Etsy find of the day - Crescent Moon Necklace

Crescent Moon necklace

Gold and blue, you can't go wrong with this Crescent Moon Necklace. USD$75 from BLUEskyBLACKbird

Handmade Wire Hair Pins by Kuryakova Liudmila a.k.a. KL-WireDream

Handmade Wire Hairpin - Brass Blue Flower

Featured Artist: Kuryakova Liudmila from Kyiv, Ukraine.

I've blogged about Liudmila's Wire Jewelry Haircombs yesterday, today I am going to compile her Wire Jewelry 2 Prongs Hairpins Gallery. The main different is that hair-combs are in comb format i.e. more sticks/ prongs, which could hold the bun's shapes better than 2 prongs hairpins, I personally uses 2 prongs hairpins on daily basis because hair-combs are usually too wide for my little hair buns, unless I am making french hair buns will I use hair-combs to stay put the shape. :)

So the first Wire Jewelry Hairpin above is Brass Blue Flower.

This hair pin has been SOLD and cannot be reproduced. Fully handmade with brass featuring labradorite using cold forging technique.

Measurements:
- Overall Size: 15 cm
- Comb: 10 cm
- Crown Size: 5.5 X 4.5 cm
Finishing: Patina oxidation
Product care: Occasionally polish with soft cloths.
Below image shows the actual size of Brass Blue Flower when worn:

Handmade Wire Hairpin - Brass Blue Flower

2) Handmade Wire Hairpin - Brass Flower Bud Hairpin with Pearl

Handmade Wire Hairpin - Brass Flower Bud Hairpin with Pearl

This hair pin has been SOLD and cannot be reproduced. Fully handmade with brass featuring pearl using cold forging technique.

Measurements:
- Overall Size: 16.5 cm
- Comb: 8 - 11 cm
- Crown Size: 4.5 X 3.5 cm
Finishing: Patina oxidation
Product care: Occasionally polish with soft cloths.
Below image shows the actual size of Brass Flower Bud Hairpin with Pearl when worn:

Handmade Wire Hairpin - Brass Flower Bud Hairpin with Pearl

3) Handmade Wire Hairpin - Silver Moonlight Lily

Handmade Wire Hairpin - Silver Moonlight Lily

This hair pin has been SOLD and cannot be reproduced. Fully handmade with 92.5 sterling silver, adularia, silver and brass beads, using cold forging technique.

Measurements:
- Overall Size: 14.3 cm
- Comb: 10 cm
- Crown Size: 5 X 4.3 cm
Finishing: Patina oxidation
Product care: Occasionally polish with soft cloths.
Below image shows the actual size of Silver Moonlight Lily when worn:

Handmade Wire Hairpin - Silver Moonlight Lily

4) Handmade Wire Hairpin - Rainbow Flower

Handmade Wire Hairpin - Rainbow Flower

This hair pin has been SOLD and cannot be reproduced. Fully handmade with 92.5 sterling silver, rainbow color labradorite, silver beads, using cold forging technique.

Measurements:
- Overall Size: 15 cm
- Comb: 10 cm
- Crown Size: 5 X 4.3 cm
Finishing: Patina oxidation
Product care: Occasionally polish with soft cloths.
Below image shows the actual size of Silver Moonlight Lily when worn:

Handmade Wire Hairpin - Rainbow Flower

5) Handmade Wire Hairpin - Silver Blue Lotus

Handmade Wire Hairpin - Silver Blue Lotus

This hair pin has been SOLD and cannot be reproduced. Fully handmade with 92.5 sterling silver, natural color labradorite and blue sheen, using cold forging technique.

Measurements:
- Overall Size: 13 cm
- Comb: 9 cm
- Crown Size: 4 X 4.5 cm
Finishing: Patina oxidation
Product care: Occasionally polish with soft cloths.
Below image shows the actual size of Silver Blue Lotus when worn:

Handmade Wire Hairpin - Silver Blue Lotus

6) Handmade Wire Hairpin - Silver Honey Lotus

Handmade Wire Hairpin - Silver Honey Lotus

This hair pin has been SOLD and cannot be reproduced. Fully handmade with 92.5 sterling silver, honey color labradorite and silver beads, using cold forging technique.

Measurements:
- Overall Size: 13.5 cm
- Comb: 9 cm
- Crown Size: 5 X 4.5 cm
Finishing: Patina oxidation
Product care: Occasionally polish with soft cloths.
Below image shows the actual size of Silver Honey Lotus when worn:

Handmade Wire Hairpin - Silver Honey Lotus

7) Handmade Wire Hairpin - Silver Twins Flower Buds

Handmade Wire Hairpin - Silver Twins Flower Buds

This hair pin has been SOLD and cannot be reproduced. Fully handmade with 92.5 sterling silver, inlays of carve ivory, using cold forging technique and elements of the torsion wire

Sold in pairs only!

Measurements:
- Overall Size: 12 cm
- Comb: 9 cm
- Decorating Focal Size: 3 cm
Finishing: Patina oxidation
Product care: Occasionally polish with soft cloths.
Below image shows the actual size of Silver Twins Flower Buds when worn:

Handmade Wire Hairpin - Silver Twins Flower Buds

So there, hairpins series actually does come with silver prongs, I can't help wondering how sturdy it is, silver are usually soft unless it is heavily tumbled, these hairpins ought to be as tough as silver spoons otherwise it's going to be challenging to stay put the hair buns. :)

Pay a visit to Liudmila's online store if you are keen, though she didn't really have many items to offer right now, may be write to her personally to commission some of her works?

Thanks for visiting this blog by the way. :)

Corra @ de Cor's

Handmade Wire Hair Combs by Kuryakova Liudmila a.k.a. KL-WireDream

Handmade Wire Haircomb - Copper Crest Lily

Featured Artist: Kuryakova Liudmila from Kyiv, Ukraine.

If you came by this blog-post via search engine wishing to know more about Liudmila, please accept my deepest apologies, this incredible jewelry artist doesn't disclose much of herself on the internet and even if she does, it's in a language I could not comprehend, I've tried online translating engine but the output don't make much sense so I'd rather not to make up some story about her, all I could put together were her beautiful handmade pieces, and since I adores her hair accessories very, very much, so I am going to spend some time to introduce her handmade wire jewelry hair accessories (haircombs and hairpins, to be precised.)

And today I am going to focus on her Wire Haircombs series only.

The first featured handmade wire jewelry haircomb in this blog post is Copper Crest Lily.

This hair comb has been SOLD and cannot be reproduced. Fully handmade with copper using cold forging technique.

Measurements:
- Overall Size: 12 X 7 cm
- Comb: 7 cm
- Crown Size: 4.5 X 7 cm
Finishing: Patina oxidation
Product care: Occasionally polish with soft cloths.
Below image shows the actual size of Copper Crest Lily when worn:

Handmade Wire Haircomb - Copper Crest Lily

2) Handmade Wire Haircomb - Brass Ocean

Handmade Wire Haircomb - Brass Ocean

This hair comb has been SOLD and cannot be reproduced. Fully handmade with brass featuring labradorite using cold forging technique.

Measurements:
- Overall Size: 15 cm
- Comb: 10 cm
- Flower Focal Size: 5 cm
Finishing: Patina oxidation, hand polished.
Product care: Occasionally polish with soft cloths.
Below image shows the actual size of Brass Ocean when worn:

Handmade Wire Haircomb - Brass Ocean

3) Handmade Wire Haircomb - Brass Fuksitom

Handmade Wire Haircomb - Brass Fuksitom /td>

This hair comb has been SOLD and cannot be reproduced. Fully handmade with brass featuring fuchsia and natural garnets using cold forging technique.

Lightweight haircomb, suitable for thin hair wearer.

Measurements:
- Overall Size: 11 X 6 cm
- Comb: 7.5 cm
- Crown Size: 4 X 6 cm
Finishing: Patina oxidation, hand polished.
Product care: Occasionally polish with soft cloths.
Below image shows the actual size of Brass Fuksitom when worn:

Handmade Wire Haircomb - Brass Fuksitom

4) Handmade Wire Haircomb - Brass Comb Lily

Handmade Wire Haircomb - Brass Comb Lily

This hair comb has been SOLD and cannot be reproduced. Fully handmade with brass adorned with freshwater pearls using cold forging technique.

Measurements:
- Overall Size: 13.5 cm
- Comb: 8.5 cm
- Crown Size: 6.5 x 5 cm
Finishing: Patina oxidation (darkening), hand polished.
Product care: Occasionally polish with soft cloths.
Below image shows the actual size of Brass Comb Lily in hand:

Handmade Wire Haircomb - Brass Comb Lily

5) Handmade Wire Haircomb - Copper Crest Sleeping Beauty

Handmade Wire Haircomb - Copper Crest Sleeping Beauty

This hair comb has been SOLD and cannot be reproduced. Fully handmade with copper,  adorned with some copper beads, ridge with an insert of glass Goldstone using cold forging technique.

Measurements:
- Overall Size: 14 X 7.5 cm
- Comb: 7.5 cm
- Flower Focal Size: 6.5 X 7.5 cm
Finishing: Patina oxidation, hand polished.
Product care: Occasionally polish with soft cloths.
Below image shows the actual size of Copper Crest Sleeping Beauty when worn:

Handmade Wire Haircomb - Copper Crest Sleeping Beauty

So far these are the wire jewelry haircombs done by Liudmila I could find, I am sure there are more, most of them were made with copper or brass, I'd personally wish to see more of them in silver. Oh and I thought titanium might be a good choice too - sturdy, lightweight and will not tarnish, then again, I have never really made any hair accessories with precious metal myself so until then, I shall continue to study.

Thank you, miss Kuryakova Liudmila, I truly enjoyed viewing your beautiful creations.

Lots of love,
Corra @ de Cor's

Handmade Geometric Statement Necklace

I have been on full swing mode for statement necklace lately and I wonder why, must be the hormones, I have always been fan of fine, tiny and delicate jewelry until recently, could it be the increase of testosterone level in my body? Just kiddin'!

So I have pinned quite a number of statement necklaces on Pinterest and finally decided to blog about this one that I've bumped into in Etsy. Etsy is still the best, after all, though it no longer is the place I used to know, as in, boy have you not seen many claimed to be handmade's mass-produced products in there? Can't blame Etsy, really, with the change of policy (as in now you could be the designer that produces your line of designs in volume then sell "your's" products in Etsy, it really helped the economy, like for few folds.

Back to this statement necklace I've found, it's 100% handmade as far as I know, haha.

Anat from SchickiMickis made this statement necklace with a geometrical triangle design, made of ivory gold leather triangles which form a strong geometric "fan" or "sun" shape.

Item name: Geometric Statement Necklace
Material: Genuine leather and Brass
Ship worldwide from Spain.

I have no idea what's it's price though, cause Anat is on vocation, do contact her if you are keen to be the owner of this lovely statement necklace. :)

Side note - it's so hard to keep calm and continue to handmade jewelry these days, this is the whole reason why I have been treasure hunting in Etsy for genuine handmade jewelry and to promote their work. Pin their pin-worthy works to support handmade will ya? Thank you very much!

Pin it: http://www.pinterest.com/pin/268386459018852153/

Thank you and have fun!

Corra @ de Cor's