project center http://www.little-windows.com/blog brilliant resin & photo jewelry Fri, 09 Mar 2012 23:25:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Amazing Makers! http://www.little-windows.com/blog/?p=444 http://www.little-windows.com/blog/?p=444#comments Fri, 09 Mar 2012 23:14:39 +0000 Fran http://www.little-windows.com/blog/?p=444 MarchHeader

 

You thrill me every day with your feedback on how you’re using Little Windows.  Here are just a few of these inspiring ideas, thanks for sharing!

 

Wire-wrapped Dichro-ISH Creations

by Patty Squillante of Lake Peekskill, NY

Patty has taken her Dichro-ISH pieces one-step-beyond!  Any cast piece can be wire-wrapped in simple or more decorative ways.  Patty’s oval dichro-ring was featured as “the design of the week” on Cousins Corp’s FB Wall!!!

Matched Photo Jewelry Set
by Ioana Stoicescu of Bucharest, Romania

I love the idea of taking one photo and creating a variety of pieces with it, especially when you can embellish with text and graphics like Ioana has.  With your Doming Tray it’s easy!    Wouldn’t anyone love to receive a set like this as a gift?!

Gorgeous Glitterati Jewelry
by Cathy Hartmann of Pittsburgh, PA

Cathy’s an artist who works in paint, polymer clay, jewelry and now resin! These pieces were made by casting resin full of glitter, then adding crystal and metal embellishments.  So beautiful!

Cathy Hartmann's Cast Glitterati

Nature-Art Creations

by Charlene Audrey Choinard of Quebec, Canada

Charlene is an outstanding painter and designer.  She got her hands on some Little Windows brilliant resin, and transformed her artwork into wearable treasures inspired by modern and vintage motifs, decorative art, and her love of life and nature.  Check out her exquisite technique using the Clear Photo Film alone and with foil backing to reflect the light!

Charlene Audrey Choinard Jewelry Pieces

 

Bada-bling!
by Audrey Tucker of San Francisco, CA

For the flirty bow ring, Audrey used the resin doming technique over some glitter vinyl and then added some rhinestones.  She gets compliments every time she wears it!   She’s also been playing around with embedding all kinds of bits and pieces, and made the Z necklace for her best friend’s birthday.  Such fun!

Keep emailing your ideas and pics of your creations so we can keep the inspiration loop going!

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Love, love, LOVE these new looks we’re getting with the new Little Windows Dichro-ISH supplies.

Check out the how-to video and let me know what you think!

 

 

 

Click here to buy your Dichro-ISH Supplies!

Dichro-ISH Supplies

]]> http://www.little-windows.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=426 2 bendy resin rings http://www.little-windows.com/blog/?p=370 http://www.little-windows.com/blog/?p=370#comments Tue, 18 Oct 2011 06:03:27 +0000 Fran http://www.little-windows.com/blog/?p=370

Use LW resin and mirror-finish molds to turn your pics into brilliant bendy rings!

Little Windows Bendy Rings In Hand

For these cast creations you’ll need:

brilliant resin, molds, special photo paper, a drill, and some sterling or copper wire

My latest video shows you how, step-by-step.

 

Little Windows brilliant molds - Med Sq LW 12oz. Brilliant Resin Set

Stock up in the Little Windows Store


]]> http://www.little-windows.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=370 1 Double-Sided Doming Basics http://www.little-windows.com/blog/?p=342 http://www.little-windows.com/blog/?p=342#comments Fri, 15 Jul 2011 21:42:02 +0000 Fran http://www.little-windows.com/blog/?p=342 This fun video shows you how to create a variety of double-sided domed pieces, with  step-by-step instruction.   Glue 2 domed photos back-to-back to use as charms, bracelets, keychains, pendants & more :)

2-Sided Domed Bracelets

2-Sided Domed Keychains2-Sided Domed Charms - round2-Sided Domed Pendants

Double-Sided Doming Basics

You’ll need: brilliant resin, doming tray, special photo paper, double-stick adhesive, drill, ZapAGap, and findings of your choice.

LW Adhesives
Buy Adhesives

LW 12oz. Brilliant Resin Set
Buy Brilliant Resin

Have fun, and send me pix of your creations!

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Clear Photo Votive Lily

another brilliant project idea :)

I just finished editing this video and I LOVE the results.  Using our new Clear Photo Film, some resin and jumprings, we created a new way to showcase your pix!

Of course during the making of this video I thought of about 25 more projects using this technique.  Send me your ideas too and we’ll add them to the mix!

 

LW 12oz. Brilliant Resin Set
brilliant resin
Clear Candle Votive
Buy Clear Photo Film

Watch How-To Videos
]]> http://www.little-windows.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=331 2 single cube bracelet http://www.little-windows.com/blog/?p=218 http://www.little-windows.com/blog/?p=218#comments Fri, 04 Feb 2011 01:53:59 +0000 Fran http://www.little-windows.com/blog/?p=218 One of our favorite Little Windows designs is the single cube bracelet.  For this you can select any shape of mold, Small or Medium, and create a stunning and durable bracelet.


Download the printable PDF

cast resin cube bracelet

Cast Resin Bracelet Dog

Wear and share your favorite photos!

Cast Resin Bracelet Back

And here's a peek at the back side

]]> http://www.little-windows.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=218 1 perfect pet magnets http://www.little-windows.com/blog/?p=209 http://www.little-windows.com/blog/?p=209#comments Wed, 02 Feb 2011 00:09:19 +0000 Fran http://www.little-windows.com/blog/?p=209 Dog, cat, reptile, or rodent, pets can be a great source of love.  Convert your pet pix into keepsakes like these magnet sets, which were made using the Casting Technique.  We then applied super-strong magnets to the back of each one using Zap-A-Gap Superglue.  What a great gift!

Dog Magnets

Cat Magnets

]]> http://www.little-windows.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=209 0 brilliant 3-D butterflies! http://www.little-windows.com/blog/?p=201 http://www.little-windows.com/blog/?p=201#comments Tue, 01 Feb 2011 23:33:03 +0000 Fran http://www.little-windows.com/blog/?p=201 Blue 3-D Butterfly

We’re having weirdly warm weather here in SoCal, perfect for launching our new video on how to make 3-D Butterflies!

Use the Doming Technique and our new Clear Photo Film to make pieces that look like they’re about to take flight!    These beauties can be turned into necklaces, earrings, pins, magnets or ornaments, and other eye-catching gifts.

Little Windows 3-D Butterflies Necklace! Doming Technique Little Windows 3-D Butterflies, blue

Watch 3-D Video /  Watch Doming Video / Buy Clear Photo Film

NEW  Clear Photo Film

Made for inkjet, this high-resolution film makes some amazing projects.  From single, see-through images, to a variety of layering and dimensional effects, there’s so much you can do with this film!    Available now at little-windows.com

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At the Quilt Festival in Houston we met Jeanie, an incredible woman who has created software that turns your pix into kaleidoscope patterns.

Traditionally used with fabrics (quilting +) and paper crafting, Jeanie’s kaleidoscope software can keep the people in your pix as the focus, or turn them into patterns.  These ones were reduced, printed on LW Special Photo Paper, then made into Little Windows pendants using both the Casting and Doming techniques!



Click here to check out Jeanie’s blog for more details and how-to’s.

Click here to visit the Kaleidoscope Collections website.


]]> http://www.little-windows.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=191 0 beachy charm bracelet http://www.little-windows.com/blog/?p=186 http://www.little-windows.com/blog/?p=186#comments Tue, 01 Feb 2011 22:57:18 +0000 Fran http://www.little-windows.com/blog/?p=186 It’s great to see you having fun with resin!!  Check out this amazing bracelet created by Connie in Satsuma, FL.  She used the Little Windows Small Oval Photo Cropping Software to shrink and crop her pix, then used the Doming Technique (see technique video) to create these gorgeous charms.

These beachy photos, linked in with some lovely drilled shells makes the perfect Summer Keepsake – a lightweight photo album you can wear and share!

Thanks again for sharing your beautiful creations Connie!

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