It’s true that "we are what we wear." Whatever we put on everyday will reflect who we are and signal to the world how we feel. We proudly present Issara Stone Beads, a jewel of love from Issaraporn Arthachinda, who makes these collections exclusively for Simply Home. Each piece is a one of a kind creation and a labor of love. She creates this jewelry as a hobby to relieve stress from her job as a Human Resource Manager of a big corporation. She lives in Thailand but manages to gather stones and silver beads from all over the world. "It’s so therapeutic," she says. "Making this jewelry requires imagination and concentration which is more like a meditation to me. You have to pay attention to detail and to the tiny little beads so as not to make a mistake. Focusing on them gradually makes you forget the crazy world for a moment." "I’m often drawn by the energy from the stones that change my mood as I touch them and admire their colors. It’s so amazing how stones can effect our well being and I simply love it." The process of designing and making jewelry is incredibly time consuming and requires much skill. Pieces which are supposed to give you strength and look strong require the use of a certain type of stone and metal wire to hold them together. For this, she uses chunky pieces of silver. Delicate pieces should move smoothly and fluidly using a combination of beautiful stones and delicate silver. Pliable and soft, she uses a cotton thread in their creation. To create a piece, Issaraporn pulls 3 threads from a big string and cuts them to the required length according to the design. The tip is burned with a match and then quickly finger-twisted into a needle-like tip. A mixed of silver and beads is then added over the string. The process of finishing each piece is the most important. A special glue that will hold them together in a cast will dry in 10 seconds. Too much glue will damage the fine thread by hardening it and may cause it to easily break. Too little glue would cause the threads and strings of beads to fall apart and break. Whatever you choose, we are sure you will look great and looking great means you will feel great.