embedding hair in resin...

I've been asked to make some resin pieces that have hair from a little girls 1st haircut embedded in the resin. I'm not sure how this will work and have been experimenting with a little bit of my own hair as I don't want to make mistakes with the real thing. They are destined to be presents for the grandparents at christmas - with the option for the grandmothers to wear them as necklaces & keyrings for the grandads. Not sure what to do with my experimental pieces when they have fully cured - who would want to wear my grey streaked hair, apart from me . I'm going to the hairdressers next week to get it coloured again - but I'm not vain !!!

This resin pendant has been a popular design & I've been asked to repeat it a number of times so I've added a chain and moved it to my finished resin jewellery category in Just K Jewellery.


I've also added this bracelet to Just K Jewellery - the blue flower beads are really pretty and I've used some cream swarovski pearl beads too which offset the blue beads beautifully.

more of my handmade resin jewellery...

when I look at the kind of jewellery I make I worrry myself sometimes... my style is so varied & I seem to flit from idea to idea. I've been experimenting over the past few days - had quite a few disasters & made loads of mistakes but that's how I learn. I think I've stumbled on another interesting effect - but the pieces haven't fully cured so I won't know if it's worked until I demold them.

While I wait for the resin to cure I've finished these pieces and added them to The Secret Jewellery Boutique.

This pretty necklace has lilac flower embelishments embedded in clear glasslike resin. I put it on a sterling silver bail and chain which seems to set it off beautifully. (note to me - must not wear it myself!!!)

these pink earrings are really kitsch & fun. Takes me back to my days as a hippy chick...

these earrings have dolphin embellishments embedded in clear glasslike resin

Christmas is coming...

yes, it's THAT time of the year & here we go...

I'm busy working on orders for bespoke jewellery and have been photographing & adding new stock to all my sites.

This pretty cluster bracelet is loaded with gemstones as well as the large immitation pearls - on The Secret Jewellery Boutique

I've also added more resin pendants and cufflinks to Secret Jewellery on GroovyCart

more autumn leaves resin...

a couple more of my handmade resin that I've made up into jewellery and added to Just K Jewellery

The necklace has a dried autumn leaf embedded in clear resin and backed with metallic gold tinted resin. I thought this pendant was so pretty I've hung it from a sterling silver pendant bail on a 16" sterling silver chain.

Autumn Leaves Resin...

I've embedded fragments of dried autum leaves in amber tinted resin & then when it has cured have backed it with gold metallic coloured resin. I was really pleased with the result and decided the small beads would look good as cufflinks...

all in Just K Jewellery

Kitsch Rings...

I've been having fun making these rings - the pink ones have candy cake sprinkles embedded in the resin. They are all in Secret Jewellery on GroovyCart - click here to visit Secret Jewellery

At long last the new resin molds have arrived from America - now I've got some different shapes to play with!

embedding in resin...

I'm always looking for new things to embed in resin - sweets are a fun thing to use but I'm not sure how many people would really want to wear that kind of jewellery - but great if you're into all things kitsch. I've got a few things cooking on that theme just for fun. I also love playing with paints and resin, adding glass paint at different stages of the curing time to see what happens. You can't predict or plan exactly what you want to achieve - well, I can't!

I've been adding loads of stock to Secret Jewellery on GroovyCart, resin beads and pendants to my ArtyMiss shop and more beads and pendants to Just K Jewellery as well as this necklace which is made from some of my resin flowers - links to these sites on the right side of the page if you want a nosey...

Secret Jewellery on GroovyCart

I've upgraded my GroovyCart shop - Secret Jewellery - so I can have more stock.

I've spent the last few days sorting through my box of jewellery and have been taking photos and adding the new stock to Secret Jewellery. I've still got more to do...
It's also made me finish some of my handmade resin beads and make them up into jewellery. These photos are just a couple of examples
Visit SECRET JEWELLERY on GroovyCart

handmade resin cabochons

I've decided to wait until the new year before I change the name of Secret Jewellery on GroovyCart to Just K Jewellery - forgot I'd ordered some advertising postcards for christmas - doh!!!

In the meantime I've added this pendant to Secret Jewellery on GroovyCart - even if I say it myself I do think that some of my resin pendants are mini abstract works of art on a necklace...

I've also added some resin cabochons to BEADS on GroovyCart - here's a taster...