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Sika has an admirable attitude toward exploring crafts. She has an idea of what she wants to do, she explores her options, and she doesn't appear to let it discourage her when it doesn't work out how she wanted. Instead, Sika just keeps going and tries again, and that's awesome. Also, yeah, I've touched things in the oven with bare hands >.
So tip, dry the plants first. The heat of the resin curing cooks the plant material, that's why the color changed in the knife project. It's also very likely to rot in the resin over time. Because things need moisture more then air, to rot. I also really like the dome idea, but it's also another thing that would be better (for long term) to used dried or fake plants.
Use dried flowers. Check out Artsy Madwoman she uses dried flowers in resin, and has a ton of tips on how to dry flowers. The bubbles make it look like water.
Jackie a trick you can do with UV resin is to coat the inside of the mold like you did with the hallow chocolate then put stuff inside. another thing is that stuff like moss traps a lot of air with it so its better to coat it with something to stop the air trying to escape through the resin.
I loved over the corse of time how sika has really developed a sorta love for crafting and doing things with Jackie it makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside
Jackie, I did something arguably dumber than trying to take something out of the oven with my bare hands. Took the baking sheet out using oven mitts, took the oven mitts off, picked up the baking sheet to move it. Blisters galore.
Sika idea with the terrarium was good one thing to know when using flowers like that in resin is that if they're not dried completly (or otherwise preserved) beforehand long term they will eventually rot. Covered in resin you won't really be bothered by it and no mold can spread but it's god to remember. If you wanna try something with flowers again there are ways to dry them kinda fast (for drying flowers atleast) in an oven you can look up. Just don't use a microwave it can cause a fire!
When I literally didn't think you could get any better.. my momma passed away and you are literally helping me with my depression, and the second thing as someone with photosensitive Epilepsy,I LOVE how you always put a warning on when there's lights flashing. Thank you for all you do ❤
The greenery in the terrarium will end up wilting, unfortunately. You need to completely dehydrate any foliage being put into an enclosure. You can put the contents in silica gel for approximately 3 days up to 1 week depending how big the items are to be dessicated. Just an fyi going forward, loves.
@@Mikey-kw1vi true! I thought of silica gel because I always save those wee packets you get in practically everything to dry out foliage haha! But salt works too!
Yes, part 2!! (And I love how Sika approaches things from a different concept since she's newer to crafting, she doesn't have preconceived notions about what to do or not do!)
I lost my sister in my arms 3 years ago. You have no idea how much you guys remind me of my own relationship with my sister. It's really bittersweet but you also remind me of good memories. Thank you both for being so authentic and awesome
Stop hating on the poster of this comment, they are correct sika is very pretty and y’all are complaining that iT iS IrRELlIvaNT so what, they just gave a compliment so if it bothers you don’t interact with them
Even the dried ones do eventually I have found. Maybe you can’t expect it to last forever but I have jewelry I bought a year ago that’s starting to turn brown. I think the sun could be a factor too.
@@Desiree216 resin discolours in sunlight! It'll eventually yellow if not stored right. Flowers won't if they are dried properly and there's no air or moisture.
It’s very fun to hear you because I’m french so all your “extra “ (I don’t have enough vocabulary) was so fun for me .... have a nice day and sorry for the mistakes😅🤗
I actually think the bubbles “happy accident” effect works beautifully for both resin crafts lol. The bubbles work perfectly for the aquarium/fish concept and the bubbles look really pretty on the grassy/nature concept 😍
I love the bubbles I think it makes it look more realistic. Aquariums have bubblers it also adds more light light and reflects it. I hope you do a lot MORE resin projects, the more the better!
I haven’t watched yet, but I’m hoping I’m early enough to catch you Jackie. I just wanted to say thank you so much to you and Sika for all of the wonderful content. I really appreciate your humor and hard work.
Someone told me the other day “figure it out” and I automatically started singing the song. You should have seen their face like whaaaaaa? Btw, I ordered your kit and can’t wait to get it! If you all ever get the chance, could you please bring back the Broken but Beautiful and Dishonor on your cow merch? Pleeeeeeeeease? Pretty pleeeeeeeeeease? With salt on top? ;-p
Both your light bulbs were really cute! I love the fish, flower and grass. The idea was super creative! I would have never thought of that and I would like to say you both are wonderfully weird. I feel I’ve found my people! You both are truly awesome so thank you for being who you are and creating his channel I know it’s not only me who feels this way!
I love resin crafts. I just started using resin in the last year and a half, due to the pandemic and I've learned so much and I'm still learning. It's always very entertaining watching you two do your projects 😆. A part 2 is a definite must as I know you have learned from your mistakes.😊 So I have a few tips for you guys. #1 warming your resin a little can help to get rid of bubbles. #2 always use dried plant life. There are a few way to dry flowers etc. You can pick them and wait a couple of weeks to let them dry on their own, you can microwave them to dry them out. ( It takes about a minute or two depending on the type of flower) or use the oven. There is also a mixture you can buy (I believe it's silica) that will dry out plants in a few days. I learned all these techniques on RU-vid. Sorry I don't remember all the names of the people I watched🤦🏾♀️ but there are so so many. I hope this helps. 😊 Love you guys❤️❤️
I looked up the silica sand & it was like $30. Then I remembered I still had a bag of crystal kitty litter from my bad decision to try using that as the only litter. It's silica too. Just a different kind. But I tried it out & got some nicely dried leaves. The only potential problem is that the crystals are kind of large. I'm thinking about using my under $8 food processor to grind them down. Or maybe buying a cheap coffee grinder. But considering that the cheap crystal litter such Mimi's is only about $5-6 a bag. Compared to $30+ for silica sand. It would be worth it even if I eventually killed the mini food processor or coffee grinder. Also maybe not use those for food ever again. I'm thinking I'll just buy a bouquet of mixed flowers to try drying nicely. Although now that I think about it I wonder if the simple unscented clay litter I went back to using would also dry flowers. Oh there's also a $20 drying flower press that goes in the microwave you can get too. Makes it so you have dried flowers to use in a short amount of time.
Re: the floating on Sika's project, my guess is that there's still a lot of air in her glass ball, and that's why it's floating -- the air makes it a lot less dense than the resin. It was fine when it was glued (resined) to the bark layer, which was more or less stuck to the bottom, but when she made the liquid resin go under the bark layer, that meant the bark layer was loose and free to float, with the light glass ball bouying it up through the liquid.
Everytime I watch you and Sika y'all always make me smile, even when I'm going through some things, especially right now, y'all always make me smile :)❤️
Jackie and Sika, I hope you see this message. I just want to say I love your videos I have been supporting you since the beginning, and would really appreciate it ( by appreciate I mean I would go crazy if you did)if you would please heart one of my comments. I know I’m not very noticeable but could you please just see this comment? Just you seeing it would make me go nuts! Whenever you throw something back, I nod my head with you. Whenever you do the “ SALTINESS INTENSIVES” I do it with you. I have memorized all of our weird quirky patterns, you have always made me laugh when I’m down, smile when I’m in a good mood, and you have always been my idol. And Sika, oh how many things I can say about you too. You are amazing and I love your creations. I wish I could do and be at-least half as famous as you are right now. I love our channel but I have to go now, bye!😊
Also, I think the glass dome is extra reflective because it is filled with air. It would have “disappeared” more if it was filled with resin (but that would have defeated the purpose of having the globe/dome in the first place), or if it was a dome made of the same resin that it is encased in. It would have still looked like an air bubble, but it would have blended in more (I think).
Definitely! While the light doesn't refract at the border between the resin and the dome, it still refracts at the border between the dome and the air inside.
These turned out looking very cool! Would love to see a rendition using what you've learned to improve on the project! Sika's idea of a space theme sounds amazing!
I deffo recommend drying your flowers before putting them in resin. Artsy Madwoman here on youtube has some excellent tutorials on prepping flowers for resin. They will keep their colours better if dried and won't go brown and gross XD you can get a flower press that lets you dry them in the microwave or you can use silica gel crystals.
A couple years ago I discovered Jackie's resin videos and I knew I wanted to try resin. Fast forward and now I have an Etsy shop with resin pieces. Jackie even inspired my shop name, Nerdy Ghoul. Anyway, a quick tip. When you have a mold that is deeper and harder to get out, pour a little isopropyl alcohol in the mold. Massage it around and piece will come right out🤓
What a great crafting session guys, would love to see a part two or more like this. Sika has such a creative side to her, I love how she crafts outside the square. Jackie it is so goo to see you working with clay again, the fish was really good. Awesome video guys.🤩🤩🤩🤣
🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂 EVERYBODY has those idiot moments. I have watched some of the smartest people I know, do some of the DUMBEST things ever! Nobody gets away clean! 😂🤣😂🤣❤
Also, pressure pots are less messy than vacuum chambers, though they take longer. I guess it depends on which way you wanna go... With a vacuum chamber, it takes less time to get the bubbles out, but if you have too much resin in the mold or container you put in the chamber, it'll overflow and cause a big ol' mess. The pressure pot squeezes the air bubbles so tiny you can't see them anymore with the naked eye, making your resin crystal clear, but you leave your projects in the pot, pressurized, for however long it takes the resin to cure. Rybonator here on RU-vid mainly does resin dice, but his tutorials are awesome, and he shows the differences between using vacuum chambers and pressure pots, and also how to modify a paint spraying pot into a pressure pot.
@@geminidragon33 oh wow thank you for more information on them! I use pressure pots because I couldn’t find the vacuum and found them cheaper. I also love that it probably won’t overflow, that’s always a mess.
I get silica on Amazon it's just like a sand kinda texture but you put your flowers in it and it will dry them out with the color still intact it takes about three or four days or there is another option you can get a kit that will let you dry them in the microwave but I found this option to make them burn sometimes
@@AfallinAngel i haven't had them burn but the beads in the pack give the petals and leaves a weird, golf ball, pited texture. I've resorted to just laying them in a windowsil with lots of sun and hanging my roses upside down in a closet for weeks.
The next time that you add a dome, fill the space inside with resin too. The air inside is what is messing up the glass dome bit, most likely, not the glass dome itself.
You need to fully dry out the flowers before putting them in resin or else you'll get rotting. there are a few tutorials on how to keep the color when drying out flowers and such for resin art.
Luv u Jackie and Sika ❤️ This looks so cool I’m about to watch it. I’m sooooo exited for my kit to come!!!😎 #Nerdeficationsquad Btw I hope I spelt that right😜
I was making cupcakes a couple days ago and went to get the rising stuff to make it fluffy. So we have it in a bag next to the cornmeal and it’s the same company so I wasn’t thinking and accidentally put cornmeal in my cupcakes. Didn’t notice until my grandma pointed it out. I basically made cornbread cake 😂
