DIY Resin Coasters

These are resin coasters I made for my mother using stickers that she got me years ago that I recently found.

I did 2 layers of resin, the bottom being a white, pearl-like color and the top being clear.  The embellishments were glued on top of the white layer after it cured and I added ultra fine glitter to both to give it an elegant shimmer.

DIY Kingdom Hearts Resin Coasters

I made these Kingdom Hearts coasters for my friend for Christmas out of resin:

DIY Cakebox (take 2)

I made this cakebox out of colored hot glue using a low-temp hot glue gun for another one of my boyfriend's relatives. 😄🍰🎂 I have silicone molds to make different "whipped" shapes so I used the glue gun to melt the glue into the molds and once they hardened, I glued it to the box.

I started with a wooden box and painted the inside and added scrapbook paper and washi tape to decorate it.  Once the inside was decorated, I coated it with a soft-touch varnish to seal and protect it.

DIY Buffalo Bills Tie Clips, Pins, & Cuff Links

I made a set of Buffalo Bills tie clips, pins, and cuff links for my boyfriend and his brother since they are still huge Bills fans.  I scaled and cut out the pictures after printing them on resin-resistant photo paper and then I added a coat of resin.  I pre-treated the bezel with black nail polish that I got from the dollar store so you can see a very narrow black rim around the images.

I totally made the novice mistake of not realizing that men's button up shirts button differently than women's button-up shirts... so the first batch I made had the images upside down so I redid everything with the correct orientation of the pictures for men's and now I also have a buffalo bills tie clip 😂

Candy Instruments Assembled

We presented the instruments with sheets covering it and had the recipients unravel it since these were too big for me to wrap up 😅

DIY Candy Guitar

I made this life-sized guitar out of candy as a Christmas gift for another one of my boyfriend's cousins.  🍬🍭🍫 This one is mostly made out of chocolate.

Like the drum set, the base is made of Styrofoam board and all the pieces of candy were attached on with a low temp hot glue gun.

DIY Candy Drum Set

I don't think this has ever been done before but this is a life-sized drum set made out of (mostly) candy.  🍬🍭🍫 The base is made with Styrofoam board and the pieces that look like candy canes are made up of painted wooden dowels with red and green washi tape wrapped around it to make it look like candy canes. 

This was made as a Christmas gift for my boyfriend's cousin so we put his band logo on the bass drum.  We used 400 mini hot glue gun sticks to complete this!