DIY Rhinestone Bracelet

So I've been meaning to share this DIY post for a while since it came out in the Singapore Straits Times last week (exciting!). It's a super simple easy bracelet to make and it's pretty cute looking too!

Here's what you'll need:

22-24cm of 1.5mm Leather Cord
2cm of Crystal Rhinestone Chain
50-60cm of Embroidery Floss
A disc washer
A pair of scissors

Step-by-Step:

1. Fold one end of the leather cording taking about 6cm to form a loop. The loop should fit around the disc washer, which serves as the clasp. Holding tightly on the loop, bring the embroidery floss upwards along the leather cord and towards the loop. Then wrap around the base of the loop at least 5-6 times, working downwards in the opposite direction. This secures the floss string.

2. Wrapping the floss about 5.5cm down, place the rhinestone chain against the leather cord. Continue wrapping the floss in between the rhinestone chain links, until you reach about 5cm.

3. Taking the leather and floss, tie a knot and string through the disc washer finishing it with another knot. Leaving about a 1cm from the knot, snip off the excess length and Voila!

Amara

 
 

Monday blues? Forget that. Here's a shade of blue I'm in love with.
For more colours, click here!

Watching The Darjeeling Limited gets me all excited for summer and it's colourful glory!


(Photo source unknown, Darjeeling Limited)

Isn't this just the prettiest iPhone case you've seen? Check out this great DIY post on how to do it:

Click!

(Image from Clare McGibbon)

 

I recently came across some beautiful leather rings and thought it'd be a fun project to try. Here's a little somethin' somethin' when you feel like getting your craft on.

You'll need: 

4-5 inches of leather cord (depending on the size of your ring)

10 inches of string

Super glue

First, using the leather cord, create a loop and measure the size of your desired 'ring' finger. Pinning down the loop, take your string and start wrapping it around the looped leather cord.

It should look something similar to this

You want to make sure the string is pulled taut after each wrap. After winding the string about 20 times or so, tie a double knot and seal it with some super glue -- just so it doesn't unravel. Once that's in place, you'll want to snip off the excess ends of the leather cord and string. And there you have it!

Here's me getting fancy with a gold bead..

Have an amazing bunny-filled weekend. :)

It's a new one and I've named it after Bea, a beautiful and talented friend of mine who continues to inspire me all the way from Sydney. She makes the loveliest bow ties which you can find here! 

My mood these days. 

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There's something pretty great about catching up with friends over baked goods. Even better, baking together. The other day my friend and I ambitiously set out to bake 5 different things. Needless to say it stopped at 3. Within the span of three to four hours we had made 2 apple pies, a mountain high of oatmeal raisin cookies and baked spaghetti (that was dinner).

Recipes I recommend you try:

Smitten Kitchen's Raspberry Buttermilk Cake - Super simple to make. It's a good pick-me-up tea cake. Only thing is I used less sugar just cause I don't have a particularly sweet tooth.

Martha Stewart's Cream Cheese Pound Cake  - This cake hits the spot for me. Again not too complicated to make, and its the perfect balance between sweetness and tang (from the cream cheese). Try them out and let me know what you think. :)

What're some of your favourite things to bake?

After much work, spending an unfortunate amount of time deliberating over design and website ideas, I’ve got a proper website up and running. Click! For those who know me, I’m not the best when it comes to tech-y related things. So when I tried learning some basic principles of Illustrator, that brought its own set of challenges. However, after countless evenings of bubbletea and Youtube tutorials, I managed to create a vector. Hurrah. But really, I need to thank my amazing friends Bea & Su who have been more than helpful and supportive throughout this process.

As for other things I had been working on - jewellery wise - I've got some new pieces up online. Finally! In anticipation for Spring and all its glory, here's a colour palette I've been messing with.

Below is the Arielle bracelet. Made with Peranakan beads I got during my last trip to Singapore, I love the bold colours and sweet floral detailing (such a sucker for floral). 

After having spent the last year or so living between Singapore and Vancouver, I've managed to get settled (at least for now) and can focus on getting the ball rolling again. Less website and branding tweaking from here onward. I hope. Here's to sunnier and warmer weather heading our way! :)