Excess..... accessories.... jewels.... jewellery......

I love jewellery...... how is that different from many other ladies out there who love these sparkly trinkets?? The main difference is, I enjoy making them rather then wearing them..... This is actually kind of strange.... for those with know me, I don't think I qualify as one of those that accessorise heavily (I think I am improving recently!! Hehe..) I have a platinum chain with a rocking horse charm that I wear regularly for the past decade or so...I do have a large number of earrings that I match with my attire....and a Tiffani and Co bracelet that I do wear once in a while (a very long while)... so why am I interested in jewellery making???

I guess it started a pretty long time ago(just that I didn't realize till recently).. being a teenager, I didn't have the ability to purchase all the accessories that I like, so I would often think of how I could reproduce the item I like... the result of this is multiple pairs of earrings, some strange looking furry cow print pencil case, pouches etc.... this all stopped for a long while after I started working.... I don't know what got into me and there was one occasion when I decided that I wanted to make one of my friends something for her birthday... and I ended up with a crystal garnet necklace earrings set... this went on for a long while...farewell gifts for colleagues, christmas gifts, birthday gifts etc....the person that got dumped the most of my pieces would be my pretty stewardess best friend Sharon.... she loves to accessorize and would pay crazy prices for accessories....I decided that I could make her some similar pieces so that she could perhaps save a bit on accessories (this ploy didn't work though.... now she just owns loads of jewellery.... many from me and many more that she purchase... :P) I just go on making more and more.....

I think jewellery making just allows me to have an outlet for my creative juices to flow....perhaps there is some hidden desire in me to want to be a designer and in designing and handmaking all these pieces, I get transported to my bubbly world where I believe that I am indeed a designer.... for someone with no design background, I think I am really not doing so badly!!!! It helps me relieve stress and boredom as well..... what can one do in 3 and a half months of summer hols??? I can't keep shopping, reading, watch movies or travel..... rather than staring into space, I guess this is a better option..... I do hope that someday this hobby of mine will take me somewhere but I guess this dream is still a bit far now.. in any case, I remain hopeful!!!!!

Take a look at my slide show of some of my designs past and present (I am really sorry that I am not too great a photographer!!) Drop me a line if you like any of them!!!!! :)