More kits

These 3 are available as a kit. I've just posted them up on Facebook. Found 3 double-sided heart charms to go with them too :-)

These are 3-braid single wrap ones. I don't have other colours at the moment nor others long enough for double-wrap.

It seems that

3-braid, single wrap needs 1 yard,

3-braid, double wrap needs 2 yards,

6-braid, single wrap needs 2 yards and

6-braid, double wrap needs 4 yards.

Anyway, have fun with these :-)

Afternote: I forgot to include instructions (no picture tutorial at the moment)

1. Cut the yard of suede into 3 equal strips. At 12" and even with braiding, this should be long enough for most wrists.

2. Clamp 3 ends with the ribbon end with a pair of pliers. It doesn't matter which end you use, lobster hook or heart charm.

3. Braid

4. When it's long enough, cut and clamp.

Three suede cuffs ready for braiding (18cm, 20cm, 20cm). Affixed with antique bronze rose snap. Make your own following the tutorial I learnt from here.

Have a blessed day!

Just a bit more before the long weekend

DD and I made these adjustable rings.

Mine's the bee and hers are the heart and flower.

We'll be making more of these after some orders and long weekend.

Or more likely, after PSLE.

*grin*

Happy National Day!

Jump ring fatigue

My right hand hurts from gripping the chain nose pliers too tightly. I've switched to using the Beadsmith jump ring 'ring' so at least my left hand is recovering. :-) I'm still having lots of fun with chain maille.

These are 3 bracelets. Only the green one is done. The label on the wire was torn off but I suspect it's aluminum 'cos it's so light, compared to the Artistic Wire brass and gunmetal above. Two are similar in design with the 3-ring Mobius flowers, double connectors and heart lobster clasps. The middle one is a part Byzantine and part metal focal charms. While it looks like there's a big gap between the rings, it wasn't easy attaching the metal charms 'cos of the larger ring size. I like the result though. Now I'm deciding between buying a toggle or making a clasp out of the same brass wire. But for now, I rest.

Have a blessed day!

This reminds me of chocolate

The shiny brass is like the foil on the outside and the gunmetal, the chocolate within. :-)

Mobius chain bracelet with 3-ring brass Mobius flowers or love knots and double connectors in gunmetal. This time, I used a heart lobster clasp with an extension chain. Total of 57 brass rings with 5.5mm ID and 45 gunmetal rings with 3.5mm ID.

Have a blessed day!

Thank you....for having a heart!

We've been rather busy these September school holidays. It's been only a week but it seems much longer with the myriad of activities that saw us clocking in more than 150 mins of 'workout' a day. It's been tiring fun!
For all those whose orders are pending, my apologies! I'll get started on them from tomorrow evening and thank you so much for your patience :-)

Do you know what these are?
Singtel will donate $1 for every heart they get from the postal service. If you have the Today paper, check page 11 of 5Sep issue and page 9 of 6Sep issue. Cut the rectangle out and fold a heart according to the instructions and drop it off at the nearest postbox by 21Sep.
We had a fruitful time collecting these from our neighbours. Not only did a neighbour give us pulot hitam (sorry, no pic, I ate it before I realised). Others were amused by DD and her friend's script when asking for the papers. We had dogs and cats who came to the door before the owners too. I got the high score of 4 from 1 household though I don't know how she managed to get 3 copies of 5Sep and 1 of 6Sep.
Tiring but I think we'll do it again next year.
Personal request to Singtel: last year the heart was available 5 days in the week but this time there were only 2. Perhaps you could consider printing on 5 again?
Have a blessed day!