For her birthday one year when we were growing up, our mom asked for a ring which had all of our birthstones in it. I always loved the idea of a personalized family piece of jewelry and when we came across this list of “Birth Month Flowers”, the idea to incorporate them into resin jewelry ...
Bezels and Other Components
Using Buttons as Bezels…so cool!
This is such a cool way to up-cycle buttons into beautiful resin filled bezels! Here is a list of some of the items you can use:1. Old book pages2. Pyrite Flakes 3. Broken Rhinestone or Jewelry4. Embellished Ribbon5. Small Buttons or Beads6. Decorative ...
How To Use Up Leftovers – Resin Style
This pendant is the equivalent of a leftovers food tray after a great party.Last year I took a fabulous class at the Bead and Button show and made the bracelet you see in the picture. The class was called Ziggurats© by Laura Andrews and she provided the entire project kit.I did not want to ...
Containing Resin With Bezel Wire
Recently I stumbled across this hot pink wire. I call it "bezel wire" because it is much flatter and wider compared to other wires you normally use. True jewelers use bezel wire to create actual bezels. They work with flat wire that is fashioned from many sorts of metals ...
Quilling Encased in Jewelry Resin
This quilled gold fish is an experiment with very happy results.I had no idea this would turn out so well! I do love the art of Quilling. I don't have very much time to practice but I keep my box of quilling supplies handy and have even brought it on a plane to pass the time. At the ...
The Resin Doming Technique Explained!
First, let's begin with a little eye candy. I have a very cool new bracelet. It is made of vintage watch parts and an old dis-assembled bracelet . Last week I posted this image of some resin I poured into some old watch faces. Notice how the resin leveled out? It created a ...