Monday, October 25, 2010

If the Crown Fits!

I've had the honor of becoming friends with Tiffany Windsor and her sister Heidi Borcher & getting to know a TERRIFIC new product they've just come out with: Cool2Cast. This is a quick setting fiber plaster like material that is specifically used for creating jewelry & home dec accents. After pouring a whole package of the material into molds of all kinds, I finally got around to actually CREATING a piece of jewelry from it! Here's a video on Cool2Cast coloring.


  • Mix Coo2Cast as directed
  • Pour into molds
  • Allow to dry, pop out, allow to dry further
  • Sand back edges with sanding block
  • Stain with alcohol ink & stamp with images (using StazOn permanent ink)
  • Spray with polyurethane to seal
  • Using Smooch metallics: Sugarberry, Gold Lame, and Sassy Pink, accent crown
  • Use Beacon Adhesives, Quick Grip to adhere bail & felt to back
  • Braided cord through bail, attach closure findings
  • WEAR & ENJOY!
While at an all day ART event in Memphis, one of the vendors there was Artistic Outpost! It was nice getting to see Robyn & Shelly again and of course I just HAD to buy several rubber stamp plates! As I looked over all the stamp plates they had, it was hard choosing 3 at least! As I look at any stamps these days, a lot of "thought" goes into it. I have to justified in my mind at least 3-5 ways in which to make these stamps WORK for ME after they are bought. The plates I ended up with were: The Oz Collage, The Wonderland Collage, and The Neverland.

Can you see a story building here? At least three I'll say! These images are awesome and the uses are plentiful. Here is the first use of a phrase used in Alice in Wonderland.....from Artistic Outposts' "The Wonderland" die plate.

5 comments:

Linda said...

I love, love, love this piece! Such a conversation piece.

Marsha Young said...

I do love this piece, but I also drooled over the punkin necklace and resin paper necklace, and card keeper and...well, ALL of it!

pat moyers said...

this looks really involved. I love it and I bet you get lots of compliments.

Roxi Phillips said...

Great piece!

Robyn Phelan Sharp said...

beautiful jewelry piece, Ron...I love it.