I’ve been mixing a lot of resin lately (making more cabochons for these thumb tacks), and thought I’d share a resin project I made for my wedding. I also love any excuse to look at/share our fantastic wedding pictures from Life As Art Photography The Minnericks.
Eddie’s cuff links with our wedding rings and aggie rings – photo by The Minnericks
I’d never done anything with resin before, but Eddie and I decided a fun gift for the groomsmen and our fathers would be personalized cuff links. We also ended up making sets for our officiant and Eddie 🙂
Supplies:
- cuff link blanks* (like these)
- craft resin (can be found at hobby lobby)
- clip art of choice
- cardstock
First, I found/made some clip art for each of the guys. Maps for my dad who loves traveling, a plane silhouette the best man who is in training to become a fighter pilot, our wedding symbol of two penguins for Eddie, etc.
photo by The Minnericks – p.s. I also made my necklace in the background 🙂
I then printed these off on white cardstock and trimmed them to size for the cufflinks. I set them inside, poured in resin, and let dry in a frame I made out of a cardboard box to hold them level. After playing with resin more, I would suggest coating your image with mod podge or (clear drying!) elmer’s glue before adding resin- mine were mostly fine, but a couple had problems due to resin seeping under the cardstock.
photo by me.
And, for good measure, another couple of wedding pictures because I love them 🙂
photo by The Minnericks
photo by The Minnericks
photo by The Minnericks – and I made those dresses!
What a fantastic idea, so personal I am sure they loved them. Love the wedding pictures you are stunning
love the wedding photos they look wonderful. The cuff links are to cute.
What a amazing concept, so individual I am sure they liked them. Really like the marriage images you are stunning
Ooooooooo I am TOTALLY enamored with ur dress!!!! I am planning mt 2nd wedding & although I know ur not supposed to have such an amazing dress 4 it, I think I’m in love w/us!!!! Love ur blog 🙂
I love the cufflinks, and the personalization. I’m planning a BIG resin project myself (countertops) hopefully later this year! Thanks for linking up and sharing with us @ Toot Your Horn Tuesday.
Erin
So adorable! I love those cuff links. What a great idea. I am also loving your wedding photos and so impressed you made the BM dresses. amazing.
Love these! I am featuring you today. Thanks so much for sharing at Toot Your Horn Tuesday 🙂
Wow ! what a great idea to give the gift for the wedding couples. The cuff links are so cute .
Here is good designs of cuff links
I love this idea! I have some resin but have yet to use it, maybe this will get me started! Thanks for the idea!