December 31, 2008
· Filed under 1 · Tagged 2008, acrylic, art, DIY jewelry, etsy, jewelry, necklaces, polymer clay, reflections, resin
Here’s my latest this afternoon. They’re really so cute and lovely, I want to hide one under my bed to prevent myself from selling it. 
These pendants are made using polymer clay, artfully stamped (for some) and painted with acrylic, then sealed permanently in a layer of resin. J’taime uses pretty art paper embedded in resin. The curing time for resin takes about 4 days, after which these pendants are embellished with fun little Swarovski crystals, pearls, or little glass beads. Each pendant comes with matching 16″ chain (as seen in photos).
Fall Into Red USD16.50
J’taime USD17
Leaf Obsession USD16.50
Champignon USD16.50
Les Fleurs USD16.50
They will be listed on Etsy as soon as I decide on whether or not to list them…but if you want this item or have a question about it, email me: cherylyap81[!at]hotmail.com.
I hope y’all have had an amazing 2008 full of ups and downs, happiness and sadness, laughs and tears…because, really, it’s all these moments that hopefully make us a better people, right? Mine, as some of you already know, has been filled with all the above. I’ve had as many smiling moments as I’ve had so tearful ones. But I feel so blessed, I can’t thank God enough for it. Two thousand and eight was the year of many firsts…
- Living in a new town all by myself, getting to spend a ton of “me time”
- Working in a hospital and getting to treat many wonderful and awesome patients with such great (and sometimes very long) stories to tell
- Graduating from grad school
- Having my parents and godmother witnessing my graduation ceremony
- Taking part in an American graduation ceremony
- Getting married (YAY!)
- Moving to a new-old country
- Living with a guy (hurhur)
- Learning how to deal with bureaucracies
- Joining the Etsy craze
- Making jewelry/playing with resin….all the good stuff you see on this blog
- Spending my first Christmas with Bry as a married couple and for that matter…spending our first New Year’s day together as a married couple
- Growing plants!!! LOL.
Etc, etc., etc. I’m looking forward to God’s blessing and teachings for me in 2009.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
December 31, 2008
· Filed under 1 · Tagged art and craft, etsy, handmade, pretty creations, pretty things, sellers, treasury
So many Etsians scramble to get this limited page to showcase works of their favorite Etsians. So I decided to try it out for fun and to see if this would give my Etsy shop more exposure. I had so much fun collecting and putting together this little montage! You can check it out here (only till Jan 2).
http://cherbie.etsy.com
December 30, 2008
· Filed under 1 · Tagged art and craft, etsy, jewelry, pendants, polymer clay, resin
After playing with resin for weeks, and encountering some failures and some disasters (see previous post), I have finally come up with something that I *think* looks cute and pretty enough to sell. What do you think?
December 30, 2008
· Filed under 1 · Tagged art and craft, diy, earrings, etsy, jewelry, pendant, sales
Okay, 10 of the sold items were bought by two very nice friends and my sister…but I’m still delighted that they would spend the money to buy my creations. Thank you! Xie Xie! Muchas gracias! Saal.
Here’s a photo of the package I shipped off yesterday to a stranger who bought my pretty set of earrings and pendant:
Thanks again. I am thrilled.
http://cherbie.etsy.com
December 30, 2008
· Filed under 1 · Tagged australia, bugs, chili, food, fruit vegetables, gardening, Singapore, tomato
So my plants, especially my tomato and jalapeno ones, have been growing strongly and proudly. Which is very exciting, even more so for a girl who grew up in the concrete jungles of tropical Singapore and didn’t know anything about gardening (although my mom did had a pretty fabulous garden in our little balcony).
Yesterday, I also had a very pleasant visitor drop by on my tomato plant. We also discovered another visitor, who was quite a nuisance before, making the tomato plant its temporary home – can you spot it?
Here are the latest photos of my little babies:
I think we’re going to use my first ever home grown tomato at tonight’s dinner!
