This is my experience with resin. I'm addicted now! You can use these finished pieces to make jewelry, magnets, or whatever your heart desires!
For the stuff in the middle I used cofffee beans, stickers, glitter, beads, and some monkey patches.

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ʎǝɔɐɹƃ
May 14th, 2008 16:12
Aww this is soo sweet xx
Julie P.
May 14th, 2008 21:03
That's really cool. Do you think that perishable items like food or flowers could stay in there?
Christina Q.
May 14th, 2008 23:29
I'm not completely sure Julie. The coffee beans and candy sprinkles worked well for me. I think for flowers you have to coat them something like a shellac type spray and then encase them in resin. I'm not sure about other food items though, anyone?
ʎǝɔɐɹƃ
May 15th, 2008 16:27
You could dry the flowers
kelly k.
May 15th, 2008 21:59
They look wonderful. I've never used resin before so I have a question. Do they pop out ready to go, or do you have to sand them down? What kind of resin do you use for this? Something I can find at a craft store? Thanks in advance.
Shivi
May 16th, 2008 08:01
Thanks for doing this, I've been waiting for a resin tute
Alexa S.
May 16th, 2008 09:39
You don't know How long I've been waiting for a resin tutorial. Thank you so much!
Christina Q.
May 17th, 2008 00:23
Kelly K. I used a mold I bought at the craft store. I also bought all my supplies at the craft store, Michael's. I know Ben Franklin also carries the supplies, but no molds. You can order molds on the internet. But today I used rubber ice cube trays from the dollar store and they worked wonderfully!
Laura R.
May 17th, 2008 23:22
you have TOTALLY given me the kick up the butt i needed to try this!
beth b.
May 22nd, 2008 22:23
what do you do if you want to use as a necklace? how do you make a hole to string some lace/leather through?
Christina Q.
May 22nd, 2008 23:26
To make a hole in them I used a Dremel like tool. I bought a cheaper knock-off and it works great for poking a hole throught them.
Cat Morley
June 22nd, 2008 19:43
This is such a good how-to, thank you!
Surf jewels
June 25th, 2008 20:04
I've made some stuff like this, i use ice trays and works fine. want 2 do a lot more experimenting though. Flowers do work through, think most things do, ive seen resin with bugs set in them 2 and all these things stay ok.
Lillith
July 9th, 2008 10:19
hooray I have been trying to figure it out for ages (it's like working in the dark)
Lillith
August 14th, 2008 03:25
Which kind of resin are you using, because I have noticed that my epoxy resins projects are starting to turn kinda yellow.