Dear all,

I'm sorry for the lack of updates, reason being my mom was hospitalised for the last 2 weeks. She had just gone through a surgery. Thanks god, she was fine. I will be loading new items slowly. So be patient with me and keep coming back to check for new updates ok. Thank you..

Loves, Tracy.

Descriptions on some of the materials may be used in our creations :-

METALS

RHODIUM - An expensive whitish-gray metallic element from the platinum family.

GOLD-FILLED - A gold alloy plate made by soldering, brazing, welding or other means that is not less than 10Kt fineness, where the plating constitutes at lest 1/20th of the weight of the metal in the entire article. The term must be preceded by the karat fineness of the plating, such as 14Kt Gold-Filled.

VERMEIL - Gilded or gold-colored sterling silver, copper or bronze.

GOLD-PLATED - An electrolytic coating with gold, or with an alloy of not less than 10% fineness to a minimum thickness throughout.

SILVER FILLED (a.k.a. 925 sterling silver) - A mechanical bonding with a silver alloy of at least 92.5 percent fineness. The bonding must be equal to at least one-twentieth of the metal in the article. This can also be called silver overlay, but never silver plate.

SILVER PLATEDA - fine silver film deposited on a base metal by electrolysis, in the same kind of electrically-charged bath used to make gold electroplate. A silver plate item cannot be called sterling or bear a marking of ’silver’.

BEADS

CZECH FIRE-POLISHED BEADS - Faceted fire-polished beads from the Czech Republic comes in a rainbow of colors in fashionable styles, two-toned, metallic, translucent, aurora borealis, etc.

RHINESTONES - Originally quartz from the gold washings along the Rhine river. Today, generally means colorless potash-and-lead glass that contains quartz in the form of melted lead crystal and is cut like a diamond. Also called strass, diamante.

PRECIOUS STONES (i.e we'll nv be able to afford these materials either) - Rare and costly gems: diamonds, emeralds, rubies and sapphires.

SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES - Natural stones that generally have a lower value than precious stones, including amethyst, aventurine, carnelian, garnet, opal, rose quartz, smokey quartz, turquoise, bloodstone, onyx, citrine, coral, emerald, fossil, fluorite, howlite, jade, jasper, lava, moonstone, opal, peridot, topaz, sodalite, etc.

(Text credited to ALBTM)

PLEASE TAKE NOTE THAT WITH EFFECT FROM 1ST JULY '08,

MY EMAIL ADDRESS HAS CHANGED TO

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Storage and Showcase Ideas..????
Come and share with us how you can keep or showcase your trinkets.

Have you ever find storing your necklaces, bracelets especially ear-rings are a BIG HEADACHE. Well, I also having this problem. I have been collecting them since I'm a teenager and now my collections are growing as I'm a creator of them. Therefore, storage is a big problem. Normally, I will keep my trinkets in a ziplock and store them in the boxes but when you want to wear them; it hard to dig for them. Older pieces will be left out when new pieces start to stack on them.
So folks, I would like you to share with us how you can store or showcase your trinkets in an intelligent way. Its can be your DIY ideas and best with your photographs to show us how you keep or showcase your trinkets. Please drop me an email. All are welcome whether you are local or from any part of the world. A good idea or nice interesting DIY showcase will get yourself a trinket from me to show my appreciation of your sharing tips.






Trinkets Care & Handling

All accessories tarnish overtime no matter how good qualities are used. Of course, exception of real diamond, gold & silver. With higher quality materials we used can only prolong it process of oxidation and fading but taking care of your trinkets are also very important. Below are some tips to keep your trinkets in tip-top conditions!


1. Handle your jewellery with care and do not subject them to any adverse conditions or rough handling (especially wire-works product).

2. Please not wear the jewellery to bed or to bathe.

3. The jewellery should be worn last, after dressing and putting on perfume, cosmetics etc, and contact with other corrosive chemicals should be avoided

4. Silver items may tarnish easily. Please keep them in the sealed ziplock bags when not in use instead of leaving them in open air.

5. Please ensure proper hygiene by wiping the ear hooks with a piece of tissue paper or soft cloth before and after wearing the earrings.


6. For your personal welfare, please ensure that you do not choose jewellery consisting elements that you are allergic to.

I think a number of sweeties have spotted our items @ Pandora's Box. Really glad that you have noticed us and our creations. Actually we are there for quite sometime already but we started online not long ago. We didn't mention about it because we are trying to do it separately (but not all the creations are showcase here) and of course the price online will be cheaper but over the shops are higher due to high rental and commission incurred. Our items are display @ both branches, Far East Plaza & Cineleisure. Do drop by and support us ok. Thank you :)

SERIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS :

I've just found out a blog :

"http://www.miss-konnichiwa.blogspot.com/"

Phillida14 years old, www.friendster.com/babydutchess ,

have stolen 12 pictures of my creations and sell with higher price without any of my acknowledgement or permission!!!?? It's so annoying... :( so please beware of this people!!! Don't get cheated, buy from the original creator or owner.

She took my snapshots and put up the images of my trinkets and sell at a higher price. Some of the items are already sold but some are not. She probably put up my pictures and wait for people to order from her then she will buy from me and sell to that person. So in between she will earn that few dollars. I really don't understand and disheartened why now youngsters are so desperate for $$. Do their parents not giving them enough pocket $$? They should concentrate on their studies instead of wasting times cracking their mind doing all this thing. Sigh...!!

I have put in a lots of EFFORT, ENTHUSIASMS and TIMES to create all the trinkets here, so please NO COPYING or RESELLING of my trinkets!

~***~ WARNINGS :

No part of my images should be copied or stored in any form by means including written or photocopying without my written permission. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this copyright art may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claim for damages.

Sign : 5th Mar '08