Triple strand necklace...

I've spent so much time recently experimenting with resin that I realised I was looking at my jewellery making table longingly & was having withdrawal symptoms from making wired jewellery. SO I made this triple strand necklace over the weekend and have put it on The Secret Jewellery Boutique to stop myself wearing it - if it disappears from the website you'll know I gave in & nabbed it for myself...

more experimenting...

these are some of latest experiments - I have to make the resin pendants in batches due to the amount of resin you have to make up each time

The 4 pendants on the top row have been gold leafed after "playing" around with glass paint.
The 2 hearts on the bottom row are simply tinted resin with another resin button embedded in the resin that I had made previously.
The circle is pink & orange resin - I made the mold from another pendant blank I already had.

Experimenting with resin...

Here's some more results of playing with resin. I'm not planning to make them up into pendants immediately - unless anyone emails me & asks for one...

The BORN TO SHOP charm bracelet has been added to The Secret Jewellery Boutique & the heart & butterflies bracelet to Secret Jewellery on GROOVYCART. This dolphin keyring has also been added to Secret Jewellery on GROOVYCART

I love my bag...

Sue from Handcrafted Cards by Sue on Crafts Markets makes these fab bags - I just love mine & it only cost £3 too - a bargain. It's creased coz it's been in my handbag & used already although it only arrived on saturday!

This is my BORN TO SHOP charm bracelet. I've had the charms for a while but only got around to making the bracelet this weekend. I'm not sure which website I'll be putting it on yet.

This pretty charm bracelet is really simple - but I think it's very effective. Again not sure which website it will end up on.

This pretty pendant resulted from me playing around with resin. I just dropped blobs of pink resin that was beginning to cure on the pendant blank & when the resin had fully cured added the lilac coloured resin.

This fun dolphin pendant was made using an ice cube mold

Even more resin...

I've been experimenting with resin and different pigments & dyes & it's been an interesting exercise. I know what I want to do but I just have to keep testing different amounts of dye and at what stage of the resin curing process to add different colours. As soon as I've got something to share I'll post some piccies here.

My latest batch of resin pendants & rings are ready for sale - some I've already added to JKJ on Arty Miss Barter and Secret Jewellery on Groovy Cart - here's a preview...

All Wood & Resin...

I've finally finished taking photo's of Dad's woodwork for ALL WOOD and have now uploaded all the stock into the shop. Now all we need are the customers...

Dad's little boxes are an ideal gift box for small items of jewellery - earrings or a pendant.

I've made some more resin pendants and have some more "cooking". I'll post some photos over the next few days.

Apologies to anyone who uses my jewellery projects and has noticed the lack of new ones recently - I haven't had time but hopefully by the weekend...

ALL WOOD...

I've opened a shop on Craft Markets to sell my dad's lovely handmade woodwork. We've called the shop ALL WOOD. This is still "work in progress" as I've got quite a few things to photograph before I can upload them.

ALL WOOD can be found at www.craftmarkets.co.uk/all-wood

I've also bought the domain name www.derekbelsten.co.uk and set up forwarding to ALL WOOD - so family & friends you won't be able to forget...

Here's a little taster of what we'll be selling