Infinitely Yours

Time is an interesting thing - an hour at school or work can seem to last forever, whereas the weekend just flies by. We as humans talk a lot about the concept of "forever", of things that surpass the lengths and depths that our minds can fathom, endless and without limit.

Which brings me to one of my favourite mathematical symbols: ∞ infinity. 

(If you're wondering, the other one is π, but that's neither here nor there).

The symbol itself is cool, an endless double-loop. What it symbolises is even cooler (to the hopeless romantic in me anyway) - something eternal, something unmeasurable, something that has no boundaries in time and space, something absolute.

That's the idea I'm hoping to convey with the bracelet below:

 Alternating ivory faux pearls and silver-clear crystals, with an infinity link as the centrepiece.

 Pearls have a timeless quality about them, and the silver/ivory tones make for a classy and elegant accessory - perfect for anniversaries and declarations of love -- i.e. I am Infinitely Yours.

Item Code & Name: 032 Infinitely Yours

Price: RM15.00

Status: [Sold], Available for remakes

Materials: Antique Silver-Plated Infinity Link, Ivory Faux Pearls, Silver-Clear Chinese Crystal Doughnuts, Made With Love Charm, Heart Clasp
Measurements: Approximately 19cm (including clasp) + 3cm extender chain (note: this is quite long for the standard asian-sized wrist, so if you have small wrists, the length can be adjusted by reducing one crystal on each side)

If interested, please do email me at daintylittletrinkets@gmail.com ♥

∞

Rosalind

Constantly being surrounded by such pretty things (beads! crystals! pearls! charms!) has had me itching to make something for myself. 

I previously owned a dainty pink freshwater pearl bracelet that had become a little wonky, and so decided to recycle (or rather, upcycle!) the lovely pearls to make the following pretty set:

 I've named it Rosalind, after one of Shakespeare's fictional characters, who is known for her wit as much as her beauty. As I do not have a surplus of these lovely freshwater pearls, this set can be remade with the same faux glass pearls that you can find in my previous posts. The faux glass pearls come in a pretty rosaline colour too (please do email me at daintylittletrinkets@gmail.com if interested!). 

Item Code & Name: SET007 Rosalind

Price: RM30.00 (bracelet + earrings + necklace) - items can be sold separately, please look below.

Status: [Sold], Available for remakes (with rosaline faux glass pearls instead of freshwater pearls)

Materials: Please see below.

 Pretty pink pearls and shiny faceted crystals, for those who love simple, dainty accessories.

Item Code & Name: 033 Rosalind (Bracelet)

Price: RM12.00 (bracelet only)

Status: [Sold 2], Available for remakes (with these rosaline faux glass pearls instead of freshwater pearls)

Materials: Rosaline Pearls, Clear Chinese Crystal Doughnuts, Rosaline and Clear Round Faceted Chinese Crystals
Measurements: Approximately 16.5cm (including clasp) (remakes can include an extender chain)

Item Code & Name: 034 Rosalind (Earrings)

Price: RM8.00 (earrings only)

Status: [Sold], Available for remakes (with these rosaline faux glass pearls instead of freshwater pearls)

Materials:  Rosaline Pearls, Clear Chinese Crystal Doughnuts, Rosaline Round Faceted Chinese Crystals

 The round faceted crystal at the tip has an AB (Aurora Borealis) tinge, which means that the different facets of the crystal can reflect different colours, giving it a rainbow-like appearance. Oooh shiny...

Suitable with white / pink / pastel tops and dresses

Item Code & Name: 035 Rosalind (Necklace)

Price: RM15.00 (necklace only)

Status: [Sold], Available for remakes (with these rosaline faux glass pearls instead of freshwater pearls)  

Materials:  Rosaline Pearls, Clear Chinese Crystal Doughnuts, Clear and Rosaline Round Faceted Chinese Crystals

Measurements: Approximately 44cm (including clasp) + 3cm extender chain; Drop = 3.5cm

❤

Please email me if you are interested in a remake :)

Edited to add: here's a remake of the set with rosaline faux pearls instead of freshwater pearls. Pretty similar. :)

On a completely different note, I am totally craving cupcakes right now. Rich, chocolatey cupcakes. With soft molten centres. Oh noeeeeeeees...

Gaia - Customised

I quote Nat King Cole - Oh these lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer!

Well, not quite. Hazy, yes. Crazy, definitely. Lazy, not so much. I've been hard at work creating more items, which I can't wait to share with all of you.

With the horrendous air pollution our poor country is going through at the moment, this post seems rather apt. I custom-made this nature-themed bracelet for Emily, who is an environmental lobbyist. It is whimsically-named Gaia, who in ancient greek mythology is the personification of Earth.

 An assortment of antique silver-plated flowers and leaves, accompanied by a little bird, a butterfly link and crystals in earth-tones - rich emerald and smoked quartz.

Item Code & Name: 028 Gaia

Price: RM25.00

Status: [Sold 2], Available for remakes

Materials: Antique Silver-Plated Flower and Leaf Charms, Bird Bead, Butterfly Link, Emerald and Smoked Quartz Chinese Crystal Doughnuts, Heart Clasp
Measurements: Approximately 18.5cm (including clasp) + 3cm extender chain

We definitely need a reminder to love nature a little more, to be more environmentally-conscious and to reduce our carbon footprint, lest we bring about the apocalypse. Nobody wants an apocalypse. D: 

Hearts on Fire

Where does your inspiration come from?

I've been listening to the acoustic and mellow tones of Passenger a lot while making jewelry. It provides a very relaxing and calm atmosphere that somehow enhances my creativity. Or so I think. Haha! 

Ed Sheeran too has a lovely, soothing voice and oodles of talent. Passenger and Ed collaborated on a song called "Hearts on Fire", which I think is apt for this piece:

 An ornate celtic heart pendant accompanied by ruby-red chinese crystals, an infinity link and a heart-shaped arrow, linked together in an asymmetrical chain with a silver-plated heart clasp.

  A close-up shot: love in all its incarnations - love at first sight (the arrow), eternal love (the infinity symbol), love and its complexities (the intricately patterned heart), and hearts on fire (ruby red crystals). Or something. :p

 Obligatory neck shot

Item Code & Name: 027 Hearts on Fire

Price: RM25.00

Status: Available for remakes

Materials: Celtic Heart Pendant, Ruby Red Chinese Crystal Doughnuts, Infinity Link, Arrow Charm, Heart Clasp
Measurements: Approximately 42cm (including clasp) + 4cm extender chain; Drop = 3cm

So if you've been in love, or if you've experienced the heartbreak that love can bring, or if you're looking for that elusive thing that sets your heart on fire - hope you like this.

Now do yourself a favour and click on this youtube video, and let the dulcet tones of Passenger and Ed Sheeran fill your room - perfect for a mellow Saturday afternoon. :)

Oh darling, my heart's on fire... for you. ❤

Girl on Fire

If the sultry tones of Alicia Keys singing "this girl is on fiyaaaaah" immediately springs to mind, I apologise. :p No, this is not a homage to Alicia Keys, though the character this bracelet is inspired by is definitely a girl on fire, and worthy of 10000 female empowerment songs or more.

What follows is a tribute (ahaha play on words, I amuse myself again) to Katniss Everdeen, the Girl on Fire, the courageous female heroine in the Hunger Games trilogy, who was given so little and had to sacrifice so much.

 Jet black round faceted crystals to symbolise the coal-mining District 12 and fiery red faux pearls to symbolise the fire lit within, interspersed with a mockingjay - the symbol of the resistance movement, a trusty arrow - the means for Katniss's survival, and above all - courage in the face of unimaginable adversity.

Item Code & Name: 026 Girl on Fire

Price: RM16.00

Status: [Sold 2], Available for remakes

Materials: Jet Black Round Faceted Chinese Crystals, Red Faux Pearls, Bird Link, Arrow Charm, Courage Bead, Toggle Clasp
Measurements: Approximately 18.5cm (including clasp)

 

So, all you Hunger Games fans out there, hope you like this Hunger Games-inspired bracelet. Also, do check out other Hunger Games-themed accessories that I've made: here.

And I will leave you with this quote from the magnificent Cinna:

"Remember, girl on fire, I'm still betting on you."

Lacey

Of late, I've been having a little love affair with lace - I love it on everything, on pretty blouses, on collars, on dresses.

Was really keen to make a lace accessory to accompany my various lacey clothing, so here you have a dainty little lace bracelet, adorned with pastel-coloured swarovski crystals.

 Flower-patterned lace with a silver clasp finish and a cluster of pastel swarovski bicones

I know it looks a little short (like a bookmark, almost). It's because I've been told that I have an abnormally small wrist. Heh. Remakes of this will accommodate the size of the buyer's wrist.

Item Code & Name: 025 Lacey

Price: RM12.00

Status: [Sold], Available for remakes

Materials: Flower-Patterned Lace, Silver-Plated Clasp, Clear / Light Rose / Violet / Light Sapphire / Aquamarine Swarovski Bicones
Measurements: The depicted bracelet is approximately 13.5cm (including clasp) - remakes will be adjusted to buyer's wrist-size.

Nightingale | Fly Me To The Moon Collection: Part 5

This last installment in the Fly Me To The Moon collection is perhaps my favourite one. It's dedicated to the common nightingale, that pretty little bird that sings and chirps in the night.

 Necklace and bracelet set, both depicting a nightingale in flight (or perhaps mid-song).

Item Code & Name: SET005 Nightingale

Price: RM30.00 (bracelet + necklace) - items can be sold separately, please look below.

Status: [Sold 2], Available for remakes

Materials: Please see below. 

 I adore this pendant. It's so ornate and lovely, with an antique silver finish. As the pendant is quite intricate and eye-catching, I thought it would be best to keep the rest of the necklace simple, so it is accompanied by a single silver-clear chinese crystal doughnut, silver pearls and little flower links.

 Here's my neck again. Eek?

Item Code & Name: 023 Nightingale (Necklace)

Price: RM19.00 (necklace only)

Status: [Sold 3], Available for remakes

Materials: Silver Faux Pearls, Silver-Clear Chinese Crystal Doughnut, Flower Links, Antique Silver-Plated Nightingale Pendant
Measurements: Approximately 43.5cm (including clasp) + 4cm extender chain; Drop = 4cm

 Dainty little matching bracelet with a "sing" heart charm at the end, perfect for the closet-nightingale in you (or your friend, or your girlfriend) who loves to sing, be it in public or at night or in the shower. :p

 Fun fact for the musically-inclined - the reverse side of the sing heart charm is a musical note - the quaver. Ah I love little details like that.

Item Code & Name: 024 Nightingale (Bracelet)

Price: RM13.00 (bracelet only)

Status: [Sold 3], Available for remakes

Materials: Silver Faux Pearls, Flower Links, Silver-Clear Chinese Crystal Teardrop, Antique Silver-Plated Bird Link
Measurements: Approximately 17cm (including clasp) + 3cm extender chain 

Update: 9 July 2013!

New addition to the nightingale set!

Nightingale earrings

Due to the popularity of this set, I've decided to add a pair of matching earrings to complete it. Click here for more info! The earrings can be purchased as an addition to the items above (RM5.00 only), or purchased separately  (RM8.00 only).

~*~*~*~*~

 Thus ends my ode to the night.

May you always fall asleep under moon and starlit skies, to the mellifluous trills of the nightingale, and may your sleep be filled with sweet (or psychedelic) dreams.

Moon River | Fly Me To The Moon Collection: Part 4

Moon river, wider than a mile

I'm crossing you in style, someday...

Moon river is one of those timeless songs that never fails to make me feel nostalgic and wistful. Part 4 of the Fly Me To The Moon Collection is my homage to the song, to that elusive moonlit night and the river that it shines upon (this sounded better in my head T___T).

Item Code & Name: SET004 Moon River

Price: RM21.00 (bracelet + earrings) - items can be sold separately, please look below.

Status: [Sold], Available for remakes

Materials: Please see below. 

 A single crescent moon framed by silver, dark silver and midnight blue pearls.

Item Code & Name: 021 Moon River (Bracelet)

Price: RM14.00 (bracelet only)

Status: [Sold], Available for remakes

Materials: Midnight Blue, Silver and Dark Silver Faux Pearls, Silver-Clear Chinese Crystal Doughnuts, Silver-Clear Chinese Crystal Teardrop, Moon Charm
Measurements: Approximately 18cm (including clasp) + 3cm extender chain

Item Code & Name: 022 Moon River (Earrings)

Price: RM10.00 (earrings only)

Status: [Sold], Available for remakes

Materials: Silver and Midnight Blue Faux Pearls, Moon Charms

...We're after the same rainbow's end
Waiting 'round the bend
My huckleberry friend, moon river, and me 

☾~~~~~~~

Milky Way | Fly Me To The Moon Collection: Part 3

 Fun fact derived from Wikipedia: The milky way that arches across our night sky contains 100-400 billion stars and probably the same number of planets too. This breathtakingly mysterious galaxy was given its name because of its milky, glowing appearance, where the naked eye cannot distinguish each individual star.

I love all things silver, and glittery, and bright, and so attempted to create a jewelry set that resembles the milky way. Haha, such an ambitious undertaking. Hope you like. ★

Inter-connected Silver / Clear Crystals and Pearls to represent the gorgeous constellations and planets in the vast night sky. 

Item Code & Name: SET003 Milky Way

Price: RM45.00 (bracelet + earrings + necklace) - items can be sold separately, please look below.

Status: [Sold], Available for remakes

Materials: Please see below.

 A milky way of silver crystal doughnuts, silver crystal teardrops and silver pearls, held together with a dainty little heart clasp.

Item Code & Name: 018 Milky Way (Bracelet)

Price: RM23.00 (bracelet only) SALE: RM16 only (30% off, while item remains Available)

Status: Available

Materials: Silver Faux Pearls, Silver-Clear Chinese Crystal Doughnuts, Silver-Clear Chinese Crystal Teardrops, Heart-shaped Clasp
Measurements: Approximately 16.5cm (including clasp) + 3cm extender chain

Item Code & Name: 019 Milky Way (Earrings)

Price: RM10.00 (earrings only) SALE: RM5 only (50% off, while item remains Available)

Status: Available

Materials:  Silver Faux Pearls, Silver-Clear Chinese Crystal Doughnuts

 An elegant and understated silver-plated chain, connected with a dainty heart clasp, with small silver pearls and crystal teardrops that fall right at the clavicle.

 Perfect accompaniment to that little black dress or dinner gown.

How it looks on a human being :op

Item Code & Name: 020 Milky Way (Necklace)

Price: RM18.00 (necklace only)

Status: [Sold 2], Available for remakes

Materials: Silver Faux Pearls, Silver-Clear Chinese Crystal Doughnuts, Silver-Clear Chinese Crystal Teardrops, Heart-shaped Clasp
Measurements: Approximately 44cm (including clasp) + 3cm extender chain; Drop = 4cm

Items are often cheaper when purchased in a set, so please do consider that option. :)

Click here for more pieces from the Fly Me To The Moon collection.

Au Revoir!

~★*★*★*~

The Dark Night | Fly Me To The Moon Collection: Part 2

"The darker the night, the brighter the stars" - Fyodor Dostoyevsky

For the second installment of the Fly Me To The Moon collection, I made a bracelet and earring set with midnight blue pearls and jet black crystal doughnuts symbolising the dark night, interspersed with silver stars. It's a reminder that in the darkest night, the stars still shine. I also like the slight play on words (heehee The Dark Knight) because I'm geeky like that. :p

Item Code & Name: SET002 The Dark Night

Price: RM21.00 (bracelet + earrings) - items can be sold separately, please look below.

Status: [Sold], Available for remakes

Materials: Please see below.

Item Code & Name: 016 The Dark Night (Earrings)

Price: RM8.00 (earrings only)

Status: [Sold], Available for remakes

Materials: Midnight Blue Faux Pearls, Jet Black Chinese Crystal Doughnuts, Star Beads

Item Code & Name: 017 The Dark Night (Bracelet)

Price: RM16.00 (bracelet only)

Status: [Sold\, Available for remakes

Materials: Midnight Blue Faux Pearls, Silver-Black and Jet Black Chinese Crystal Doughnuts, Star Charms
Measurements: Approximately 18cm (including clasp) + 3cm extender chain

All in all, this set is good for day-to-day wear, or an elegant night out, under the stars.

If interested, please click here for more info on how to order. Thank you! ★

Cobalt Dreams | Fly Me To The Moon Collection: Part 1

Sometimes at night, I have the most psychedelic dreams ever. One of my favourite dreams that I remember involved T-Rex chasing me down a hill into a cave, and in the cave I heard heavy breathing and found that I was face-to-face with Darth Vader. I woke up before he could say "J, I am your father" or anything equally ominous though.

So yeah, T-Rex and Darth Vader in the same dream? Pretty psychedelic.

I like how dreams have that feeling of displacement, that certain outlandish quality that clues you in to the fact that what you're experiencing is not real. So here's my first ode to the night: Cobalt Dreams. Not quite the dark blue of midnight, dreams take on a certain electric blue / cobalt tinge (which I'm hoping these earrings reflect).

Different facets and shades of dark silver, jet black and psychedelic cobalt blue. These earrings glitter and sparkle as light catches on the crystals' many facets.

Item Code & Name: 015 Cobalt Dreams

Price: RM12.00 

Status: [Sold], Available for remakes

Materials: Cobalt Blue, Silver-Black and Jet Black Chinese Crystal Doughnuts

Fly Me To The Moon Collection - Masterpost

*drumroll* 

Introducing:

Fly me to the moon and let me swing among the stars, 

Let me see what spring is like on Jupiter and Mars.

Bards of ancient days and contemporary singers alike have written sonnets and waxed lyrical about the night - the vast and beautiful night sky, strewn with stars; the silence and solitude night brings; the dreams we have as we escape reality; the creatures that go "boo" in the night. 

So here's my little ode to Night - over the next few posts I'll be introducing a few little trinkets I've made, all glittering shades of blue, silver and black - all inspired by Night.

Part 1: Cobalt Dreams

Part 2: The Dark Night

Part 3: Milky Way

Part 4: Moon River

Part 5: Nightingale

For Ai Li

Today is Ai Li's birthday, and so this post is dedicated to her. :D

(Hmm, since I haven't actually told anyone about this blog, I wonder if anyone would chance upon it. Probably not. Not yet anyway. What's the use of a blog if you don't ask people to read it?)

Anyway.

My dear friend and colleague is turning the ripe old age of 25 today. Still so young! One of the coolest things about Ai Li is that she sails. As in the whole competes in sailing competitions, used to represent the freaking country, has been on a sailboat for days, kinda sailing. The cool kinda professional sailing we mere mortals can only gawk at from afar. So for her birthday, I made her a sailor-themed bracelet! 

 I love them red and blue-striped beads. Alas I only have 3 of each bead, so can't remake this pretty thing.

Love the starfish link, and sailor-inspired charms (sailboat, steer, anchor). Then I felt the bracelet was a little empty, so added the moon and stars. Because sailors used to navigate the seven seas by looking at the sky, right? Something like that lah. :p

Status: Not Available

Materials: Blue and Red Striped Acrylic Beads, Starfish Link, Sailboat, Steer, Anchor, Moon and Star Charms

I'll end this post with a tribute song to Ai Li - an ode to drunken sailors!

What can you do with a drunken sailor, early in the morning?

For Ley Ser

I love Fall colours - warm hues of maple leaf crimson, burnt orange and copper brown. 

I have a colleague who is warm and cheery and bright, so Autumn colours are very much her. Made her this pair of earrings to reflect that:

 Crimson and copper-brown chinese crystal doughnuts paired with dainty antique silver-plated flowers.

 Ahhhh I love this colour combo. I also love the idea of a season-inspired collection - what if I were to make variations of these earrings, for summer, spring and winter? Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps...

Item Code & Name: 012 Autumn Flowers

Price: RM8.00

Status: Available for remakes (with chinese crystal doughnuts of slightly different shades)

Materials: Crimson and Copper Brown Chinese Crystal Doughnuts, Flower Links