Sunday, August 31, 2008

Fimo beads

Mirjam/Hilisaed saatis mulle omatehtud imeilusaid fimo helmeid. Tükk aega veeretasin neid näpu vahel, no neid võibki imetlema jääda! Olen tihtilugu leidnud, et polümeersavist helmeid on minul raske kasutada. Nendesse on nii palju vaeva ja aega pandud, nad peaksid olema ehtes esikohal! See aga tähendaks, et pole vaja mõttetuid ninnu-nännu pisidetaile, mida ma aga ei suuda eriti vältida... Nii et mul oli mõte teha midagi lihtsat. Need fimohelmed on valge-beežika taustaga ning erinevad värvid jooksevad sädelevatena sealt läbi - ma ütlen, et mind lausa hüpnotiseeris see ilu. Aga detaile sai vist ikka liiga palju...
See komplekt on müüdud.





Mirjam/Hilisaed sent me some of her fimo beads. I must say, you can stop looking at those colors! I often found difficult to use somebodys polymer beads. There's so much time and effort put in them, they should be on first place in every piece of jewellery! This means that there should'nt be any unnecessary tiny pretty details, that I find hard to avoid while making my jewellery... So I set my goal to make something simple. Those fimo beads are with white-beige background while different colors swirl through - I'm telling you these beads hypnotize. Still too much details perhaps...
This set is sold.

Saturday, August 30, 2008

Necklaces continues...

Jätkan oma amatöörkäsitöölise "karjääri" järjekordsete üllitistega... Eile valmis kaks kaelakeed :) Tegelikult oli mul plaan teha lehvikutaolist ripatsit, aga küll jõuab kunagi ka selle idee teostada. Seekord tulid välja miskit, mis meenutavad midagi tiivulist :D Esimesena tegin selle ametüsti ja kristallitoonis kaelakee, need piklikud on mõõtudega 15x4mm navette-tüüpi kivid. Teisel kaelakeel on imeilusat värvi kandiline kivi (princess baguette) - padparadscha - koos mustade kividega. Ja see armas 2mm musta värvi kristallike seal üleval on saadud Terje/Jõhvika käest.
Teine kee on müüdud.



Yesterday I made two necklaces :) Actually I wanted to make a fan-shaped pendant, but I guess I'll try again another time. This time it looks like those pendants remind something winged :D First I made that amethyst and crystal colored necklace, those long stones are 15x4mm navettes. The second necklace has a baguette stone in beautiful color - padparadscha - with jet navette stones. An that cute 2mm black bicone crystal up there I got from Terje/Jõhvikas
Second necklace is sold..

Friday, August 29, 2008

Porcelain

Kaunid portselanhelmed, mis hankisin Hiinast. Kuna nad on päris suured, ei osanud nendega pikka aega midagi peale hakata. Niisama muudkui imetlesin :) Kogu kaelakee värvigamma on tuletatud portselanhelme maalingutest. Vanaroosa, beež ja kreemikas valge. See suur ja ümmargune ripats on pärlmutrist, see sobis kui valatud, kuna oli samasugune kreemikas valge. Kaelakee on parajalt pikk, kinnitust polnud vajagi. Kee on müüdud.


Beautiful porcelain beads that I got from China. Since those beads are quite big, I didn't know what exactly to do with them for some time. So every once in a while I just took them out of a box and admired them :) The whole colorcombo of this necklace is taken from the paintings of the porcelain beads. Old rose, beige and creamy white. The big round pendant is made of shell and fits perfectly with the rest of the necklace because of the same creamy white color. Necklace is long so it didn't need a clasp. This necklace is sold.

Monday, August 25, 2008

Aurora Borealis and Blue

Tegin tutvust swarovski kivitüübiga, millel nimi elongated oval. Antud variant on 21x7mm suur. Värvus on crystal ja viimistlus aurora borealis (AB). Ripats on nii siniste lintide kui ka keti küljes. Seda sellepärast, et lintide otsikud tekitasid minus kahtlust, kas peavad vastu või mitte. Ja siis, ja siis (!) ma kasutasin liimi!!! Jah, mina kasutasin liimi, ja ma ei mäkerdanudki kõike kokku :D (ainult hästi natukene...). Ja igaksjuhuks panin keti ka, mis lintidest pisut lühem ja seetõttu võtab kogu raskuse enda peale. Tegin ka tagasihoidliku käeketi siia juurde.



I made my acquaintance with swarovski stone named elongated oval. This on is in size 21x7mm. The color is crystal and surface is coated with aurora borealis (AB). Pendant is attached to blue ribbon and also to chain. It is because I suspected the ribbon ends not to be strong enough. And then, and then (!) I used glue!!! Yes, I put glue on the ribbon ends and I didn't mess it up :D (only a bit...). And still, just in case, I added a chain that was a bit shorter than the ribbons and so all the weight goes on the chain. I also made a modest bracelet to go with the necklace.

Saturday, August 23, 2008

Necklace with crystal and opal rose

Edit: Tänan kõiki, kes juba kommenteerisid. No kuidagi ei suutnud siia miskit kirjutada. Aga vbl nüüd tuleb välja :) See kee sai idee Miriam Haskelli töödest, mida Mirjam/Hilisaed mulle soovitas vaadata :) Jube kenad on need Haskelli ehted küll, iseasi, kui kantavad need tänapäeval on?


Edit: Thank you all who already commented. I just coulnd't find anything to write here when I posted these pictures. Perhaps I can now :) I got the idea for this necklace from the jewellery of Miriam Haskell. Mirjam/Hilisaed wrote I should check it out :) So pretty endeed those Haskell jewellery, though I don't know if people would wear this kind on jewellery?