summer daisies

The month of July... is the best time to go to the beach! So part of the 2009 summer collection includes an array of summer-themed accessories. Teamed with the theme of "Simplicity", KiRA brings you a simple pair of dyed shell daisies!

Just a simple pair of earrings to match that sun dress~

Materials: dyed shell flowers

~RM8~

Available colours: Milk brown, pearl black, orange, and rose red

**Only one pair of each colour is available.**

Please note: because these are carved and cut from real shells, the shells will have uneven cracked surfaces as well as varying thickness. Don't worry though, it doesn't make these any more fragile than our other works! We assure you that these pretty shells are actually quite sturdy, and the natural formations look lovely :)

puffy whites ~interlude~

Remember the very long hiatus about the very long project that I was working on? It's finally done! This lariat took me 3 weeks to complete, and it induces a lot of strain to my eyes. It is, incidentally, my first real beading project as well!

I used Swarovski crystals, Matsuno glass beads, and Japanese faux pearls... the effect is quite an astounding one. I wonder where I will wear it to?

This lariat's slightly less than 1 metre long. Ah~ I will never forget the time it took to just make one of those puffy white flowers! *tears*

heart it!

I once saw some people use pearl-beaded 2 dimension hearts in their works, and I have been so very very entranced by it! However it doesn't look like they made it themselves and their pearls seem to hang and support each other (super glue!?). I couldn't seem to find it for sale as a charm, so maybe that isn't the case as well. Whatever it was, I was determined to have it for myself!

Finally, after lots of failed experiments I have managed to create my own version of 2d pearl-beaded hearts~! They are 100% KiRA handmade, and I absolutely heart them! :) You'll definitely be seeing more of them in my other works.

Materials: high quality Japanese faux pearls, Matsuno seed beads, Swarovski crystal

~RM10 for one strap~

Available in white, cream, and pink pearls.

butterfly trails ~in the midnight~

This ruby night ensemble was made by the request of a friend. I hope you like it!

busy busy busy

I've been so very busy the past month! Work sucks out the life of anyone. Anyway, I'll just drop off a picture of an earring I've made. Hopefully I'll have more time to make stuff next month :)

Ocean drops

Summer is coming!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well, Malaysian summer is coming. Anyone else feeling the heatwave?

little petals

I mentioned that I've been attempting to bead lately, so I had to go scour for my materials. I've got the string and wire, but I lack seed beads! And what's more, I need hairpins, wire hair combs (it's so hard to find it in Malaysia!), etc. :( not easy, and I hadn't even started.

Thankfully, I managed to start on a project anyway :D

A five-petaled flower hair-pin!

This is the prototype version. It wasn't sturdy enough for me though, so I improvised the pattern and came up with the same little flower hairpin with better "bending" power! Because this is made by wire, the petals can be bent to give it a slightly "lotus" shape or be flattened :)

Materials: Matsuno Glass Beads, faux acrylic pearl, black hairpin

made to order

~RM10 each~

Colours: crystal blue, rose pink, crystal

Distant Worlds

Oops, was too absorbed with my trip to Singapore last weekend. I went to watch Final Fantasy ~Distant Worlds~ concert!! ♥ It was superb, and some songs were so beautiful it nearly made me cry. Encore was awesome, and the best bit was Nobuo Uematsu-sensei was there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I GOT HIS AUTOGRAPH, along with Arnie Roth's! :)

Was beading some flower hairpins for an order after I got back... Beading can be such a spellbinding past-time. Thanks Bev for introducing it to me!