Family Keychains

Happy Chinese New Year to one and all!

I hope that your bellies are filled with yummy food and CNY cookies and snacks, and that your hearts are full of love and joy from spending time with family and friends!

Since these festivities are about family, I thought I'd share with you these 4 keychains that Tien Mie customised for her family some time back. They each have different charms to represent each family member, and one of them with charms she chose for herself. :)

From Left to Right - Mother Nature, Father Anchor, Brother Sailor, Sister Dear.

Explanations for the names 

These are my interpretations and could be completely different from what Tien Mie intended, of course.) Hehe. Mother Nature for her mum, as mums are the ones who tenderly and lovingly help us grow. Father Anchor for her dad, as they are the ones who ground us and hold us together. Brother Sailor as an encouragement to her brother to keep exploring, and keep moving unto greater things. And finally Sister Dear for herself... and the "dear" is a play on words for the deer charm... because I am punny and silly that way. :p

Item Code & Name: 357 Mother Nature
Price: RM12.00
Status: [Sold], Available for remakes
Materials: Hope Bead, Rose Charm, Tree Charm, Made With Love Charm

Item Code & Name: 358 Father Anchor
Price: RM12.00
Status: [Sold], Available for remakes
Materials: Joy Charm, Owl Charm, Anchor Charm, Made With Love Charm

Item Code & Name: 359 Brother Sailor
Price: RM12.00
Status: [Sold], Available for remakes
Materials: Inspire Charm, Leaf Charm, Sailboat Charm, Made With Love Charm

Item Code & Name: 360 Sister Dear
Price: RM13.00
Status: [Sold], Available for remakes
Materials: Hope Bead, Treble Clef Charm, Alphabet Charm, Deer Charm

I think it's the cutest idea to make matching keychains for all who live under the same house. Might just do it for my family too! :)

All orders / enquiries can be directed to
daintylittletrinkets@gmail.com

That's all for my rambling - wishing you a wonderful CNY season, and happy holidays!

恭喜 恭喜 恭喜你呀
恭喜 恭喜 恭喜你!

If Music Be The Food Of Love - Customised

I was going to wish you Happy Valentine's Day, but then am only posting this on late Sunday night, and it's technically Monday already. Oh well, I'm gonna do it anyway -- Happy Valentine's Day, my dear readers! 

Hope you had a great day in or out with your special someone, and that the love you experienced yesterday is evident in your life every day and will last on through the ages. :) How's that for a cheesy greeting, eh? Can't help it, I spent it attending someone's wedding, and what could be more romantic than weddings, right? Hehe.

In celebration of that, this post features a couple's keychain set that my friend Tien Mie customised for Joseph and Jenna, who got married end of last year.

Music is a large part of their lives, hence the matching antique brass treble clef charms, and an encouragement to the young couple to Live, Laugh and Love. This contains their initials, and a Hope bead or Joy charm respectively. Named after the beautiful Shakespearean quote - If music be the food of love, play on.

Item Code & Name: 355 If Music Be The Food of Love (Hope)

Price: RM16.00

Status: [Sold], Available for remakes 

Materials: Hope Bead, Treble Clef Charm, Alphabet Charm, "Live Laugh Love" Charm

Item Code & Name: 356 If Music Be The Food of Love (Joy)

Price: RM15.00

Status: [Sold], Available for remakes 

Materials: Joy Charm, Treble Clef Charm, Alphabet Charm, "Live Laugh Love" Charm

Here are two other couple keychains that I made for my friends. *clickety click*

If you'd like to customise something for you and your special someone / your friends / your parents / your grandparents / your uncles and aunties (you get the idea, haha), just email me and we can discuss ideas!

daintylittletrinkets@gmail.com

That's it for now - give your loved ones a hug today! :)

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Couple Keychains

Weekend over! :(

Hope your Monday wasn't too blue.

This'll be a short post, just because.

(There's been a pattern of short posts lately, huh? I promise I'll return to my long, verbose self sometime soon. Not that you want that. Haha!)

Here are more Christmas pressies for my friends. This time, for two old friends who are in happy relationships that everyone should aspire to. :D So I made them keychains with the happy couples' initials on them. :)

 For Jane and Sam, and Brenda and Will. :)

These antique silver-plated keychains have the couples' initials on them, with little celtic heart and celtic square beads as representations of the individuals, and a reminder to always live, laugh, and love.

Item Code & Name: 339 Couple Keychain

Price: RM14.00

Status: Available for remakes 

Materials: Celtic Heart Bead, Celtic Diagonal Square Bead, Alphabet Charms, "Live Laugh Love" Charm

 If you'd like to customise this for yourself and your significant other, I'm just an email away.

daintylittletrinkets@gmail.com

Check out other keychains here!

♥

Kelsey's Keychains

I'm baaaaaaack!

Back with a bang!

Or should I say "back with a clang"... you know, the clanging sounds that keys make? Coz this post is about keychains? No?

That joke kinda fell flat huh. It's been too long since I last blogged; gotta get back that joking mojo. I blame my current immuno-compromised state! It's not my fault that I'm not firing on all cylinders! So anywaaaay.

This post is about a couple of keychains that my long-time customer Kelsey customised for herself and her friends! The base of the design comes from this keychain that I made as a farewell present for Ai Li some months back. These three keychains have separate colour themes, a different charm, and different alphabets. :)

Matching blue, pink, green keychains for an inseparable set of friends!

 The one that bears the closest resemblance to the original keychain, this one has frosted blue and aqumarine chinese crystal doughnuts.

Item Code & Name: 324 Fair Winds and Following Seas (Customised)

Price: RM13.00

Status: [Sold], Available for remakes 

Materials: Frosted Blue & Aquamarine Chinese Crystal Doughnuts, Sailboat Charm, Alphabet Charm, "Live Laugh Love" Charm

 Sweet rosaline and bright pink chinese crystal doughnuts, accompanied by the alphabet S and a flower filigree.

Item Code & Name: 325 Pretty Pink Posies (Customised)

Price: RM14.00

Status: [Sold], Available for remakes 

Materials: Rosaline and Bright Pink Chinese Crystal Doughnuts, Flower Filigree, Alphabet Charm, "Live Laugh Love" Charm

For Kelsey herself - chinese crystal doughnuts in olive and sea-green shades, the alphabet K and a deer charm.

Item Code & Name: 326 Into the Woods (Customised)

Price: RM14.00

Status: [Sold], Available for remakes 

Materials: Olive Green & Sea Green Chinese Crystal Doughnuts, Deer Charm, Alphabet Charm, "Live Laugh Love" Charm

To order, or customise stuff for yourself / your friends, just drop me an email at

daintylittletrinkets@gmail.com.

That's all for today. 

Hope all of you have been having a great Saturday so far. 

See you soon for more new content!

♥

For The Little One

This day, Saturday 20 December, is the day my little brother officially graduates with Honours and is released into the scary postgraduate world. I am currently away and have most likely just spent my Saturday morning being bored to tears by the graduation ceremony in some majestic-looking hall somewhere in Melbourne. With my luck, it will be 38 degrees like it was during his graduation last year. Oh the sweltering heat and the gaping hole in the ozone layer above Australia! *pengsan*

Anyway, since it is the little one's graduation date and all, this post is dedicated to him. (Also, he's at least a head taller than everyone else in my family, so he's not little at all. But once a little bro, always a little bro - I'm sure some of you can relate.)

My brother is as big of a Harry Potter fan as I am, so this is a plain and simple Deathly Hallows keychain to accompany him through his many more years away from home.

Unfortunately, this ain't available because I don't actually have any antique brass keychains available (I recycled this one from an existing trinket I had lying around). But if you're a fan of all things Harry Potter, never fear! Check out more stuff here!

Little one, I'll leave you with this quote from the indomitable, quirky and ever-wise Dumbledore:

'Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.'

Remember this as you face each challenge that comes your way.

I'm very proud of you.

 

Much love,

姐

Morning Star | Mini Christmas Collection: Part 2

O Morning Star, how fair and bright,
Thou beamest forth in truth and light!

In the hustle and bustle of Christmas festivities, the gift-giving and feasting and goodwill, it's important to remember the reason why we celebrate. Here's part 2 of the Mini Christmas Collection - a keychain to reflect that bright hope and joy that we have in the Morning Star, Jesus. :)

 Frosted blue and white chinese crystal doughnuts and a clear crystal bicone to symbolise a cold and crisp winter morning, a snowflake/star charm to represent the Bright Morning Star, with a cross and Hope.

Item Code & Name: 316 Morning Star

Price: RM12.00

Status: Available

Materials: Frosted Blue and White Opal Chinese Crystal Doughnuts, Clear Chinese Crystal Bicone, Hope Bead, Cross Charm, Snowflake/Star Charm

Reminder that the pre-Christmas sale is ending tomorrow (Sunday 30 Nov)!

Make haste and check it out here ;)

daintylittletrinkets@gmail.com

Happy weekend, everyone. :)

Fair Winds and Following Seas

One of the much-featured friends on this little blog of mine is Ai Li, my ex-colleague, fellow accessories enthusiast and sailor extraordinaire. She recently went from being a colleague to an ex-colleague, searching for greener pastures, or, perhaps more fittingly for a sailor - going on a voyage for new discoveries, new adventure, new land.

So I made her a little farewell present, a keychain as encouragement as she embarks on this journey into unknown seas.

 Ocean tones - chinese crystal doughnuts in shades of air blue and aqua blue opal, the alphabet A, a sailboat and an encouragement to never give up.

Item Code & Name: 294 Fair Winds and Following Seas

Price: RM12.00

Status: Available for remakes 

Materials: Air Blue Opal & Aqua Blue Opal Chinese Crystal Doughnuts, Sailboat Charm, Alphabet Charm, "Never Never Give Up" Charm

​There is a phrase in sailing / marine-speak called "Fair Winds and Following Seas" - so that the winds are fair and comfortable as you sail, and the sea rolls in the same direction as the direction the sailor is headed. So that is my wish to you, my friend - wishing you a smooth sailing journey as you forge ahead and brave whatever comes your way!

daintylittletrinkets@gmail.com

If you're a fan of ocean / nautical-themed stuff, do check out the Dreaming of the Sea Collection and also another Nautical bracelet I made for Ai Li here. 

Also, check out other keychains here!

Whatever new journey you may be embarking on, dear readers, I wish you fair winds and following seas~~~~~

For Shyuan

Alas, April has come and gone. 

How the months fly by and how time passes in the blink of an eye.

As I am writing this post, my heart is a little heavy - today was a dear colleague and friend's last day at work. As the mandarin saying goes -  天下无不散之宴席 - all good things must come to an end. So this is a tiny tribute to one of the sweetest people I have had the privilege and blessing to meet, who is like the little sister I never had - Shyuan.

Very few people have the distinction of being so genuinely nice, kind-hearted and accepting of others, and Shyuan is one of the special few. They are the kind who inspire you to be a better person and make you think that yes, there is some good in this world. :) So thank you, girl, for being such a wonderful human being and friend. ♥

Here's a keychain I made for her:

 Earth tones for the budding environmentalist, a cross to symbolise the faith she professes, a Joy charm as she has been a joy to be around, and an encouragement to never give up as she continues to pursue her dreams, whatever they may be.

Shyuan Shyuan, may you continue to be a blessing and joy in the lives of all those around you. Wishing you lots of amazing adventures and new experiences as you start your new chapter in life and fly far away from home. *muah*

Item Code & Name: 222 Persevere with Joy

Price: RM12.00

Status: [Sold], Available for remakes 

Materials: Pale Peach, Honey Topaz and Light Brown Chinese Crystal Doughnuts, Cross Charm, Joy Charm, "Never Never Give Up" Charm

Check out other keychains here!

daintylittletrinkets@gmail.com

I'll leave you with a lovely Jason Mraz song in dedication to my friend. :)

Hold your own

Know your name

Go your own way

And everything will be fine.

~

Live. Laugh. Love. | Words to Live By Collection: Part 4

As I am writing this post, there's still no confirmed news of the whereabouts of MH370. My heart goes out to the passengers and crew of the flight, and their family and friends. Please spare some time to pray for them, if you can.

Unexpected and inexplicable tragedies like these really remind you to cherish your life and your loved ones. Life is short, and one never knows what the future may bring. So as much as we can, let us live meaningfully, laugh with abandon, and love one another.

In some ways, Part 4 of the Words to Live By collection is quite apt for these times. Simply titled Live. Laugh. Love., may this be a reminder to you and me to make the most of this temporal place we call home.

 A keychain with grey AB, embossed white and metallic dark silver Czech Preciosa crystals, a slate blue daisy cabochon on a flower filigree, a chinese knot link and the focus of it all: a charm encouraging you to live, laugh, and love.

 This is my favourite of the collection, partly because of the slate blue daisy, partly because of the chinese knot link that has for me symbolised the bond of family and friends, and particularly because of the message. If there are any words one should live by, it is these.

Customisable in various Made to Order colours, as seen above and detailed below.

Item Code & Name: 190 Live. Laugh. Love.

Price: RM18.00

Status: Original (Slate Blue Daisy) - [Sold 2], Available for different remake (Alas, I have ran out of the embossed white Czech crystals - remakes will have to be substituted with some other crystal/bead)

1. Soft Peach Daisy - Not Available

2. Sky Blue Daisy - Made to Order

3. Translucent Peach Daisy - Made to Order

4. Light Lavender Daisy - Made to Order

5. Hot Pink Daisy - Made to Order

6. Dark Purple Daisy - Made to Order

Materials: Grey AB / Embossed White / Metallic Dark Silver Czech "Preciosa" Fire-Polished Glass Beads, Daisy Cabochon, Flower Filigree, Celtic Knot Link, Live Laugh Love Charm

** note: the Made to Order options may not contain Czech Preciosa Crystals, depending on the colour theme that you've chosen and depending on the availability of crystals in matching colours. Email me if you'd like to see how your preferred colour option will look like. :)

Check out other keychains here.

Make any orders at daintylittletrinkets@gmail.com

Much love to you all.

Have a great week living, laughing and loving. ❤

For Linda

Noooo Sunday is coming to an end!

This coming week will be bearable though, as there are not one, but TWO public holidays to look forward to. :D

Since starting this hobby of mine, I have yet to make and feature a keychain. Here's the first ever keychain I've made - a sweet simple thing for my friend and colleague Linda. :) 

 Love in Paris - a celtic heart bead, love charm and a tiny replica of the Eiffel Tower.

Hanging off the keychain are crystals in various shades of purple - Czech Preciosa crystals in lavender and deep purple, a purple round-faceted chinese crystal, and a burgundy crystal teardrop.

Item Code & Name: 139 Love in Paris

Price: RM10.00

Status: [Sold 2], Available for remakes

Materials: Lavender and Deep Purple Czech "Preciosa" Fire-Polished Glass Beads, Lavender Round-Faceted Chinese Crystal, Burgundy Chinese Crystal Teardrop, Celtic Heart Bead, Love Charm, Eiffel Tower Charm

That's all, folks.

See ya sometime soon!