Saturday, April 7, 2012

April 7th 2012 - One productive day

We're nearing the end of our spring break, so we decided to meet up during the weekend to do some intense jewelry making, for the sake of our big day - World's Fair on April 13th! The World's Fair is an annual festival organized by the PFO at HKIS, open to everyone. At the World's Fair, we are planning to open up a booth, sell our products, and donate all money we earn to charity.

Here are the results of our hard work:
Michele making her bow
Mine! Not too pleased with how it turned out though.
Michele's. Not too bad.
Me cutting out fabric for my fabric brooch~
In the middle of sewing the mustache brooch!
While I was sewing my brooch, Michele was busy making a necklace.
Michele making her reverse plastic fabric earring
Michele making her fork bracelet - the piece she had the most trouble with.
And here is the almost complete set of reverse plastic fabric earrings. The hole-punching + hooking will be done tomorrow.

Woot, mustache fabric brooch is done!
It was a little difficult because I couldn't remember the exact process for making a fabric brooch, but in the end, it was all good :)
A simple antique key necklace
Bow bracelet - Yay! We've put my bow to good use ^0^
Michele managed to somehow make the fork bracelet! Well done, my friend :D (She also decorated it a bit later --> keep on scrolling to see the finished product!)
Another pair of reverse plastic fabric earrings done!
In the middle of making my second fabric brooch of the day!
And voila! The buttons were painted with Michele's nail polish because they were originally a boring, white color.
The back of the bird brooch
Here's my second mustache fabric brooch. Not too pleased with this one, though.
my couple bird bracelet

Of course, we've done much more than the ones we've listed here - more photos coming soon~

-Marcie-





Fork Bracelet in progress/ Close-up of bow bracelet

Marcie having the time of her life

Bracelet with Rabbit charm

Robot Phone Charm

Moustache Fabric Puff in progress

My finished product of the fork bracelet!









Our display of handmade moustache brooches!

My wing necklace

Marcie's rabbit necklace 

- Michele

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Research/New Ideas

I've been reflecting on our project lately, looked over our proposal. And I realized that we haven't done enough environmentally friendly jewelry, which is our main purpose here. We want to not only give back to the community, but also show it through our artwork (jewelry).


Here are some of the future DIY projects that I want to do with Marcie:


Bracelet with Soda Pop Tabs!

Dangly earrings with just old fabric & water bottle

Vintage Button Bracelet

Recycled Clothes Wreath

I'll leave you all for now. I've been on youtube for way too long and these are just a few ones on the top of my head I want to share with you all. Adios. 

- Michele

March 26, 2012- Necklaces

Logo Idea #1- Michele

Brainstorm


Logo Ideas #2- Marcie

Marcie hard at work, assembling her necklace



Our messy worktable


Final Products: 
Mine (Michele) - I chose a black chain for this edgy vibe I was going for, along with choosing more unisexual charms like a scorpian, canine tooth(?), and a camera. 

Without Flash

Marcie's product- a simple, cute and feminine necklace which is more detail oriented. 

I mean, look at the charm! It's sooo cute :) It has this vintage Alice in Wonderland feel to it

- Michele


Monday, March 19, 2012

Inspiration!

Since this project was initially environmentally friendly driven, this photo from I.T made us consider other possible materials like candy wrappers/chip wrappers, guitar picks, lego, old film to remake into accessories we can wear. 

On Ribbons & Bows

DIY Detachable Collar

Stackable Bracelet- Square Knot

March 19, 2012- Rings

Rings & Bobby Pins

Since World's Fair was approaching, we needed to get as much products done as possible in order to successfully hold a booth in time. Therefore, we decided to meet every monday to do some jewelry/accessories making at my house. We were pretty productive today, as we made a total of 16 rings and 12 bobby pins (in approx 2 hours), and put our 1000 HKD in good use.
- Michele



Marcie hard at work, gluing the charms onto the rings.





We found a display box to sell our rings in, and may have to find nice looking display boxes for bobby pins. Also in order to look more professional, we might also have to purchase small bags to put customers' accessories in, along with making our own tags (with the price and our logo) on the products. 

To Do:
(1) Prize- Hand Cream or Product?
(2) Logo- Brainstorm!