Thursday, April 30, 2020
April 30,2020 ~ No matter how bad the situation is nowadays due to the worldwide spreading of Covid 19, I am peaceful and quiet at home doing my own sruffs. I don't go out partying, no meetings with friends and no going to my hairdresser too. My greys had grown so long now that my head had turned multi colored in Brown, Grey and Mahogany during daylight. Highlights galore !
Geezzz... looked aweful ha ha !😂😄😅
I just told myself over and over that I am not the only one suffering from lack of spoiling from a hair salon. For me it wasn't such a big deal coz I can always stay in my room all day and noone would ever see me anyways . LOL !
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| Wirewrapped Tiger Eye Beads Earrings |
I just normally make a retreat into my beadroom and create more jewelries inorder not to be bothered much of my poor looking hair. Although I would say I was even starting to like the way my hair looked these days. Kind of cool... lol.
Anyways, I had been doing a lot of wire wrapping so I can use my non tarnish artistic beading wires hidden in my drawers . My fingers hurt when I twisted the wires due to my arthritis.
Getting old sucks sometimes ... the more we age, the more ptoblems arise here and there,
oh well.
😆😆😆
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| Wirewrapped Red Aventurine Earrings |
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Tuesday, April 14, 2020
April 14, 2020 ~ Kind of depressing that most of us were stucked indoors during this hard time of Covid 19 spreading all over the world. immediate lockdowns were enforced and we cannot go out normally without fear unlike before. Some with children at home were struggling to cope while some were separated from loved ones due to travel restrictions. It was chaos for the poor people with no means to sustain their daily lives when no work no pay was their way of living everyday.
I am a homemaker and I only go out if I need to buy provisions. But being forever at home during this lockdown also affected my way of life. lucky I got arts to do at home once I get tired of doing house chores. I had learned to create things to kill time as it passes by since I was a child. So coping with being at home is not that hard for me since I was used to it anyways.
I had the means to entertain myself even without the help of media tools. Beading & painting or sewing / crocheting , bonding with son & pets were good means of keeping my sanity these days. I hope some people out there could find some hobbies as well to distract them from sadness, boredom and insanity caused by the pandemic.
I wish everyone to be safe from the sickness.
Please stay home and be safe !
🙏🙏🙏
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SICK?Call aheadWednesday, April 01, 2020
April 1, 2020 ~ It's now been 2 weeks since the quarantine took effect and I became busier than ever having everyone at home. Cooking day and night and all house chores had doubled without any single help from everyone. Only consolation I had was when I could retreat into my beadroom for some much needed unwinding and rest... at last !
My beadroom urgently required a much needed overhaul. My beads and findings had now mixed in their respective drawers and boxes so I needed to sort them all out .
Not an easy task but it was about time for me to start organizing them all into their respective containers and boxes.
My beads needed to be arranged accdg to color, size and type.
Same system for my metal findings too.
Can you imagine separating the size 15/0 seedbeads which were super tiny from the others? Haizzzzz a lot of work indeed.
Beads were categorized from semi-precious , glass, crystals and metals. All my pearl beads were neatly packed in new ziploc bags finally too. I was happy with the outcome after about a week of sorting them all out during the night when everyone was fast asleep except for me. I was like a vampire awake at night sorting out my stuffs.
But I would say all the sleepless nights of sorting out had paid off. I found so many missing beads that got underneath the stacks and discovered the unopened new packs. I also now could finally see all my drawers filled up by my organized beads and findings.
I am again a Happy Beader soon !
😁😁😁
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Tuesday, March 24, 2020
March 24 2020 ~ 2nd week of stay home orders to contain the spread of Covid 19. I know it's not easy but people must think of things to do while being held inside their homes. A hobby can be of great help but for some who got no artistic talents or without the necessary materials to create some forms of art are faced with such a dilemna. I know it sucks when you got something in your mind but doesnt have the resources to put them into physical forms . Very frustrating ! 🙄😔😵
I was happy I got my gelish nails done before the lockdown. At least they are beautiful to look at and and makes me smile when I get bored.
Aren't they awesome ?
Now with my nice nails, I am happy to bead my frustrations away.
I got enough materials to perform my hobby and be busy even for the rest of the year. Even with pandemic, there is no stopping me with my passion for beading.
Life is good... covid or without covid , my beading will continue.
Stay home ...
bead some more ...
be safe !
🙏🙏🙏
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Saturday, March 14, 2020
March 14, 2020 ~ another productive day is almost over . I have gone back to my room trying to remember all that had happened several hours ago. Yup, my brain is still working so I can still manage to blog before going to sleep. What did I do today ? 🤔 The morning was started with my early rise from bed at 7:15 am through the help of my phone alarm. Tha ks to this gadget... Lol! Then I went downstairs to pet my excited doggies, had a coffee, fed their tummies to the maximum and immediately made a quick lunch to leave for my family. Spaghetti is the quickest and easy menu I had prepared .
I had the charm bracelet and the wire wrapped earrings lined up for 2 students. Due to fear for Covid19, lesser people had signed up and it was saddening, but still, I needed to uplift my spirits and those of my attendees and continue to tend to my supportive students. Like any artists would say, the show must go on ....😍😙😘
The main focus of today's lessons was wire wrapping for beginners with silver tone artistic metal wire using gauge #24 which is soft , pliable and easy to bend with pliers or even with their figertips . All supplies were bought from Koi Ming Enterprise. which is one of the biggest craft stores in Singapore and my most reliable source of beading materials for all my crafts - crystals, gemstones, glass beads, metal parts , tools, etc. With a vast variemty of items they have and incredibly lovely and friendly staffs , yiu won't be going anywhere else to shop.
All my beading lessons were hosted by them as well. 😍😘😗
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All my beading lessons were hosted by them as well. 😍😘😗
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Saturday and I found it quite quiet today in Chinatown. Covid 19 had scared many oeople here and even I was scared too. But we all need to practice good hygiene and make it a habit to always wash our hands and sanitize. Avoid touching our face too to avoid being infected.
Anyways, Koi Ming did their best best taking the temperature of each of their staffs as well as anyone who came to the shop today. Every staff was wearing a safety mask. Safety comes first wasn't it ? Good job !
My first lesson was the " Pearl Charm Bracelet " at 10:30am. Swarovski pearls and silver tone metals were used for this basic wiring project . Freely provided for use were the beading mats, pliers , bead trays and plastic bags for their finished project.
With this bracelet project, students were taught the correct & appropriate pliers to use ( round nose and flat nose stainless pliers + the cutter in particular ) and the best ways to combine the use of 2 pliers , gripping 1 plier in each hand to manipulate , hold and cut the wires. May not be simple at first try but with patience and perseverance, things would get easier . It takes time to master this wirewrapping technique and based on my own experience, a month of training is the minimum time to master this craft all by yourself which I did.
We had an hour break after the bracelet project and came back at 1:30pm to get to the next lesson which was the wire wrapped earrings with Swarovski pearls. I hardly use crystals in my wirewrapping projects due to the delicate and easy to break characteristics of crystals when handled by beginners. Swarovski materials were not cheap so I try to minimize the breakage of materials and especially the material cost for my students. Once they have mastered the craft , then they can opt to get much better materials according to their preferrence. For now, they better use the easy materials for their beginners' projects.
Congrats to my students for reaching another milestone in their beading journey. The Swarovski certificate was given after finishing all their projects.
I hope they will strive & continue to learn more techniques and venture into more delicate styles in the future. Thanks once again for being my supportive students and wish you the best in your projects.
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