Jewelry Resin - Making Roses and Testing New Ideas!

 I just finished this necklace last night.

This rose themed necklace is a real experiment!

 Let's begin with some inspiration.  

This is a wood rose pendant.  It is $ pricey $.  

I really like it but it is so heavy that I am having a hard time figuring out what to string it to.  

I wanted a lighter red rose pendant.

 This is a mold for fondant.  Normally, candy molds and resin don't do well together.  Surprise.  This one is great! I have been working and testing the new Jewelry Resin and I don't like to waste a drop.  So last week whenever I had extra, I added a red pigment to it and poured it in a mold.

 These molds are shallow...perfect for Jewelry Resin which is designed to be used in bezels.  

Here is my first red rose!

 I have another rose mold for baking miniature rose shaped brownies (accept no brownies were ever baked.) I only filled these cavities to about the 1/3 depth mark.

Then I discovered something interesting.  The bigger rose was matte and the smaller ones were very glossy.  Clearly, the mold type effects the outcome.

 I wanted all the roses to be glossy, so I applied a glaze of uncolored Jewelry Resin to the matte rose and voila...they match!

 Here is how I choose to string them together.

This necklace is what happens when you take the time to experiment with resins, colorants, molds and ideas.  I learn by making mistakes. Happily, these experiments all worked out well.   Hope you like it!