5/18/2010

Antique Brass Vintage style Necklace



Necklace using antique brass, FW Pearl and Cherry Quartz


If you search from and ebay and other internet market, you will easily found that popularity of antique vintage jewelry is rising. There are many vintage style and costume jewelry. They are mainly made by antique brass and gemstones or crystals.
Vintage style jewelry is usually considered as of the designs over thirty years old or even longer. The most popular form of vintage jewelry is the Victorian Era which covers up to the early 1980s. The price of antique vintage is variable depending on the designer and the quality of the jewelry. Nowadays, there is lots of vintage style jewelry for your choice. If you like, you can just buy some antique brass and make up your own. You are sure to be the focus among your friends if you wear a fantastic vintage style jewelry piece.



You can follow the steps shown below and use similar material to make your unique vintage style necklace.







Silver Jewelry Caring Tips

Silver Jewelry Caring Tips

I love Silver Jewelry. Silver is one of the precious metals with very ductile and malleable. Therefore, Silver can be used solely or with other materials for jewelry design. I collected lots of Silver Jewelry. My collections are excellent when I bought them but after some times, they became darkened, lost their shinning property and changed their appearance. The tarnishing process is annoying. I really don’t want to wear them any more before I clean them up.





I tried to use the cleansing solution and found the jewelry returned to their new look quickly. However, after few days, my Silver Jewelry turned even darker. I tried many different ways but with very short effect. Finally, I found that to protect my Silver Jewelry is better than clean them up. I just use air tight zip plastic bags to store them and their beautiful appearance kept much longer. For those darkened one, I bought some soft polish cloth without any chemical to clean them. I polish them carefully with patience and time and the result is promising with their shinning property last longer.

Dangling Earrings with Faceted Tiger Eyes

The gemstone of tiger eye is actually a family member of quartz. The yellow and golden brown stripes resembles an eye of tiger that was believed to offer courage, energy and luck. Tiger Eye is the anniversary gemstone for the 9th year of marriage.



This time, we would like to share with you how the tiger eye gemstone could be used to make a unique and lovely earring.







Unique Jewelry - OOAK

Unique Jewelry - OOAK (One of a kind)

Many friends of mine are interest in making their own jewelry. Normally, they have one major question – Where are the design ideas from? Date back for over 10 years ago. I do have the same problem. With time goes by, I have learned a few tips to get good design ideas. What we need is to stay young in mindset, open minded and to have the patience to look around.

To have your own design, you need to have high level of creativity and imagination. Everyone wants to have their unique design. Unique means different from others. There needs look of creativity.




What I normally do is to do a substantial desk research. I read many fashion and jewelry magazines to grip the market trend. I watch movies and have my eyes glued at how the top movie stars and fashion designers dress and wear. Undoubtedly, dress and wear need to match perfectly such that the good side of the jewelry is optimized. I scan through internets in particular the fashion webpage. Remember! Copy of ideas is legal as long as there is no violation of copyright issues. Majority of the jewelry designs have no copyright. We can just use other ideas and build on top of them to make our products more appealing. Here imagination and creative mindset are needed.

I have another habit. When I am on street during shopping or whatever, if I see someone wear and dress charming, I have my eye staring at their dresses, earrings, necklaces, rings etc.., just want to learn from them. Remember! Steal is pride under such circumstances. Don’t be shy! Besides, quite often I hang around jewelry shops to check the new design.



Last but not the least, try to sketch your design, prepare the material and make your favorite jewelry. Don’t be afraid of mistakes. Thousands of failures generate one successful invention. There is no difference for a successful handmade jewelry design.


Remember! Read more, see more, have a creative mindset, be imaginative and have a never-say-die try-and-error spirit. You will have your unique, all of a kind jewelry for yourself and maybe your loved one.

Have fun!

5/17/2010

Lady Gaga is leading the trend of fashion and accessories


Lady Gaga – Do you like her songs, dances & fashion and accessories ?

Lady Gaga is full of energy. She shows no sign of stopping!!! I am expecting her new album and the music video for her song “Alejandro”. Wow! I will be the one stay in the queue to buy these stuffs.

Lady Gaga stresses her limits. Never stops!!! I think she is going to work with very little sleep and keep on until she dies. Oh! What a strong and tough fighting spirit. Just think about how many youngsters today just giving up their dream when they just encounter very small obstacles.



Lady Gaga has very unique dress sense. She is always on the top with unique presentation, performance, style and look.

I tried to find the new trend of accessories she preferred. I found she had lots of interesting mask?



This is really wonderful, and it looks really fantastic!
How about necklace, bracelet and earrings?
I got one in the following picture.

5/16/2010

Summer Special - Bracelet

A Bracelet with Strong Feeling for the Summer

In summer times, we always choose clothing with light an bright colors that resemble the sun, the sky and the blossom of flowers and the sense of growth. It’s a good idea to have some accessories to wear on. A bracelet in the bright yellow and green is good to match with our colorful clothing. Here Pinki Collection prepared a colorful bracelet for your stimulation. If you like, you can just buy some similar items of low price and make your own design as the steps that we show you.




The materials are easy to collect and the fabrication procedure is very simple. You just need simple tools to do it or you simply buy it for this summer.






Antique Brass Vintage Vtyle Aquamarine Bracelet


This antique brass vintage style aquamarine bracelet is newly designed by Pinki Collection. We use 100% natural aquamarine beads, a few white shell beads and an antique brass butterfly for decoration and made up the central part of the bracelet.

Using raw natural aquamarine gemstone, we can make our unique style and to highlight the beauty of a more natural look of the gemstone. The high quality aquamarine is transparent and good in reflection of light. It’s usually cut and set properly in jewelry making for other style.