Miss Carnation

At Home During the Quarantine Part 1 The General Community Quarantine literally started on my birthday this year.  Feeling BORED on a daily basis is an understatement to describe how I feel.  I knew I had to find ways to entertain myself and divert my attention away from negativity and at the same time stay alive until this Pandemic is over. We are ordered to stay HOME, hence we will.   And while I'm here I might as well make the most of it. Let me tell you a story about... The Brass Coffee Table The first time I stepped into the house of my soon-to-be Mother-in-law I took notice of her brass center  table.  I knew right then that she has an impeccable taste when it comes to home decorating.  Several years later after she passed, I saw the same  brass table now lacking in luster  tucked in one  corner at my sister-in-law's  house.  I thought it's such a  shame to have such a beauty tucked away  stripped of it's glory ...

Happy 2015! Better late than never!  Below are few of what's available on my bucket for this month. Enjoy!

Fresh Water Pearls and Crystals in crocheted wire  Choker Bracelet

I wanted to create something different. Something you can wear with jeans and white top on a casual day or on Friday night out with friends where you want to dress up and party!. So here's what I came up with.  I created a pendant made of denim and sheer fabric and added crocheted white flower for a dainty touch. For the centerpiece I added some synthetic pearls and metal bead.  I also added few crochet covered beads (Yes! I crocheted them myself!). Plus the chains just to add a little bit of glitz to it. So here's the finished product. Hope you all like it.

Aurora This is my entry for the International Bead Award 2013.  I named this after my birth place Aurora (Zamboanga Del Sur). If  you want to rate this piece pls go to  http://perlen-poesie.de/en/node/831

I am feeling  more feminine this year, so here's a preview of what I made this month... Please follow the link. http:// iinmybasketbynazjanuary2013.blogspot.com / January 29, 2013 Added few more items today. Just follow the link above. :) xxx

Shell Flower Bangle I am very much into creating flowers using beads. Shell Flower Bangle is one of them. I have been making these for months now using different shells and semi precious stones. Some of these flowers are made into rings, pendants and of course! cuff bangle :) Recently, Craftbits.com published my tutorial for Shell Flower Bangle . If you are interested to learn how to do this jewelry, just click the link below and it will lead you to Craftbit's tutorial page. Oh and by the way, we would love to hear from you. Please leave a remark or comment at the bottom part of the page or you can just rank it. Thanks.:) http://www.craftbits.com/project/pearl-bead-cuff I wanted to include the original photo used in the tutorial, unfortunately it's stored in the other computer..blah! Anyway, have fun doing your own version! Bead away! :))                                       ...

I never really planned that I would be writing tutorials because I didn't know I could. Until XQ Designs approached me and asked If I could write for them. I learned how to bead via online research. And that would mean me watching a lot of free tutorials available on You Tube among other beading sites. It's funny, because I must have watched a lot of videos that I have memorized some lines of my favorite tutors.  Whenever I do my own beading I would mimic the designers on how they explain techniques and the step by step procedure in making the jewelry. Yes, I mimic even the way they breathe. My son Jino would laugh so hard 'cos he thinks I'm funny. Well I thought that was funny too.:) To date I have written 4 tutorials for 2 different  Beading sites. Here's 3 of them. Pretty Tangled http://www.diylessons.org/Pretty-Tangled-Necklace,name,101687,item_id,0,ad_type,ad_details No Less Than a Princess http://www.diylessons.org/No-less-than-a-princess-Ne...