11. February 2008 by Kathy.

This is taking HOURS to get the basics in.  I am counting this as Project #9…geez!

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Project 8 was making resin heart earrings.  I don’t have the best photos of these.   Here are those hearts in the mold, floating in resin, during the hardening process.

And here is a lousy shot of the earrings!!!

Good news - I finally got a better photo.  Lesson for me - don’t use a pink background when photoing resin!  Use the brown table:

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11. February 2008 by Kathy.

This idea comes from My Minutia - it was part of her Winter Bella (January) zine.  I of course could not make just one - had to make FOUR.   Well three and well on the way for #4, but I need to mail the other three so I focused on getting them “swagged”.

Lets see - first I had to EAT a tone of candy…well actually I used the candy in this project and another one (see the next blog entry for that).

So you take these boxes and cut out and put things in them…the reason this photo is here is because of the tray its on - got that for a b-day present and now so wish I had about a dozen of them.  I have trays but mine all have dividers.  This was great to glitter on because it was small and had just the one space.

Then I got to paint glue on the boxes and glitter…thus the tray was a godsend…

Oh - you can’t tell they are on the tray because I lined it with aluminum foil - can’t waste that glitter!  This way it was easier to pour back into the bottle.  I used Martha Stewart silver glitter, Glitter Art pink for the alternate boxes and thank heavens Martha Stewart glitter glue.  Why thank heavens?  It comes with a metal brush built into the lid.  Martha and her team do think of everything.  I had three choices of coating/pouring from her glitter jar as well.

And the finished projects, three of them - hanging on a door temporarily before they get mailed…

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11. February 2008 by Kathy.

Project # 4 was etching a vase.  I have done etch work before but never to this size.  One thing I learned was NOT to try to etch the whole piece at the same time.  The other lesson was to leave the etch product on a LOT longer than the bottle said to.  Previously everything I had done was with the liquid form which I would put small objects into.  This time it was the creme that you paint on.  Here is a photo with the the foam stick on hearts you can buy at craft stores placed and then the etching creme painted HEAVILY (another lesson) over that area.

Yes there is some creme on the side - not to worry its not where I had placed the hearts on that side so it could just set until I cleaned and washed the side I was working on.  Yes the gloves are mandatory as is the plastic surface.  This stuff can eat a lot of things besides glass so projection is good.

Here is the finished vase with hearts on all four sides and another of this vase that is NOT done.  And finally a shot with it full of tulips!

Here it is with tulips in it.  I think you can see the hearts better with the green stems as background…

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