Best Resin Ideas and How Tos

Creative uses for working with resin. These DIY pieces are all handmade from epoxy, polyurethane, polyester and UV resins. It includes handmade resin jewellery, DIY Home Decor projects (like resin art to hang on your walls), Resin Homewares (resin coasters, resin cheeseboards and charcuterie boards), Resin Books and more.
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Get the BEST Resin Tips for Working with Resin
Start out your resin journey on the right foot with these TOP 10 tips for success with resin. These basic resin tips are the same principles that all the experts follow whenever they work with resin, so if you want to be good with resin, you should follow them too!
Learn How to Embed Findings in Resin Jewellery
This must be the easiest way to to add findings to your resin castings. Embed an eye pin into the resin before it cures and voilà! Once the resin is cured, you can string the loop on a chain and wear. Find out how to do it!
Marble-ous Resin - How to Create a Faux Marble Finish
The age old question: What can I colour resin with? If you've heard that you can't use acrylic paints, well that's only partly correct. There are times when they work really well, especially in resin art. This resin tutorial shows you how to make a really cool marbling technique using resin coloured with acrylic paints. #MillLaneStudio #resinartdiy #howtomarbleresin #coloringresin #acrylicpaintinresin #resinadvice
DIY a Silicone Putty Mermaid's Tail Mold
These mermaid tail cupcakes are perfect for a fanta-sea birthday party that any little girl (or big girl!) will adore. Learn how to make your own mermaid tail fondant moulds using food safe silicone putty. Then fill them with sugar paste and turn them into edible cake toppers by colouring with food safe colours.
Drying and Preserving Flowers for Resin
The Dos and Don'ts of drying flowers. What works and what doesn't work when you're drying flowers for crafts. Here's 4 different methods that work and my tips for what to avoid. You can see my boo-boos too so you know what NOT to do. So whether you want to make eco-friendly confetti, dry flowers for embedding in resin, or make some potpourri, these tips will help you get the best results.
How to Clean Resin Tools
Save money in your resin crafting by choosing re-usable tools instead of throw away ones. Silicone and Polypropylene tools can be cleaned and re-used over and over saving your pocket as well as doing your little bit towards creating less rubbish. Learn the two different approaches to cleaning these tools so that they are always ready to go for your next casting session.
Find Out How to Eliminate Bubbles from Your Resin Projects
There are many reasons why fast curing resin bubbles. But when you know why they occur, you can make sure that you avoid the triggers and contaminants that cause them. This informative article will help you identify the causes and the solutions so that you can eliminate them from your next resin project.
The trick to mixing resin WITHOUT bubbles
Mixing resin without bubbles is easy when you know what causes them to form. This one simple thing can make all the difference to getting bubble-free resin. Switch your mixing sticks and SEE the results yourself! <br>
DIY Fridge Magnets for Baby Photos
Welcome a new baby into the family with these easy-to-make UV resin fridge magnets. Spell out baby-related words and names (or dates) with alphabet beads and surround them with cake sprinkles for a fun and colourful gift that's ideal for new parents and grandparents. Or get older children involved in the project to welcome a newborn sibling into the home.
Using Old Makeup to Colour Resin
If you've got a ton of old makeup, then you've got ready made resin colourants sitting in your bathroom cabinet! Dig out the old eye shadows and nail polishes that you no longer wear and add them to epoxy resin to create your own custom resin colours! If you still LOVE some of those nail polish colours, then paint your nails with the colour and then make a matching ring! This is a fun way to use up products you've already got.
Get the Resin Tips that Even the Experts Follow
Get the essential tips that the experts follow that will help you become better at working with resin. This simple guide walks you through best resin practices to make sure your resin projects are successful. Print off the downloadable guide and keep it handy to refer to. #MillLaneStudio #resintips #resinforbeginners #howtoresin #resinadvice
5 Ways to Seal Petals for Resin
Keep your resin petals and flowers vibrant by sealing them before embedding them in resin. Why seal them? Because it will keep the resin from penetrating the cells of the flowers and help preserve their original colour. (N.B. some flowers will fade no matter what you do!)
10 Resin Tips for Newbies
Get the BEST RESIN TIPS to help you get started with resin. Being organised and knowing the basics will make working with resin fun and you're much more likely to be successful when you get the basics of resin right. Even the pros follow these tried and true tips for success.
How to avoid Sticky or Soft Resin
Why is my resin still soft even though it's cured? There are lots of reasons resin doesn't harden properly. Check this list to see if you can work out which one has caused the problem so you can avoid uncured or soft, bendy resin in the future. Once you know how to troubleshoot curing problems, you'll be on your way to getting successful results with resin.
How to Finish Resin Jewellery
You've made the resin charms. Now learn how to turn them into resin jewellery! There are lots of ideas here that show you how to make resin jewellery from your castings - one of my favourites is wrapping them in a filigree. It adds a touch of vintage to something so modern!