BEHIND THE SHOWCASE

featured on ETSY front page both yesterday and this morning :)

2011-04-29T10:01:00.003+01:00

This sterling silver cocoon ring was featured on ETSY front page both yesterday and this morning :)
http://www.etsy.com/listing/49635110/new-born-sterling-silver-cocoon-and
I'm really excited about this, thanks ETSY :)

Featured in Cargoh's Things we love section

2011-04-21T12:39:00.007+01:00

My sterling silver bunny rabbit ear studs are featuring at Cargoh's home page right now, thanks a lot Cargoh :)
http://www.cargoh.com/product/silver-bunny-rabbit-ear-studs

Aren't these collection beautiful?!

2011-01-04T10:32:00.002Z

home-made Crème brûlée

2010-12-31T14:21:00.007Z

Here's my home-made Crème brûlée. It looks a bit over cooked, but tastes good, at least for me, lol!

'Taste Test' treasury

2010-12-31T11:02:00.004Z

Thanks Judy for including my Ring Omega in her 'Taste Test' collection which has so many amazing handmade items :)
http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4d1d5d41b4078eefe50d7700/taste-test

Also, don't miss Judy's stunning Photograph at http://www.etsy.com/shop/JudyStalus
I can't help to fall in love with them!!! How about you :)

Do you like small items?

2010-12-30T12:58:00.002Z

Do you? If you do, then don't miss Erin's latest collection, it's all about beautiful mini items :)
http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4d1b0ac2538d8eeff1877cf6/all-the-small-thingsbritish-sellers-on?ref=pr_treasury

Erin, thanks a lot for featuring my sterling silver car ear studs in your amazing treasury!!

Also, if you like collecting antique and vintage treasury, don't miss Erin's shop:
http://www.etsy.com/shop/Addy?ref=pr_shop_more

Do you wear rings? AlteredEras has a whole collection of interesting British rings :)

2010-12-27T18:07:00.005Z

A collection of rings made in the UK!
Thanks AlteredEras for including my Ring V in this collection :)
http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4d18ced85adb8eef69a15c42/ring-in-the-new-year

http://www.etsy.com/listing/46569526/sterling-silver-ring-v-from-the-wearable?ref=tre-4d18ced85adb8eef69a15c42-11

Also, don't miss AlteredEras' beautiful jewellery, which are ideal for gifts:
http://www.etsy.com/shop/AlteredEras

Featured in ETSY FINDS :D

2010-12-27T13:55:00.003Z

Woke up this morning, found that it was raining outside. Slowly moved to the computer and turned it on, oooops, found that my sterling silver weather forecast ear studs were featuring in ETSY FINDS - Boxing Day :D I woke up completely and felt very fresh, lol!!
http://www.etsy.com/listing/62931133/sterling-silver-weather-forecast-ear

Happy Holiday every one :)

My colour pencil ear studs are featuring in Jenn's latest collection, thanks Jenn!

2010-12-23T22:46:00.003Z

Beautiful items, great pick!!! I love the laptop stand in bamboo wood the most, how about you :)
http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4d13b98804146d91ac4bf053/missed-connections

Many thanks Lissette for featuring my sterling silver car ear studs in her lovely colelction!

2010-12-23T20:26:00.005Z

I like vehicles and bikes, do you :)
http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4d139ab204146d916d10e653/ways-to-get-around

Thanks Laura for featuring my sterling silver weather forecast ear studs :)

2010-12-23T10:53:00.004Z

I love all items in this collection, cus they are very sweet and cute!! Don't u think?

It rains a lot here in South West England recently, how about the weather in your area? Do you see lots of snow, rain or sun? :)

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4d130ad58e8a8eef4f65e3ab/here-comes-the-rain-again

Thanks TrendieTreasures for featuring my color pencil ear posts (the brown series) in her latest Thanks Giving collection :)

2010-11-24T18:36:00.002Z

Many thanks, XXX!
http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4ced4e4357dc6d91114b5f2c/thanksgiving-cheers#4ced56d055298eef62140623

These are my new jewellery since I'm back from Asia :)

2010-11-24T09:39:00.006Z

I made 6 pairs of sterling silver ear posts after I got a jewellery making desk for my birthday. This is one of them :)

This pair of sterling silver fish bone earring posts is from the Sterling Silver Jewelry Collection.
Handmade in sterling silver
Size: 16mm x 8mm (21/32 inch x 5/16 inch)
Thickness: 1mm (about 1/32 inch)

Thanks Lilley for featuring my color pencil ear posts (the purple series) in her lovely Black Friday treasury :D

2010-11-24T09:35:00.004Z

This will be my 1st Black Friday since I have been listing my jewellery online :D Can't wait!!!
http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4cec2d686e448eef046cba65/black-friday-sale-lovelies#4cecd246a6806d9185cfcfeb

Thanks Laurence for featuring my color pencil ear pots in her romantic collection :)

2010-11-22T14:29:00.001Z

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4cea76daf0fa8eefd190417c/meet-me-at-midnight

Thanks Jetty for featuring my color pecil earring posts in her stunning collection :)

2010-11-21T16:26:00.001Z

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4ce8f8f091c38eefb303a696/petit-cadeaux#4ce9049491c38eefdf2ba796

I got a new jewellery making desk

2010-11-18T10:48:00.002Z

Thank you very much Emily for measuring the table at SOJ and Daivd for cutting the beautiful semi-circle out of an office desk! I got a new jewellery making desk now :D

Our 2010 Halloween

2010-11-09T13:08:00.005Z

I got this pumpkin from ASDA for only £1 one week before Halloween, then we made 1 lantern and 2 pumpkin pies from the pulp :) But we cut it too early, it didn't last till Halloween, lol, I think we would cut it maybe 1 day before the actually day next year :p

Woo, I'm back

2010-11-08T14:37:00.002Z

Just checked my last post was publised about 4-5 months ago, I could hardly believe I haven't been here for such a while! It has been a very summer and autumn. Finally, I'm back to my blog now :) Hopefully everyone could still remember me, I'm the girl who creates and made wired pencil jewellery :)

The Deep Blue Sea

2010-06-18T09:09:00.005+01:00

Thanks YouNiqueYou for featuring my color pencil ear studs in her first treasury!
http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4c1a8a97d3486d910f6c3300/the-deep-blue-sea#4c1b26e91da08eef81167946

cocoon and black pearl ring join the Silky Collection today

2010-06-17T20:55:00.004+01:00

A half cut cocoon and a 6mm black pearl are mounted on top of this handmade sterling silver ring. The cocoon I used is the one that produces pure tussah silk (wild silk). It has been sanitized, and treated in a special way so it's hard, neat and clean enough for jewelry making. The treatment I used allows the cocoon to remain its natural attractive color, particularly the rich creamy sheen of the silk.

Materials: cocoon, pearl, sterling silver
Ring size: US size 7-1/4 (UK size O)
Color: silky white, black, silver

You could find it here:
http://www.etsy.com/listing/49635110/cocoon-and-black-pearl-ring

PLAY & WIN beautiful gifts in EPL First GIVEAWAY!!! (I'm one of the honoured sponsers)

2010-06-15T09:10:00.003+01:00

* Recently we've all playing the Esty Promo Love game on Facebook! It is a game that involves promoting Etsy items on the famous social network in a fun and helpful way. It started with a group of Etsian sellers and EVERYONE is welcome to join the group!!!

* The philoshopy of this game is mutual promotion! Using the "share" option that is almost everywhere on FB we can spread an item we like to our friends in real time with just one click! If one of our friends likes it and clicks the "share" button too, the item we picked for sharing will immediately appear on the wall of our friend, where it will be seen by all of their friends who may also like to play the game, and so on... Imagine how quickly an item will be seen by hundreds or thousands of people who may not even know the person who made it - and all this for FREE!

* Etsy Promo Love game is celebrating the opening of the group with a big GIVEAWAY!!!!
*Here are the beautiful items that can be won, thanks to the generous EPL group members:

1. Vivi Varvarande - Lucky Rabbit Pendant
2. Katherine Pyl - Vintage Filigree Necklace
3. Kostas Tsipos - U2 Collage
4. Stefania Morgante - Black Pen Print
5. Karolin Wagner - Glass Figurine Animal
6. Nausika Kokkini - Rose Silver Ring
7. Anta Papadopoulou - Flower Earrings
8. Silvia Manzoni - Black Earrings
9. Marlene Pennacchietti - Blue Roset Ring
10.Lori Peery Davis - Vanilla-Lavender Bath Salts
11.Angel Pearls- Crochet iPhone/iPod Cover
12.Katerina Perouli - Felted Hairband
13.Kallia Zampou - Fornasetti Evil Eye Brooch
14.Fatma Solmazgul - Swarovski Crystal Pendant
15.Candan Imrak - Turqoise Earrings
16.Maria Schina - Dots Silver Pendant
17.Rita Juse-Cirkse - Ceramic Pendant
18.Dinamar Demir - Flower Lariat Necklace
19.HeartshapedCreations - Polymer Clay Figure
20.RosemaryManufacture - Glass pearl Earrings
21.Toofashion - Bookmark
22.MyHeartBeads - Bali Copper French Earrings
23.Roroism - Felt Flower Pin
24. Elr104 - Fine Art Photograph
25.Zafran - Pink Patch Iron
26.Huiyitan - Pencil Ear Studs
27.OmniaCrafts - Wire Sculpture/Ear
28.Beautyland -Red & Black airy Necklace

* If you want to participate in this giveway and have a chance to win one of the fabulous gifts shown above, you have to do three things from 16 to 29 June:

1. Post the giveaway on your blog (*copy the text from here , *paste it to a new post of your blog in Edit HTML sheet, *then publish your post and let everyone know about the big Etsy Promo Love Giveaway!!!)

2. Share the giveaway on a place out of Facebook (forum, blog, other social networks like Twitter)

3. Share the link of your announcement here so your participation will be valid!!!

** You can participate as many times as you want! In this way you increase the possibility to win one of these amazing gifts!!! BUT you HAVE TO DO the whole procedure AS MANY TIMES AS YOU WANT TO PARTICIPATE!!!!

** The winners will be drawn using a random generator from http://www.random.org/ and announced on the wall of Etsy Promo Love on 30 June.

* Stay tuned!!!! More surprises from Esty Promo Love game will follow!!!

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http://www.etsy.com/shop/Artistico GREECE
http://www.etsy.com/shop/KalliasWonderland GREECE
http://www.etsy.com/shop/HeartshapedCreations CYPRUS
http://www.etsy.com/shop/evihan TURKEY
http://www.etsy.com/shop/QaraQul GERMANY
http://www.etsy.com/shop/gufobardo ITALY
http://www.etsy.com/shop/swiedebie NL
http://www.etsy.com/shop/RosemaryManufacture POLAND
http://www.etsy.com/shop/angelasermoneta ISRAEL
http://www.etsy.com/shop/omniacrafts UK

Ellie's Sunday Stroll on Etsy: World Cup Edition

2010-06-14T12:59:00.003+01:00

Thanks Ellie for featuring my color pencil ear studs in her lovely blog today!
http://www.mylittlechickadeeblog.com/2010/06/ellies-sunday-stroll-on-etsy-world-cup.html

sterling silver ring set with color pencils No. 2

2010-06-14T12:42:00.004+01:00

*Diameter of the color pencil settings: 7mm (9/32 inch)
*Thickness of the color pencil settings: 6mm (7/32 inch)
*Materials: color pencils, sterling silver
*Ring size: your size! I can make quarter size and smaller measurements to insure a perfect fit. Please allow me 3 days to finish it.

They are currently available at my etsy jewelry shop:
http://www.etsy.com/listing/49395531/sterling-silver-color-pencil-ring-no-2

color chart for the Pencil Lover collection

2010-06-14T10:53:00.004+01:00

Here are all the color choices for the collection, each color has a matching number below it.

Goooaaal!!!!

2010-06-14T09:19:00.003+01:00

Featured in this fantasy treasury Thanks to AngelEllie :)
http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4c144279310f6d914f45898c/goooaaal

custom color pencil rings join the collection today

2010-06-12T15:34:00.006+01:00

I've been thinking about completing this project for a while, but due to other things to do, this project had always been delayed. Finally, I've finished it during the week and took the pictures this morning. So, here it is one my latest color pencil rings:

Materials: color pencil, sterling silver
Diameter of the studs: 7mm (9/32 inch)
Thickness of the studs: 6mm (7/32 inch)
Colors: all colors are available, please check my list for detail.

Because it is custom made sterling silver ring, and I have to plan a trip soon, later if you can't find it in my jewelry shop, that means I am away and it will be available again when I'm back
http://www.etsy.com/listing/49271101/sterling-silver-color-pencil-ring-custom

color pencil invasion!! and the Zebra was the victim...

2010-06-11T18:15:00.008+01:00

Another feature in a treasury, thank you TheLittleRooster!

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4c12669b0a5a6d9180fe7b2e/color-pencils-invasion-and-the-zebra-was

Color pencil ear studs England World Cup Special Edition

2010-06-10T12:15:00.007+01:00

Are you a football fan? I'm not, but I love those colorful decorations! So, I made 2 pairs of ear studs to join the celebration :)

Diameter of the studs: 7mm (9/32 inch)
Thickness of the studs: 6mm (7/32 inch)
Materials: color pencils, silver, and surgical steel
Colors: England White, England Red, silver

These are currently available at my etsy jewelry shop:
http://www.etsy.com/listing/49131427/color-pencil-ear-studs-england-world-cup

Colors for the country you support are also available, please email me at mail@huiyitan.com, and I will get them ready for you within 48 hours.

a set of rings for my cousin's wedding

2010-06-03T21:44:00.007+01:00

I just finished this set of rings for the new couple, their wedding is in Aug...... hope to give them a surprise.

My new hand-drawn moo t-shirt :)

2010-05-28T11:36:00.015+01:00

It's summer now, I wanted to have my unique t-shirt for 2010. But how to get it unique? We end up with the idea of drawing my own t-shirt. Recently, moo is my favourite, I even have one drawn on my paddle :) So, I wanted one on my new t-shirt as well.

First of all, we did some moo sketches on recycled paper to develop the idea:
I quite like this one, because it's cute, sweet, and fat, haha! So, this will be my moo:

Next, we drew it onto the new white cotton t-shirt I got rcently:

Finished! Isn't it cute? :D

Here's how my new moo t-shirt looked after I permanently set the drawing, so, it's washable now :D

I would love to see your hand-drawn t-shirt, or if you prefer this kind of hand-drawn t-shirt will be available in my shop in October :)

4 new series to join the color pencil ear studs

2010-05-26T09:36:00.010+01:00

This collection, PENCIL LOVER, is inspired by one of my childhood hobbies, collecting color pencils sets. I found that looking at them could always put a smile on my face. Recently, the idea of transfering them to be wearable jewelry pushed me to create this brand new collection, PENCIL LOVER. I hope they could also bring other people smiles :)

Yesterday, I got 4 more series to join the collection.
They are the purple/blue series:
the orange, magenta and red series:

the neutral collor series:

the purple/pink series:

and there will be one more to come either later today or tomorrow :)

Diameter of the studs: 7mm (9/32 inch)

Thickness of the studs: 6mm (7/32 inch)

Materials: color pencils, silver, and surgical steel

They are available from my etsy jewelry shop now:

http://www.huiyitan.etsy.com/

our 4th launch was in Marazion, Sounth West Cornwall

2010-05-24T09:19:00.008+01:00

There's a small tidal island in west Cornwall called St Michael's Mount. At low tide, the island is walkable from the beautiful town of Marazion. To launch our kayak, we went there when the tide was high. Because we were facing the wind, it took us 35 min to paddle from where we parked to the nearest point of the island, and 25 min back. It was great fun!! After exploring in the sun for 4 hours, I am TAN now :)

St Michael's Mount at high tide yesterday:

Kayaking

2010-05-21T08:49:00.007+01:00

Summer is the most exciting time in Cornwall: lovely sunshine, blue sky, wild flowers, golden beaches, juicy fruits... and of course it's boating time ^0^
This is how I look (a bit silly? I know, haha) when the Cornish weather allows me to have an adventure:
It has been 3 times since this spring. Fingers crossed that the coming Sunday is a sunny and no-wind day, so it could be launched again for St Michaels Mount :)

I was stared by Cornish cows :p

2010-05-20T15:32:00.008+01:00

When I took this picture, these 3 cows stood in a line and stared at me at the same time. Why? I guess that's the specil cow way to say 'HI'? So...HI~~~~~~ ^_^

2 more treasuries to feature designers/artists based in the UK

2010-05-20T15:24:00.005+01:00

There are many genius designers/artists in the UK. These are the handpicked work from them:

MADE IN THE UK (I):
http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4bf3df544d168eef637246ea/made-in-the-uk-i
MADE IN THE UK (II):
http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4bf3e3db4d168eef62e046ea/made-in-the-uk-ii

my small shandy bottles

2010-05-18T05:58:00.004+01:00

These 25cl shandy bottles remind me the green version of small milk bottles :)

color pencil ear studs (the yellow/green and yellow/brown series)

2010-05-16T12:35:00.015+01:00

These color pencil ear studs were first made in green/blue. Then few days ago, a friend asked me if I could make those color pencil ear studs in yellow, so here are the yellow/brown and yellow/green series, see if you could find the color(s) you like :):

DISCRIPTION:

Diameter of the studs: 7mm
Thickness of the studs: 6mm

Materials: color pencils, silver, and surgical steel

THEY ARE AVAILABLE FROM MY ETSY SHOP NOW:
http://www.huiyitan.etsy.com/

my mung bean sprouts

2010-05-16T10:10:00.001+01:00

3 days ago, I imersed the mung beans in water. Look at them now, look at these healthy babies now:

I will keep updating :)

am so excited that I managed to do 2 more treasuries today

2010-05-15T14:10:00.002+01:00

One is called SILK, it's a collection showing everything made of silk. It's a very interesting treasury. Aritists/designers are from all around the world:

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4bee6ea94d168eefb044cde9/silk

And here is another collection called ORANGE LOVE. Everything is in rich orange, from soap to origianl painting:

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4bee8cc815706d9124848ac7/orange-love

my mini Cornish garden

2010-05-15T13:25:00.002+01:00

Recently, I picked up some small plants around Cornwall and put them in my tiny pot. Some of them are from a cliff, some of them are from a wall, some of them are from a beach. As you could see, some of them are still stuggling after the recent move, but some of them have settled down and are blooming :D
Anyway, Here I present my small Cornish garden:

PENCIL LOVERS (a collection about pencil)

2010-05-13T11:41:00.002+01:00

do u know pencils could be used in many ways? here is a collection showing what artists around the world think:
http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4bebcb582d6e8eef071344b3/pencil-lovers?sort=hotness&order=desc

just manage to make my FIRST treasury :)

2010-05-12T16:27:00.001+01:00

Thanks for Krishenka's encourage, I made my first treasury:
http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4beab60355bf8eeffb757225/we-love-flowers

handmade card with matched envelope

2010-05-10T12:47:00.001+01:00

This lovely card is handmade by artist sassa lynne. It is blank inside, so you could write your personal message :)

Size of the card: 7.5 cm W x 21.5 cm LMore works from this artist could be seen at http://www.sassalynne.etsy.com/ and http://www.sassalynne.com/

kisses ear studs in sterling silver

2010-04-27T19:20:00.002+01:00

Description:

In this series, my work is inspired by the memories of our passion, the kisses...The story behind each kiss varies. As time goes on, memories break into pieces. From time to time, these fragments come into our mind. Some are still sweet; some become mournful ... Regardless of the ends or futures of these stories, it was the beauty of our passion that ever lit up our sky.

size:

About 1/4" - 3/8" (5-10mm)

venetian red and carbon black 925 sterling silver earrings from the 'kisses' series

2010-04-16T15:14:00.002+01:00

Description: handmade from raw materials and original design.

Colors: carbon black, venetian red, silver

Size: 80mm(L) x 24mm x 24mm

They are currently available from here:

http://www.etsy.com/listing/44901014/venetian-red-and-carbon-black-925-sterli

color pencil ear studs, (the green and blue series)

2010-04-15T10:12:00.003+01:00

Diameter: 7mm; thickness of the studs: 6mm

Materials: wood, pigment, paint, silver, and surgical steel
They are available from here:

http://www.etsy.com/listing/44524564/rainbow-ear-studs-green-and-blue-series

2010-01-15T22:48:00.003Z

took all these pic at the apt. I live right now with my old camera I got in 2003: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=33212378

2010-01-15T22:45:00.001Z

just posted one more original painting online, i painted it in the US: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=38593234

last day of this year

2009-12-31T16:35:00.000Z

WOW! this is the last day of the year! Hope my 2010 could bring me more laugh and nice friends ^_^

first start!

2009-12-30T00:57:00.000Z

feel exciting to get a blog here! will post some updating information here about what's going on behind the showcase :)