Jars of Clay - Conclusion

And we've reached the end of yet another collection. :)

Here's a pic to commemorate all of the creations under this collection.

 Look at the contrast between the classy, tribal look of the Lun Bawang beads, compared to the cutesy polymer clay creations! :)

If you're interested in any of the pieces, just click on the Jars of Clay label to see all of them at once! 

daintylittletrinkets@gmail.com

Wishing everyone a wonderful week ahead.

Raya soon, holidays soon! :D

Lil Shroom | Jars of Clay Collection: Part 7

Hello everyone.

First things first -- my deepest condolences to the families of those on the MH17 flight. My heart goes out to the Malaysian Airlines employees too - two flights in such a short span of time. I can't imagine how the families and friends must be feeling. Wherever you are, say a little prayer for them, yeah? ♥

Today marks the last part of the Jars of Clay collection! 

It's something quite simple, and to me, very cute. :3 Here's a handbag charm with a charm that may look pretty familiar - 

 Yup, you guessed it - this cute lil' shroom resembles the mushroom that we all know and love so well from Super Mario. Ah, I feel nostalgic just looking at it.

 A clover link and flower link with a shiny red pearl in between, leading to the adorable mushroom charm. 

Also available in made-to-order purple and pink options, below!

Item Code & Name: 266 Lil' Shroom

Price: RM12.00

Status: 

1. Lil' Red Shroom - Not Available

2. Lil' Purple Shroom - Not Available

3. Lil' Pink Shroom - Made to Order

Materials: Shiny Red Faux Pearl, Clover Link, Flower Link, Mushroom Charm

The purple/pink shrooms will of course be accompanied by purple/pink pearls, not the red one. Unless you like it that way. :)

So to those who fancy a blast from the past, here's your chance to purchase something Mario related. :)

Just email me at

daintylittletrinkets@gmail.com

Also, do check out the clearance sale section!

Lastly, let's all be thankful for all that we've been blessed with. Love and appreciate the people around you, as life is as temporal as it is precious, and who knows what tomorrow may bring?

Have a happy blessed weekend, my friends.

Le Petit Macaron | Jars of Clay Collection: Part 6

Bonsoir!

This evening, Part 6 of the Jars of Clay collection takes on a little bit of Parisian flair. After some tribal beads and some good ol' milk and cookies, it's time for something a little cultured, something French!

One thing that's become very famous and synonymous to all things French is macarons - those delicious, dainty little delicacies that delight both the eyes and the tastebuds. Needless to say, the foodie in me loves macarons! And who's to say that you can't combine food with art, yeah? Here's a necklace for all you macaron lovers out there -

A sweet pink macaron with vanilla cream filling, connected by a ribbon link to the necklace's chain. It's not very clear here, but sandwiched between the pink macaron is a swirl of white "filling", giving the macaron a realistic appearance. :)

For the macaron aficionado - if you love it, eat it and wear it! This necklace is available in 4 colours, as seen below:

[L-R] Soft Pink, Hot Pink, Sweet Lilac, Sky Blue
(Or if you like to get imaginative with macaron flavours - strawberry, raspberry, grape and blueberry. Haha)

Item Code & Name: 265 Le Petit Macaron

Price: RM18.00

Status: 

1. Soft Pink Macaron - Available

2. Hot Pink Macaron - Made to Order

3. Sweet Lilac Macaron - Made to Order

4. Sky Blue Macaron - Made to Order

Materials: Macaron Charm, Ribbon Link, Rosaline Faux Pearl
Measurements: Approximately 43cm (including clasp) + 3.5cm extender chain

I am craving some macarons right now!
Hands up if you are too!

Email me at
daintylittletrinkets@gmail.com
for orders / enquiries / random musings.

Customisation is possible, so if you'd like a macaron charm to be affixed to a keychain instead, or if you are brimming with other ideas, just drop me an email! :)

Bonne nuit~

Milk & Cookies | Jars of Clay Collection: Part 5

Who stole the cookie in the cookie jar?

Me, always, me. :) Ah, cookies. I love cookies, especially Oreos. And like the infamous duos that come before them - burger and fries, eggs and bacon, tea and scones, coffee and biscotti - cookies always go with milk. 

Part 5 of the Jars of Clay collection marks a new phase for this collection. Instead of the classy Lun Bawang beads that have featured in the past 4 items, the next 3 trinkets will showcase handmade polymer clay creations - cutesy, fun, in cheery bright colours or sweet pastel shades. First, we have a pair of earrings dubbed Milk & Cookies, for reasons that are apparent below:

White shell beads that resemble the pearly, creamy texture of milk, with adorable brown cookie charms - good enough to eat!

The cookie charms are very intricately made - observe the little "imperfections" on the texture of the cookie, resembling the baked texture of the real life cookie! Yum.

Item Code & Name: 264 Milk & Cookies

Price: RM12.00

Status: Available

Materials: Shell Beads, Brown Cookie Charms

Hungry? I know I am!

If you'd like to purchase a pair of these cute little things, email me at daintylittletrinkets@gmail.com

Also check out the clearance sale, yo!

Lunchtime - toodles!

Purple Storm | Jars of Clay Collection: Part 4

Testing out this phone blogging thing. It is indeed much harder than blogging from a computer. Formatting is tough, so I'll switch to the computer later and add some photos!

Not that that was information that was relevant to any of you. :p

Part 4 of the Jars of Clay collection marks the end of the first section of this collection - accessories featuring Lun Bawang beads! Next week you'll see a bunch of accessories that are vastly different from these classy and elegant ones. :D I'm excited for those too! But for now - after the calm, Peaceful Waters before the storm - here is a Purple Storm. 

Off-white Lun Bawang beads painted with dark purple and black swirls, deep purple and jet black chinese crystal doughnuts, and lattice links.

 Accompanying the purple-swirl Lun Bawang bead are tiny metallic silver chinese crystal doughnuts.

Item Code & Name: 263 Purple Storm

Price: RM19.00

Status: [Sold], Not Available (I've run out of the black swirl Lun Bawang beads, so if you'd like this bracelet without those beads, that can be done!)

Materials: Purple & Black Swirl Lun Bawang Beads, Deep Purple, Jet Black & Metallic Silver Chinese Crystal Doughnuts, Lattice Links, Toggle Clasp

Measurements: Approximately 18cm (including clasp)

See anything you like?
Email me at daintylittletrinkets@gmail.com to order!

If you'd like to customise something, don't hesitate to email, yeah? In the meantime, check out some of the customised trinkets here!

World Cup final tonight! Germany vs Argentina - I can't wait!

Peaceful Waters | Jars of Clay Collection: Part 3

Early post!

Early in that I normally post on Saturdays, and it's still Friday night (though soon to be early morning!). The reason for my early post is that I'll be on a roadtrip to Melaka tomorrow! Can't wait. Yummy food awaits! 

We've reached part 3 of the Jars of Clay collection, and this post is another one featuring beads from the Lun Bawang tribe.We've featured porcelain blue, periwinkle blue and black Lun Bawang beads - now it's time for another shade of blue - aquamarine!

 Peaceful Waters - aquamarine glass beads, air blue opal chinese crystal doughnuts and shiny white faux pearls, with a single aquamarine zigzag-patterned Lun Bawang bead at the centre.

 This piece also has a heart-shaped toggle, only featured once or twice on Dainty Little Trinkets.

Item Code & Name: 262 Peaceful Waters

Price: RM15.00

Status: Available

Materials: Aquamarine Zigzag Lun Bawang Beads, Air Blue Opal & Clear Chinese Crystal Doughnuts, Aquamarine Glass Beads, Shiny White Faux Pearls, Heart Toggle Clasp

Measurements: Approximately 18cm (including clasp)

Find out how to order here!

daintylittletrinkets@gmail.com

Good night, or good day, whichever part of the world you in!

Periwinkle | Jars of Clay Collection: Part 2

Periwinkle:

A colour in the blue / purple family;

A common plant characterisied by dainty periwinkle-blue flowers;

A small sea snail often found on rocky shores, little tide pools and muddy habitats.

It's funny that a cute and humorous word like "periwinkle" has so many meanings. And now, I shall again take the English language into my own hands and name one of my creations accordingly! :)

Part 2 of the Jars of Clay collection focuses on the only pair of earrings in this collection. Alas, poor judgment resulted in me only buying 2 of this particular Lun Bawang bead, so it is the one and only pair in the world and cannot be remade once sold. So if you like it, grab it before it's gone!

 Off-white Lun Bawang beads with periwinkle blue swirls, ending with violet round-faceted chinese crystals that appear blue in certain light, and purple in others.

Item Code & Name: 261 Periwinkle

Price: RM9.00

Status: Available (one pair only - not available for remakes once it is sold!)

Materials: Periwinkle Blue Swirl Lun Bawang Beads, Violet Round-Faceted Chinese Crystals

Please email me at

daintylittletrinkets@gmail.com

if you have any orders / enquiries / customisation requests

(ok time for football talk!)

Poor, poor Brazil. It was painful to watch them suffer such crushing defeat at the hands (or feet) of the competent and skilled German team. I'm not even an avid Brazil supporter and I was cringing for them. The Netherlands and Argentina match was sooooo long. Not particularly exciting, though the penalties definitely were. It's always sad to lose out on penalties, so I feel sorry for the Dutch - the best team to have never won the World Cup. Yikes. Looking forward to the Germany - Argentina final. I'm sure it'll be an entertaining one!

Also, I will never understand what possesses someone to want to be a goalkeeper. It is so stressful to have to guard the goalpost, and if you can't catch any penalty kicks at the most crucial hour for your team, you might be vilified by your entire country. Poor Julio Cesar and Jasper Cillessen. 

Okay football talk over.

See you during the next post!

Porcelain | Jars of Clay Collection: Part 1

Hi hello!

I'll try to keep today's post short because I have to sleep early because I have to get up at 4am to watch the Brazil vs Germany match and I would like to not be a zombie at work tomorrow. Haha. How's that for a run on sentence!

The first part of the Jars of Clay collection features clay beads from the Lun Bawang, part of the Orang Ulu of Sarawak. They have long been producing various handicrafts as a supplement to their income from agricultural work, and I chanced upon their booth during a handicraft market at Tropicana City Mall some time back. Naturally, I spent quite a bit of time poring over hundreds of pretty and so painstakingly handcrafted ceramic beads made using local river clay, and ended up buying lots!

Here's Porcelain, named for the clay bead's resemblance to the porcelain wares of olden days, for that specific, always recognisable cobalt "china" blue. 

 Off-white clay beads handpainted with swirls and zigzag patterns, in porcelain blue and jet black ink.

As each bead is painstakingly hand-moulded then carefully hand-painted, no one bead is identical. Of course the same patterns and rough sizes are there, but each bead is unique, thus making this bracelet all the more special. :)

Item Code & Name: 260 Porcelain

Price: RM20.00

Status: [Sold], Not Available

Materials: Blue Swirl, Black Swirl and Blue Zigzag Lun Bawang Beads, Clear Chinese Crystal Doughnuts, Toggle Clasp

Measurements: Approximately 18cm (including clasp)

 This is my favourite creation from this collection, and I hope you like it too!

If you like the beads but would like to make something different for yourself, you can always email me to customise it!

daintylittletrinkets@gmail.com

p/s clearance sale is still going on, yo! :) -- click here! --

G'night!

Jars of Clay - Collection Masterpost

I know it's only been a short while since the last collection, but this collection I am pretty excited about!

Here, have a lovely, colourful graphic that I snitched off the vast intrawebs!

As the name Jars of Clay suggests - this collection involves clay! No, I have not gone off the deep end and decided to switch careers and change to a life of pottery. This collection is not a collection of colourful jars. I have not moulded clay in my life and do not intend to start. 

HOWEVER,

This collection does include handmade clay creations - featuring a variety of clay beads and a variety of polymer clay charms. I did not handmake these clay beads and charms - I merely bought them off much more creative people, mixed them up with some beads and crystals of my own and voila - they are Dainty Little Trinkets ready for the taking. :D

There are 2 distinct parts for this collection - the first part involving clay beads made by the Lun Bawang people from Sarawak - each bead meticuolously handcrafted from clay, handpainted and fired in a kiln; the second part involving polymer clay charms handmade by a local artisan - in soft pastel or bright and cheery colours. 

The first post will begin on Tuesday. :)

Part 1: Porcelain

Part 2: Periwinkle

Part 3: Peaceful Waters

Part 4: Purple Storm

Part 5: Milk & Cookies

Part 6: Le Petit Macaron

Part 7: Lil' Shroom

Polymer clay beads have featured on this site before - in the form of these gorgeous polymer clay roses, as seen here and here. These roses won't be making an appearance in this particular collection, but if you're interested, feel free to email me to customise something to suit your tastes!

daintylittletrinkets@gmail.com

I'll leave you with a song from Jars of Clay, which dates back to the days of my youth.