Day 12: Black and Red Necklace with Black Glass, Rubies, Garnet, Corals, and Hematite

I made this necklace as a present for my sister-in-law. This necklace is the heaviest one I made. This piece made me fall in love with rubies and garnets. The garnet seems like a black crystal but when you take a closer look at it, it is reddish in color. I don't know but I'm usually drawn to garnets these days. I already have more appreciation with rubies. Before, I associate rubies with boring fine jewelry. Now, I see a ruby on costume jewelry as a vibrant and a lively touch of red.

Days 10 &11: White Neclace and Yellow Neclace with Shells, Turquoise, and Cherry Quartz

I had my Licensure Exam for Teachers for the whole day yesterday. That was quite a nosebleed but I'm really relieved that it's over. I can now focus more on my designs not worrying if I still have time to review.

Day 10: White Necklace



In this necklace, I used glass, pearls, and some quartz crystals.
model: Julie


Day 11: This bib necklace had a crazy combination of Yellow shells, blue turquoise, and orange cherry. quartz.

Day 9: Red Necklace with Corals, Shells, Turquoise, Cracked Citrine, and Jade

Day 8: Yellow Necklace with Jade Pearls, shells, and Glass Beads

I made this necklace for my mom. She loves chunky accessories.

Day 7: Pink Flower Necklace with Shells, Pearls, Citrine, Lapis Lazuli, Quartz, Jasper, and Green Stones

This necklace is perfect for that flowy cream islet summer dresses. I know it's already fall in some parts of the world but here in the tropics, bright colors are abundant year round.

Day 6: Purple Brooch with shells, Quartz, Rose Quartz, mother of pearl, pearl, citrine, and amethyst

I made this dainty little brooch as a push present for my nephew's teacher in Australia. My sister is one of the most thoughtful people in the world. She requested that I create something for my nephew's preggy teacher and a red and black bracelet for my nephew's teacher aide. I'm glad they liked it.

I'm still star struck right now. I got an email from my favourite author, Joe Vitale thanking me for sending him a letter. Right now, I'm thinking on how I'll design a brooch for his lovely wife.

Day 5: Green Necklace with Jasper, Jade, and Smoky Quartz, and Clear Quartz Crystals

I made this green necklace last June 2008. I used some big jasper stones as the focal points and the rest were smoky quartz, clear quartz, and Jade.

Day 4: Green Necklace with Jade, Citrine, Jasper, Quartz, Shells, and Peridot Stones

I gave this necklace to my aunt in California as a present. I used shells, peridot, jade, jasper, quartz, and citrine stones/crystals. This is one of the most minimalistic among my designs. I like combining different shapes and textures in my one of a kind pieces.

Day 3 : Bracelets

Prior to my diva awakening, I used to create these simple/humble designs made up of glass beads, faux pearls, and cloistone beads. Aren't they cute?

I almost forgot...I went to Quiapo, Manila today to find my wires and crystal beads. Miraculously, I only bought what I needed. Bead shopping in Quiapo could be overwhelming to a novice jewellery designer. The place has a marvelous palette of crystal beads, glass beads, pearls, and plastic beads. Almost everything is pretty and shiny. One should learn to plan ahead on which type of colors or designs you wish to create since the place is very conducive to compulsive shopping. Going back to my bead finds, I was able to buy some amethyst crystals and sadly, some quartz crystals dyed by some sneaky business people in China (I'm currently removing the excess dye so they would be shinier too).

Day 2: Purple Cuff

This piece is made up of purple glass beads and purple faux pearls.

Model: Julie

Day 1: Turquoise Neckpiece

This neckpiece was completed last August 2008. It is made up of turquoise, jade, shells, rose quartz, peridot, and cherry quartz.