui harutasin, kuni lõpuks sai sellest küllalt.

Panin DaWandasse ehteid juurde, kaks neist on täitsa uued - täna valminud.

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I'm absolutely hopeless... I just manage to get my ordered rhinestones when I've already ordered some more. This is getting serious! But I can't let them just be in a box can I?

I started with these earrings yesterday and finished them today. Not exactly what I imagined. I think those tiny swarovski navy blue rhinestones don't show enough. What's the point of swarovskies if you can't see them? But this navette shaped rhinestone is my favourite at the moment. It's two colored givre glass. It has opaque dark blue and white glass running through the crystal glass. I choose these two stones from the rest because the blue and white are bit mixed! I put some seedbeads and glass pearls here also. I planned to put a lot of glass pearls here and I did. But I accidentally scratched the surface of pearls and therefore needed to change them way too many times.

I listed some more jewellery pieces at my DaWanda, two of them are brand new - I made them today.

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Bracelet with mesh chain

Oi, kuidas ma otsisin sellist "kootud" torukujulist ketti, vaskset loomulikult. Pärast pikki otsinguid oli ainult üks vaste, mis oli valmis kaelakee. Ja see polnud sugugi odav. Pidasin maha pika lahingu enesega, kas pole mitte liiga kallis? kas ma suudan selle tükkideks eraldada nii, et tükid kasutuskõlblikud oleks? kas suudan nende tükkidega midagi valmis saada? kuidas küll lõpetada sellist ketti?
Ühesõnaga palju küsimusi :) Passisin paar nädalat ja tegin ostu. Sisse tahtsin panna eelpainutatud traadi. Ja siis tuli uus, veel suurem küsimuste hulk. Näiteks see, et mismoodi ma selle eelpainutatud traadi seal sees saan nii, et ei libiseks ega loksuks. Eelpainutatud traadi ots oli nii terav, et lõhkus natuke "kootud" toru! Tundsin, et iga hetk võib see täiesti kasutuskõlbmatuks muutuda. Kujutage ette, et kulutad millegi peale raha (sisimas tead, et liiga palju) ja see ähvardab su käte vahel ära laguneda!? Ma pole varem nii palju südant valutanud ühe ehte pärast...

Pärast "kootud" keti kinnitamist läks muu kergemalt. Töö käigus pidin palju asju tegema teisiti, kui plaanisin aga ega see midagi uut ju pole :) Beežid klaaspärlid kristall ehtekividega on väga klassikaline kombinatsioon! Ja kettidest ripats paneb punkti, selle tegemisel ma pidin lubama endale, et teen selle kümnest ketikesest, vastasel juhul jään rahule viiesega (on ennegi juhtunud). Tagantjärele olen mõelnud, et väga omapärane oli kogu see protsess. Selles mõttes, et asümmeetriline ehe pole minu puhul tavaline ning kui aus olla siis ega eelpainutatud traatki pole mul lemmik.
Pildistamine osutus väga rakseks, aga ma tõesti püüdsin... Et pisut õigemat muljet edasi anda, tegin pilti ka kipskäel ja enda käsivarrel.

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How did I wanted to find a mesh chain like that, in copper colour ofcourse. After a long search there was only one answer, a finished necklace. And it wasn't cheap. It was really difficult to make a desicion. Isn't it too expensive? can I take it apart so I can use the pieces? can I make something out of these pieces at all? how to finish the ends of this chain?
So I had a lot of questions :) I waited a couple of weeks and bought it. I wanted to put a memory wire in it so it would keep its shape. And then I had even more questions. Like how on earth will I get memory wire to stay inside this mesh chain so it would be still and wouldn't slide? The end of the memory wire was so sharp that it broke the mesh chain from inside from a couple of places! I felt terrible and was afraid that I will just ruin it. Can you imagine the feeling if you would have bought something (knowing inside that it's way too expensive for experimenting) and then you'd see it can fall apart in your hands any time?! I haven't had so much heartache over a jewellery pice like this time...

After I managed to attach mesh chain things were easy. During the process I had to change many things but it's nothing new is it :) Classic light beige glass pearls and crystal rhinestones go so well together! And chain tassel suits great, heh, I had to promise myself I make it out of ten chain, otherwise I may settle with five chains (it has happen before). Thinking back the whole process seems so strange. I mean, asymmetry isn't really easy for me, and to be honest then memory wire isn't my favourite by far.
Photographing this bracelet was so difficult, but I really tried... To give a more real impression I also made a photo and another photo.

Saturday, May 9, 2009

Mini & Maxi

Kaks prossi, üks suur teine väike. See roosa on väiksem ja helmeste/kivikeste ring on pisut lopergune. Põhjus selles, et üritasin teha viie lillega mustrit metallist plaadile, millel 16 tippu :) Selle prossi ehtekivid on kõik swarovski omad. Keskmine suur on opaque rose ja väikesed frosted rose. Hämmastav, kuigi need väikesed roosad on mati pinnaga, helgivad nad ikkagi!
Teise prossi tegin selle mõttega, et näha kui suurt ma üldse saan teha. See on vist nüüd küll piir, sest muidu hakkab juba klaaskivide ja metalli raskus hõlma maadligi kiskuma. See keskmine safiirsinine kivi on jube huvitava lihviga, nagu oleks maleruudustik! See pross oli ka veel mul üks järjekordne värvi eksperiment. Tahtsin kokku panna keskmist safiirsinist ja roosat :) Ma ei tea miks, aga millegipärast tahtsin töö edenedes panna juurde ka kollast. Need kandilised ehtekivid prossi tippudes on kahevärvilised givre'd. Neli väikest suure sinise lähedal on kah omamoodi erilised. Need on imitatsioon-opaalid. Selles mõttes, et seal on klaasi sees fooliumitükikesed, mis helgivad ja klaas on ka kirju, mistõttu tekib huvitav värvide mäng. Väga kaunid! Sinised lilled koosnevad kuuest 28pp (3,5mm) swarovski sapphire kividest, nende pesadesse panemine oli päris vaevaline, see andis ennast näpuotstes mõnda aega tunda. Seal keskel on roosad fiiberklaasist (kassisilm) helmed. See suur pross on esimene kord, kui mul on õnnestunud panna kõik plaadid, prossinõelad, nimeplaadid omavahel sümmetriliselt vastavusse.
Suur pross on müüdud.

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Two brooches, one big and another small. The pink one is small and the beads and stones are bit unevenly. It's because of the fact that I beaded the 5sided motif to stamped filligree that has 16 peaks ;) All stones here are swarovskis. The big one in the middle is opaque rose and small ones frosted rose. I really find it amazing that frosted stones sparkle so much!
I made the second brooch to try how big can I go with that kind of brooches. I think this is it, if I make any bigger it will be too heavy to wear. The big sapphire blue glass stone has really interesting facets, as if it was a chess board! This brooch was also another color experiment of mine, I wanted to see how sapphire blue goes with pink :) I don't know why but in the middle I added some yellow too. The square stones are two colored givre's. And the four small ones next to the big sapphire blue stone are also special - these are so called imitation opals. They have bits of folio in them to reflect light and the glass is multicolored that adds really interesting color flashes. So pretty! The sapphire blue flowers are made of six 28pp (3,5mm) swarovski stones. I felt how I set those stones long after I was done, in my fingertips ;) In the middle of these flowers I put a pink fiberoptic glass beads (cats eye). This brooch is the first time I succeeded with alligning all the motifs, stamped filligrees, brooch pin and name tag.
The large one is sold.

Friday, May 8, 2009

Would you like some Inspiration?

Mõned lingid, mis praegusel hetkel mul eriti mõnus külastada. Neist võiks lõputult kirjutada... Iga lingi tagant leiab rikkaliku maailma, kus on erinevaid motiive, materjale, värve ja tekstuure ning need nii oskuslikult kokku sobitatud. Nautige :)
Michal Negrin
Sheena Holland
Debi Treloar
Sous la Mansarde - DaWanda
Some links that I recently like to visit very often. One could endlessly write about those... Behind of every link there is a rich world of different motifs, materials, colours and textures, all combined together in most cleverly way. Enjoy :)

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Pink Glass Pearls

Mulle nii tohutult meeldivad klaaspärlid, kuid neil on suur miinus - nende pealmine kiht on nii õrn. Või... kas ikka saab nimetada õrnaks kui tangidega sealt kangutan... Mul on vaja ehete tegemisel iga kord toorest jõudu rakendada ja seetõttu pole klaaspärlid kõige parem valik. Kaua sa ikka jõuad muudkui tehtud tööd harutada ja helmeid vahetada?
Aga mulle ikkagi meeldivad klaaspärlid :) Need siin on roosakad Tšehhi klaaspärlid koos 15/0 Miyuki seemnehelmeste ja 4x8mm navette ja 3mm ümarate ehtekividega. Väga omapärane kogemus oli neid pärlikübaraid kaunistada :) Kolmanda tegemisel muutus juba väga tüütuks ;) Need ehtekividega ehtenõelad polegi tegelikult ehtekividega ehtenõelad. No ma mõtlen sellised, mida poest saab. Tegin need ise :D Tavaline ehtenõel, ehtekivi "pesa" ja ehtekivi - kokku pandud. Mis veel, ahjaa, need pärliread on nüüd lükitud niidile. Leidsin kodust tugeva õmblusniidi, mida ei suutnud katki tõmmata. Panin selle 8kordselt ja lükkisin pärlid peale. Näpud jäid päris valusaks, sest pärlite augud nii väiksed ja sikutada tuli kõvasti. Aga tulemus on tõesti parem - nagu ikka päris pärlikee :)

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I absolutely adore glass pearls but they have a big down side - the surface finish is so frail. Or can I say frail when I use pliers... I have to use all my strenght in every piece I make and therefore glass pearls might not be the best choice. I mean, how often can one rewire the piece to change one pearl?
But I still like them :) These here are pink Czech glass pearls with 15/0 Miyuki seedbeads, 4x8mm navettes and 3mm round rhinestones. Embellishing those bead caps was very interesting :) After third one I had more than enough ;) Those rhinestone pins are not real rhinestone pins, I mean those you can buy from shops. I made these myself out of headpins, settings and rhinestones. What else, right, these pearlstrings are strung on a thread I found from my sewingbag. I couldn't brake it by hand. I put it 8 times and strung glass pearls on it. I got really sore fingertips because the pearl holes are soo small and I had to pull real hard. But I'm so happy with the outcome - it has the right feel to it - real string of pearls :)

Sunday, May 3, 2009

Floral Set

Sain valmis ühe komplekti! Niih, see on nüüd see värv, mille üle inimesed tavaliselt vaidlema lähevad, et kas see on sinakas roheline või rohekas sinine. Mina nimetan seda türkiis-roheliseks :)
Selle kaelakee keskosa on hästi pusane, tillukesed 15/0 seemnehelmed koos 3mm kristall-kivikestega aitavad sellele hästi kaasa. Teema on, nagu näha, lilleline :)Keskel on kivi, mida ei raatsinud pikka aega kasutada. See on läbipaistvast ja valgest klaasist nn givre ehtekivi. Kaelakee plaanin tulevikus DaWanda poodi üles panna.

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I finished a set! Well, I guess this is the color that makes people arque if it is greenish blue or blueish green. I use the words Turquoise green :)
The centerpiece looks tangled, tiny 15/0 seedbeads with little 3mm crystal rhinestones help a lot with this look. Theme is, like you can see, floral :) In the center there is a rhinestone I couldn't use for a long time. It's clear glass with some white in it, so called "givre" rhinestone. I plan to put this necklace to my DaWanda shop in near future.