Posts Tagged ‘belt buckle projects’

Bodacious biker belt buckle

Thursday, October 8th, 2009

Our designer Evette sent me over an idea for a bicycle belt buckle that she made:

Tough enough for a biker :)

Tough enough for a biker, but made for a woman :)

Ingredients:

Instructions:

  1. First heat belt buckle and then patina it.
  2. Use punch to make holes in the ornate plate & set in eyelets, hammer down and file, then patina.
  3. After patina dries on belt buckle, drop photo into the ornate plate, fill with resin & place belt buckle in desired spot so that it dries with the resin.
  4. After that dries, flip belt buckle over, level out and pour desired amount of resin (either over the entire ornate plate or just in the oval lip).

See how quick & easy it is to make hip jewelry!  (Above the hip, I guess.) :)

Cowgirl Moon & Dry Harvest – Resin Belt Buckles

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

These are one of the neatest new design ideas that our free-ranging design team has roped lately.  Git along with it!

Top: "Cowgirl Moon". Bottom: "Dry Harvest".

Top: "Cowgirl Moon". Bottom: "Dry Harvest".

Created by: Laurae Sather

Cowgirl Moon Belt Buckle
1 #21-340-03-030 35×50mm rectangle gemstone donut, sodalite
1 #30-193 Belt-buckle back, nickel silver
1 #82-500-08 8oz kit EasyCast epoxy
1 Artisan drawn or copyright-free image

Dry Harvest Belt Buckle
1 #21-340-03-031 35×50mm rectangle gemstone donut, tigereye
1 #30-193 Belt-buckle back, nickel silver
1 #82-500-08 8oz kit EasyCast epoxy
1 Artisan drawn or copyright-free image

Tools and supplies: resin mixing supplies (#82-599), Crafter’s Pick™ The Ultimate adhesive (#60-280), Mod Podge®

TIPS:
Cut image to fit buckle blank, coat both sides with Mod Podge and let dry. Glue your image to the buckle blank. Once dry, glue the rectangular gemstone donut to the buckle blank and let it dry overnight.

Follow the directions for mixing the EasyCast epoxy and fill the ‘donut hole’ over the image with resin. Let it dry overnight, attach a belt and you’re ready to saddle up!

See our Epoxy Resin Technique Sheet for resin tips.

To view (PDF files), you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader. You can download it free here.

View more Resin design ideas, or post questions on the Rings & Things Discussion Forum. Don’t be shy! If you’re wondering, so is someone else!

Thanks, Laurae, for (excuse me) adding a new notch to our design repertoire!