Wednesday, May 2, 2012

(BOTD) Bakelite of the Day!

Just for fun, I decided to do a "BOTD" i.e. Bakelite of the Day post! I normally wear bakelite in some form every day, usually as bracelets or earrings.

In the last two years, I have been building my bakelite collection. So far, I have spacers, a few carved bangles, some end-of-day pieces, a smattering of smooth bracelets, and two pairs of carved earrings. I want more carved bangles and a beaded necklace or two! I would have more but as we all know, bakelite is not cheap!

In addition to my bakelite obsession, I also love and make resin jewelry. I use pour resin by Castin' Craft mixed with glitter, beads, and/or opal flake. Initially, I just made pendants but in the last few months, I have branched out to making earrings too!

Here is one of the earrings I am wearing today! I made them with resin, green glitter, and mini square silver glitter!
After pouring and setting the mold, I allowed the mixture to set and when it was cured (two days), I popped the resin out of the mold, coated the surface with a clear, protective polymer, and attached the earring posts! Viola! They were done and ready to wear!

12 comments:

  1. I wish I could wear bangles. I have wide palms and have a hard time finding bracelet. The earrings are really cute.

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    1. I have found several antique malls that sell, get this, "childrens' bakelite!" I once tried on a carved bakelite not realizing it was for a small child and it felt like a napkin ring! I guess with some searching one could find a wider bangle. I am guessing it would be hard!

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    2. I'll have to keep my eye out for that. Maybe I'm just doing it wrong, who knows.

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  2. Love those resin earrings. I am considering doing some resin craft myself, I have several pendants and would like to make my own!

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  3. Oh my gosh I love the earrings, you are clever, not sure I'd have the patience!

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  4. Lovely green Bakelite! I only have one green and I want more! Love your earrings, I also like to resin cast and put glitter and cupcake sprinkles in mine to sell at my fairs :)

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  6. Oh wow, the earrings are so cute! I'll have to make some myself!

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