Dusty Spring

One week till Australia! Ahhhh!

Just in case you're new here - please note this vacation notice. Today's the last day to order customised items or remakes if you wanna receive your items before Christmas. :)

I'll keep this quick, because December is busy and I've got tons of things to do.

This post is about something I made for myself. Since I customised my first double-chained bracelet for Jaycee (Songs of Joy), I've been dying to make a double-chained bracelet for myself. They look quite nice, especially on tiny wrists like mine. Since I like things in nice matching sets - I made the following bracelet and earring set:

Dusty Spring - a spring-themed set in dusty pink and ivory white.

Item Code & Name: SET021 Dusty Spring

Price: RM22.00 (bracelet + earrings) - items can be sold separately, please look below.

Status: Available for remakes

Materials: Please see below.

 Rosaline, ivory and dusty pink pearls in varying sizes, and my new favourite antique silver-plated flower beads.

Item Code & Name: 132 Dusty Spring (Earrings)

Price: RM8.00 (earrings only)

Status: Available for remakes

Materials: Rosaline, Ivory and Dusty Pink Faux Pearls, Antique Silver-Plated Flower Beads

 A lovely bird link flanked by ivory and dusty pink pearls, and a little flower bead. The placement of the flower makes it looks like the little birdy is the bringer of spring. :) ❀

Item Code & Name: 133 Dusty Spring (Bracelet)

Price: RM16.00 (bracelet only)

Status: [Sold], Available for remakes

Materials: Ivory and Dusty Pink Faux Pearls, Swallow Link, Antique Silver-Plated Flower Bead, Heart Toggle Clasp

Measurements: Approximately 14.5cm (including clasp) <-- this is the measurement for the inner chain - the outer (bottom) chain measures at 15cm so it hangs slightly lower on the wrist from the inner (top) chain. 

Just a note that the measurements are tiny because my wrists are abnormally tiny, so if you would like a remake, we can adjust this to fit your intended size. :)

Lastly, I named this set Dusty Spring because it is a spring-themed bracelet in dusty pink, and my brain is tickled by the fact that there's a singer called Dusty Springfield. Heheh.

Here's a super jiwang oldie from her. :D

For Bawanie

Lo and behold, October has come! Oh how the months fly by. 

Since the last post was about birthdays, so shall this one be! My colleague and friend Bawanie had her birthday much much earlier in September, and knowing that she likes flower cabochons, I made a pair of flower cabochon earrings for her. 

 Dainty little rose cabochons in a sweet shade of mint-green, with twin dangling chains of emerald crystal teardrops.

These earrings very much match the Minty Meadows necklace that I posted some time ago. You could purchase them together and revel in the minty madness! Or something. :)

Item Code & Name: 093 Minty Meadows (Earrings)

Price: RM9.00 (RM7.00 if purchased together with the Minty Meadows necklace!)

Status: Available for remakes

Materials: Rose Cabochons, Flower Links, Emerald Chinese Crystal Teardrops

As always, I can be reached at daintylittletrinkets@gmail.com.

 

 Wishing all my readers a happy October ahead. :)

Lush Lavender - Customised

 Hello all, hope your week has been good so far. :)

Now that the Daisies and Dahlias collection is over, it's time for some customised pieces! I do so love posting about pieces that I've customised for people. It's nice when people incorporate their thoughts and ideas into my creations and something unique is born from the process.

What follows is a matching necklace and earring set, which includes both the little flower cabochons from the Dainty Little Flowers Collection as well as the little dahlia cabochons from the Daisies and Dahlias Collection. It's the best of both worlds, a garden of flowers and delight! ◕‿◕✿ Or something. Hehe.

So my friend Ju Li (hello, if you're reading this!) really loved this Lush Lavender bracelet when I posted it sometime back, and so requested that I make it into a necklace with matching earrings. This is the result:

Pretty dainty butterfly links, a myriad of light and bright purple crystals and pearls with the requisite flower cabochons. Makes me think of secret gardens that only bloom in the night... or a midsummer night's dream.

Status: Not available (earrings aren't available but necklace is available for a different remake - please see below)

Materials: Please see below.

 Much like its bracelet equivalent, this necklace consists of light lavender and bright purple pearls, deep purple round faceted chinese crystals, butterfly and flower links, and a lavender flower cabochon on an intricately-patterned charm

 Just bright enough to be eye-catching and understated enough to be elegant. A paradox? Perhaps.

Item Code & Name: 083 Lush Lavender - Customised (Necklace)

Price: RM22.00 (necklace only)

Status: [Sold 3], Available for different remake (Remakes will use a different lavender flower cabochon)

Materials: Light Lavender and Bright Purple Faux Pearls, Deep Purple Round Faceted Chinese Crystals, Flower Cabochon, Intricately-Patterned Round Charm, Butterfly Links, Flower Link, Made with Love Charm

Measurements: Approximately 44cm (including clasp) + 4cm extender chain

 Dainty lavender dahlia cabochons on square silver filigrees, butterfly links and light lavender + bright purple faux pearls.

Item Code & Name: 084 Lush Lavender - Customised (Earrings)

Status: Not Available (unless you want a complete change in colour? I do not have any lavender dahlia cabochons left)

Materials: Light Lavender and Bright Purple Faux Pearls, Butterfly Links, Lavender Dahlia Cabochons, Silver Filigrees

Alrighty, that's all from me for now.

If you see anything you like or would like customised, I am just an email away!

 ❀

Dainty Little Flowers - Conclusion

TGIF!

Also, a big thank you to all of you for your interest in the latest Dainty Little Flowers Collection -- most items have been sold and are now available for remakes. YAY!

Here's a picture of the pieces in the collection, because I like the feeling of accomplishment of seeing all my lovingly-crafted creations lined up neatly. :)

Have a happy weekend, y'all. 

✿

Sunflower Splash | Dainty Little Flowers Collection: Part 6

Sunflowers are quite fascinating - always bright and cheery and keen to soak in the sun.

If I were a flower, I reckon I'd be the exact opposite of a sunflower. Haha.

Be that as it may, here I come, bearing a bracelet that is bright, and cheerful, and fun, and joyous - Sunflower Splash! ❁

 Faux pearls in shiny gold and pale yellow watercolour-print matched with light yellow chinese crystal doughnuts, clover links and a sunny yellow flower cabochon on an intricately-patterned charm.

 This bracelet introduces a new faux pearl that I am quite enamoured with - it is pale yellow in colour, and has a swirly/flowery print in sunny yellow and light magenta - much like each individual pearl was painted on with watercolour, giving it quite a vintage and artsy feel.

Item Code & Name: 055 Sunflower Splash

Price: RM15.00

Status: [Sold], Available for Remakes

Materials: Gold and Pale Yellow Watercolour-Print Faux Pearls, Light Yellow Chinese Crystal Doughnuts, Clover Links, Flower Link, Flower Cabochon, Intricately-Patterned Round Charm, Rose Charm

Measurements: Approximately 17cm (including clasp) + 3cm extender chain

Does your day require a little cheering up? Do you need a reminder sometimes to look on the bright side of things and to look up and be reminded that the sun will go on shining, no matter the circumstance? To purchase this, all you have to do is email me at daintylittletrinkets@gmail.com :) ♥

And there you have it, the last part of the Dainty Little Flowers Collection.

What's next? Stay tuned to find out. :D

 

The sun will come out tomorrow, bet ya bottom dollar that tomorrow, there'll be sun.

- Orphan Annie

 

Peach Petals | Dainty Little Flowers Collection: Part 5

Today's been a looooong day. 

But I'm home now, so all is fine and peachy. And with that, I shall awkwardly segue into today's post - Part 5 of the Dainty Little Flowers Collection:  Peach Petals ❁

After the vibrant blue and purple, sweet pink and fresh green of the previous installments, I thought it would be nice to make a bracelet and earring set in sweeter, softer tones. 

Shades of soft peach, ivory, light rosaline and cloudy opal give the bracelet and earring set a mellow and vintage feel.

Item Code & Name: SET009 Peach Petals

Price: RM23.00 (bracelet + earrings) - items can be sold separately, please look below.

Status: [Sold], Available for remakes  (further remakes of the bracelet will have a different flower cabochon (same soft-peach colour))

Materials: Please see below.

A chain of ivory pearls, light rosaline crystals and cloudy opal crystals (my personal favourite) and the occasional silver-plated flower disc bead. The centrepiece: a soft peach flower cabochon on an intricate silver filigree.

Item Code & Name: 053 Peach Petals (Bracelet)

Price: RM17.00 (bracelet only)

Status: [Sold 2], Available for remakes (further remakes of the bracelet will have a different flower cabochon (same soft-peach colour))

Materials:  Ivory Faux Pearls, Rosaline and Cloudy Opal Chinese Crystal Doughnuts, Antique Silver-Plated Flower Disk Beads, Flower Cabochon, Square Silver Filigree, Rose Charm
Measurements: Approximately 18cm (including clasp) + 3cm extender chain

 Vintage-peach rose cabochons on flower filigrees, with twin dangling chains of rosaline and cloudy opal chinese crystals.

Item Code & Name: 054 Peach Petals (Earrings)

Price: RM9.00 (earrings only)

Status: [Sold], Available for remakes

Materials:  Rosaline and Cloudy Opal Chinese Crystal Doughnuts, Rose Cabochons, Flower Filigree Links

 Notice the similarities in design to one of the previous installments - Pink Peonies? The designs are supposed to complement each other. So these two sets are suitable for sisters. best friends, or your selected partner in crime. Alternatively, you could buy both for yourself, and wear them on different days, depending on whether you're feeling sweet and demure or feeling calm and mellow. :)

I'm only an email away!

The next and last installment of the collection will be posted this Thursday - Sunflower Splash! ❁

Minty Meadows | Dainty Little Flowers Collection: Part 4

Off-topic moment: Poor Dato' Lee Chong Wei, having a muscle cramp at that important moment. Oh well, he fought valiantly, as he always does. Malaysia loves you! <3

Now for something a little different - a necklace! 

Haven't made that many necklaces - the last 2 collections were all bracelets, so I thought it was time to spice things up a little. Speaking of spice, I had the spiciest Korean cup noodles for lunch today. Almost died. My tongue was on fire. Okay. Enough with the randomness and onto the actual post!

Here we have Minty Meadows ❁, named, of course, after the fresh mint and green shades of the cabochons and crystals on the necklace.

 Dainty little mint-green rose cabochons on the chain of the necklace, connecting to a teal green flower cabochon pendant with twin dangling emerald crystal teardrops. (Also, I really like the arrangement of the necklace in this photo. It's very artsy fartsy. Heehee)

 A close-up. Or closer-up. The teal green flower cabochon is mounted on an intricate celtic flower link (as used here) while the mint green roses are mounted on ocean wave links (as used here).

Love the emerald crystal teardrops - they add a certain glamorous touch to the necklace.

Item Code & Name: 052 Minty Meadows

Price: RM23.00

Status: Available for remakes

Materials: Rose and Flower Cabochon, Celtic Flower Link, Ocean Wave Links, Emerald Chinese Crystal Teardrops
Measurements: Approximately 44cm (including clasp) + 3.5cm extender chain; Drop = 6cm

Update 1st Oct 2013
This necklace now comes with matching earrings.

For more info, please click here. These earrings are RM9 if purchased separately and RM7 if purchased together with the Minty Meadows necklace. :)

For more trinkets in the Dainty Little Flowers Collection, click here!

This coming Tuesday -- Peach Petals ❁

Pink Peonies | Dainty Little Flowers Collection: Part 3

Hi hello!

Half of the long weekend has gone. Not sure if I should start mourning yet.

Instead of holding a pity party for me, myself and I, here's the next installment of the Dainty Little Flowers collection. 

The thing about alliteration is that you have to choose the best word starting with a letter that fits your purposes, so this next set - Pink Peonies ❁ - may not actually contain any peonies. It was just a name of a flower that started with P and sounded pretty. That's my creative motto for you - it sounded pretty / it looked pretty. This post is making me sound like an airhead. I have hidden depths of intelligence, I swear. ｡◕‿◕｡

 A bracelet and earring set in sweet, soft hues of pink and rosaline, accompanied by dainty little flower cabochons and links.

Item Code & Name: SET008 Pink Peonies

Price: RM22.00 (bracelet + earrings) - items can be sold separately, please look below.

Status: Available for remakes (bracelet is available for a different remake - see below)

Materials: Please see below.

A chain of clear and rosaline crystals interchanging with silky rosaline pearls and the occasional antique silver-plated daisy link. At the heart of the bracelet: a sweet pink flower cabochon on an intricate silver filigree.

Item Code & Name: 050 Pink Peonies (Bracelet)

Price: RM16.00 (bracelet only)

Status: [Sold], Available for different remake (I've run out of this particular flower cabochon - it can be replaced with a pink dahlia (seen here!))

Materials:  Rosaline Faux Pearls, Clear and Rosaline Chinese Crystal Doughnuts, Antique Silver-Plated Daisy Links, Flower Cabochon, Square Silver Filigree, Made with Love Charm
Measurements: Approximately 18.5cm (including clasp) + 3cm extender chain

 Lovely little rose cabochons on flower filigrees, with twin dangling chains capped off at the end with a rosaline pearl and rosaline crystal. I'm quite fond of these earrings. They're just so sweet and demure (what I'm not, haha).

Item Code & Name: 051 Pink Peonies (Earrings)

Price: RM9.00 (earrings only) 

Status: [Sold], Not Available

Materials:  Rosaline Faux Pearls, Rosaline Chinese Crystal Doughnuts, Rose Cabochons, Flower Filigree Links

I only have a limited amount of the flower and rose cabochons, so the availability of all items in the Dainty Little Flowers collection is limited! So hurry, hurry, email me to make an order. :)

If you prefer a particular colour theme on a different bracelet design, customisation is possible too. :D

Hmm what other flowers start with P?

Petunias - this just reminds me of Harry Potter's bony and rigid aunt.

Pansies - hello, Pansy Parkinson the sneaky Slytherin girl.

Periwinkles - ah, this is a pretty name for a pretty flower. If I'm not mistaken, blue in colour.

Primrose - very pretty too. This reminds me of Katniss's sister.

Poppies - *strong craving for orange poppy seed cake* Fun fact - large quantities of poppy seeds can be made into opium.

Why am I talking about drugs on my handmade accessories blog? o__O Better sign off before I move on to even weirder topics.

Toodles!

Coming soon - Minty Meadows ❁

Lush Lavender | Dainty Little Flowers Collection: Part 2

Wishing a Selamat Hari Raya to all who celebrate!

To those who don't, happy holidays! 

Ah, gotta love long weekends. 

Today, I am going to attempt to be concise. None of the mindless rambling that you see in other posts. 

Let's see how that goes. :p

The second installment in the Dainty Little Flowers collection is a bracelet in the colour Purple. I love purple-themed accessories: they're very rich and regal-looking, hence the name Lush Lavender. ❁

  A flirty and flowery affair of light lavender and bright purple pearls, deep purple round faceted chinese crystals, butterfly and flower links, and a lavender flower cabochon on an intricately-patterned charm.

 The light lavender faux pearls in particular have a shimmery metallic sheen to them. I think they're rather pretty. ^_^

Item Code & Name: 049 Lush Lavender

Price: RM15.00

Status: [Sold 2], Available for Remakes (Remakes will use deep purple flower cabochons as I've run out of lavender ones)

Materials:  Light Lavender and Bright Purple Faux Pearls, Deep Purple Round Faceted Chinese Crystals, Flower Cabochon, Intricately-Patterned Round Charm, Butterfly Links, Flower Link, Made with Love Charm

Measurements: Approximately 18.5cm (including clasp) + 3cm extender chain

Fancy this? If so, do give me a 'buzz' at daintylittletrinkets@gmail.com!

Next up - Pink Peonies ❁

Blue Blossoms | Dainty Little Flowers Collection: Part 1

I've been listening to a lot of sad songs lately. They get me feeling blueeeeeeeeee.

Ahem.

That was not the point of this post. (This happened because I am very suggestible, and the title of this post "blue" of course made me think of things that get me feeling blue, which of course meant I had to word-vomit like 100 words about it without getting to the point of this post. Anyway, this is not an analysis of my weird and random psyche, so I shall stop here).

So! Dainty little flowers.

This is the first time I'm introducing resin flower cabochons into one of my handmade creations, so I hope you like them as much as I've enjoyed conceptualising the designs and bringing them to life. First in the collection is a bracelet in varying shades of blue, which I've named Blue Blossoms. ❁

 A dainty bracelet adorned with glittering aquamarine and sapphire crystals and shimmering pale blue and silver pearls. The focal point:  an azure blue rose cabochon on a celtic flower link, a sky blue flower cabochon on a flower-shaped filigree, connected to a daisy metal flower link.

Light, cool shades of silver and blue at each end of the bracelet, which in a gradient lead up to the warmer, richer blue tones in the centre.

Fun fact: One has to glue the resin flower cabochons onto the filigree links prior to attaching them to the bracelet, so there was a lot of squinting with my special pinpoint glue applicator and a lot of accidental glue sniffing on my part. Heehee. The glued-on cabochons are then left for 24 hours to set and dry, after which they are quite hard to yank off (I tried! But, y'know, don't try it. Don't tempt fate, as they say). 

Item Code & Name: 048 Blue Blossoms

Price: RM18.00

Status: [Sold], Available for remakes

Materials: Sapphire and Aquamarine Chinese Crystal Doughnuts, Pale Blue and Silver Faux Pearls, Rose and Flower Cabochons, Celtic Flower Link, Daisy Link, Flower-Shaped Filigree Link, Made with Love Charm

Measurements: Approximately 19cm (including clasp) + 3cm extender chain

Stay tuned for more accessories with little flowers on them, in different colours of the spectrum. :)

Next up - Lush Lavender. ❁

Now back to my original point about sad songs - here's an absolutely lovely and devastating song, from one of my favourite TV shows - Smash.

Music. You made me hear such music. Without you here to guide me, I fear our song will fly away.

*cries*

Dainty Little Flowers Collection - Masterpost

Happy Sunday people! 

(Or what's left of it, anyway. I am firmly in denial about the reality of tomorrow. Monday? What's that?)

So this little blog of mine has seen 3 collections so far:

Fly Me To The Moon

Rainbow Sprinkles

Personalised Statement Bracelets

We've gone from dark and sombre midnight shades to bright and colourful rainbow tones to statements that are the best representations of yourself, and serve to inspire and encourage. What next?

I thought it was time for something whimsical and flowery - one can never go wrong with the addition of some dainty little flowers to their dainty little trinkets, yeah? ✿ ♥‿♥

Starting from Tuesday, this blog will showcase a series of handmade accessories with little flowers in different colours, complimented by beads and links and all sorts of things. (That rhymed. Well, sort of.)

Part 1: Blue Blossoms

Part 2: Lush Lavender

Part 3: Pink Peonies

Part 4: Minty Meadows

Part 5: Peach Petals

Part 6: Sunflower Splash

Notice the alliteration in the trinket names? Heehee, amusing meself again.

Ok, signing off for some rest before Manic Monday dawns upon us. 

Take care people, and see you Tuesday!

✿