First time today! :)

hi everyone :)

had a great class today! AND there were a few FIRSTs today and if you been following my blog you know i just love recording the FIRSTs.

Today is the first time i taught a guy wire craft...and i should say that it isnt his first time doing it :)  either that or he is born to craft...a natural :)

today is also the first time i actually remembered to bring my camera ! yup months of doing this and first time i remembered to bring the real deal and not just snap from my camera phone....unfortunately (as always when i am exhilarated after a good class)...i  forgot to snap pics!!!

so calling to the crafters today, peisan, lionel, vani and sharon....if you read this, please please please send me a photo of the bracelets we made today and of other projects that you have completed after the class.

thank you gals and guy for a very interesting class and today by far is the most verbal interaction i had with students! i am happy with all the questions asked and i hoped it was an enjoyable class for you as it was for me :)

till then ,

M

In2wire CRAFT WORKSHOP - ANNOUNCEMENT

IN2wire Craft 1

1. brief introduction about types of wires available, tools, books, supplies.

2. basic techniques how to: "P" loops, spirals, open spirals, jump rings, hooks, ear hooks.

3. easy jewelry projects to craft.

(class material supplied will be same or similar depending on availability)

DATES: 17th April (full), May 8th (available)


fee:  RM95
location: beading.my , wangsa maju
time: 2.30 pm to 6.30pm
all materials and pictorial provided
tools not included but available on loan during class

for bookings please go beading.my

IN2wire Craft 2

1. weaving technique,

2. herringbone technique

3. moderate jewelry projects to craft.

  

(class material supplied will be same or similar depending on availability)

DATES: 17th April (full), May 8th (available)

fee:  RM125

location: beading.my , wangsa maju

time: 2.30 pm to 6.30pm

all materials and pictorial provided

tools not included but available on loan during class


for bookings please go beading.my

IN2wire Craft 3

1. wire weaving technique,

2. herringbone technique

3. charming bracelet  jewelry project to craft.

  

(class material supplied will be same or similar depending on availability)

Dates: 1st May (full), 15th May (1 seat available), 22nd May (avilable)

fee:  RM125

location: beading.my , wangsa maju

time: 2.30 pm to 6.30pm

all materials and pictorial provided

tools not included but available on loan during class


for bookings please go beading.my

Thank YOU! :)

a note of thanks from a lovely lovely girl!

- let me share with you the creative works of Gwendoline Too :)
she is among the first few who bought my wirework jewelry when i first launched whimsicalnquirky. thank you sweetie :) your support towards my work is greatly appreciated :)

NEW class in MAY! - register now please :)

briefly, herringbone and wire weaving technique. materials wil be as in picture or similar color and shape of beads. plus one spool of different gauges of silver plated copper designercraft wire needed and printed material.
only one project because its slightly more complicated than previous projects  but with combined techniques involve. fee is rm125
classes available on any saturdays in month of May. Max 4 crafters per session.

Location: beading.my, any saturday in MAY, 2.30pm-6.30pm

for registration, please go to:

http://www.beading.my

:)

M

IT's Already April!

well what do you know. its already april ( a week has passed too) and i just realised that it is already a year since i started the whimsicalnquirky blog :)

want to know how i started? 

before i started doing wirework jewelry, i am seriously crazy about needlecraft. Anything that gotta do with sharp needles, i have done it :)

i still remember those days when i used to make day trips to singapore from KL just to get dozens and dozens of yarn balls. Everytime i passed the jewelry aisle at spotlight, i would linger and thinking should i start a new hobby?...and then the colorful yarns would be screaming at me and say...."hey! look here! you are here for us..not the jewelry findings!"  ...and i would say to myself...one day, one day.

the truth was that my hubby didn't encourage me to do jewelry making because knowing of my delicate fingers' condition (eczema) he said i would suffer. 

I have never done stringing, i have never done jewelry beading and the closest beading  i have done is on baju kurung :)

and when i started to indulge myself into the subject of jewelry making in december 2008, i never looked back :)

i started a blog in April 2009 and my small online business began. I registered whimsicalnquirky.com.my in June after i see the potential that this can actually work for me :)

many are sceptical about starting an online business while my views are just the opposite. I really believe that it can work and never once i thought that it wouldn't. After my first online sale almost immediately after i set up my blog, i know that if you put your mind to it, it can happen.

believe in it.

:)

M

"HELLO BLOGGERS!" 50 BLOG MALYSIA PALING MENARIK

I was browsing thru magazines at my favorite SELVAN magazine shop in uptown when I decided just to check out the local mags. InTrend magazine caught my eye because of Mrs. Bung and then I saw it... "HELLO BLOGGERS!" 50 BLOG MALAYSIA PALING MENARIK pilihan InTrend.

I didn’t pick it up because...oh well...April is just around the corner...shall wait for the April issue when.... I decided to turn back and thought..what the heck...lets see who are the 50 bloggers...I can at least link them to my site and drive in traffic! :)

I was speechless. My blog was listed under "usahawan muda" and I felt a sudden overwhelmed feeling. Flashbacks of long nights struggling to build my site...reading CSS books to just understand what is HTML! and the codes.....at the same time promoting my site.....crafting my wares.....at the same time juggling to pay attention to the kids' studies...their well being....the cats....and I am so thankful for my better half...who took care of us all.

I just want to say THANK YOU to the person who picked my blog out of the other thousands that I believed worked just as hard to build their blog and business. As an "ushawan muda" and a work from home mother, I sincerely appreciate for the recognition. It’s placed in a tiny corner of the magazine and yet it means so much to me.

TERIMA KASIH! :)

M

Oh yes...BEFORE I go..... I would like to thank

http://lovelymissbyeti.blogspot.com

for taking the trouble to list down the 50 blogs and the links.

I would like to share with you the other 49 blogs and their links :)

50 popular blogs in Malaysia picked by InTrend magazine.

BLOG PERKAHWINAN

a.k.a Bride-to-be (B2B) Bloggers @ anything related with wedding!

http://itstimeforqanda.blogspot.com/

http://blog.saifulnang.net/

http://sweetdesigncreative.blogspot.com/

http://theweddingfairies.blogspot.com/

http://farraiskandar.blogspot.com/

http://geecantik.blogspot.com/

http://qarlista.blogspot.com/

http://www.nasgreatidea.com/

http://dinahalim.blogspot.com/

http://whatalovelywedding.wordpress.com/

BLOG CAHAYA MATA

a.k.a Parenting Blog

http://babyintan.blogspot.com/

http://gugu-gaga-alisha.blogspot.com/

http://pinkertonic.blogspot.com/

http://yongnoina.blogspot.com/

http://elissmiejunior.blogspot.com/

http://shilashower.blogspot.com/

http://floralpeach.blogspot.com/

http://meamyra.blogspot.com/

http://mareamysarah.blogspot.com/

http://huneyhubby.blogspot.com/

BLOG USAHAWAN MUDA

a.k.a Young Entrepreneur Bloggers

http://fivep3tals.blogspot.com/

http://pretty-roses-pretty-girls.blogspot.com/

http://dapurcheftaniashiokadooo.blogspot.com/

http://papererscards.blogspot.com/

http://the7th-day.blogspot.com/

http://www.oldblossombox.blogspot.com/

http://girlscharmingdream.blogspot.com/

http://whimsicalnquirky.blogspot.com/

http://diariann.blogspot.com/

http://beautynthebeads.blogspot.com/

BLOG PEREKA FESYEN

a.k.a Fashion Designer's Blog

http://rizalmanibrahim.blogspot.com/

http://www.syaifulbaharim.com/

http://alexanderloon.blogspot.com/

http://ricorinaldi.blogspot.com/

http://nikerwanroseli.blogspot.com/

http://nazreenidris.blogspot.com/

http://hattadolmat.blogspot.com/

http://harithnurita.blogspot.com/

http://anizamyusoftherhucouture.blogspot.com/

http://bysandraazwan.blogspot.com/

BLOG FASHIONISTA

a.k.a Fashionista Blogs

http://aizatcintagoddess.blogspot.com/

http://phothoughts.tumblr.com/

http://jezmineblossom.blogspot.com/

http://inibelogsaya.blogspot.com/

http://dianaufal.blogspot.com/

http://thepinkstilettos.blogspot.com/

http://www.tonguechic.com/

http://toosan.wordpress.com/

http://naziehah.wordpress.com/

http://gossip-couture.blogspot.com/

AND....to all my readers, my frens, my everything.....THANK YOU to you too...without all of you who shower me with words of encouragement and your interest in my craft, in my site, there will be no whimsicalnquirky...

 :)

"Syukur Alhamdulillah kepadaNya keatas limpahan rezeki yang dikurniaNya. Hambamu memohon agar sentiasa dipermudahkan segalanya dan sentiasa diberkati. Amin. "

J. Ixora

J. Ixora is the youngest student i have taught. She started when she was 9 years old and ever since then she has crafted several pieces that she has given out as birthday gifts and some for herself. Below is the latest creation she did made specially for her grandmother Wan.

in2wire CRAFT WORKSHOP

in2wire CRAFT WORKSHOP - Hema Losini

In2wire CRAFT WORKSHOP - Maxin

In2wire CRAFT WORKSHOP - nicole

in2wire CRAFT WORKSHOP - jessica

In2wire CRAFT WORKSHOP - Wendy

In2wire CRAFT WORKSHOP - ANNOUNCEMENT

IN2wire Craft 1

1. brief introduction about types of wires available, tools, books, supplies.

2. basic techniques how to: "P" loops, spirals, open spirals, jump rings, hooks, ear hooks.

3. easy jewelry projects to craft.

fee:  RM95
location: beading.my , wangsa maju
time: 2.30 pm to 6.30pm
all materials and pictorial provided
tools not included but available on loan during class

 

(class material supplied will be same or similar depending on availability)

IN2wire Craft 2

1. weaving technique,

2. herringbone technique

3. moderate jewelry projects to craft.

  

(class material supplied will be same or similar depending on availability)

fee:  RM125

location: beading.my , wangsa maju

time: 2.30 pm to 6.30pm

all materials and pictorial provided

tools not included but available on loan during class


for bookings please go beading.my