The Accessory Factory

Back in business

2010-01-26T19:30:00.004+02:00

I am back in business!!! Loooong time no posting, inspiration left me for a while but i got it back:)) Here are three brand new necklaces

Cane without background

2009-10-15T22:06:00.004+03:00

I have made my first attempt making a flower cane without background. I used the famous
Play doh technique of Idit Zoota. It is an amazing technique. It's a bit demanding and, in my opinion, needs a bit more work than the normal canes but it is definitely worth it. But with a bit of practice i think you can create amazing canes without background. Here is what it turned out:

Unbaked flowers:
And...the multi flowered earrings. I must say that i am really happy with the result for my first try.

And a closer look:

Double sided earrings

2009-10-12T21:55:00.003+03:00

Because i always got comments that some of my earrings are not double sided, now the time has come for me to do double sided earrings with applied petal canes.

Side 1

Side 2

Floral Collection started

2009-10-11T15:20:00.002+03:00

Because autumn i here and soon winter and we will not see the flowers and the green of the trees and grass for some time i decided to go for a floral - nature collection.First items in the floral collection are now available.More to come soon!

I am back and in business!!!

2009-10-04T14:55:00.009+03:00

After a long time off i am back and i am in business;). This means i have just opened my ETSY shop which at the moment has only two items, but i am in the process of listing and personalizing it.
For now i have the new JadeFantasy logo and soon i will have the special JF banner;)). (i got help on these ones from my personal photoshop teacher;))

Check out the JF logo and JF logo+etsy logo!!!

P.S. Soon i will start working on a new autumn-winter collection!!!;)

Another biggie...

2009-09-09T18:56:00.003+03:00

I have prepared another big bangle. It's really cool to make them, and you also get rid of all the scrap clay that you have. The kaleidoscope cane is inspired from Donna Kato's book "The Art of Polymer Clay Millefiori Techniques ". This book is a must have. I really love it.Here it is:

Correction for yesterday...

2009-09-01T19:19:00.003+03:00

Well i didn't really like how i have build the jungle pendant, i found it too rigid with the semicircle plaque and i decided to split it. So i have a smaller jungle pendant now and something i call jungle plaque:)) or "the thing" i have no idea what to do with , yet:P

The new jungle pendant

and ...the plaque

For the last day of summer...

2009-08-31T20:31:00.003+03:00

Today is the last day of summer...bye bye sunny days!!!Sniff sniff:)) So in order to keep the atmosphere warm, nice and sunny i came up with the Jungle Set;) Earrings, necklace and a ring that it seems stuck to my finger for a couple of days (all manually sanded and buffed for an exquisite natural shine:D) and some work in progress (unfinished stuff straight from the oven) is what JadeFantasy is proudly presenting today!!!:))here they are:

The Jungle Set

And the work in progress stuff with canes inspired from Donna Kato's book:

Unconventional stuff...

2009-08-18T21:18:00.007+03:00

Well... the initial idea was not to create unconventional stuff but to create again some faux ivory/wood. But it it seems i was kinda head clouded and i failed it:D. So i had to do something to save the precious clay.:)) And this is how i ended up with...the "unconventional" pieces. I kinda like a bit how they turned out but not much...And the last ones NOT AT ALL . I will post the whole series anyway and keep the promise that i will post good and bad on this blog!:P Here they are the Unconventionals, Free Forms, The Fails!!!!!:))

I like the first there a bit and not so much the last two ones...but..this is how i saved the clay ;)

PS 1 I don't really like these ones!
PS 2 Also the pics are really bad
PS3 They are painted with acrilics

Finally some new stuff

2009-08-16T17:54:00.003+03:00

After a looong time off, here i am back in business:)) I have new stuff on board and the main theme was the blue color as you will be able to see. The photo's background has been changed to gray so the pieces are more visible(the original was awful, it turned up like orange wood...bleah).Enough with the talks, here they are:

Very big blue bangle i call it...MY BLUES:))

I am back...

2009-08-07T14:15:00.005+03:00

Well .. my vacation is ended now...sniff... and ..i am back to work and to the daily routine. I have done nothing creative yet, i still need to adjust myself back to the working parameters. But soon, things will get to normal and the creative muse will come back to me:)) I can feel her around already so stay tuned because more of the Jadefantasy magic pieces will arrive shortly!!:))))

Vacation accessories

2009-07-17T16:51:00.007+03:00

Hhuuuyaaa! I am in vacation!!!(this means no work:)))
There has been no recent postings, but today i decided to show up my latest designs which i created in a very very big rush just one day before leaving for vacation because i needed some stuff to match with my brand new skirt Heheh!!Here they are..the summer 2009 pinkie set..taadaamm!!

Textile inspiration(skirt)

Necklaces, Pendants, Earrings...and so on

2009-07-01T22:43:00.010+03:00

Long time no posting, but today i will get even and i will post my latest designs, all at once. So no more talking for today i will just upload the pics immediately here we go!

This is before "ovening", i couldn't resist not to take a pic:

And here is what they turned into:D
(there is a bit of white on the beads because the back of the earrings is white;))

One thing you need to know is that they look much better in reality and especially when they are hanging on the ear or neck;):P

Pendant mania..?!??Definitely yes!!!;)

2009-06-25T10:43:00.006+03:00

Well it seems that i like to make pendants because i keep on making and making them. This time flower pendants are the newest creations. I was so happy about the floral arrangement that i ended up with that i forgot about the pendant background:( On both pendants it was kinda failed. In the end i got the idea to use acrylics on the background and it fixed it a bit and they are "wearable" now:D!!! I tried to sand but because they are kinda 3D pendant it is very difficult to do it. Eventually i did some sanding using sandpaper glued on some ear sticks...and yes that is madness, but i still need to develop some method to finish up these kind of pieces nicely because i don't really like my stuff without the finish and i HATE the varnish that i currently have it gives a very ugly finish to the pieces. I still have the petal canes i used, so i think i will create more pendants but this time with a proper background and maybe some earrings to fit with the pendants;) Here they are:
Turquoise(crazy) ...
...and black(serious)

Something else for today...

2009-06-20T20:41:00.003+03:00

And here is another pair of earrings..

Cuff time

2009-06-20T13:44:00.004+03:00

I think i entered the bracelet mode again but still have to put together some new pendants.This is the latest and greatest cuff that i've made. It is entirely made of polymer clay, manually sanded and then buffed inch by inch with the dremel tool for exquisite shine.

Caribbean bracelet

And this one to see a bit of the shine i just love it!!!

Weekend "cooking"

2009-06-16T23:23:00.006+03:00

This weekend was necklace weekend. My initial plan failed, i wanted to do a pansy cane but...i failed and i ended up with a flower cane instead which i transformed into a fabric cane afterwards no pics yet..but soon:P.So thats how i ended up with two necklaces and i am not at all sorry:D !!:))Here they are:

Simple things

2009-06-08T21:49:00.004+03:00

Long time no posting..well there are busy times :)). This time imagination took me towards the simple things. Sea stars, round pendant and some trapeze flame like efect pendant. That's all folkes, here they are:

Mass earrings

2009-05-30T10:23:00.003+03:00

I have 3 new pairs of earrings although this was not my initial idea ...well that is actually nothing new it happens often. :))The initial plan was for a pendant but i hated the texture that turned out and i struggled to do something with the clay. So here they are(the greenies are kinda fail but they are for home;) wearing so ..it's fine;))

Zummer earrings: greenies, pajamas earrings and..some other earrings (whities)

My Cuff ended up as elastic bracelet

2009-05-24T14:10:00.005+03:00

The initial plan was to make a nice cuff . I had scraps left from the second bee cane and i thought of a cuff bracelet but some kind of a muse hit me along the way and i created my first elastic bracelet. I am obsessed with it i kind wear it everywhere no matter if it suits my outfit or not:)).I am a maniac, maaniaac...well i forgot the song:D!! Here it is:

Elastic bracelet

Necklace mania

2009-05-23T12:10:00.005+03:00

I have new tools YYAAAYY...it's amazing to drill and buff with the dremel tool!!It is worth every penny:D. No more distortions, no more finger prints and the buffing is amazing. It shines better than the varnish and it is natural, i just love it. It takes some time to get used to it but with a little practice and some patience you can get wonderful results. The manual buffing has its own nice results and i will definitely use that again. The manual shine can give very nice effects, too. Of course it depends on what kind of finish you want to have on your jewelry. Some of them look better with a more opaque shine and some of them need a strong shine!!! But hey... enough with theory and let's see the results:D

Here are my first "dremmeled" beads and pendant:))

The pendant is also really shiny, but...not in this pic. Bad pic!!

And here is the finalized masterpiece:)).

Spring bee cane

2009-05-16T19:06:00.004+03:00

I decided to give it another shot with the bee cane. And because is spring a bee should not miss from the collection. This one turned out to be much better than the first one(you can see the first one in the Flickr gallery). Not perfect but definitely better. Here it is!!And yes ..they kinda have devil horns but hey...enough with the critics they are Bees OK??BBBBBBZZZZZZZZZ!!!!

Sistarz

P.S. Hey i forgot to say something...BBBBBBZZZZZ!!!!:)))))

Spring season continues

2009-05-15T23:27:00.004+03:00

Yes it's true spring season is still ongoing so here is the latest and greatest results of the latest spring inspiration.:D

Spring joy pendant

Flower Power set finished

2009-05-11T21:51:00.006+03:00

Today i have finally finished my "flower power" set!!:))It is green and positive!!After sanding and buffing here is the result:

Flower Power earrings

Flower Power necklace:

FLOWER MODE ACTIVATED!!!!

2009-05-09T15:50:00.006+03:00

I couldn't resist and i have taken pics of my latest "preciouss" before "ovening":). So this is a B.O. picture:)) (before oven picture). The colors looked so great i didn't wanna miss that and i grabed the camera and here is what i got:

TO BE CONTINUED....(with the finished pieces)

Flower canes

2009-05-09T11:41:00.007+03:00

As i said before ...spring inspired me so i started "canning" flowers. You can see the results in the pics below. Let's see what i will do with these canes afterwards...at the moment i have no idea:)And it really annoys me that they get so distorted when slicing them. I left them out in the open for one night. I hope the slicing would be better!!Flowe mode ON!!!!

Clay extruder...Ouucchhh

2009-05-08T14:03:00.004+03:00

Yesterday i found every crafters heaven !!A huge hobby store with everything you can imagine. I finally found a clay extruder and an affordable clay roller (the kind that has a handle). Oh Joy. oh Joy!! Well i wasn't that happy after i started using the extruder...it is kinda pain in the butt to use it!!(i have to admit that is a ..cheap one made in china:)))You need "the muscles" to do it properly...But i ain't gonna quit, no way!!! ...I know that if i press enough i will develop the necessary muscles to do it properly!! Finger muscles, palm muscles heh i will be able to fight only with my fingers or make holes in the walls with my fists after using the clay extruder!!Hahaaah!

Spring inspiration

2009-05-06T20:48:00.007+03:00

Yes it is true! Spring is finally around and i got inspired:) Happy colours and flowers this is what i did!!:)) Ring and earrings comming up. Again pics are not how i would like them to be...but it takes for ever to edit them and i don't have enough time for the moment, i admit they are bad. They look much much better in real !!!:D

Spring breeze earrings

Spring breeze ring

Incoming collections

2009-05-04T10:14:00.003+03:00

Soon i will upload all my precious stuff here. Hehehe ...I need to organize it first and then i will have it here!It is already up and running on flickr. Soon this will be up to date and.... i can finally keep an almost daily blog (unfortunately no time to create every day..:)

Latest and greatest...faux wood

2009-04-12T19:10:00.006+03:00

Uhuu...my eyes hurt...i've been photoshoppin' for the first time today!!!I am trying to put some quality into the pics. They look a bit better...i think! So... i'll show you what i have been up to in the last 2 days!Again some faux stuff ...ivory or wood call it as you like:) The faux stuff ended up as ..earrings and a pendant !!!

Here are the earrings(watch out the photoshop magic on the sides):D:

And here is the pendant:

As a last thing ..another pair of earings should have been here also ..but i decided they were too .."not wearable" so i put them in a..safe place;) Also please be kind and don't judge too roughly my extreme" textures:))))

First post, first faux turquoise attempt!!

2009-04-10T22:15:00.008+03:00

Uuuuuuu this is my first post ever as a blogger!!Today i have made my first faux turquoise and i am pretty happy about it!!Ok, ok i am REALLY happy about it!:) Here it is from its development stages untill it reached maturity!!:))I have a lot of stuff that i have made but...i need time to take pictures of them all and also time to create a proper setup for taking pics. These pics look a bit crappy but they are my fist and i am too excited to post them here so this time no editing just raw pics!

And now..the results..tadaaammm:))
(the pics are horible but..i will work on that asap)