Resin and A Bangle

And so, one fine day I was grouching on my clay forum about this resin I'd purchased that was very expensive then just quit working.  Later on, I got this nice email from a man named Terry.  He makes resin and offered to send me a sample.  Well, not only did he send me a sample but it came with this really cool metal applicator.  And it works GREAT!  I only needed a small amount, too.   Here's the purse holder I made.

I put several drops on then spread it with a tooth pick.  There were a few air bubbles but not many.  I dropped the purse holder on my desk a few times which brought the bubbles to the top where they popped all by themselves.  A couple I touched with my finger and they were gone.  Then I put the holder out in the sunshine.

When it was dry I found one tiny air bubble I'd missed so I put on another coat and back into the sunshine it went.  It's taken way longer than it should because it's been cloudy and rainy here.  But, no matter, the purse holder hardened up nicely and that air bubble is no more.  :)

This stuff is super, yanno!  It doesn't pull away from the edges like the other unnamed resin I had.  It stays where you put it and is really good stuff.  Here is Terry's site in case any of you are interested.  It's www.epoxyjewelry.com.

And then I got insane and decided I just *HAD* to make this bangle that was on the cover of Bead & Button a couple months ago.  It didn't look ALL that difficult.  Hah.  Let me tell you that it was a bear to make.  But, it came out pretty and I like it a lot.  :)  Isn't that amber color just too gorgeous?  I love it.

In Stringing Mode

As you all know, I made these faux amber and the faux cinnabar a little while ago.  Lacking inspiration to string them, they just sat on my table.  Then, yesterday, inspiration struck and this is the joyful result.  What do you think?

Faux Amber

Don'tcha love amber?  I do.  Don'tcha hate how expensive it is?  I do.  :D  So,  wonderful polymer clay lends itself to faux stones.  I was experimenting with the relatively new Pardo translucent clay and this is what I came up with.  What do you think??

Some New Goodies

Lately I have been caught up in making faux stones.  I was trying amber.  Because the beads were so big, I was unable to get that honey translucent look.  So, mine came to be called, "Moestones". This turned out to be a good thing.  I was knotting them the other day and one of my massage clients said she wanted to buy the necklace as soon as it was done.  Yay!    What do you think?  Do you like the knotting with the big beads?