Sunday, September 28, 2008

Black and white crystals

RB011

I really love this new black and white combination.....simple arrangement with a really nice crystal like beads.... This handmade ribbon bookmark is based on a black satin 1/8" ribbon. It has a centre that measures up to 10 inches long and is suitable for any paperback books.
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Thursday, September 11, 2008

Soft green with green flowers

RB010

I love love love this soft green combination that has some soft pink and white beads in it too. The green flower is just so cute. I got those at a new bead store and if I am not mistaken, they also come in a few more other colours except that the colours are quite limited.

I know that I have been making the bookmarks here that has a centre measurement of 10 inches long for each bookmark. Although they all fit nicely in paperback books however, certain books are longer than others and may require for a slightly longer centre, so therefore I would like to point out here that I do make them longer to satisfy each customer. Some would ask for centres that measures from 10 inches, to 12 inches and even up to 14 inches long. It is all up to each customer's needs. I will make them according to their liking. :) No worries!
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Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Problems in connecting......

Dear all......I know I have been neglecting my blog a bit lately....but that's because I have been experiencing some connection problem at home. Oh yes.....it's the cable theft again! It's been twice over here at my neighbourhood and it is such a huge problem for me especially since I am in the online business. However, things are being done to fix this problem and I do hope it will be resolved soon. Please be patient and I will update again here when everything is back to normal. Thank you again for your kind understanding! :)
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Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Blue ribbon with silver linings

RB009

Oh I just love this one! The photo here does not give justice to the real thing! I know I know! I'll just have to take new photos of this next time. But for now these will do. :D Again, I found another interesting looking bead for me to use for my ribbon beaded bookmark. These silver colour beads are oval in shape and has some engraving of flowers on it. So pretty! I just adore it to bits!

This ribbon beaded bookmark is handmade with soft pearly blue n white, plus some couple of clear beads to match the oval shaped silver colour beads. The centre of the bookmark is about 10 inches long. And is suitable for any paperback books.
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Thursday, July 31, 2008

Red and gold combination.....

RB008

I found this lovely red hot ribbon with gold linings on it......the best part is that I found these lovely new butterfly beads to match it! Yay! I do think that it will make a lovely present especially for my Chinese friends....on Chinese New Year perhaps or could also be nice for a birthday present.

This ribbon beaded bookmark is handmade with pearl white, red and orange beads....plus a medium sized red butterfly beads. It is based on a 1/8" red ribbon with gold linings on each side. This bookmark is suitable for any paperback sized books.....the centre of the bookmark measures about 10" long.
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Thursday, July 3, 2008

Pinky pink beads....

RB007
This ribbon beaded bookmark is handmade with white pearl texture and soft pink decorative beads. It is based on a 1/8” pink satin ribbon. The whole length of the bookmark is about 15 inches and the measurement for the centre area is about 10 inches long. The size is suitable for any paperback book.
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Wednesday, July 2, 2008

I just love the big black stripe beads in between the small black beads....love the design! The arrangement of beads for this bookmark is very simple and but because of the beads, it makes it look so special. :)

RB006
This ribbon beaded bookmark is handmade with big black stripe and small black decorative beads. It is based on a 1/8” black satin ribbon. The whole length of the bookmark is about 15 inches and the measurement for the centre area is about 10 inches long. The size is suitable for any paperback book.
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Pure white.....

RB005
This ribbon beaded bookmark is handmade with white pearl texture and clear transparent decorative beads. It is based on a 1/8” white satin ribbon. The whole length of the bookmark is about 15 inches and the measurement for the centre area is about 10 inches long. The size is suitable for any paperback book.
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Monday, June 23, 2008

Lilac ribbon with silver linings

This is a closer detail of the beads on the bookmark....I especially love how the lilac beads blends well with the ribbon....and the shape of the lilac beads matches with the silver lined beads perfectly. :)


RB004
This ribbon beaded bookmark is handmade with clear, silver lined, lilac and white decorative beads. It is based on a 1/8" lilac satin ribbon with silver linings on the sides. The whole length of the bookmark is about 15 inches and the measurement for the center area is about 10 inches long. It's size is suitable for any paperback book.
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Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Golden brown ribbon with brown and bronze beads...

A closer detail of the beads ......shades of brown, gold and bronze.....

RB003 (SOLD OUT)
This ribbon bookmark is handmade with clear brown, bronze and clear gold colour decorative beads. The bookmark is based on a 1/8" wide golden brown ribbon. The whole length of the bookmark is 14 inches and the measurement for the center area is about 10 inches long. It is suitable for almost all paperback sized books.
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Silver ribbon with clear and white beads.....

A closer detail of the beads at the ends of the beaded bookmark.....look at the silver coated rose beads....they are so pretty! Sorry the photo of it is not that clear... :(

RB002 (SOLD OUT)
This ribbon beaded bookmark is handmade with decorative clear and transparent crystal like beads with a couple of white pearl colour beads and a couple of silver colour rose beads to make it all look complete! The bookmark is based on a 1/8" wide silver colour ribbon. The whole length of the bookmark is 14 inches and the measurement for the center area is 10 inches long. It is suitable for almost all paperback book size.

I'm pretty excited about this bookmark! I love it! It's very simple in design but very elegant too....the silver colour ribbon makes it look so beautiful....and I just love the crystal like beads that match the ribbon.....they are not real crystal though....just looks like one hehehe.....I think this one would be suitable as gift favors for weddings! :)

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White and pink colour beads.....with flowers!

BB015 (SOLD OUT)
Sorry everyone, this design is all sold out at the moment. But please have a look at the new design below that is similar in colours and beads. It is available for orders, thanks! :)


A closer detail of the beads on the ends of the bookmark

BB015b
This beaded bookmark is handmade with opaque white, soft pink and dark pink seed beads with small white flowers and decorative beads to match. The bookmark is based on a nylon string. The whole length of the bookmark is about 14 inches and the measurement for the center area is about 10 inches long. It is suitable for almost any paperback sized books.

I made this new design because the white pearl heart shape beads were all sold out. I replaced it with a round shape white pearl colour beads to match. I also added more decorative beads to the ends of the bookmark to improve the design. :)
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Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Peach satin ribbon with pink and white beads....

You could either use it the conventional way, which is to place the center of the bookmark in between the pages as you can see from the photos above.....OR use it as shown in photos below...

As shown in the photos here, all you have to do when using this doubled ribbon beaded bookmark is to separate it to slip one outside of the cover and one inside the saved pages. Then you slide the big pink decorative bead up to tighten it all up! So, the bookmark won't slip off the book. Cool huh? :)

RB001
2 n 1 beaded bookmark! Yes! I found a way of making another type of beaded bookmark that is made using ribbons. The cool thing about it is that there are two ways of using it. This bookmark is handmade with a 1/8" wide soft peach satin ribbon, pink star bead and some decorative beads that are transparent, white and soft pink in colour. It is suitable for almost any book size and the center of the bookmark is about 11 inches long. The whole length of the bookmark is about 16 inches.
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Monday, June 16, 2008

White and pink colour beads.....

A close look at the seed beads and decorative beads on the bookmark.


BB029
This design is handmade with soft pink, dark pink and opaque white seed beads with some decorative beads to match. The bookmark is based on a nylon string and is suitable for almost any book size. The whole length of the bookmark is about 14 inches long and the measurement for the center area is about 10 inches long.

I love the colour combination of beads found in this bookmark. It is sweet and soft.....with white colour pearl and flower decorative beads that makes it so feminine hehehe.....This bookmark is a must have for all you sweet girls out there! :)
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Blue + Apple Green + Yellow + White.....

BB018 (SOLD OUT)
Sorry everyone, this design is all sold out at the moment. Check out below, a remake of this design in BB018b. It has all the same colour beads but with a different bead arrangement and string.

BB018b
This design is handmade with soft blue, apple green, yellow and white decorative beads and seed beads. The bookmark is based on a nylon string and is suitable for almost any book size. The whole length of the bookmark is about 14 inches long and the measurement for the center area is about 10 inches long.
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Sunday, June 15, 2008

Apple green, cream and bronze colour beads.....

BB014 (SOLD OUT)
This is the first design I made of the apple green and bronze beaded bookmark series. This design is currently all sold out at the moment. Please check out the remake of this design below.

BB014b (SOLD OUT)
This design is handmade with shiny apple green and bronze seed beads plus some decorative beads to match. The bookmark is based on a nylon string. The whole length of the bookmark is about 14 inches and the measurement for the center area is about 10 inches long. It is suitable for almost any book size.

BB014c (SOLD OUT)
This design has two shiny bronze colour heart shape beads on it! :) I simply adore this one because of the heart shape beads. They are not easy for me to find and has the colour I simply love so much. This bookmark is light weight, compared to the other two because there isn't many big heavy beads. It is handmade with nylon based string with the length of about 14 inches. The center of the bookmark measures about 10 inches long. It is suitable for almost any book size.
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Saturday, June 14, 2008

Purple and white colour beads.....

BB016 (SOLD OUT)
This design has purple flower beads that makes it look so feminine and girlish....and the big purple clear beads on the ends are quite big in size compared to the new design I made in BB016c. I plan to make another one of BB016 that has the purple flowers but using a different string. Will do that and update this post again soon! This design is all sold out for the moment, but BB016c is available for orders :).

BB016c
This design is handmade with opaque white, soft shiny purple and clear dark purple seed beads with some decorative beads to match. The bookmark is based on a nylon string. The whole length of the bookmark is about 14 inches and the measurement for the center area is about 10 inches long. It is suitable for almost any book size.
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Friday, June 13, 2008

Red, yellow and orange colour beads.....

BB020 (SOLD OUT)
Sorry everyone, this design is all sold out at the moment. Please check out below the new remake of BB020 that is available for orders. Thanks! :)


BB020b
This new design is handmade and is similar to BB020 in colours...it has opaque red, shiny yellow and clear orange seed beads with some decorative beads to match. For the BB020 design, I used clear yellow bugle beads but for this one I am using shiny yellow seed beads. The yellow seed beads really stands out and brightens up the bookmark. :) This bookmark is based on a nylon string and is about 14 inches in length. The center area of the bookmark is about 10 inches long. It is suitable for almost any book size.
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Blue, white and silver colour beads....

BB011 (SOLD OUT)
Sorry everyone, this design is all sold out at the moment. Please check out below the new design, BB011b that is available for orders, thanks! :)

BB011b
For fans of blue colours....this might be the bookmark for you! :) The original design I did earlier was a bit different than the new one I made today. For BB011, it has dark blue seed beads in the bead arrangements and the ends of the bookmark were not done in a similar arrangement too. So, after giving a lot of thought in the design, I've decided that it should not have any dark blue seed bead in it because somehow it doesn't make the bookmark look soft and sweet. I wanted it too have cool, soft colours on it. It is handmade and has a mixture of soft blue, clear blue and clear silver seed beads with some decorative beads to match.The bookmark is based on a nylon string and is suitable for almost any book size. The whole length of the bookmark is about 14 inches long and the measurement for the center area is about 10 inches long.
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Thursday, June 12, 2008

Soft peach + clear yellow + soft purple colour beads.....

BB009 (SOLD OUT)
Sorry people, this design is all sold out at the moment. Please view below a remake of this design that is available for orders, thanks! :)


BB009b
This design is handmade with soft peach, clear yellow and soft purple seed beads with some decorative beads to match. The bookmark is based on a nylon string and is suitable for almost any book size. The whole length of the bookmark is about 14 inches long and the measurement for the center area is about 10 inches long.

This sweet soft pastel colour combination is definitely a favourite amongst my customers because of the heart shape beads in it. The pearl like colour and texture are close to their hearts :). The first one I did of this design has many heart shape beads on it....6 of them....but due to the current situation, I am not able to make the bookmark with the same amount of heart shape beads on it anymore. Even the colours depends on stock availability. So I had to improvise and use what is available in stores.
I find that it is quite an adventure to search for new beads or even for the ones that I have seen before....it is really quite thrilling to go on a search for them. This new venture of mine has taken a step further and has taken me places I never thought I would visit. I am definitely learning more and more each day and improving my skills as much as I can to give the best for my customers. The joy I see in their eyes when they purchase my art work is definitely rewarding for me. Nothing can compete to that! :)
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