Emerald Amethyst Necklace

My friend asked me to make a necklace to be paired with her lovely earings. According to the photos that she sent me, I observed that the main color of the earings is emerald. And then, amethyst.

Here is the necklace. I hope she will like it.


Beads:

• Cube Swarovski Amethyst
• Ronde Swarovski Emerald AB 4 mm
• Ronde Swarovski Amethyst AB 4 mm
• Perles Facette Emerald AB
• Perles Pyramide Bleu Zircon
• Metal beads in Bronze

Technique used: wire work.

Leopard in Silver Necklace

Materials:

• Leopard stone for the pendant
• Rhodonite beads
• Quartz Rose beads
• Fine silver wire 1 mm
• Fine silver wire 0.70 mm
• Silver plated wire 0.50 mm
• Silver plated swirl links

Technique used: wire work.

Soup and Salad

One of my fav menu in Pizza Hut Indonesia was Soup and Salad. Sometimes, just by taking that menu, I felt enough. No pizza alors... :)

At the fast food restaurant in Indonesia, salad is usually accompanied by creamy dressing, for example thousand island (which my husband never heard about that :). But in here, salad is always accompanied by vinegar, mixed with other sauce or ingredients. My mother-in-law likes to mix the vinegar with mashed garlic and shallot. And my husband likes to mix the vinegar with soy sauce!

Before I post the recipe of salad sauce from my husband, I want to share a link of yummy recipe of the cream soup base. This recipe is for the base of any cream soup that you like. For example, if you adore asparagus cream soup, after you make the cream soup base, you can add some asparagus. But remember, well-cooked asparagus, not raw. Please click here for the recipe.

And now, the salad sauce's recipe:


Ingredients:

• 2 tbsp of Olive oil (or grape-seed oil, or cooking oil)
  
• 2 tbsp of Grilled colza oil
• 1 tbsp of Cider vinegar
• 1 tbsp of Balsamic vinegar
• 1 tbsp of Tamari (Japanese soy sauce)
• Levure de biere en paillettes (Gayelord or Gerblé)
  

As my husband taught me to make the composition of the oil and vinegar in 2:1, I usually do not follow exactly like he said. Why? Because I want to put more vinegar. So, I advise you to find your own composition according to your personal preference.