de Cor's Handmades - Handmade Jewelry Malaysia: simplicity
Showing posts with label simplicity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label simplicity. Show all posts

Sunday, May 17, 2015

Colorful Handmade Ear Jacket Earrings

Colorful Handmade Ear Jacket Earrings

I only manage to make one side of the earrings today, and as I was wearing it to capture a photo (requested by customer, earrings will be sanitized later before shipping), I realized that I have forgotten one important thing - with multiple colors Chaton Montees I should reverse the crystal position for the other side of earrings to make them symatrical.

I am lucky to realize this before making the other side of earrings. ☺️

Corra @ de Cor's 

Friday, May 15, 2015

Handmade Ear Jacket Earrings, Finalized design, Wire Wrapped Jewelry

Handmade Ear Jacket Earrings, with height options.
This is the finalized version of my Handmade Ear Jacket Earrings - and have sold two pairs after posting it on social platforms (thank you!)

I am very happy to find that the design is so well accepted, though I must declare it once and for all here:
This design is not my "raw" design, I saw a machine made ear jacket like this on a magazine last year while I was pregnant with my son and for tradition sake, I was not supposed to hand make anything throughout the entire pregnancy, I waited, but started to sketch and brain storming if I were to make something similar with wire wrapping technique, how should I do so.

This design was first materialized on 11 May 2015, and revised yesterday, finalized today.

Just like to take the opportunity to thank you for liking it. :)
Handmade Ear Jacket Earring - side view
Handmade Ear Jacket Earrings, with second height option.

Handmade Ear Jacket Earrings, with highest height option.


I will making different colors of ear jackets and list it in my minimalist section in Etsy soon, pop over if you are keen. :)

Corra @ de Cor's


Thursday, May 14, 2015

Handmade Ear Jacket with Three Height Options, Wire Wrapped Jewelry

Handmade Ear Jacket with Three Height Options - Wire Wrapped Jewelry

My 3 years old got excited and decided that she wants to have her earlobe pierced after seeing me putting this on - the revised version of Handmade Ear Jacket. 😝

Technically there are 3 height options, but the one closer to the bottom is only suitable for those who doesn't have much earlobes (there are people born without), I am using the middle ones; and the highest height option is for those who has thicker or largerer earlobes. 

Overall experience: had lots of fun. :)

Will post more later.

Corra @ de Cor's

Monday, May 11, 2015

Handmade Ear Jacket, Wire Wrapped Jewelry

Handmade Ear Jacket
I first saw a ear jacket design last year while i was pregnant with my second child and then it's been on my to-try list since, today I finally get to play around with it. It is not perfect, there are rooms for making it sturdier and steadier, I will give it a few more try when I am able to. :)

Handmade Ear Jacket

Again, it's a variation from my Bridesmaid Earrings Tutorial, using White Opal Swarovski Chaton Montee and Aquamarine Swarovski Chaton Montees. The array of Chaton Montees need to be sturdier and I will fix that in my next attempt.

Handmade Ear Jacket

The distance between the earrings post with the jacket is about 0.5", I understand that I should be making a few more length options but I have no idea what measurements should I be looking at right now - do share if you know!

Handmade Ear Jacket - Side View


As for the steps to transform that White Opal Swarovski Chaton Montee into stud earrings, be sure to subscribe to de Cor's Handmades Youtube Channel for free jewelry making video tutorials.

And... in case you don't know, I actually post more stuff on my instagram - http://instagram.com/decorshandmades, pop over if you are #instausers too, @decorshandmades or #decorshandmades.

Handmade Ear Jacket

That's all for now, I shall be busy for the next few days on refining my minimalist series before I post again, til then, see you around.

Corra





Friday, May 8, 2015

Handmade double sided studs and earrings

White Opal Earrings Studs with Rose color Earrings
Juggling my time caring for kids and career is very, very challenging, I am pretty certain that I won't be designing anything overly sophisticated because if the design process drags too long, I lose interest and design died. 

I foresee myself creating more of simple yet elegant minimalist until kids are older - today I spent my afternoon sitting together with Nate after putting Claire to nap to see him learns to sit, and gosh he is drooling too much lol!

This Handmade Double Sided Studs and Earrings is a variation from Bridesmaid Earrings Tutorial, I hung the wires around earrings stopper and then attach a Rose Swarovski Chaton Montee to it. No roket science.

Handmade double sided studs and earrings
The White Opal Swarovski Chaton Montee ear stud is handmade too, wonder how I've transformed a chaton montee to stud earrings? I've got a surprise for you later - hint: be sure to subscribe to de Cor's Handmades Youtube Channel for updates!

This is how it look like after putting all pieces together:
Handmade double sided studs and earrings

Side view of it:
Handmade double sided studs and earrings

Adjust to align:
Handmade double sided studs and earrings

And finally, seeing it on me to gauge it's actual size:
Actual Size - Handmade double sided studs and earrings

This item will be available in my Etsy's Minimalist section soon.

Cheers,
Corra

Tuesday, April 14, 2015

DIY Silver Circle Studs Post Earrings, Wire Jewelry Tutorial

Handmade Circle Studs / Post Earrings
I am super excited to announce this - that I have finally finalized and uploaded a new Wire Jewelry Tutorial to YouTube. I didn't expect myself to have taken so long to have this uploaded, but because I can only work on this when kids are taking their naps (and if I managed to stay awake after they dozed off), and after they finally call it a day at night.

My recent fav quote: Simplicity is never simple.

In order to make this pair of simple looking earrings, you might need to anticipate some fair bit of practice, though I do hope you enjoy it!



Leave me a comment of what you think! :)
Corra @ de Cor's