5 Great DIY Jewelry Sites : Tips and Tricks to Handmade Beaded Jewelry.
5 Great Treats for all Beginners in Handmade Beaded Jewelry, fantastic web sites to visit.

Treat No: 1
Jewelry Making at About.com  
Great articles by Tammy Powley.  Free tutorials for beginners, large database of resources.  Free Jewelry Making E-course emailed weekly.

Treat No: 2
Fire Mountain Gems and Beads  is America’s Favorite Beading and Jewelry Supply Company. For more advanced designs, beautiful free catalog, how to, free tutorials and Design Gallery.  Huge traffic volume can be frustrating, just got to be patient and take a little longer to load the site.

Treat No: 3
Auntie’s Beads
Great instruction videos, basic technicques and interesting projects on video.
You can also find these videos on Youtube too. 

Treat No: 4
This beautiful project is from Wig Jig University.

Wiring techniques, choosing the right tools, how to use the jig, beginners instructions and many great projects.

Treat No: 5
Bead Online
Basic Jewelry Making techniques.  Graphics to show the steps to beautiful free projects.

Have a wonderful time! Happy Beading!

I bought this beautiful Royal Copenhagen porcelain plate from a flea market at Clark’s Quay almost 10 years ago. On it, the artist’s impression reads “Mors Dag, 1972″.
So I thought Mors Dag is the name of the artist who painted the plate in 1972.

I was just wondering how much it is worth today as a collectible item. So I started searching the internet for information.  I had a good laugh when I found out that Mors Dag is not a person.  Haha, “Mors Dag” is “Mother’s Day” in Danish and Swedish.

In Singapore, we celebrate Mother’s Day on the 2nd Sunday of May as in Denmark, US and Japan.  Sweden honors all mothers on the 4th Sunday of May as in UK. 

~ Happy Mother’s Day! ~

When I first joined the Swarovski “Create Your Style” Community, there was a contest running.  Though not prepared,  but for the sake of participation, I submitted 2 designs.

Jade Forever Bracelet and Pearl Bling were submitted for the January 2008 Contest. 

Jade Forever created by Evelyn Lim of Amethyst Crystal.

Jade Forever Bracelet is a free-style concept, re-designed from a simple single strand of oval-shaped select, beautiful green Jade beads.  

At my sister-in-law’s request, I transformed the beautiful single strand of Jade Beads of classic beauty into something more contemporary.  In creating Jade Forever, I added emerald green Swarovski crystals and some copper beads to create a more casual style so that it looks great for any occasion.

I used the stringing method, weaving 3 nylon cords of 0.3mm thickness.  4mm Emerald Green Swarovski Crystals to compliment the jade.  The string of copper beads is inter-twined around the main strand for a final touch. 

Pearl Bling created by Evelyn Lim of Amethyst Crystal.

Pearl Bling Bracelet is also a recreation from a treasured momento of hers.  It was previously an elegant 0-0-0 formation.  I was fortunate to be given this opportunity to re-design it and give it a fresh look.  Metal findings, metal beads and crystal beads were added to enhance the string of pearls and gold tubular links. 

If you are a beginner, you will find this site at Swarovski Create Your Style very informative. Look for Beading Techniques.
Have fun making your own handmade beaded jewelry!