Thursday, December 23, 2010

Merry Christmas! ~Golden Macrame Christmas Tree Pendant




Dearest friends and customers,
We wish you a very merry Christmas 2010 and happy new year 2011.
May God bless you abundantly with a great future ahead, full loaded with The Spirit of Hope, Peace, Joy and Love!
Happy holiday! :)

Golden Macrame Christmas Tree Pendant
Custom order available.
Material: Swarovski crystals, metal beads, non tarnish brass wire

Monday, December 20, 2010

Tiger Eye & Beaded Wire Macrame Bezel Pendant




This stunning tiger eye pendant is framed with beaded wire macrame bezel.
The pendant is a birthday gift for a dear relative.

Custom order available for other material/stone.
Material: faceted tiger eye cabochon, tiger eye beads, metal beads, non tarnish brass wire

Colorful Single-sided Wire Macrame Pendants


Teardrop shape chrysocolla stone cabochon with 3 colors wire macrame frame/bezel. Size is around 7 cm long from top of bail, 3.5 cm at widest part.


Material: chrysocolla, wire: blue colored copper wire, non tarnish silver coated copper wire, non tarnish brass wire

These are several simply pretty pendants made while I'm exploring macrame square knot technique to create the bezel. Praise God, this is the first bezel design that He allowed me to originally create, and thank God this wire macrame bezel turns out very versatile, so many variation possibilities made possible with the technique. It's so much fun to work & play with :)

These pretty pendants are available, check out each picture to read the details.

Thursday, December 16, 2010

New Piece from (good) Old Memories




These pieces are my private collection, made using gifts and found materials as inspiration for Wire Work Challenge: Old & New 2010-2011: http://christejewelry.multiply.com/journal/item/5/WIRE_WORK_CHALLENGE_Old_New_2010-2011

If you have any object / material with good memories in it and you would like to turn it into wearable jewelry, we provide custom order service for it, please kindly contact us for details:
Gaby via PM or email: christejewelry@gmail.com or HP +628161617443

WIRE WORK CHALLENGE: Old & New 2010-2011

Thank God, it's time for the next Wire Work Challenge, yay!
First of all, many thanks untuk dukungan teman-teman di komunitas Indonesia wire jeweler semuanya yang sudah mengijinkanku menjadi host challenge kali ini.
Many thanks juga specially untuk mba Lucita, host challenge yang lalu dengan dukungannya yang luar biasa yang sangat menyemangatiku. Hadiah-hadiahnya sudah kuterima kemarin, wow keren banget buku2nya! Very inspiring! Many thanks ya mba, muach...:*

Nah, challenge kali ini sangat special karena timingnya pas di akhir tahun 2010 dan menyambut tahun yang baru 2011, saatnya kita bersyukur dan merefleksi saat-saat yang telah berlalu sepanjang tahun ini dan menyambut kedatangan tahun yang baru dengan hati yang baru. Pasti ada banyak kenangan yang indah sepanjang tahun yang telah berlalu, berkaitan dengan itu maka temanya adalah: "NEW PIECE from (good) OLD MEMORIES". Maksudnya adalah: suatu karya yang baru dari barang-barang lama /nostalgia yang merupakan kenangan indah kita di waktu-waktu yang telah berlalu.

Saya yakin hampir setiap dari kita pasti punya barang yang kita sayangi dengan nostalgia  tertentu, contohnya barang pemberian dari orang-orang yang kita sayangi yang mungkin bukan barang yang mahal, bahkan mungkin selama ini jarang kita pakai tapi terus kita simpan karena barang tsb sangat berarti buat kita karena kenangan indah bersama sang pemberinya. Nah, sekarang saatnya kita membuat barang-barang tsb bisa sering kita pakai, atau dipercantik menjadi karya yang baru yang kita sukai dan pasti akan sering kita pakai, supaya kita bisa terus mengenang keindahan yang telah Tuhan berikan melalui orang-orang yang kita sayangi. Mungkin juga barang tsb kita temukan atau beli sendiri tapi ada suatu kenangan indah dengan barang tsb.

Berikut contoh-contoh dariku:




Untuk foto yang lebih detail, klik disini.

Jelas dan mudah kan... ;) dan kita tidak perlu beli material baru karena menggunakan material yang sudah ada, hanya perlu sediakan kawat dan sedikit material pemanisnya saja. Jenis jewelry bisa berupa apa saja: pendant, kalung, gelang/bangle, anting, cincin, bros, dan sebagainya asalkan menggunakan teknik wire work apa saja.

Challenge diadakan start 16 Desember 2010 - 31 Januari 2011 jam 24.00 WIB, berhubung kita akan segera menyambut holiday season maka timingnya disediakan cukup panjang. Setiap peserta bisa mengirimkan lebih dari 1 desain. Untuk masing2 desain mohon sertakan 2 foto yaitu:
1.) 1 foto bentuk asli material dan keterangan singkat apa kenangannya
2.) 1 foto karya yang baru diciptakan dari material kenangan tsb dan keterangan (jika ada).
Jika memungkinkan mohon ke-2 foto tsb langsung digabungkan dan ditulis keterangannya, tapi jika kesulitan nanti saya akan bantu untuk menggabungkan ke-2 foto tsb, kirimkan saja 2 foto tsb utk tiap desain dan keterangan singkatnya via email ke christejewelry@gmail.com.

Mari ikut ya teman-teman semuanya! :) Hadiah menarik sudah menanti, akan diinfo kemudian ;) 

Keep smiling, keep shining, keep creating!
Gaby



Thursday, December 9, 2010

Lady Vintagia Bangle




Her name is Vintagia. She is a girl whom in her struggle of life when things get tough and gloomy, always looks up to her King, The Owner of her life. She shout out loud to The King every evening and morning and at noon, she cries out and ask for help. And The King hear her voice. He did not abandon her.

He took all of her sigh, turns the gloom and intricacies of her life into vintage color curves, put all her failures and repentance all together with the curves, her tears turned into sparkling crystals. She just stand still there and follow whatever He done to her.

And when she sees herself in the mirror now, wow... The King has made a graceful creation of her life! She is no longer a girl, she's a lady now!
She can never thank Him enough for what He has done. He turned her misery into glory. Now her life is shining for others, only to glorify her King, The Owner of her life whom has turned her life from ashes into beauty...

Lady Vintagia bangle is available.
Material: Lady Vintagia vintage button (approx. diameter 2cm), red agate, Swarovski crystal beads, gun metal colored copper wire

Magmaria Ring ~ and a thank you note








Praise and thanks to God of all creations, The Source of All Designs, who enables me to create this beautiful ring and finish it on time to enter Wire Work Challenge November 2010 with theme: Cocktail Ring
http://beautyndbeads.multiply.com/journal/item/39/WIRE_WORK_CHALLENGE_for_November_2010

...and again... praise and thank Him so much that the ring get most of the votes and won the challenge!
http://beautyndbeads.multiply.com/photos/album/179/AND_THE_WINNER_IS........

Many thanks to mba Lucita, the host of the challenge, and specially many many thanks to all friends who votes and kindly gave very nice comments on this ring:
http://beautyndbeads.multiply.com/photos/album/178/VOTING_for_wire_work_challenge
Not enough words to thank you all one by one, but I really appreciate all the supports and encouragement that you all have given me to continue creating. They means a lot for me!

For the next challenge, I am preparing the theme etc now, will get back to you all soon! Keep smiling, keep shining, keep creating!

Magmaria ring is available by custom order.
Material: Swarovski crystals, gold color seed beads, non tarnish brass wire

Orientalia Ring




A bold "mysterious" oriental style ring in my favorite bold color combination, red and black. The focal bead is beautifully carved faux cinnabar, framed with red coral and black onyx, adorned with Swarovski crystals and charlottes.

The ring size is 4cm long and 2.7 cm wide. The ring band size is 13 (diameter 17 mm).

Custom order available.
Material: faux cinnabar bead, red coral, black onyx, Swarovski crystal beads, red and black charlotte, black colored copper wire.

Onyx Macrame Watch Bangle




This simply elegant watch bangle is a custom order from a very special customer who loves "mysterious" color (black).

Made with special adjustable clasp that can be "folded" according to her wrist size then the clasp is attached to each side of the bangle.

May each time passes by revealing all mysteries as beautiful memories in her life...

Custom order available.
Material: black onyx, Swarovski crystal beads, black colored copper wire.

"Misty Water" Amazonite Silver Earrings




This "cool colors" pair of earrings is a variation made from design on tutorial White Mabe Pearl Golden Earrings/Pendant: http://christejewelry.multiply.com/reviews/item/1

Made from amazonite stone (16mm diameter), Swarovski diamante and beads, non tarnish silver coated copper wire.
Size: 6.8 cm long from top of ear wires, 3.2 cm wide.

This item is available. Custom order for another material / color is available also.