Bumble Bee Jewelry

resin jewelry making bumble bee jewelry earrings necklace

I had sooooo much fun making bee jewelry for Mother's Day. I started with an adorable graphic, resized and printed it on a sheet of our Clear Photo Film, then colored them in different ways. I've got bee earrings, bee necklaces, bee hairclips, boingy-bee plant stakes..... bees, bees, bees!

MATERIALS:

Bumble Bee Graphic (I bought my graphic on Etsy)
Clear Photo Film
Resin Color Film (Yellow)
Dichro-ISH Texture Film
Brilliant Resin
Silicone Doming Tray
Spring Drill
Sterling Silver Headpins to make ear-wires

Alcohol Inks / Nail Polish
Wire - 18 or 20 gauge
Other jewelry findings

resin jewelry making domed bumble bee texture film plant stake

Boingy plant stake made by embedding wire when doming the back side with Brilliant Resin (see this tutorial for a technique demo). I colored this bee with Texture Film and Yellow Resin Color Film from my Jewel Colors pack.

resin jewelry making domed bumble bee texture film hair clip

Here's a second one, a little smaller, I embedded a hair clip in the back side when I domed it with Brilliant Resin.

resin jewelry making domed bumble bee texture film pin

This bee pin was colored with alcohol inks, which are clear, then a layer of white alcohol ink to make these colors shine. You could also paint a layer of white acrylic paint instead of white alcohol ink.

resin jewelry making domed bumble bee earrings alcohol ink

These bee earrings were colored with 2 things - yellow nail polish for the bodies and alcohol ink on the wings for an iridescent fairy look that bounces the light.