Tuesday, April 24, 2018

Swarovski Basic Class




 April 2018 -  glad to be back here and tell you some activities and achievements  I had accomplished during months of being quiet and in deep silence. I hate  neglecting my blog for quite a while but too many ups and down came my way and I had no choice but to deal with them . 2017 was a very sorrowful year for me after losing my my mother, then my father and even followed by my younger brother. Devastating to loose 3 of my loved ones within 1 year. It was very hard to take and I never talked about it and my health suffered . Luckily my blood pressure is now stable unless I get angry at things around me . So I try hard to avoid being irritated or annoyed by people around me.  I indulged myself into learning more beading techniques and enrolled myself to the "Swarovski Authorized Instructor Course ". I had finished the Basic , Intermediate and Advance courses and after a few more rquirements in submitting tutorial designs, I now got my  final certificate for it. ( Refer to Photo Above )




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Now I am as happy as a bee given the authorization to conduct beading workshops as a Swarovski Instructor. I am now doing workshops on a part time basis during weekends for Koi Ming  ... a company based here in Singapore. I am glad of the opportunity to share what I know to aspriring students and to teach them more designs and beading techniques.

My 1st Basic trial class conducted on March 4 and my 1st official basic beading class with Kono ( Japanese lady ) on April 21st were tuly awesome and enjoyable !





Spring Bloom Crystal Earrings
Basic Trial Class



After my Basic Trial class was approved, I was given the go signal to finally conduct my workshop after a few weeks. Happy to be able to share my beading knowhow to interested students  like Ms. Kono pictyred below : 


April 14, 2018 -:1st official beading lesson with Ms. Kono at Koi Ming ....

CZARINA Pink Necklace
 Basic Level
Date : April 14, 2018
Time : 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Course Fee : $27.00 excluding materials

Carmencita Earrings Workshop
Basic Level
Date :  April 21 , 2018
Time : 4:00pm -5:30pm
Course Fee : $27.00 excluding materials


Audrey Pearl Bracelet - Basic Level workshop
Dafe : April 28, 2018
Time : 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Course Fee: $36.00 excluding materuals

Please note that upcoming tutorials are now in progress for the month of May too so check my blog again soon  ... 




Wednesday, March 07, 2018


 




March 7, 2018 - I am a happy package recipient today. Why is that ? My entry to the 2017 Swarovski Crystal Contest hosted by Fire Mountain Gems had finally been returned. Well neatly  packed  in bubblewraps like as always ... a trademark service from the staffs of Fire Mountain Gems . This kind of service is why I love this company so much and I am for always a forever fan. 


Great packing service ! Thank You ...

My design entered as Grand Finalist for year 2017 and I am so happy despite of not being lucky enough in getting any major award. Would try harder next time... lol.




Although I fret not coz better luck for me next time. All the winning designs were so deserving and really unbelievable works of art and I am so happy for them. Super wow ... really !!! 😍😍😍

Look at these beatiful work ! OMG ... no wonder it got the  Major Grand Prize !
Congratulations  to Ms. Sonia Lidozzi !


So much intricacy and such an original piece.
 Great job ! 

On the other hand , this was my entry and the 1st photo was taken by Fire Mountain Gems and was shown in their Gallery of Designs ...

Click on photo to enlarge ...


Design Idea HA3F
Set Me Free
-- Designer --
Florewela Dela Cruz Cornelis
Finalist




My entry photo ... not bad isn't it ?


Again, I am so thankful for this award / recognition certificate given by the commitee as well as for the gift certificate too.  Such generosity on your part ... salute to you !





Another award I could post on my wall again together with the others. Really so happy for this. Big big Thanks to all of you !




You may see all the beautiful winning and finalist entries here :



Tuesday, December 12, 2017



Dec. 12, 2017 - Finally, I had finished my Advance level beading course to obtain my Swarovski Authourized Instructor's Certificate at KME ACADEMY . My patience and perseverance had finally paid off. Now I am almost certified to teach my passion early next year 2018 . So proud of myself for what I had accomplished in the last 4 months! 😍😘😗



I had done completely all the 4  advance level / Intermediate / Basic beading projects required just in time for the holidays. So no more worries of upcoming projects till after 2nd week of January. I can now arrange to go on holidays ...  yeeehaaaaaa !!!

Design By Ms Cindy Chen
Chainmamaille By Ms Chrys Lim



Design by Ms Chrys Lim
I was very glad to receive my Advance Certificate this afternoon and looking forward to teaching the craft by January or February 2018 next year. 

So excited for this new chapter of my beading life !


 Thanks Koi Ming and to all the instructors who guided me all throughout .
CHEERS !

Friday, December 08, 2017




Dec. 8, 2017 - Today a package had arrived from Fire Mountain Gems. Inside was my well packaged entry for the 2017 Seed Bead Contest. My beaded entry made it as a Grand Finalist ! 

Design Idea H73K
Sunrise By The Waterfall
-- Designer --
Florewela Dela Cruz Cornelis




You may view the design and the materials used at the Gallery Of Designs by Fire Mountain Gems website here :




Bracelet

Necklace

Clip On Earrings

I started creating this design in the 1st week of June 2017. The necklace, bracelet and earrings took me at least 11 days to finish and was just submitted and sent to the US for the grand final judging at the right time before I went to Philippines for my father's funeral in the end of July 2017. My design stayed at Fire Mountain Gems in the US for several months so they can complete the pictorials and whatever they require to put it in the Gallery Of Designs. 


Earrings in progress ...

Designing the necklace ... 

The making of the bracelet ...


You may view all the winning entries at the Gallery Of Designs by Fire Mountain Gems website here :




Again, a big big thank you to 
 Fire Mountain Gems for giving me this lifetime award ...

😍😍😍

Monday, September 18, 2017

Right here ... right now!





Sept 18, 2017 ~ It has been almost a year since my mom died in her sleep . Sept 24 will be her 1 year death anniversary. It had brought me great sadness and depression and seems like the grieving would continue furthermore due to the sudden death of my dear father who also died in his sleep 10 months after mom's passing. Till now,  I am truly affected. Sadness hoovers over me all the time especially when father had been asking me to come home before his death. I felt so guilty not being able to fulfill his request. So sorry for him and for myself not being able to see each other... give him a hug and a kiss. I was too late to come over and say how I dearly love him.
  It's now more than a month and his passing still goes in and out of my head and my heart is burdened by the sudden loss. I am trying to come to terms and had put myself into my beading inorder to distract me from thinking about him and mom all the time. It works well for me. I had pursued the Swarovski Instructor's Course and I had already finished the Basic level last Saturday. I know I am way passed the beginners level but I was proud of myself and happy to earn the Swarovski Certificate after the course. This certificate I owed to my parents for being my inspirations and models in life. This workshop is just the start of what I am planning to pursue in the future ...














I am sure somewhere out there mom and dad were both smiling for what I had achieved in a month's time. I still have a few more courses ( Intermediate / Advanced ) to take in the next few months. My main goal , right here, right now ....is to achieve the highest certificate I could get my hands on . But of course, before I could do that,  I would need to take things slowly to cope with everything that crosses my path . Inspire myself more with the memories left by my parents and use them to make myself more of a better person than what I used to be. For sure they would be both very proud of me up there in heaven. 

I miss you mom and dad ... all I pursue in life right now are all because of you. You are both the most inspiring people in my life
Many many thanks for everything you had taught and shared with me ... I am proud to become what you had made me over the years.


 
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