SATeam is having a Mother's Day Giveaway Event!

It's true. Mother's Day is on the 8th of May, so we put our heads together and came up with this fabulous event to give away some handmade jewelry.
There won't be just one winner in the giveaway, but three! You heard right. There will be three gift certificates, one for 100 $, one for 50 $ and one for 25 $.
You can choose one or more items from the different participating shops if you win one of them! Now is that cool or is that COOL?

It's really easy to enter. Go to the team blog, you'll find all the necessary information there!

Holiday seasons....

A good thing!! For most I guess.... but sometimes during holiday season is the most stressful for me at least!! Especially during Christmas time!! GAH!!

So I think I am fairly prepped for my fund raising event for Make-A-Wish Foundation here at Hong Kong, which will start tomorrow December 1st through the 26th, along with many many other things that's scheduled to be done... o.O

But of course... I had to also play with some blings right? So I did... :P finished with this project that I've been working on on-and-off for a few weeks now I think...


Antiqued Lyra by *CrysallisCreations on deviantART

TaDa!!! this is what I've been working on, on and off sort of speak... When I first started the frame work looked like Taj Mahal, then it turned into a flower pot... THEN it turned into looking like lyra! HA

freeform wirearapped with oxydized Sterling Silver wire, GEM Beer Quartz brio, Artisan made boro lampwork by Kristan of Redside Designs, Ruby, Kyanite, Rhodolite Garnet, Peridot, Citrine, Pyrite randomly used... finished with a strip of Native American made leather strip... :)


freeform wirewrapping is not my forte, but sometimes some just asked to be made this way I guess...

BLOG #2 for the day!!

ah yes.... first off, let's hope I won't give a certain German a heart attack by doing so....

BUT seriously people!! If you haven't check out the Scavenger Hunt held by the Polymer Clay Smoosher Guild on ArtFire, you are REALLY SERIOUSLY missing out on some great prizes!!! I know the keyword FREE means a lot to a lot of people this holiday season, so why not try to win one of these gorgeous artisan crafted piece of jewelry for your mom, daughter, girlfriend, or even for yourself!!! I honestly don't mind owning a few more from these great artisan myself but.... can't be too greedy now can I? So I am willing to share... teehee....



Here are the prizes!!! Aren't they amazing?? You can find more details at their Guild Blog here: http://polymerclaysmooshers.blogspot.com/2010/11/smooshers-holiday-scavenger-hunt.html and really... it is honestly not as hard as I thought.... and yes I am willing to share and I promise you will not be on my blackbook if you enter!!!

Have fun!!! And good luck!!! :D

My Musing Muse.....

as most of you know by now, I am basically a hoard.... of all things bling, of all things artistic, of all things handmade. So when I had the opportunity to own a few artisan made filigree that's made by a good friend of mine, I had to jump on such opportunity!!! Meganne Woodland is such an amazing filigree artist that I was proud to call her my friend, and I was ecstatic when I was able to own a few of her pieces, though it's more like a challenge, as she wanted to see what will happen when I work with her pieces, if they'll turn out so different from her own style....


Fairy? by *CrysallisCreations on deviantART

So here's what I did. The main focal of this new necklace is on that filigree made by Meganne. The rest just flowed....

I hope you're happy with what I've done Meganne!! XO Thank you! For giving me such a great opportunity to play with one of your gorgeous piece!

Pearls, pearls, pearls

Do you know the song "Girls, girls, girls" by Sailor? It always takes me back hearing that song. As I'm an oldie listening to the oldie radio station, I hear it quite often.

"Girls, girls, girls. Yellow, red, black or white, add a little bit of moonlight ..." Oh, so no politically correct any more, but hey, those were the 70s.

Funny enough hearing that song today took me to a different road.
How about "Pearls, pearls, pearls. Silver, peach, brown or gold, great to look at and great to hold ...". Oh come on, so I am no song writer. You still get the drift, don't you? I never used to be much of a pearl person. As a cancerian I was always a little disappointed that my birthstone was not even a stone. A sparkly one, preferrably. With a deep color and fire. But no, I got pearls, the stuff that old ladies wore.
I have grown up since. And I have learned. And now - oh, let's stop the talking.

Have a look at these and tell me it doesn't itch in your fingers to use them.

Just click on the picture. You know you want to ....



You'd like to know more about pearls? Check out this post!

Me & Facebook - Romance or Disaster in the making???

So yeah.... I jumped!! After being nagged and shuffed and pulled and pushed by many many MANY others from all around me, now I am officially on Facebook GASP!!!

and I thought such will happen without too many others noticing...... guess I was wrong... but really! I must have broke some kind of record for spamming all my plurk buddies with my constant nags for helps and ask them to "like" me, etc. etc..... so at the end of the day (24 hours) I was able to manage to set up both fan pages! HA! THANK YOU All suckers!! ROFLL!!!! ah no, really! I really really do appreciate all your help and by not disown me from your plurk friends' list due to my spammy messages through my waking hours.... Thank YOU!! :D

So if you are not yet my "friend" or "fan" on my FB pages yet, please add me! I am fairly sure that I can do a good job entertaining you and spam you occasionally with my shop listings and poke you through the days, all of these entertaining to say the least right?? so look that way -----------------------------> you'll see those lovely widget/badge thingamajig for FB, let's get connected shall we?? And please feel free to link me to your fan page so I can "like" you too!!

Ah 'tis all.... Looking forward to interact with you on FB!! You know you want to know what goes on behind this oh-so-normal head of mine......

Until next time....

XOXO

Gossip Girl....

HAHAAHAHAHHAHAHAHA sorry... couldn't resist.... :P

Obsession and Addiction OR The Enabler

My name is Cat. I don't exactly remember when I met Deb online for the first time. It was on Plurk and even if I didn't know it then, my life has not been the same anymore since.
What I clearly remember was how confused I was reading about "the bukkit" all the time. Where was that mysterious bucket and what was it used for? And why on Earth was it so dangerous to dive into it that people asked for search parties and lifelines before going in there? I was afraid to ask.

And then - it's hard to say, let me take a deep breath first .... then it was time for me to get to know "the bukkit" myself. I had only just started making jewelry a few months ago and there it was, a universe of its own, a universe of light, colors, sparkle in all sizes and shapes. No wonder people needed a lifeline, it was only too easy to forget breathing while browsing.

Since then I have spent many a time not only in the bukkit, but also in Deb's bead shops on Etsy and ArtFire (I haven't even started talking about her jewelry shops yet!). I'm sorry, the following is something I have to say, too. I vowed to myself I'd be honest.

Deb's an enabler. Maybe even THE ENABLER. Yes, in large, red letters.

She's luring me in with beautiful pearls in different sizes and colors. She feeds me with tiny sized multi-colored beads that I need for my pieces of jewelry. She sends me faceted beads that are so lovely that I hide them away for that special piece that my muse has to design first.
And I'm sad to say, I love it.
I'm not even ashamed anymore to dance in front of our house when I pull an envelope from Hong Kong out of my mailbox. I bet the whole neighborhood knows Deb's name by now. They probably even know how crazy, helpful, lovely and hilariously funny she can be because they hear me squeak a lot when I'm plurking.

One thing is not her strength, though. Blogging. Not the writing part itself, I'm sure, but the getting herself to do it. That's why I was here today to put my dirty footprints and fingerprints all over this blog.
Maybe it won't be the last time. And maybe I just lost a person whom I never met and whom I still call a friend. I sure hope not ;-)

Now excuse me, I reminded myself that I haven't been to the bukkit for quite some time. I'll put my diver's suit on and go in. Don't wait for me, it could take a while.


They are calling me, can you hear it .................