iOS 5 is driving me crazy...

I started to try to update my iphone to iOS5 as soon as it's released...for the starters, it took 2 hours just to download the iOS and it took another hour to back up my phone and finally time to instal it, an internal error occurred....
I restarted my computer again and now trying to update again, it if doesn't work, I'm going to go crazy......

I'm back!

I'm very excited that I'm finally done with my proposal and....... I passed!
Well, my blog has been very much neglected for the past several months and I apologize for that! Now that I have more free time in my hand, I'm going to be posting more and more and more and more.....

I've made so much changes to my shop and the blog! And I've finally reached 100 listings in my shop! Who told that 100 is a magic number? let's see if I'm going to get any sales soon!

Going to my favorite Thai place for lunch!

I love Thai food especially if it's super spicy!
There's that Thia place pretty far away from where I live or work and I was obsessed with it about two years ago that I HAD to go there at least once a week! And now I seem to be doing better with my obsession and only go there once every a couple months, that place is still my absolutely favorite restaurant in the whole world!

Got to leave soon and will update pictures if it's not too weird taking out my phone and starting shooting pictures in front of my boss and all the colleagues, haha.

Sunday Night Depression

I don't know about other people but I always feel crapy on Sunday night....... I have to go the school tomorrow morning! ahhhhhhh. After the two-day weekend I'm just soooooo relaxed and who wants to go to school..... I wish I could finish this school non-sense soon enough, lol.

Multi-gem cluster bracelet- perfect for the summer

Someone on Etsy once told me that I should make more bracelet. But I admit I'm lazy! A bracelet takes much more time to make than anything else and it can be the most complicated one in all the pieces. Finally I feel like making one and here it is.

I pick the orange and the main color of the bracelet, and decorated it with green and yellow. It's very summery and I fell in love with it after I made it, lol. I think I'm going to make more bracelet in the future because it's a good way of using up a lot of stones since I have sooooooooo many!

http://www.etsy.com/listing/78226786/multi-gem-cluster-bracelet-garnet

And please visit my etsy shop for more. 

http://www.etsy.com/shop/pingypie

Zodiac sign and birthstone series

I've made uo my mind to make a whole series combining zodiac signs and birthstones! So far I'm very proud of what I have made and I'm want to keep the good flow going!

This is a big project and I hope I can finished it!

My latest piece in this collection: Cancer( Jun 22nd to Jul 22nd) sign with ruby. The zodiac sign of Cancer is like "69", so I hand made the sign and hammer it to strengthen and polish and then wrapped them together to from this unique pattern. I decorated the pendant by wrapping it with thin sterling silver wire and added little rubies here and there. At the bottom of the pendant, dangles a lager ruby onion briolette hand picked by me!
So here it is! Enjoy!

http://www.etsy.com/listing/78099811/cancer-zodiac-sign-ruby-necklace-july?ref=pr_shop

And please check out my zodiac sign birthstone section for more:
http://www.etsy.com/shop/pingypie?section_id=10171727

And my Etsy shop for more handmade gemstone jewelry:
http://www.etsy.com/shop/pingypie

Gift for a friend!

This is a friend I sort of met! I know it's a weird statement but it is true. I knew her on a craft forum that we participate and one day she came to NY, and posted a picture of herself on the forum. And the next day, I had something to do in the Chinese embassy so I went to NYC too. As I was waiting, she walked in. I was so surprised to see her but since I've never actually met her before, I didn't fork up the courage to go up and talk to her.....
Anyways, I confirmed that it was her online and regretted it ever since. So we made a gift for each other. Here is my gift for her and to make up for her, I put extra thinking in there and made a pair of special earrings for her and her daughter.
I hand made and hammer a zodiac sign for aquarius ( her daughter's zodiac sign) and wrapped it with garnet rondelles( January's birthstone) and dangling from it, there's a blue topaz briolette ( my friends's birthstone). It came out better than I thought! I hope she would like it!

Happy birthday, July girls!

I've made up my mind to make a whole series of jewelry featuring zodiac signs and birthstones!
And this is my very first piece: Leo sign with Ruby for girls who are born fron July 23rd to Jul 31st!

http://www.etsy.com/listing/77713974/leo-zodiac-sign-ruby-necklace-july?ref=pr_shop

And is it me or the Leo sign actually looks like a question mark?

Please check out my Etsy shop for more:
http://www.etsy.com/shop/pingypie?ref=seller_info

AHHHHHHH, I want to make jewelries instead of writing a research proposal

All right, maybe I'm going a little bit crazy. But it is sooooooooo hot in the lab! Where is the AC??? On top of that, I have a research proposal to write which I have no idea where to start!
Oh, how much I miss you guys, my little pretty gemstones!

OK, enough whining and back to work.......

My most loved earrings of the day

I woke up today realizing that one of my earrings got 10 hearts! Yes, it was 3 in the afternoon, but what can I say, it's Sunday! Well I was nicely surprised and couldn't help wondering what happened until I found this wonderful treasury that featured my earrings!
http://www.etsy.com/treasury/MTU0MjY1ODR8NDMzMTk0ODI3/beautiful-sunset?index=0

Thank you for you kindness, vikkilenore!

I am very proud of this pair of earrings because I tried something bold when making this one! I wanted nice contrast as well as harmony in color and I tried to mix the gold and silver elements! And it came out perfect with vibrant mixed color! Please check it out!

http://www.etsy.com/listing/77017816/dangle-cluster-earrings-beer-quartz?ref=pr_shop

And I'll be making more cluster earrings later on, please check back to my Etsy shop for more!

http://www.etsy.com/shop/pingypie?ref=seller_info