The potion collection in a video presentation

I put my recent photos taken of my Crocheted Wire Jewelry "potion" collection into a video,
enjoy :)

YooLa's crocheted wire jewelry are on MustHave 2011 !!!

I don't want this month to end ! so many exciting things happening with my crocheted wire jewelry.
Yoola is featured on MustHave 2011, my copies just arrived..... I can only imagine how many people are going to flip through the pages and get to know me....
Its a wonderful soft cover booklet with many treasuries that I must try, no wonder its called must have :)
It can be found in book shops or you could buy it directly from me, I have a couple of copies for sale, email me for details.

Beautiful bride wearing my Gold drop earrings - a crochted wire jewelry

Dear Jana sent me these fabulous photos from her wedding day, if you ask yourself why I am publishing it here, take a look at the earrings she is wearing.....
These are my gold drops with a fresh water pearl , a crocheted wire jewelry !
My Bridal drop earrings are 2"(5cm) long and have a beautiful white fresh water pearl hanging at its bottom.
It is created from 14K gold filled wire, the earrings are bright, dangle, eye catching, unique and enchanting and it swings very beautifully when worn.
If you are craft y you can make it yourself, check my crocheted wire jewelry tutorials section.

SEND me your photos to win a 50$ prize

I received lately some really lovely photos of clients wearing my jewelry and from clients that bought my tutorials and followed the instructions.
This gave me an appetite for more.... I would LOVE to receive more of both ..... and in order to give you a little encouragement I'm going to make it worth the effort.... the winner of this "lottery" will receive a 50$ coupon to use in my shop for whatever he/she feels like. it can be jewelry, supply or tutorials, anything !
I"m going to run this promo through out the whole month of February, the deadline will be Feb 28th.
Images should be sent to my email yael.falk@gmail.com in the best resolution you have, you should note that I will also publish some of the photo on my blog and facebook. I hope this is not a thumbs down thing.
looking forward !!!!

New ! my first DVD tutorial is ready - make crocheted wire jewelry yourself

I have wonderful news to the creative people among you, I'm finally ready with my first Video tutorial... yaaaa.
So for those of you that were asking about it, it is here, you can now purchase it with introduction discount and receive a link to view it online.
I look forward in getting your feed backs !

This was made possible thanks to the great Video cam I got from my family for my Birthday and my hubby's patient in filming it :)

More fabulous photos taken by Valerie Belkind

Words are not really necessary here... aren't they ?
as I promised here are more photos taken by Valerie Belkind of my crocheted designs.
in this photo: my gold filled pods necklace, jumbo gold hoop earrings and a trio of gold bangles.

Make up & hair- katya tsupikov
Model-Arnel

New workshop is on it way - learn to make crocheted wire jewelry

The crocheted wire jewelry workshops thing has turned into a wonderful experience, who could have guessed...
I've been refusing to teaching for such a long time , if i only knew how much i will enjoy it i would have started earlier.
I opened this week for registration a new beginners workshop that will take place on Mid February and hope I will have nice participants as I had on the previous ones....
the ladies brought such good energies to my little studio that I should thank them for that. here are some photos, Im not in them since I'm the photographer.....
good excuse ;)

Video tutorials comming soooooon

December is the best month ever, no need to explain why, right ?
well, beside everything you may imagine its also my birthday... this year I made a special request for my birthday present (which i usually dont - i love surprises).
So - I'm know the proud owner of a cute video camera that goes anywhere with me.
The main reason i so much wanted it was so I can start publishing video tutorials of my designs, I know some of you are eagerly waiting for this...
The first tut is already on the way, I filmed most of it (wasn't easy... there is still a lot to learn), started editing which is a tricky part by itself.
I still have to film the intro and add narration since im not sure what i said during the shoots is the best.
The obstacles I'm still facing are how to deliver the goods, i can post it by mail on a cd but would much prefer to deliver a link for download. Both because of the green aspect and the immediate delivery.
I'm exploring several options but haven't yet focused on a winning solution,
so any advise is welcome (I can incorporate it either on my wordpress site or this blog).
HAPPY NEW YEAR everyone !

Crocheted wire jewelry workshop preparations are in full steam

My 2 crocheted wire jewelry workshops are starting in a couple of days, the first on Friday and the second on Tuesday the following week. This is a great opportunity for some face lifting to the Studio.
My sweet hubby built me a nice large and white wooden table that we will enjoy sitting around, the beaten bookcases got a new white wash, they look so much better !
and the best thing is that we got rid of so much junk we accumulated, I'm sure this will improve the Studios Feng shuei energies:)

I started preparing kits to accompany thy workshop for the girls, it feels like making Birthday surprise bags... LOL !

Promise to keep on updating....

My first workshop is on its way

I know, I don't believe it myself.... from time to time i was getting inquiries about workshops, very polity (I hope...) I refused and offered to purchase my tutorials and enjoy my online help if it gets rough.
But lately after much consideration I decide Why not actually....
I decided to start with a short workshop of 3 meetings, starting right after the Jewish holidays when everybody can focus back on their life and start the new year with new interests.
Although I have been teaching in the past, this is going to be a whole new experience for me and I'm really excited about it, I know most of you live too far away to attend, but yet I felt like sharing this new idea going on.

שלום לכולם,
לאור הביקוש (נשמע בנאלי אבל זו האמת....), אני פותחת קורס ראשון לסריגה בחוטי מתכת בו יילמדו יסודות השיטה ויתורגלו מספר דגמים שפיתחתי.
הסדנא תיערך בסטודיו שלי ביהוד באווירה נעימה ומוארת, עם ליווי אישי ותירגול.
הסדנא הראשונה בת 3 מפגשים תתקיים בתאריכים 8.10 15.10 ו 22.10, ימי שישי בבוקר 9:30 עד 12:00.
את פירוט תכנית המפגשים, המחיר ותנאי הרשמה ניתן לקבל באימייל.

למי שפחות מכיר אותי, כמה מילים על הרקע המקצועי,
שמי יעל פלק אני מעצבת תעשייתית עם 15 שנים של ניסיון , מרצה לשעבר במרכז לחינוך טכנולוגי בחולון ובעלת תעודת הוראה .
בשנים האחרונות במקביל לעבודתי כמעצבת מוצר התמחיתי בעיצוב תכשיטים ואובייקטים מחוטי מתכת, השתלמתי בתחום בשוויץ ופיתחתי שיטה ודגמים מקוריים .
התכשיטים שאני מעצבת נמכרים ברחבי העולם דרך האינטרנט ובמספר חנויות מוזיאון וגלריות בארץ ובחו"ל.
בחנות האינרטנט שלי ניתן לרכוש מלבד אובייקטים גם הוראות באנגלית ללימוד עצמי למספר דגמים.

Going green, with the coming St patrick and Spring

Spring is almost here so I figured its time for some freshening up, and what would be more perfect then trying out some green fresh designs.
Another boost for this green time mood is the fact that Saint Patrick day THE day of the friendly Irish people is to arrive soon.

green, yoola, fresh, spring, st Patrick, grass, crochet jewelry, wire wrapped,

Funky Filigree - featured on Boticca.com

Read what Meieli from Boticca magazine wrote about my designs in specific and about the filigree touch/look for the coming autumn and winter.

NEW Tutorial

It seems like it took me ages, but finally I'm happy to present a NEW tutorial.
This would be my 5th in total that I published so far.
I choose which tutorial to publish next according to my readers demand, so feel free to influence which of my design would be next by commenting here....
I hope it will be popular :)
New Tutorial

Giveaway winner announcement

The day has come , its time to announce the winner and send her (I haven't seen any men around) the tutorial !!!!
We had a total of 24 participants, 3 get double chances to win since they published it on their blog, so its a total 27 (the 3 got additional no 25 to 27).
I asked my hubby to choose a no. between 1 and 27 and he chose 13 (good luck in Jewish tradition...)

So the winner is "Unni Strand said...
I would love to win your tutorial for our leading knitter at work! Maybe that could convince her to start blogging too!
I love the look of your pomegranates!
March 6, 2009 7:21 PM "

Congratulation for winning my pom tutorial, it will e sent to you by mail.
Thank you all for participating and I hope to see you all when I do another giveaway.

Yael

Get togetha

Thanks to Google Analytics I discovered I'm featured on a wonderful site called Get togetha.

Pod B e a d s

I'm fascinated lately with making beads, I think I know where it comes from.
I'm a big fan of modularity, creating a piece that can be used in various ways has always fascinated me.

So here are my Pod beads, and some items/photos made with it .







more images can be seen on flickr.

Ring study

I've spent Friday night exploring rings, I'm looking to integrate additional materials in a complementary way in my crochet scarf rings.
I have not yet found it, the journey continues.

A blog post one of my favorite clients wrote about me

I was SO blushing when I read what one of my favorite client wrote about me, or to be more precise about my work on her blog.
Click here to read it

Exquisite Provencal Pears

My Provencals Pears were created both as a gesture to the fauvism and my yearning for some far away smells.
It was just another rainy homish Saturday (not many of these... where I come from) that I decided to try and form a pear naturally based on my many poms studies.

The first one turned out too fat but showed some potential , with the second I was already very happy, so I couldn't stop and created 2 more with slight modifications. The green was the first the copper second and last bot not least the dark pink one.

The first was sold almost overnight.... couldn't expect a better start.
The pears were knitted using coated copper wire and a crochet needle, its general dimensions are 2"/2"/3.5" (5/5/8cm).

Why

The first article of mine that was published this week on etsy, together with the amazing feedbacks I got from readers was the trigger to start this blog.
I hope to enjoy it and have readers....