Heavy pendant

Okay well some of you may have seen my Dresden Dolls rosary, and if not here it is:
http://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/dresden_dolls_rosary

I've changed it slightly, but basically I need advice on the bottom bit (you can only see it if you click on the picture).

I've been told that to sell it, it needs to be heavier. As it is, it's a tiny flimsy gold brooch back type thing, and it has a picture of Amanda Palmer on the front and some printed off text on the back. But I'm not sure what to do to make it heavier.

As I see it, my options are to buy a resin kit (which I can't really afford) and make new pendants out of that with the pictures, or find a heavier brooch back type thing, or find a glass bead that fits exactly and put it on the front.

I'm going to visit a craft supplies shop tomorrow to see if I can find anything, but any help would be great

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4 replies since 10th September 2008 • Last reply 10th September 2008

Reply #1:

i've heard epoxy works well, I got some at walmart for about 4 dollars, though I don't know if it will work well as I haven't tried it.

Glass beads work well, I've done a lot with those. That's an odd shape though. You could see about sheet glass and glass cutters and use solder or something like that to round off the edge. Or flat metal instead of glass... Lot of work though. And cutting glass can be a real pain.

Depends on what the store sells though. Perhaps leather and then hardened by resin or something.. that would be interesting, but it would have to be really, really well done. or maybe I'm just thinking about that because I saw a really good leather craft idea go tacky. Tongue

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Reply #2:

Haha this is getting so complicated...

What's epoxy? Is that the resin? It looked so confusing.

I'm hoping to find a glass cabochon for the front of the pendant

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Reply #3:

The epoxy I have is.. pretty much like resin. I don't know if it's a chemical thing or an English thing that makes 'em different.

I don't mean to make things complicated. I just like to offer lots of alternatives... (But I can see that always makes things complicated. Tongue)

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Reply #4:

No No thankyou for your help, I'm just getting confused inside my tiny brain

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