Thank you !

We would like to thank everybody who visited our booth and bought our products last Nov 8 & 9, 2007 at San Miguel Corporation Xmas Bazaar 2007.... Its really a very successful event and we hope that everybody enjoyed the bazaar and loves the accessory you bought to us.... we guarantee that our fashion accessories are the latest most affordable accessory ever! Again we thank you so much ! and hope to see all again in our coming bazaars... LOVE YOU ALL!!!

You could catch CHARMS SPARKLE ETC at the following venue!

November 17, 2007 Night Bazaar @ Cubao Expo 4pm to midnight
November 24, 2007 Night Bazaar @ Cubao Expo 4pm to midnight
November 31, December 1 & 2 St James Parish Cuenca Ayala Alabang Village 8am to 9pm
December 22 Night Bazaar @ Cubao Expo 4pm to midnight
(For Dec 8 & 15, pls wait for our announcement for details)

Thanks !!! See all again…! Muah Muah

Hello

Hi everyone, vacation for all souls and saints day here in the Philippines was over. It’s been busy days for us Filipinos, because aside from visiting our departed love ones at the cemetery, we are holding our family reunion at the same time there. :-) Cool right? Well that’s the tradition every since the world begun. hehhehe. Everyone are bringing food except for liquor, it’s prohibited! Once you’re caught, you’ll be penalized… Anyways, people are staying at the cemetery from afternoon of October 31 till midnight of November 1. anyways, we were just chatting and chatting, knowing the latest updates from each other and EATING!!! Most important of all!

There are some who arranges Halloween Parties but not so many because it’s not a thing here. We are more on a family thingy related.

Well well, we are now back to normal, so business business business…and posting on my blog (before i sinked in to my work…hehehhe).

Btw, I found a video in youtube about how your jewelry-making hobby can turn out to be your home base business. So please take time to watch it, its good! Cheers! :-)

Jewelry Making Parties / Home Based Business Opportunity

Philippine fashion accessory makers vs. Economic Crisis

Most fashion accessories exporters in the Philippines have common ability; they possess strong outlook despite economic crisis. Though fashion accessory maker in the country faces stiff competition from china and other countries, Philippine accessory maker manage to develop various strategy to survive the competition. The country has comparative advantage in terms of design and have variety of raw materials available such as wood, horn, coconut shell and fibers like abaca, raffia, buri and pandan that could create a distinction or image as “Philippine Made”. Some fashion accessory industries had also expanded their products from accessory to bags and other products related to fashion using the native materials.

However, even with various strategies at hand a few factories had stopped operation while other slows down because of price, first labor in china is much cheaper than the Philippines, second even the Peso is strong at present, raw materials cost and other commodity remains high.

Regardless of the difficulties fashion accessory maker faces, they remain optimistic and continue to find ways to remain competitive in the market. They view these difficulties as challenges and wont stop developing new strategies.

Here is my top 3 favorite site of Philippine Fashion accessory. They are all “Proudly Pinoy Made”.

http://www.dianamulticrafts.com/
http://www.maybellefashion.com/index.php
http://www.audreycreation.com.ph/

Karla Kam - Basic Beading

Enjoy Beading 101 from AuntieBeads !

All about Bazaars

So our woodrose bazaar turns out really nice, we have fun and there's full of excitement. Love the kids playing soccer, they are adorable, they make the bazaar interesting and colorful. We really enjoyed joining this bazaar and will definely join more bazaars in the coming weeks.

Popular bazaars around metro manila

St James Cuenca
Nov. 30, Dec 1 & 2

Cubao Expo
October saturdays

Karl Edward International Bazaar
all weekends of October, November & December

Valle Verde 5
Nov 17&18
Dec 15 & 16

and a lot more....

I will post pictures of our woodrose bazaar later coz i think blogspot has a problem in uploading pictures. :-)

Making A Pair of Ear Hooks

How to Make Easy Earrings

For beginners jewelry maker out there, Here's a video I found in Youtube, that would show you step by step instructions on how to make an easy earring. enjoy!

Beadwork websites

Somebody from femalenetwork gave these wonderful sites to me regarding accessory making, tips and technique…I found the websites very helpful and useful. From the website you can get design inspiration or if you are new in accessory making, there are simple step-by-step instruction on how to make any accessory. So hope to find the site useful too.

Check out these wonderful sites.
http://www.beadage.net/
http://craftpop.com/
http://www.craftsitedirectory.com/beadwork/beadwork2.html

Starting an Accessory Making Business

Points to consider:

Creative Ideas & Passion in Fashion Accessories:

Before going to this business, you must be interested and love fashion accessories to appreciate the art and craft of accessory making. You must also have a creative mind and vast imagination to produce unique and exceptional designs. I believe that “being interested” in fashion accessory is the most important factor to consider before to going to this kind of business.

Starting Capital:

It really depends on what you want to create. If you want to create accessory out of precious stones, like swarovski, pearls or gems; you must prepare PHP 3,000 to PHP 5,000 for startup capital. But if you will just use ordinary beads, startup capital of PHP 1,000 is enough

Materials Needed:

Aside from stones and beads, you will be needing the following materials and tools

MUST HAVE TOOLS:

1.) Pliers:
a.) Long nose and flat nose pliers - used to handle the pins, bend the wire, crimp bead, etc.
b.) Round nose pliers - used to make loops for the pins.

2.) Cutter: for cutting pins and wire.

MUST HAVE MATERIALS:

1.) Pins

a.) Head pins - the nail-like pin (flat base) used to create dangles for your jewelry
b.) Eye Pins – have loops in the end of the pin, used as connectors from one beads to another

2.) Ear wires or fish hooks – hook that goes through the ear

3.) Clasps - a fastener that attaches two things, like the ends of a necklace or a bracelets

4.) Open jump rings - are jump rings that are not soldered shut. They can be opened or closed using pliers

5.) Trigger clasp - utilizes a lever and spring to open and close the arm of the clasp. Trigger clasps can come in various shapes such as an oval or heart

6.) Stringing materials – composed of multiple strands of steel wound together and then coated with nylon. It is sometimes referred to as tiger tail.

7.) Bead cap - used to "dress up" a bead, crystal, stone, or other type of bead. It adds a touch of gorgeousness to your bead.

Above are just the basics tools & materials. You will need more stuff as you go along.

Where to buy materials:

1. ) QUIAPO – The Philippine bead paradise. There are so many bead shops to choose from along this area. Its in Villalobos St., the narrow street in front of Quiapo Church, behind the Mercury Drug Building. The most famous shop of them all is the Wellmansons shop, because you will see all materials you will need for accessory making at a very affordable prize.

Tips & Techniques in making accessory:

Visit artbeads.com to have a free tutorial on accessory making
http://www.artbeads.com/learning-center-handy-tips.html

You are invited

We are inviting everyone to come and visit our booth CHARMS SPARKLE ETC. at 10th Woodrose Family Bazaar on October 13 & 14 2007 at Cuenca Community Center, Ayala Alabang Village, Muntinlupa City.

For inquiries:
Email:woodrose.bazaar@gmail.com
Phone: +632 850-6380 loc 128 or 842-9458
Fax: +632 842-1481
(Office Hours: 7:30am-4pm M-F)

CHARMS SPARKLE ETC.'s booth number is 130 (See below Bazaar's Layout)