More Candied Jewels

Today, I made more of those glass pebble + polymer clay pendants. :)

{ Jeweled ♥ }

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Here's a special promotion for my fellow Malaysians who are interested in Kawaii~neh!'s stuff, and prefers payment by Maybank and CIMB online transfers, instead of Paypal.

Buy any one of these pendants (by all means, buy more if you please :P) at a discounted price of RM30 ($9.20) each.

The original price, as sold in my Etsy shop is RM49 (US$15).

That's more than 35% off! :D

Each pendant comes with a 19-inch black rubber cord with a lobster clasp with a 2-inch extension chain.

Shipping is by registered mail. I can't give you the exact amount, but the estimated should be around RM5 to both West M'sia as well as S'wak and Sabah.

If you'd like to purchase, drop me a comment with your contact email, or email me (starfighter_leo@yahoo.com) about which pendant you want and so on. :) That way, we can then settle the payments. :)

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Candied Jewels + More Kawaii~neh!'s Cookielands~ + 24hr Splash Happy Pendant

I meant to do this a long time ago...

I want to thank

sora

for making the awesome uber kawaii blog header!

Thank you too, for being Kawaii~neh!'s faithful reader!

Although most of the time, it lacks substance. T-T

Thanks to everyone, too, for your constant support! :)

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Ha... A few days ago, I made a Cinnamoroll felt patch. Yokie actually gave me a set of cut-out templates to make Cinnamoroll. I left it in Vista. T-T So forgetful. That's my nature. T-T

So, instead, I cut out a Cinnamoroll picture from an old colouring book. :P And used that as a template.

{ Cinna... Cinna... Cinnamoroll~! ♥ }

After I finished it, I thought it looked a bit strange. Then I realized that Cinnamoroll has light blue eyes and outlines. T-T Ahaha.... ^-^"

The last few days, I was really unproductive. Very. T-T Last last night, I watched Full House for 6 hours straight. 0_o Till I headache. It's so addictive! I was skeptical about Rain starring in this series. But after watching 11 episodes now, I must say he played the character well. :P

Well, yesterday, I thought to put an end to this monotony. I made some creamy yummies.

{ Kawaii~neh!'s Re-Vamped Sugar-Honey Cookieland! + Little Sundae Plates }

If you haven't noticed, the plates are actually 1 cent coins. :P They're of no use now, since Malaysia has renounced *my vocab is limited - please let me know a better word to use here :P* the use of 1 cent coins. Prices now will be rounded up to 5 cents or the dollar.

{ Little Sundae Plate Ring }

I'm planning to put some of these together into a Kawaii Grabbie. Not sure yet. :P

Oh, and I tried making some round glass pendants too. The glass pebbles are actually those kinds used in fish tanks. :D I mean aquariums *that sounds better* :P. The undersides are backed with polymer clay. It's safe to bake this type of glass in a conventional oven. That was what I did, after moulding the clay onto the backsides of the glass pebbles.

{ Super shiny jewels }

{ I kinds love this pic ♥ }

I have 24 slabs of polymer clay of different colours. Most of them, I've not used, though I wanted to. This is because it's quite difficult to incorporate some of the colours into certain pieces - they just don't match. So, yesterday night, I came up with the easiest idea ever.

Another rainbow. Pendant. :D

{ ♥ 24hr Splash Happy Pendant ♥ }

Oh, and you might has noticed, I've extended the date of the freebie to this coming Sunday 15th June 2008. Response was not that good. T-T I guess it's because I didn't promote it enough on Etsy's forum and livejournal. T-T

I lazy lah....

Lovebirds + Natto-chan

Wondering why I didn't update on crafting for a while? Well, it's because I haven't done much of it. ^-^" Sure, I was finishing up yet another custom order. In spite of that, I should have plenty of time left to craft.

I'm beginning to worry that this will again turn out to be like the previous sem break. I had too much time and too little ideas then. If it is to repeat, I just hope it will not last long...

It's really annoying that ideas strike when I'm trying to keep myself alive during my study break. And then I'm left dried up for hols. T-T I'm so fed up with this cycle.

Well, that aside, I tried making a cuff bracelet yesterday.

{ ♥ Lovebirds ♥ }

The underside is not that presentable. I folded the seams and sewed them near the edge (as can be seen on the front). But the seams are actually about 1.5cm wide, so they have a bit of flap in the middle. I thought of using red thread to sew through the middle, for both seams on both sides, but then decided against it. That might just ruin the perfect birdy pic. I dont' know whether you can make sense of what I'm trying to say here. ^-^"

And here's a kawaii glass pendant :

{ ♥ Natto-chan! ♥ }

I actually made this for the custom order I'm working on. Turned out it's not what the girl wanted. T-T I must say this custom order is by far the most difficult one. But what to do? The customer's always right *rolls eyes*. Ooops. Hope she doesn't read my blog? :P Well actually, I would have made another similar one anyway, even if she did like it. This one's just too cute for words. *lick*

*** I'm in need of more inspiration.

Animal Parfait + More Kawaii Glass Pendants

Ahh..... I in a bliss. Of pendant makingks. :D I cannot tahan... I tried to refrain from making anything, because the Complementary class test is on Friday. But I cannot tahan... Yesterday night, I actually wanted to study and finish off 5 of the Medicinal Herbalism lectures. I ended up completing only three, with my mind registering the contents of only the first one. T-T Habis..... habis..... T-T

I couldn't concentrate because I was thinking about them glass pendants. Just as I sat down and resolved to spend the rest of the night revising the lectures, I suddenly had this idea for making a pendant. T-T I couldn't resist, so after one lecture, I grabbed the supplies and started working.

{Slurpilicious Animal Parfait ~ Kawaii!}

I used colour pencils to intensify the outlines and shadings, so that the details are much more clearer and brighter. I love the way it turned out. :)

And then, I made another two. T-T

One of them (left) I've listed on Etsy. The other one I'm keeping first. I'm still not sure how these pendants will sell. T-T

Ok... I think I better get face away from the screen already. T-T

Haih.....

Kawaii + Japanese Culture Glass Pendants

I made some pendants yesterday, right after I tore open the packages containing supplies. I was a little nervous, because I've never used the glaze before, and I don't know how it'll work - how long for it to set, and if it's possible to clean it off the glass before setting.

A lot of Etsy sellers and crafters are starting to get into this glass pendant thing. Majority prefers using Japanese washi and chiyogami paper as pendant base. Others in their attempt as to not follow the crowd, chose colourful scrapbooking papers and intricately designed wallpaper. Yet others try to incorporate Japanese kawaii into their products by using cute fabrics with animal motifs, namely squirrels, owls, birds and elephants.

I've been racking my brains before I even ordered the supplies, as to what sort of design I want to put on the glass pendants. I love the Japanese language characters, the way their letters look are just plain attractive to me. I wanted something to do with food, sushi, dessert and the like.

I have a handful of kawaii memo sheets I brought from home. So, what I did was screen the graphics on a chosen memo sheet using a glass tile, to spot a frame which will look best on the tile. Then, I measured the size of the tile, and cut out the exact size of the memo sheet.

{Oh ya. Thank goodness Jui Jien got camera. :P}

To adhere the paper to the glass, cover the bottom-side of the glass with a layer of the glaze. Then put the sheet of paper on the glass and press gently. It's very important that to get all the air bubbles out by pressing them to the edges gently. Wait for the glaze to dry, and then apply a second coat to cover the paper. The edges of the paper should also the covered with glaze - to seal it over the glass. The final effect is comparable to glass, in appearance that is - the texture is not as strong as glass, but more than durable by jewelry standards.

{Just to show you the glaze coat. This pendant got a bit of paper chipped off. T-T Me lah. To excited go touch touch before it dried. In the end I had to scrap off quite a large part.}

It's also crucial to remember to that the glaze is water-based, and paper with water-based inks should not be used along with it. I learnt it the hard way, even though I knew about this before I bought the glaze. I wanted to put my shop logo on the back-side of the pendant, because if not then it'll be a bit plain ma. The logo was printed by an ordinary printer, not laserprinted. At first I spread some of the glaze on it to see if the inks will smear. It looked fine - no smearing, so I covered the whole thing with glaze lo. Mana tau, after a few minutes ah, the logo macam kena siram air lidat. T-T

{2 failed pieces. The longer one with a smeared and bubbly back, and the smaller one not attractive enough in terms of colour and brightness}

I find that the most annoying problem about making these pendants is air bubbles getting trapped in between the glass and paper. If they're not squeezed out, they can be seen from the front - very clearly. T-T It doesn't help what with the glaze bottle always emitting little bursts of trapped air with the glaze. T-T Haih....

I regretted not buying more of the glass tiles. I thought as this would be my first attempt, I should probably not buy too many - I fear I might fail and lose any interest in continuing. Hmm... Looks like the more I make, the more addicted to it I'm becoming.

Well. At least I have 5 pieces I'm satistied with.

Last night, I suddenly got an inspiration from Shakey's Pizza's leaflet. :D Who knew side dishes can look so appetizing ho? :D So far I'm most satisfied with this piece.

{"Hey. Who put those veggies there?"}

Glass Pendant Supplies + FIMO

Whee!!! Went for an industrial visit today - to Pharmaniaga, a pharmaceutical manufacturing company. But that's not what I was whee-ing about. :P

I received a total of 4 packages today! Woohoo! And just as I was complaining about not getting them in my last post. T-T Glad that someone bought something from my Etsy shop, so that I got the chance to mail out the things, and then got notified by the lady at the mail service counter about them packages. :)

They've been there for God knows how long dy. T-T Haih... And there I was, wondering where they've gone missing to. T-T Hokay... I'm relieved that the 24-pc pack of Fimo polymer clay had made its way safely to me. :) Of course, I re-sent the payment to the sweet lady who refunded for the item earlier. Now, the problem is, I'm afraid to use it. T-T Not because I've not used it before. I'm worried that I might waste more than I can make nice stuff out of it. T-T And I need to find a good glaze for it - make it shiny and nice. :P

The Diamond Glaze I bought from eBay. Glass jewelry makers on Etsy are using it for their glass tile pendants. I'm really excited to get all of the glass-pendant-making supplies now at one go. Those glass tiles were from SweetStellaStash, and the aanraku pendant bails from RayDichroic. :) Now I have everything I need, I can MAKE STUFF!!!

* IF only I don't have a Pharmaceutics log book to finish, a Complementary Medicine presentation to prepare myself mentally for, a Complementary Medicine class test to look forward to nor a Pharmaceutical Analysis portfolio to chin chai chin chai complete.

Wish nia can chin chai chin chai complete. Contribute 20% to the whole subject. T-T Die die also must do properly lah. Haih.