Wire Wrapped Bracelet- Tangible Heart

This bracelet is made with combining a few different techniques altogether. It is wrapped, weaved and sculpted into a bracelets. Every single part has been hand produced and hand finished including every single loops and jump rings.

I have incorporated a few types of gemstones here, they are: Amethyst. Sunstones, Black Spinel, Peridots and Lemon Quartz, all natural gems here. The combination of all these colors of gemstones and natural copper have result a very vibrant piece of jewelry. 

The chain is approx 5mm in thickness and made with single weave viking technique. It is then connected to a hand forged tube connector decorated with Amethyst.

The most creative part of this bracelet is that it can be worn as snug fit or loose fit, with the heart as a center piece or as a dangling charm. The clasp could be hook onto the heart shape or onto the loop.

This is one of my old work but it sure takes me this long to create a post for it. LOL...

This piece has already been sold. Contact me if you like to find out more about this bracelet, love to hear from you.

Til then,

~Maggie~

Wire Wrapped Silver & Gemstone Earrings- Angel's Wing

This project is made based on the inspiration of Angel's Wing. Both side are in mirror image instead of exactly the same.

The earrings are made with Argentium Silver and Faceted Natural Red Garnet, which has very intense and deep colors. 

Made and designed by,

~Maggie~

DIY Knuckle Ring with Wrapping and Hammering Technique

This project will include hammering, you will need to have a metal block and a chisel hammer.

Tools you need:
1. 18g copper wire-60mm/piece
2. Ring Mandrel
3. Chisel Hammer
4. Nylon Hammer
5. Metal Block

Step 1.

Cut 60mm of copper wire and flatten both end by hammering on it. Be sure to hammer evenly on wires.

Step 2.
File and smoothen both end so it will have no sharp edges.

Step 3.

Mold it on ring mandrel and hammer wires into ring sizes desired. (This length is for a size 3 ring, cut longer wire if you like a bigger ring size.)

It is perfect to wear them alone or stack them up together with other rings.

Enjoy!

Til then,

~Maggie~

Making Thin Adjustable Knuckle Ring Set

It is nice to be able to make something for yourself or for your love ones. This project is suitable for beginner too.

Tools you need:
1. Round Nose Pliers
2. Copper Wire- 20g
3. Ring Mandrel (Can be replace with anything cylindrical with approx 10mm in diameter)
4. Nylon Hammer

Step 1.
Cut 3 pieces of 60mm copper wires.

Step 2.
Form a loop at the end of the wire.

Step 3.
Form another loop at the other end of the wire.

Step 4.
Place it on ring mandrel firmly.

Step 5.
Hammer it into shape with Nylon Hammer.

It is now done. This project will make a set of approx size 3 adjustable knuckle ring set. This is how it looks like from the front.

Look from the back view.

Enjoy and let me know how does it works for you.

Til then,

~Maggie~

Upcycling idea for Creating Christmas Frost Nail Polish in 3 Minutes

Christmas is around the corner, here's one cool and simple way to create a frosty look nail polish. It is  an upcycle project too.

I am sure for most girls, you have some expired eye shadow somewhere in your room. Go find them and dig them out.

Ingredients you need:

1, Expired eye shadow (Shimmering type)
2. Expired Base/ Top coat

Step 1.
Scoop eye shadow up with a tea spoon. (They don't have to be mashed). I am only using one palette of eye shadow in lilac.

Step 2.
Wait for eye shadow to be dissolved.

Step 3.
Shake well before use.

It is done! Just so simple.

Upside about this project:
1. Recycling eye shadow and top/base coat.
2. Creating an unique frosty color with texture

Only downside I can think of:
1. The eye shadow tends to sink to the bottom of the bottle. You will have to shake it well every time before using it.

Hope you enjoy this project.

Til then,

~Maggie~

Largest Penang Art Market in Malaysia- The Party Lorong.

We have heard so much about Party Lorong in Penang, Malaysia. Find out who they are and what they do exactly. :)

After contacting with one of their organizer, Mr. Chai Diam Ma, he is so nice to send me much info about the happenings with his group.

Syiok  Wasabi represents a small group of individuals with a shared passion in creative arts and in making George Town a centre of inspiration and creativity. 

It started with collaboration work in organizing art & cultural events between two small teams: No.8 Soda Fountain and Chai Diam Ma.

As their network expanded, they decided to join hands and share their resources as one team. The name SYIOK Wasabi is inspired by their belief in international and intercultural exchanges of creative ideas and design.

They are going to help an art event called Party Lorong 2. The Party Lorong 2 is happening on the 13th (Saturday)  December at The Queen Street, George Town Penang, start from 5pm-12am! The theme of the event is “The Polar Express” ! So go creatively with the theme!

By joining them, you will be able to:

- Introduce your business to local and foreign shoppers with a keen interest in the arts.

Centrally located in the civic district, benefits of the venue include:

- heavy human traffic, including tourists.

- live music performances, exhibitions and interactive workshops in conjunction with our event.

- shoppers will indulge in an artsy atmosphere.

They are currently on hunt for artists, crafters and designers throughout Malaysia and Thailand.

Therefore, if you are in this creative art business you are welcome to participate in this upcoming event.

The organizer are looking for:

1.       Food and drink : especially  suitable for X’mas season.

2.       Art: Paintings, Photos, Prints, Sketches, Sculptures, Films, Music, Books, Zines, T-shirts, Dolls, Accessories, Recycled, Found objects

3.       Second hand clothes or pre-loved items (Only  for children booths)

Something needs to take note:

- They are not ordinary organizer,  they are always doing fun and crazy things. :D

- They encourage everyone wear pajamas to attend. :D

- Only RM75 per booth.

choices of space available in this coming event are:

·        up the stage(kotai,limited to 8 booths) table 3ftx3ftx2, 2xchairs

·        L frame (suitable for illustration or paintings) table 3ftx3ftx1, 2xchairs

·        Just tables(3ftx3ftx2)2xchairs

Rm100 per house

·        little water bottles house (limited to 5 houses) table (3ftx3ftx2) 2xchairs.

You can select where you want to have your booth. You can also be creative with it by setting up the space as you wish. 

Note that an addition fees of RM20 will be charge for extra power point in case you need it.

TO BOOK A SPACE:

Make payment of RM75/RM100 to the following bank account:

Fifth July

570340010013490

Alliance Bank

TO APPLY:

Email the bank in slip, cut and paste application format below in your email and send it to syiokwasabi@gmail.com Before 14^th October.

You will be notified about your participation within a week after your application.

APPLICATION FORMAT:

Name of Organization (if applicable):

1.       Location you are based in:

2.       Name of Crafter:

3.       Contact number:

4.       Brief description of yourself:

5.       Stall name/ Brand:

6.       Product category (stationery, clothing, accessories etc.):

7.       Brief description of products:

8.       Price range (in MYR): 

1.       Photo of the pre booth:

2.       Do u like spontaneous ideas or fun?

3.       Who is your favorite’s artist?

4.       Any others friends that you will recognize he/she to join the Party Lorong?

Enclose 1 high-resolution   photographs of a variety of your products and previous booths.

  *Syiok Wasabi  maintains the right to use all Images/photos for publicity purposes.

If you need further information, you can contact Queen at 0164314452 or syiokwasabi@gmail.com

Children Art Market 2013

Wishing you all the best in your creative art business here. :) Cheers!

Til then,

~Maggie~

Freebies Wednesday-Lemon Quote Free Download

Hi everyone,

It is freebies Wednesday again. :)

We all have some ups and down sides in our life, every week or day. Certainly we can't turn it away but we could turn the the Lemon that life give us into something else.

So, I have shoot shoot a photo and made a quote with lemon. You could download or just pin and share this with your friends.

As a jewelry artisan, instead of making lemon into lemonade, it is one of the remedy I use for cleaning copper.

Come back to see more on cleaning copper later, I have not publish the post yet.

Here are some ways you can benefit from lemon from health to cleaning.

• Rich in vitamin C
• A cup of warm lemon juice in the morning flush out toxins.
• It helps dissolve uric acid therefore reducing inflammation and pains in joints and knees. 
• High in antioxidant and prevent Wrinkles and Acne.
• Help balancing the ph level of body and maintaining healthy colon.
• Help to prevent and cure flu.
• Ditch the left over skin of lemon into dish washing liquid and it will make your washing easier and pleasant.
• Place lemon slices in your living room and it repels bad smells.
• Wiping tarnishes away with just some additional salt. (will be in my following post.)
• Making Lemon Meringue. :)

Ok, I have list 10, your turn to tell me what lemon do for you. :)

Til then,

~Maggie~

The sweetest thing that you might be looking for! Is possibly free

Hi everyone,

Ever since I am in this creative business I have learned so much and I am really having a lot of fun here. 

To create something is really what I love especially when it is beautiful and pretty.

So, I have decided that on every wednesday, is going to be freebies day!! I just want to share with you my passion in creating, photographing and jewelry making and putting different beautiful things together.

I snap this beautiful colorful picture while I was out at a shopping mall that have this little stall selling hydrogen ice cream. If you know what it is. :) 

The ice cream is made with blending hydrogen gas together with all of these premix ice cream liquid. Don't ask me if it it is safe to have eat them, but it is surely delicious.

Here I have made a facebook banner out from the picture I snapped while I am waiting for my ice cream.

It is in jpg format and you can just download it here and add in your own words. I have left it blank.

So sweet ~~~~

I hope you like it~~

See you again next wednesday~~

Til then,

Maggie.

How to create line spaces or white background on Instagram profile photos

As I was browsing on others lovely profile, I found that some of their profile photos actually has spacing.  All their beautiful photos are on a white background too. Their photos appears in all type of sizes instead of just one square box. 

It is frustrating because no matter what, you just have to crop your beautiful landscape photo into a square box.

Good news, here's the simple solution, I am doing on my Samsung Note 3, should work for everyone too.

1. Go to play store, or sometimes it is call apps store.

2. Enter 'no crop' in search. 

3. Click and install 'No Crop for instagram'.

4. After done installing, open 'no crop' and you will see the homepage. 

If you are using photo from your phone memory, just click gallery to find the photo you want to use. 

If not, you can shoot one photo using no crop camera.

5. I am choosing from my gallery here.

6. Pick the photo you want to use.

7.  And it will appear on no crop like this one here, There are also a whole lot of photo editing features that you can use to edit your photo.

It was kind of fun to me playing with all those effects. :)

8. To adjust photo sizes, I just shrink it right from the touch screen on my smart phone.

Click on the star wand and you will see different photo effects.

9. I choose the Lomo here, em... not bad huh... Choose your favorite effect and, click the share icon.

10. Click on instagram if you want to share instantly or click save to share later.

11. This is how your pic looks like on instagram with a white background. Click on the blue arrow to continue.

12. Then, you will be on the editing page on Instagram now. I will normally skip editing and head straight to sharing as I have already edited earlier on.

13. Delete the auto caption and add in your own descriptive caption here. Of course, all your related hash-tags too. :) 

14. You are done! Isn't that easy? Here's my profile with all different sizes of photographs and a white background.

You could use No Crop to create a background color too, you might want to consider using one single color for all photos to create a cohesive Instagram profile.

Let me know if this work for you. :)

Happy trying out your new app. You can follow me on instagram too: 

www.instagram.com/magcsw

Til then,

~Maggie~

How to Clean Silver with Kitchen Ingredients

Cleaning silver is much easier than you thought, there are so many ways of cleaning it and removing tarnishes from it with ingredients that you can find in your kitchen. 

Here is one of the method which is safe and chemical free.

What you need:

1. A glass bowl.

2. White Vinegar

3. Baking Powder

4. Salt.

5. Aluminium Foil

6. Wooden or plastic spoon (something that you can pick your jewelries up)

HERE ARE THE STEPS:

1. Wrap the glass bowl with aluminium foil.

2. Place all your silver jewelry into the bowl.

3. Sprinkle baking soda so generously that you cover up all your silver jewelries.

4. Sprinkle about half a tea spoon of salt evenly on top of your jewelries.

5. Pour boiling hot water into the bowl, don't worry, your silver jewelries are sturdy enough to stand the heat.

6. Add a table spoon of vinegar in the mixture.

7. Stir the mixture with some wooden spoon or fork. I'm using chop sticks here, which is perfect for me.

8. I will normally leave it there for half an hour before returning  to check on it progress. If a piece has been tarnished badly, you may have to repeat the whole process for few times.

9. Rinse well with warm water to remove all residues, you may like to use a soft bristle tooth brush here to help to clean up what is left on your silver.

10. Pad dry with cotton and apply a thin layer of olive oil which will help to prevent tarnishing.

NOT ADVISABLE to clean your patina silver jewelries with this method as it will have the whole piece turn white inclusive of all the highlighted details.

Happy trying out. :)

Connect with me here if you like to ask me any questions, don't be shy. :)

Til then,

~Maggie~