More Customer Work

Adlinah, from Singapore, had purchased some of my enameled leaves and made these pretty earrings from them! I am jealous of her because she can travel to Tokyo and buy amazing Japanese beads! When I was there, I didn't have time, nor did I know where to find them, to buy beads - now I'm kicking myself because I'll probably never get there again! That's a little lesson - live life to the fullest every day! Do what you want! Take detours! Have fun!

Comments

steufel said…

Cool work! And I'm glad to be back, missed you guys!

November 13, 2011 at 10:37 AM

Cillaw said…

Love these earrings!
Tokyo is a 10 hour airplane ride from Singapore.
My sister lives in Tokyo and she doesn't know where to find beads either so don't feel badly. IF you find out where, let me know and I'll see what I can find.

November 13, 2011 at 10:40 AM

Kathleen Lange Klik said…

The earrings are beautiful...and so are your words of wisdom!

November 13, 2011 at 1:32 PM

adlinah said…

Aww, thank you so much for highlighting my earrings! For all those who are interested, I think the best place to get beads in Tokyo is Asakusabashi, a wholesale district with tons of beads shops, as well as stores selling traditional dolls. Take either the Sobu or Asakusa train line to Asakusabashi train station. Be prepared to spend hours in each store. I once spent a whole day at just 4 shops :-).

November 13, 2011 at 9:21 PM

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