Productivity!

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I found the perfect ice cube tray and I finally made the resin bracelets I've been talking about for so long. These are the prototypes, I hope you like them! The photo was the best I could get, what with the resin being so shiny. Any comments/questions/tips/ideas for pictures for more bracelets etc welcome. Do you think I'd have a shot at selling this type of thing?



Edit - here is the tutorial I posted in the comments, where it sort of got buried:
I mixed up the resin according to the instructions (outside, and with gloves on). Then I used an old tea spoon to pour one teaspoon of resin into each part of the icecube tray. When that was dry I made up some more resin (slightly bigger than the first batch). Using old chopsticks I dipped each picture in the resin and placed them face down in the icecube tray. Then I topped each one up with another teaspoon of resin. Poke the pictures down with the chopsticks to make sure there are no bubbles. I found that the surface was a little bit dull when they came out of the tray so I varnished them.

I borrowed this nifty hand drill from a neighbour to drill the holes. I meant to take a picture of that and post it too! You just sort of pump the top of the drill and it turns it. The holes run diagonally from the back to the sides of each bead. They're all held together with 10mm jump rings.