Article taken from http://thestar.com.my/ today. Giving you an idea how you can best use your talent in Jewelry Making for Charity.
WITH hundreds of multicoloured beaded jewellery spread across more than five counters, customers were spoilt for choice at the Handcrafted Costume Jewellery Sale held recently at the Renaissance Hotel.
The brains behind this intricately handmade jewellery is Pamela Ong, a solicitor.
“I started making beaded jewellery three years ago and it became an addiction – I can make 20 to 30 pieces a day,” said Ong.
The brains behind this intricately handmade jewellery is Pamela Ong, a solicitor.
“I started making beaded jewellery three years ago and it became an addiction – I can make 20 to 30 pieces a day,” said Ong.
Talented: Ong showing off her creations.
The time taken to complete each necklace, bracelet and earring varies with the degree of complexity.
“Some only take me half an hour but some take a few hours,” Ong said, pointing at a necklace with strings of seed beads.
Among the materials she uses include semi-precious stones, plastic, bone beads, chip beads, glass and other stuff and they are all sourced during her trips overseas and visits to Petaling Street in Kuala Lumpur.
However, the well-groomed lady does not fancy wearing any of her creations; she is more than willing to give them away for charity.
Good response: Some of the women trying on the intricately-made costume jewellery.
Her first charity sale raised over RM40,000 for the Penang Branch of the National Stroke Association of Malaysia. This time, the proceeds from the sale organised by the St. Georges' Girl's School Ex-Pupils Association Kuala Lumpur and Selangor would be channelled to Cancerlink Foundation.
Cancerlink Foundation board of trustees chairman Joanne V. Fernandez said: “We are touched by Ong's generosity in sharing her skills, time and money. The funds raised will go a long way to meet the budgeted expenditure of Cancerlink.”
Penang Tourism Action Council chairman Datuk Kee Phaik Cheen, who launched the event, was impressed by the beaded items and described Ong as the “master of them all”.
“These are the result of her three months of hard work. It is difficult for us to match her generosity,” she said.
Each item was priced between RM30 and RM150 and the sale was expected to raise RM50,000.
The time taken to complete each necklace, bracelet and earring varies with the degree of complexity.
“Some only take me half an hour but some take a few hours,” Ong said, pointing at a necklace with strings of seed beads.
Among the materials she uses include semi-precious stones, plastic, bone beads, chip beads, glass and other stuff and they are all sourced during her trips overseas and visits to Petaling Street in Kuala Lumpur.
However, the well-groomed lady does not fancy wearing any of her creations; she is more than willing to give them away for charity.
Good response: Some of the women trying on the intricately-made costume jewellery.
Her first charity sale raised over RM40,000 for the Penang Branch of the National Stroke Association of Malaysia. This time, the proceeds from the sale organised by the St. Georges' Girl's School Ex-Pupils Association Kuala Lumpur and Selangor would be channelled to Cancerlink Foundation.
Cancerlink Foundation board of trustees chairman Joanne V. Fernandez said: “We are touched by Ong's generosity in sharing her skills, time and money. The funds raised will go a long way to meet the budgeted expenditure of Cancerlink.”
Penang Tourism Action Council chairman Datuk Kee Phaik Cheen, who launched the event, was impressed by the beaded items and described Ong as the “master of them all”.
“These are the result of her three months of hard work. It is difficult for us to match her generosity,” she said.
Each item was priced between RM30 and RM150 and the sale was expected to raise RM50,000.
