Bold Look Gothic Wired Ring

Making wired ring is really fun. At the beginning of the construction, you may not like the design at all. And then gradually after all the components are in placed, it will start to look stunning. I'd made this ring very big. Why? I just like the look of it. You don't even have to wear bracelet if you wear this big ring * LOL* Pretty fun and Gothic look cocktail ring~~~ Available on Ebay as well

Hammered Wired Jewelry

It's been for a while since last time I craft any jewelry item. Making handcraft jewelry sometimes can take a long time... It's really fun, especially after you'd crafted the finish product =) Wired jewelry is convenient with its material and the method of crafting. It doesn't need torch or jewelry bench to make the item. (I don't have to worry about burning down my house... )

I like this bracelet I just made; the focal design is very big, and has a Gothic look. Next time I may do something similar in black or cooper wire, to make it into the "Dark Look" XD

Thanks for viewing!

This item is available in a set in my ebay store for auction.

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New original watercolor painting "Butterfly Maiden" 8.5"x11" available now on Ebay

for sale. Thanks for viewing~

Not feeling very motivated recently. Everything seems not going very smooth at this moment. My brain juice is like EMPTY... The creativity flow in my head is not running very fluently... The personal life, work, kids... It's one of those moment that things are not going your way again... I can only say that "patient is a virtue"... Just have to be patient...

Horse ACEO Art and Fairy Art

Two original Horse ACEO available on Ebay store: Patricia's Studio
2.5x3.5 Irish Cob
2.5x3.5 Desert Horse

Original watercolor 4x6 Fairy and Chipmunk

Got Sick...

It's not fun to get sick... My whole body is like jello and ozzy... Aching everywhere. No matter what medicine I took, it felt the same. Water just leaks automatically without me noticing XD I better go rest but tomorrow still got lots of pre-planned event going on with the family... I rather rest at bed... seriously... so sick... Not fun to be ill in the hot summer time...
This morning we took the kids to Honda Indy. It was fun and not fun at the same time. Fun part is about the racing and motorcycle shows; the not so fun part is the heat wave. We all felt like melting when we walked around the CNE area. It just too hot. We want some rain please...

Renovating website

For those who keep and maintain their own websites, they all have to do website renovation once a while to keep the site refreshed. It may be just a small change on one little thing, or sometimes it will be a big renovation involving lots of moving stuff around that takes forever to do. I just discovered one program that can create the photo gallery very easy. Abode bridge is the one. It got the function that can make hundreds of pictures into slide shows, gallery display. And it only takes few minutes to make a gallery with hundreds of picture. You got to love it. Here's the tutorial. Now I don't have to make links and create thumbnails one by one with photoshop... That usually takes hours or more... XD

Fairy art lover

I found the hardest thing to paint a character is to make the face looks right. For this new painting for my blue wings fairy, I'd "played" for a long time on her eyes and face color with my fine paint brush. The wings are blue. I guess I'm in the blue mood... XD

"Blue Wings Fairy"

8x10" acrylic on canvas, done on June 2010

Mermaid art again~

Another Mermaid painting just done.

It's a 8x10 acrylic on canvas "Ariel and the Seahorse". Ariel is the character - mermaid princess in "The Little Mermaid". In this picture I didn't paint her tail since I was practicing on the facial feature than the whole body structure~ The beautiful red hair mermaid girl~

Finally finished this painting...

This painting took me so long to finish. I started it in May, but was caught up with my day work and night book project. After one month, it was finally done. I love Alice in Wonderland art. It inspires me with lots of things in my fantasy art. This painting is not as dark as I used to paint. Very cheerful and bright. (No blood... XD) A very happy scene. "Tea Party in Wonderland" 12x16 Acrylic painting.

Waiting...

Waiting always make people anxious. Waiting for project to be done. Waiting for reply and respond. Waiting for weekend to come. Waiting, waiting and for waiting... The whole life is composed with lots of waiting stories that it almost like the God is testing you how patient you are and how high your EQ is. Sometimes no matter how much you try, the waiting cannot be avoid. No wonder people say "Patient is a virtue."
By the way, I think I'm almost done with the ABC project; however, the authors had suggested that the texts of the last 2-3 letters may be revised for proper age group readers... I was thinking of adding some extra pictures to fill some pages; it seems that I have to wait till the last 3 letters were done and wait for publisher's responds before I add any extra pictures. Bu almost done luckily...
Since my hubby went up to North for work, I'd been the only labor in the house. Vacuum, cut grass, do recycle and garbage, yell at the kids and chase them around... My back ache... Hope my hubby will be back soon. We really miss him... Another non-stop waiting story....

Turning point?

Life is always an adventure. Along the way, there are many different changes and surprises. Sometimes things happens all at the same time that you have to decide which way to go. My husband made his decision already. He decided to work for a company that is far away with better pay. However, he has to separate from his family since he cannot always come home due to his assignments. That is his turning point. However, it's my kids' and my turning point too. We all hope for the best but sometimes things just won't go in our way. We just have to "go with the flow". I'm currently working on Pam and Cathy's book. At the meantime, I also have to carry on my day job as an administrator in a small firm. And Pam encouraged me to go full-time on the illustration career. It remind me the time when I took Andrew Hamilton's painting lessons back in 2002 or 2003. He asked me why I took his course. And I said I want to be an illustrator one day. Will it be my turning point? We will see...