Featured Artist: sophinegiam

 


 Sophie is from the beautiful Singapore! In this interview she tells about how she left her job to create jewelry for a living! We can be glad she did because her work truly is wonderful!

Shop Name: sophinegiam

What you like to go by: sophine giam
When did you start your shop? 23 Mar 2009
Is this your only job?
Yes, this is my one and only rice bowl; working happily almost 24 hours a day, 7 days a week since Sep 2009.

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Where do you find your inspiration? From books, magazines, shopping mall, photo and pictures from internet. Almost from all sources where I can see accessories and jewelry.
Who has been the most supportive of your work? Hmm.....tough question. i have always been running on my own. I would said my son and the mental support of all the lovely people who have known me
What is one thing you would like to accomplish that you haven't yet? To grow spiritually and hopefully to fully accomplish my life purpose that has been intended and planned for.
What are your words to live by or favorite quote? This is a long one that i am still living with it:
watch your thoughts, for they become words,
watch your words, for they become actions,
watch your actions, for they become habits,
watch your habits, for they become character,
watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.

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"I reluctantly left my job of 7 years in August 2009. This was heartbreaking, because I truly loved my job. Things happened for a reason; a lesson to learn; a new chapter to start.
Now I am working full time crafting jewelry, painstakingly made to be sinfully seductive, wearable, inimitable, affordable and able to pass my standards which means I would personally buy these myself. I sincerely thank those who have supported me."

Featured Artist: Chelsea Girl Designs

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Julie has some very interesting and unique pieces in her shop. It seems to me that her creativity works overtime. When I came across her work I thought to myself, there is nothing in this shop that I wouldn't wear! Read more about Julie here.

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Shop Name: ChelseaGirlDesigns
What you like to go by: Julie
When did you start your shop? 2009

Is this your only job? No, I am a special ed elementary educator
When did you realize you had this talent? When I was in my teens. But pursued many other creative outlets before I realized about 10 years ago that this is what I love!
Where do you find your inspiration? Creative friends and artists in my local area as well as my love of vintage.
Who has been the most supportive of your work? My friends. They urged me onwards and upwards. My biggest fan was my late father

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who came up with my shop name.
What is one thing you would like to accomplish that you haven't yet? To not be afraid to solder a piece of silver!!!
What are your words to live by or favorite quote? by J.M Barrie, author of Peter Pan, “When the first baby laughed for the first time, its laugh broke into a thousand pieces, and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies.

Supplies and Results!

The other day my friend and I went to Michaels because I needed to re-up on some supplies. I was running dangerously low of a lot of things. Not to mention a trip to the craft store is always sure to inspire me. Surely this trip was no different. Although I have decided to look else where for beads, other than Michael because I believe the selection there has become incredibly poor. It's not that they don't have a wide selection, I just feel that everything is incredibly mediocre for the ideas I have floating around in my brain. After about an hour and a half of scouring and $113.00 spent I had a pretty sweet lot picked out.

I was feeling the craft flower for about 48 hours straight and while at the store I was itching to get home and play with my new things. Shrinky Dinks being among them. Although I haven't figured out the nature of shrink plastic yet completely I feel confident that I can make some really interesting pieces in the future. Which means I'll be investing in a printer. Now I know I had a printer, once upon a time, but I'm not sure what I did with it. I must have sold it during one of my moves. I will have to replace it as soon as I can because I'm really excited to start on those projects as well!

These pictures are just a few of the many items I have created this week. All of which you can purchase in my etsy store. I honestly cannot believe how productive and motivated I have been! Let me know what you think! Keeping my hands busy with these accomplishments has made me feel great! I feel like I'm on craft crack because I just want to stay at home and make more and more and not do anything else. Do you ever feel like that?