my late activities ;p

Lately I began to found happiness by cross-stitching (again)...
I used to do some stitch on my high school, then not again until my father in law gave me a set of kit when I was pregnant on my 1st child (about 3 years ago) and I haven't finished the kit yet :p

However, I always in love with them... I started to buy many kits and buried them inside my cupboard, with a hope that one day I will finish them... (yes, am hoarding LOL)

One day, I saw one of my friend's stitch on her fb, it's a scenery of town... very beautiful :D
Then one of my best friend asked me about some cross-stitch things... And yeah, finally I got the nerve to start stitching again...

Some of the reasons were:
1. I need a break from never-ending jewelry-orders...
2. Guilty feelings to my father in law (LOL)
3. I Loveeeeeee them :p

So here's some of my stitching... I'm a beginner, so slow in making these things... :)

this is the kit from my father in law

And I try to make this one too, it's soda stitch kit about alphabet... :)
I made this for my daughter :D

 

The progress is moving very slow... Just started this one on 16th July... It may seem very simple but it took 3 hours to make the picture and about 30 minutes to make the Letters... oh well...

The carrot picture and letters were made on 19th July, and I haven't made any progress since then :p

Oh well, will post more updates about these later...
Thanks for reading... ;)



Love,
Jane :)

A Month Full of Surprise, Love, Happiness and BOM challenge reveal... :)

Today is actually my 3rd wedding anniversary... :)
Usually, my husband and I will go out for special dinner then spend our nights watching good movies...
Unfortunately we can not do that this year, because 2 weeks ago, I discovered myself 6 weeks pregnant... :D The doctor said that I should take care of my self well... And I began to feel sleepy all the time, moods become sweet and sour, and I just feel that I don't want to do anything else beside sleeping or reading books... Good for me that I don't get morning sickness, etc for the pregnancy... :p

Well, a couple of weeks ago (about a month) I challenge myself for BOM (Beads of Mystery) a challenge host by manik jawa :) We supposed to book some mystery beads, and receive a package of them...

Here's what I and other contestants get :)

Inside the package

Contains:

Cabocon Dolphin Handmade by Wulan Pelita Craft

Green Petals Gudo Glass Beads

Dark Green Gudo Glass Spacers

Pentol acrylic beads

Acrylic Bail

White Milk Gaharu Wood Beads

At first, I really want to make a huge choker with full seedbeads... But then I realized that I can't make it with my condition right now... So I made this...

my entry for BOM challenge

It's a simple necklace, with the pendant as the main course... ;p

I use 'Ayuri Spin' a spin of beads embroidery technique found by a friend of mine, Ayuk Rika... Some people told me that it looks like Jamie's spin, but actually they're different... My friend also hadn't read or have Jamie's book when she found this technique... :)

Then, i put the embellishment with a silver crystal drop at the bottom to give a touch of elegant...

Then, to make everything fit to each other, I gildered them... I also drain the wooden milk beads with some blue acrylic water... So in the end the color of the beads become soft-blue... :)

The Details

I hope that you like my creation, I know that it's so farrrr from what I wanted to make at the beginning...

But I'm proud enough that I can still make this necklace in this 'roller coaster' mood and situation...

Happy and Proud, 

Jane Pranata

PS: please check and help like my facebook page: Cherry Eve Jewelry thanks ;)

My First Bead Soup Blog Party Reveal... :)

Hello everyone, sorry for my late posting... :)
I just finished the soup at 3 a.m in the morning so,,, ;p (fyi it's GMT +7 here)

Here's is the wonderful beads, Melissa had sent me... :D

the beads

the vocal and the wonderful clasp

(you can check my last post here for more information about the soups) :)

Here's what I make from the soup Melissa Trudinger sent...

Due to the time, I only made one because I was too busy (and lazy) preparing my event : INACRAFT (you can check here for more information about Inacraft) It's a very HUGE annual event for all crafters and artisans who live in Indonesia... :)
but I will soon make another bracelet or earrings using the other ingredients ;)

Here's what I do...

At first I just want to make it like this...

and I leave it over-night thinking about making it in the next morning... Then on the morning when I saw it, I feel that I want to make something more... And since I'm crazy about bead-embroidery right now... I tried to make a skecth for the focal... adding this and that...

Here's my sketch :)

So I made the focal...

After looking at it, I thought that something missing, so I decide to put some wire work, just for to add some 'spice' :)

Here's the focal after the 'spice'

Then I made the necklace, put some jump rings...

And the wonderful Sari fabric... ( I just tied the fabric to the jump ring)

And yay they're done :)

Another picture (taken and edited with instagram)

There... I hope you love it, especially my beadswap partner, Melissa... 

Thank you for sending me such a wonderful soup...

I'm open to any suggestion and comments, and anything you wanted to post...

Thanks...

Love,

Jane Pranata Lim

(27 April 2013 01:34 P.M)

PS: I'm looking for a book to refresh my blog layout and learning some things about blogging... If you know about some wonderful books about it, would you mind sharing it here? Thanks :)

So sorry for the late update... Here's the Beadsoup that I'd received... ;)

I'd received the package about 2weeks ago and haven't written anything since... so sorry to my beadsoup partner, Melissa Trudinger...
Here's what inside the beadsoup...

A. The packaging
Beautiful and tied with green fabrics ribbon (can be used for the projects too)
Also come with beautiful card and I also put my partner's namecard here ;) and inside card...

Packaging and cards ;)

The Packaging and namecard

The Card

Inside The Card

B. The focal and the wonderful clasp

Focal and clasps

1. The ribbon is made from silk fairy ribbon "Navajo Primary Blend" it has rainbow color and very soft...
2.The focal is a beautiful handmade yellow polymer clay by Barbara Bechtel/ Second Surf.com... Love it!!
3. The clasp is "Bollywood Daisy" it's a toggle clasp set with connector, made by Natalie Fletcher Jones (www.peruzi.net) very beautiful indeed!! I can't help myself smiling widely when I saw it...

C. The lovely bead soup

The Bead Soups

1. Czech glass rounds and drops
Really love these purple soup :)
2. Extra clasp (brass) & tiny brass leaves
3. West german nuggets and czech rectangles
They will be a great component on the projects...
4. Mix of czech glass beads
Made from green, yellow and purple... love them!! :)

My beadsoup for Melissa

And this is what I sent for her
Including: mask focal, heart Batik pendant, Gunungan, wooden Batik beads, handmade clasp by me, Gudo Beads by ManikJawa.Inc and Batik ribbon handmade by me :p


Thank you so much Melissa!! Can't wait to work with them soon... :) So glad still have time until 13/4 the reveal date... LOLz
Jane

Beadsoupppp Sent!!

Hello everyone, I want to introduce my partner from The 7th Bead Soup Blog Party that was hold by Lori Anderson, Her name is Melissa Trudinger... :D
She is a nice lady...

Here's a part of her email to me, so you can get to know her better ;)
"I live in Melbourne, Australia. I'm in my mid-40s, married, with 3 children aged 3-7 years old. I've been making jewellery for about 3 years now, since my youngest was a baby. I mostly do stringing and simple wirework, I love to use fibres like leather, sari silk, ribbon and waxed linen in my pieces. I love to play with artist-made beads -- lampwork, ceramic, polymer clay and so on, and I love Czech beads. I'm not a seed-beader, they're too fiddly for me but I really admire people who can make beautiful things with them!"

Here are some wonderful Beadwork by her

I Love it how she put some sari silk... wow :D

Really love this!! The bird is very cute!!

You can find them here: http://beadrecipes.wordpress.com/

Okay, and now... Here's the picture of the beadsoup I'd sent for her today...

I hope it's blurry enough, LOLz :p

The courier said that it will take about 7days to arrive, I hope it arrives safely... :D
And I hope that Melissa will love the beadsoup ;)

Available New Items At Our Facebook Page :)

Some New Items Available at our page:
Cherry Eve Page

Link for the Ready Stocks:

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.306730389444568.72349.170640636386878&type=1

Check it out :)

My First Indonesian Beadswap

I decided to take part in 1st Indonesian Bead Swap Host by mb Lilik (ManikJawa.Inc)

This is what I sent for my Partner :)

Photo taken by mb Qori (my partner)

And this is what she sent to me

Photo taken by mb Qori (my partner)

And what she sent for me

Really love what she sent me, she sent me carving flower, pearls shell, gudo beads, and many other wonderful stone... Which makes me regret what I sent for her, I should send her more wonderful things... :p

Will try to make some things fromof what she'd sent me... :) and I will post them here...
Can't wait to take more part in the next beads swap... :D So excited... ;)

Some of my Beading Things

Blue and Brown
Left: Blue Agate with blue with blue seed beads,  Right: brown resin cameo with brown seed beads

Really love this piece
pink resin cameo served with white seed beads

Purple Agate with pink and purple seed beads

Natural stone with purple flowery accent in purple seed beads...
Necklace in Cellini ;)

The Rose of Oz (just want to name it that way because its green)
Made of resin rose cabochon, pearls, green seed beads

My blue bangle

I just so in love with the centerbeads I bought from manikjawa... And i just want to make a simple bangle... Simple enough that I can wear it everyday casually, but still stunning enough to get people notice that it's there...
So here's the result... :)
I hope you love it, as I do ;)

my blue bangle, with gudo java beads as the center... :)

My Jewelry Making Journey...

I always love jewelries, it has been my passion since I was a little girl... I used to safe some amount of my money to buy jewelries... I love to collect them and wear them... It feels weird to go out without using jewelries... :p

I made my first jewelry when I was about 21 years old... (I'm 26 now)

I just go googling and found a multiply site which sell some materials to make accessories, such as stones, beads, embellishments, and much more... On that moment I feel so excited... I finally tried to shop online...

I was so happy when I made them... First I just made them for my self... then I started selling some to my friends or families... :)

One of my First Handmade Jewelry

In my College days, I found out that there's a jewelry class... I assigned to the class and found out the joy of metalsmithing jewelries... Even though I only have 2 projects in one semester (about 6 months) I really love it... :) and continued taking jewelry second class on the next semester... (unfortunately can't find my handmade pendant, will post them here when I found it)

Unfortunately, many things happened and I start to put aside jewelries... I got my cumlaude bachelor degree in Art and Design Faculty, I went freelance working as a designer, I got married, and have a daughter, and so on...

One of my freelance work, a complete company profile for PT. CX Waterpark, Indonesia

On September 2011 I found a wire jewelry book on one of my favourite book store, I bought them and tried to practice them, simple wiring... Some are locals while others are made by international artist...

On October 2011, I started peeking again the multiply sites, and I found another multiply website about wire jewelry... I met my first wire jewelry tutor and had a workshop with her... :) (thank you Dahliani) and I made my first cabochon wire jewelry using the coiling, netting and waving... :D

My Cabochon pendant before the workshop... So messy

My first netting pendant, thank you so much sis Dahliani :)

Since then I tried to practice more and more often... and I met many people, another jewelry artisans... (Thanks God for leading me to them)

I began to grow interest for beading too, and finally try to make my first cabochon embroidery in Feb 2012 with the help of Cabochon embroidery book (Author Jauhara, thank you mb Jau)... Then finally found some proper way to beading (thank to mb Rika) and love them so much...

My first cabochon embroidery

Until now, I still love wiring and beading... I met lots and lots of wonderful people through them... :)

I just had my 1st exhibition in December 2012 and it was a great experience...

More are coming in March 2013 and INACRAFT April 2013, can't wait :)

See more of my collection at my facebook page:

www.facebook.com/cherryevejewelry

Thank you~

Jane Pranata <3