3 Easy Ways to Measure a 2:1 Ratio Resin

Measuring resin can be challenging! Have you ever struggled to get the right amounts of resin and hardener? It's not so hard with a 1:1 ratio. But it's not so easy when your resin is a 2:1 ratio... or a 3:1 ratio. That's when it can be CONFUSING! You probably know that if you get the measurements wrong, (or you don't mix thoroughly, or your room is too cold) you end up with resin that doesn't cure properly... it stays soft and bendy. Or worse, it stays sticky. And it ruins your whole project! If this sounds like you, then you need an easy-to-understand method to work out how much of each part to pour out. And I've got 3 methods for you to choose from! But first, a little about ratios and what they actually mean.  Your bottles of resin and hardener are marked with a ratio that's used to measure out the right amount of each part. It's different for every brand but most commonly, you'll find 1:1 and 2:1 r...

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Resin Project - How to Make an Easy and Elegant Christmas Ornament

I LOVE Christmas and all the feel-good festivities that bring my family and friends together at this magical time of the year.  When Christmas starts appearing in the shops in October, I'm excited to check out the season's colour trends and admire all the beautiful ornaments that are this year's must-have decorations. It feels like you have months to get your holiday decorating organised in October.  And then suddenly, it's December... Christmas is just around the corner, and the shops are starting to sell out of all the beautiful decorations you had your eye on. Never fear... if you've got resin and a mould, you can make your own gorgeous holiday ornaments that will make your tree beautiful, and they will have even more significance because YOU MADE THEM. These 3 elegant ornament designs were all made using just a single mould . So you're probably thinking it will take days to make them. But not so... I poured and dem...

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Dia de Muertos - How to Make Day of the Dead Skeleton Earrings from Resin

I got totally drawn in by the moving limbs of this skeleton mould. It was ideal for making Halloween skeleton earrings... but I like my moulds to be versatile to get good value from them. With a minor tweak to the embellishments, you can easily turn the skeleton into a Calavera design. These are seriously neck-tickling earrings for Day of the Dead festivities? While this is an EASY resin project, it's a little fiddly because of the size of the body parts, so spooning the resin into the mould works much better than trying to pour it. You'll also find tweezers, fine-tipped adhesive, toothpicks and a crystal positioning tool really helpful as you work through the steps. Here's a list of supplies you'll need: Epoxy resin Graduated measuring cup Plastic Makeup spatula White resin pigment Skeleton mould 3-6mm clay flowers   2 small flatback crystals G-S Hypo Cement 20 x 6mm jump ri...

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