Resin and what I learned again by playing a little with it.

 So it has been a while since I used resin.  I wanted to use something simple and do some small projects because larger ones have been iffy so clearly I needed to spend some more time on it.
      What you see above is my most recent small run of resin items.  All done with a you mix resin that is easy to find.  https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000XAR0DM/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
 I am linking the one I got but I am sure there are many good ones out there.  Now here were my good bads and wtf of it all.
 

First the good and my favorites some paper weights made out of salvaged jewelry bits and some random sample glass circles for science that I found.  Now with these the fun thing was I used an adhesive to attach the old bracelets to the glass on the back.  Then once dry I added in my bits.  Some vintage and some new.  It worked great and I made sure to get a good thick layer of adhesive so there was no spilling out of the resin.  I also only partially filled with resin pouring it over the larger items.  I like a topography but you could do it either way.  

These parts all came out OK but not perfect  The top two are for in progress jewelry and not completed.  The camera I love but my skin from a acrylic pour did buckle a little.  I find it sits better if you attache it to some thin paper too.  But not so much it would be obvious if I was not looking for it.  Also I am now in love with pouring because you can even do neat shit with your left overs.
Now on to the bad. 

Now both of these were going to be magnets.  I may still make them magnets for me but here is what I found.   Embroidery colors are not fasted enough to endure the resin.  So if you love it don't do it.  The one with the cat and the rainbow now looks sort of like a sad sorry you lost your kitty magnet.  It was supposed to be a yay kitties are great magnet.  The one in the little lid was a fun mini beach world.  My damn crab blended into the gold glitter sand.  While not horrible not at all the intended goal.  

So I hope you enjoyed the highs and lows of one of my little resin efforts more to come soon.  Love, Cathy