Silvermith - flower brooch

Silvermith done by Aug 9 2011



好開心，花了三堂時間，終於有收成了! 所以興奮得無懼yahoo blog升級問題，一於照寫可也。
一整堂的時間去弄一些指甲片，又另一整堂的時間去倒個面模同鐵柱磨成針...



再加一整堂的時間去火燒...



然後三碗水煎成一碗...



磨走枯黃的死皮後...



最後換來脫胎換骨的一枝花、同一雙肉酸的手~噢~撈~

New Hobby

New hobby on Jun 14 2011

我是一個永遠比人走得慢的人。慢 -- 可能係適應期比別人長，但更有可能係自己猶豫不決的性格...
想了很久很久，可能有五六年了。一直想學的就是純銀手作...
第一件是鍊咀


第二件是介子


其實同我多年前玩銀黏土燒的有點類似啊 !



第三件是耳環 (PHD)



正常應該一堂造到一件小物，但我四堂只完成三件(正確來說只係兩件半，因對耳環唔夠時間拋光，只算半成品)。我的確係慢人一大截。
其實仲有另外一樣東西想學，想了又想差不多兩年了。我恐怕都要狠下決心去馬，不要再猶豫了 

Quick project with a fish, heart and pearl...

Quick project on Aug 22 2010.  It seems I lost the passion as I didn't work with silverwire and gems for years...


很久沒有動手DIY，今天翻開工具箱，找到了幾件材料，弄了個簡單的手工。
材料 : 一條魚、一顆心、一粒珠、一些銀
Material used : A fish + heart + pearl + silver  (White agate, Tourmaline, Freshwater Pearl and Sterling Silver)



材料都是很久以前買下來，很簡單卻很重手(因為用了1mm的銀線)。條魚買了一直唔知點整好，都是今天心血來潮有這個想法..本來好簡易快捷的設計，但因為太耐沒有動手很生疏，做得很慢很不工整啊!!

First deal closed & my creative packing =_=

My first deal closed on May 10 2009.  Now I feel it looked so ugly!

This is the packing for my first deal made online.  Frankky, it is a bit like 山寨廠 packing. 
  
I was planning to roll the packed item into a brown paper and sew the 2 edges by the little hand sewing machine that I bought from Taipei Hands.   Not sure if I didn't know how to use or it didnt work properly, I tried for almost an hour and finally i gave up and hand sewed it up.  Though I dun feel it was ok, but I had no time to repack it as I couldn't keep the buyer waiting too long.  =(



My aim was to minimize the wastage.  (I need to remind myself to be environmental friendly).  So, inside packing materials were by cardboard, pill bag, bubble sheet -  all recycled materials found at home.




Hope to hear my second order soon la~

Rose Quartz and Opal bracelet + more fabric covered button hair things

Crafted on Oct 26 2008

成日唔夠訓，週六訓足三分二時間。今日手痕，成個下午攪攪震 。先替之前整到一半o既手鍊埋尾 --



用的是粉紅晶、蛋白石、淡水珠、925 silver、皮繩。
Material used:  Rose Quartz, Opals, Freshwater Pearls, 925 Sterling Silver, Leather

最大粒粉紅晶是好耐以前買的粉晶手串多出的。而家條手串都唔知去咗邊樹 lu 。呢個設計畫咗好耐而且好喜歡想整好耐，本來沒有大粉晶的，但造了出來又好像不如想像的好看，反正都不符想像，就加粒大珠遮下醜。

之後又做咗幾粒包鈕，沒有膠水所以用熱熔膠槍。但係膠槍好難用，遲d都係要買番膠水補下飛先。



屋企仲有好多好多鈕要包，本來諗住(除咗送d朋友仔之外)係做比校友會義賣，但係做得慢又缺布缺 idea，而家有d想縮沙添 !!!

My first blogger gathering

My first time blogger gathering on Oct 18 2008.   There were so many DIY lovers joining this gathering learning taiwanese fabric covered button

昨日參加了第一次的blog gathering，一班愛好手作的blog友，大家一齊學由台灣來的「布包扭大師」盈盈教布包扭髮飾。



這是盈盈帶來的作品的一部份...仲有大量材料給大家搶購。
我的一枱開始得比另外兩枱遲，又邊說笑邊做，最後沒有人能夠完成。不過同枱的blog友都很nice很樂意同大家分享，而且很明顯都是高手，經驗豐富，仲識好似口金、刺繡呢d超難的手藝，好令人羨慕啊 !



這是今日埋尾的。其實花片之後部份都是老師做，她是用我這個做示範。我做的埋尾只是最後的挑縫而已。
之後又用blog友所贈的布片做了這個（多謝blog友LC9同Vanvan的布布），因為沒有膠水所以只好手縫。不過超白痴的我竟然調轉了花瓣的正反面，因為手縫關係改不了，i am so low b !




雖然手工麻麻，不過我仍然覺得好靚。hehe

Fabric covered hair accessories for girls.

Handmade on Sep 15 2008.  DIY some more fabric covered hair accessories for friends' daughters.

追月日一路睇『家好月圓』一路整，整得好慢好慢呵。諗住係整比3至12歲o既女孩子o既，仲買咗啪啪夾，但仲未知點整粒鈕上去啪啪夾度....





唔知小朋友收到鍾唔鍾意呢，希望佢地收到會開心啦。

Fabric Cover Botton Hair Thing

A completely different new try posted on July 5 2008.  Very easy DIY and can play with kids.

近發現的小玩意，花了幾十元買了一大堆鈕，布，橡筋之餘。弄了一個已經好夠 -- 因為沒有其他布比我變款囉。

Bracelets with new materials and different new style

As captioned, they were new try for me back into Aug 19 2007.   These looks more causal and easy to carry, ain't they?

琴日手痕一早起身整，不過唔似係我會用果d款式，好似cute得滯囉~



材料 : 璃珠，鵝仔水晶，捷克珠
Material: glass beads, Swarovski crystals, Czech beads


下午去了ssp，買咗dd材料：有925純銀parts同普通parts (因為見到其他人非銀非天然石的作品都好靚，開始對其他物料產生興趣添。)
晚飯後邊睇電視邊造了想整好耐O既鈪，用咗即日買O既皮繩造 (之前因為無材料嘛~)。因為買唔到鈕釦，用咗粒大衫鈕代替。哈哈~款式普通，但夠環保吧 !



材料 : 皮繩，鈕釦
Material: Leather, Buttons

Simple adjustable rings... Silver wired vs Leather crafted!

More rings on July 29, 2007

是日本一早約好朋友去tst觀摩同去ssp買配件，點知被人放飛機，仲成日到而家都唔打比我。嬲嬲地整咗哩兩件野。一件係duplicate之前做來送友人的，另一件用上次做手鐲剩餘物資做的 (叫做物盡其用啦，不過都唔知會唔會戴!) 
仲係嬲係咪玩野叫人白等令我去唔到ssp買野做唔到新野，哼!



Material for left 左用料 : Quartz Crystal 白水晶、Rose Quartz 粉紅晶、Opal 蛋白石、Fresh Water Pearl 淡水珠、925 silver
Material for right 右用料 : Leather thread 皮繩、my energy 力 (=_=)!!

Long gems stone necklace and leather-silver bracelet.

Wow, these were my "new" try with new material and style on Apr 8, 2007.   But since then, I found I slowed down my interest on crafting silverwire accessory.   This may relate to the material price, haha


多月沒有動手了，承假期跑了ssp一趟，沒買很多已大出血，因為d銀真係貴了很多。我年前初玩beading銀線是$110/oz，去年初還是$120/oz，今日見到係$175/oz，哇 ! 漲價驚人 !是日只係買咗dd水晶珍珠同925 parts咋，就洗咗兩三百喇。 開始有d唔捨得用純銀同水晶玩beading 添~



是日新作一 : 用黑瑪瑙，白瑪瑙，白松石，茶晶，粉晶，蛋白石，貝殼
Material used : Black Onxy, White Agate, White Turquoise, Citrine, Rose Quartz, Opal, Shells

新嘗試: 1) 用線串 同 2)長鍊，串咗好多次手工麻麻又串得好慘，不過總覺得好"老"，亞多啦DD話似亞麻屋企d門簾喎。搞到我唔敢用添。



是日新作二 : 皮繩，925 silverwire，925 銀扣
Material used : Leather, 925 Sterling Silver Wire and Clasp 

新嘗試: 用皮繩，不過有d白癡，因為唔special又整得好辛苦。出面街應該有得賣仲會賣得平過我個cost--因為個扣係925 silver。不過又係我鍾意囉，銀係我o既情意結嘛。
PS.都唔知點影d銀先唔爆光哩？遲下我點都要學下影相喇。

What a lesson! and Tourmaline Calabash Earrings!

Just found this post back on Oct 22, 2006.  What a lesson!  I am always like that stocking a lot of materials or signing up a lot of hobby classes but never finish them at the end.   I should keep this reminding myself!

本來哩個星期想去手工銀黏土老師度上埋最後一堂銀黏土課，點知老師話我地太耐冇上去就冇得上喇，連存係佢度d銀黏土都話唔用得喎－－ok喇，鬼叫自己漏氣咩....立即比打學員2士把拿。士把拿就清醒好多：唓~佢唔早d講，乜佢唔係話不時會幫d學生係存係佢度d銀黏土度加d水搓下，等d學生幾時上堂都得咁話咩?!係喎係喎~雖然話我地工忙耐冇上堂有責任，但有時make到時間打比佢又話full booking啫...唉~不過而家講乜都冇用lu，佢d answer好似唔預我地會繼續學咁...well，我都係有興趣學下啫，冇話計住計住o既，不過如果而家咁o既樣，買咗o既材料都由佢囉...橫豎我大把無聊玩意..（＜有ｄ亞Q噃！=.=!!）


material:  Tourmaline and 925 sterling silver.


於是今日做了這雙耳環，用了碧壐同銀線做。碎碧壐係去年買來做『實驗』的，雖然係碎三尖八角窿又細又脆，但記得好似都要成９０蚊一串，真係唔知除咗我哩ｄ傻瓜仲有ｄ咩人買呢？正因為ｄ碧壐易碎難串，『實驗』做不成一直沒用。加上用咗去年向珠寶學會學做銀線首飾時弄斷的一喳0.3mm同0.4mm銀線做珠串，再花一個下午同犧牲幾粒碧壐同銀線（大力得滯弄壞的)...今次雖然唔係好令～但都好滿意可以物盡其用咯～

A replication crafted for my dear mom

This was a replication work for my dear mom on Jun 11, 2006.  I handmade one for her one year before 2006, but she dropped it on the first day she worn...   This bracelet used a lot of gems stones and fresh water pearls.

今日技癢翻開工具箱，想造一些未試過的組合。平時我都會買定一D不同材料，但因偏好某幾類材料如925純銀同天然石，所以發覺冇今日擬定O既材料，就只好用現有o既重造一次去年造給媽咪，但佢第一日戴出街就唔見咗o既手鏈囉。今次仲特登造細D個圈圈，等D珠密D多D顏色可以豐富啦。不過總覺得上次已經揀晒最靚O既珠，今次睇落好似差少少咁囉。



Material:  Rutilated Quartz 金髮晶，Agate 瑪瑙，Garnet Red 紅榴石，Quartz Crystal 白水晶，Topaz 黃玉，Freshwater Pearls淡水珍珠，925 Sterling Silverwire 純銀線。



去年舊作 --

New try for my friend's daugther from Hawaii

This was specially made my friend's daugther in Hawaii on Jun 10, 2006.  I think she is now a junior high school girl?.   Oh time really flies!




This is specially made for Leilani - the daugther of Doris and Lincoln.
Material:  Arty glass beads, crystals, wire, metal parts and love. 

Bling bling ring and bracelet

These were modified work on Apr 9, 2006.  hahaha



上週o既o安力士介子改良版....而家覺得好似多過頭添....




是日巨制 -- material : 石榴紅 Garnet，925 silverwire and chain。

石榴石同銀鍊都係去年買的，原本想整條頸鍊，但上咗銀線後一直想不到點做。今天本想做對pink color耳環比朋友，最後冇喇喇走去整呢條手鍊。最花時間係中間部份，而且條鍊比較重要用粗銀線做，好晒手力...不過總算complete咗佢囉。

More earrings and ring

Natural gems stone and silverwire craft done and posted by Apr 2, 2006.



material:  唔知係安力士定係黑曜石(唔記得個老細話係乜添!)同925 Silverwire。Not sure if Onxy or Obsidian...

哩個是日新作可以話係我o既破格之作，因為一向對古典o既類似哥德式風格o既野都麻麻地鍾意。所以整哩對耳環時又整下又抖下咁，整咗好耐...手工就勉強可以喇。



material:  材料一樣 -- (其實我估係安力士多d?)，925 Silverwire同Silver Chain。

哩個係想d珠整齊地排列貼在前面，但效果並不明顯，可能需要改動一下喎。點改好呢...？



material:  Fluorite 螢石，Quartz Crytsal 白水晶，Fresh Water Pearl 淡水珍珠，925 Silverwire and Silver Chain。

哩個本來想佢清清地又有啲 detail咁啦，但而家覺得好似唔夠豐富咁，可能都需要改動一下...點解最近好似冇乜靈感o既?!真冇用!

Silverwire & natural gems earrings and rings

Some more crafts posted on Mar 26 2006.   All handmade with 925 silverwire/ silver parts and gems/fresh water pearls.



material : 綠松石，925 小銀珠，925 silverwire 及 925 耳針及托。



material : Amethyst 紫水晶，Peridot 橄欖石，Quartz Crystal白水晶，925 silver chain & silverwire。

其實係改良之前的舊作。前作比較長，又略嫌單調。今次特意改短同增加水晶，希望豐富得黎又清簡囉。(咦？好矛盾喎 ! )



material : Opal 蛋白石，Rose Quartz 大小粉晶，Quartz Crystal 白水晶，Fresh Water Pearl 淡水珍珠，925 silver chain & silverwire。

材料跟昨晚的介指差不多一樣，又同樣地沒有用現成介指要用自製的。特色係中間部份固意繫上幼銀鏈仔，咁D珠仔就可以fing fing下喇。

Silverwire Ring with Opals

Again, moving from my yahoo blog, this is another silverwire ring back from Mar 26, 2006.  It was hand made of all natural gems and of course 925 silver-wire.  I remember it was adapted by very elegant lady at the end.




material : Opal 蛋白石，Rose Quartz 粉晶，Quartz Crystal 白水晶，Fresh Water Pearl 淡水珍珠，925 silver beads 小銀珠，925 Silver wire。


好想做隻藍色o既介指，但冇材料兼唔記得買銀介指拓，唯有將就下，用手頭有的同新買的crossover隻玩下過下手上癮先。但點都要係925同天然石架喇。(真腌尖!) 因為我淨係鍾意用哩D囉。嘻嘻~

My silverwire handcraft in 2006

Yahoo blog is closing soon, and I have to review my old postings years ago and relocate these posting.   I found there are so many silly writings and my handcraft diaries.   I decided to delete all my personal writings (i.e. I found I was so young, stupid and naive in the past although sometimes might be quite romantic, hahah) and only move my handcraft and dining diaries to this blog.  After all, I would only like to share and record my happiness memories from now on...

This is my first writing to show my DIY dated on Mar 19, 2006.  At that time, I was so fond of silverwire beading with natural gems stones and fresh water pearls.  I still remember i was amazed by a handcraft store in Vancouver, and looking for the silverwire material few years ago, until I could find some in HK around 2006... wow time really flies!

Here is the post at yahoo on Mar 19, 2006:



material：Tourmaline 碧璽，925 silverwire 銀線。 

於去年的新嘗試，但開了個頭想不到應做什麼，一直擱置沒完成。今天把它改成單隻耳環，但覺得不太理想呢!



material：Garnet 石榴紅，925 silverwire 銀線。

今日另一新嘗試，但買不到合適的工具，故效果不明顯。又衰咗~



去年 before new year eve 做的 pendant：用好似厚薯片o既黃玉，白晶，粉晶，茶晶，石榴紅，橄欖石，淡水珍珠同925 銀線; silver chain。 (used Milky Topaz, Quartz Crystal, Rose Quartz, Citrine, Garnet, Peridot, Fresh Water Pearl and 925 silver wire and parts)