The fifth Christmas in Japan

Got one delayed EMS delivery to the U.S and two non-payment buyers today. I haven't had any troubles in delivery and haven't met non-payment buyer before. All those came to me today! But things are not that bad. I had a great meal with my lovely hubby and got some new ideas in making jewelry.
Recently made several designs with crochet. I used 30 ga sterling silver wire in these hoop earrings.

I wonder where I can find silver wire thinner than 30 ga. I want softer and thinner wire for crocheting. I hardly create crocheted pieces in gold filled simply because I couldn'f find gold filled wire thinner than 28ga.

Here is one necklace. With the new way for crocheting a leaf.

Purple+Blue+Pink is one of my favourite color combination. Those lovely rondelles are amethyst, iolite, tanzanite and aquamarine. And the pale yellow color lemon quartz briolettes fits perfectly in this design.

Simple Style Goes On!

Recently designed several earrings with quite simple style, easy to re-create, light and comfortable to wear, which are much closer to "Japanese style". Here in Asia, few women will choose to wear something exaggerated and heavy. Generally they prefer to wear classy and delicate jewelry.

This pair is with onion shape blue mystic quartz briolettes and tiny pink seed pearls. Earwires are handmade with 20 gauage dead soft sterling silver wire. Earwire in this shape is available in the market, but I can hardly find any with exactly the shape and size I want. So I simply made them by myself. I love this design and kept one pair for myself :)

The second pair.... Not so many things to describe. I found those lovely tulip shape rose quartz from one supplier. They are so cute that any decoration will be superfluous, so I just hang them with earwires.
I have no idea if Americans will love this kind of design or not. Just a preparation for Asian market.

Hoop Earrings

I've concentrated in creating intricate pieces recently. Yesterday I made these two pairs of simple style hoop earrings. They look VERY beautiful in person.

The first pair is red garnet. I love those red gems, so rich in color. They look perfectly together with gold filled.

The second pair is with violet amethyst, peacock pearl, tanzanite and iolite. I just love the combination of violet & navy blue.



Those peacock pearls make the earrings look a little bit "naughty". Definitely I should make one more pair for myself : )

Gonna to make more simple style earrings soon....

Multi Gem Clustering Waterfall Sterling Silver Necklace

This is a very unique design from all my necklaces. I started to make it without having a clue what I was going to create. I just put many gems together and picked the pale color ones which look good in combination.

I firstly made one "equilateral triangle" shape frame with high gauge sterling silver wire. Then adding nuggets and ovals I picked. After that wrapped some smaller nuggets to form the chain and hung the briolettes to the triangle frame.

In this necklace I used Aquamarine, Green Amethyst, Violet Amethyst, Ametrine, Sky Blue Topaz, Pink Amethyst, Rock Crystal and Smoky Quartz. I love the pale colors of this necklace. It would be perfect for wearing in very very hot summer.

Old Design - Amethyst Iolite Gold Filled Wire Wrapped Necklace

Now this kind of "Free form swirl wrapping" has become one of my signature design. This pendant is created about 1 year ago when I just started selling my jewelry on-line. The center stone is a beautiful deep purple Zambia amethyst briolette. Frame is wrapped with gold filled wire, decorated with small iolite faceted rondelles.