We Are Rocking It

Remember that many months ago we said we’ll show you what we’re doing with all those rocks we’ve been collecting?  You probably forgot all about it, but we didn’t and here goes.

Here is an example of dry and dull collection of rocks.  They looked so beautiful when we picked them wet along the shore.  When dry, all the shine and luster is gone and there is only a hint of their beauty.

And here are some rocks after we tumbled them in our rock tumbler.  Click and enlarge for a better close up view.

We’ll need a separate post to tell you about the rock tumbler and it’s evolution from a singular existence to its current state of a large family of 7.  But as I said, this is for another post.

So now that we tumbled a bunch of rocks and they are all so shiny and beautiful, what to do with them?  Of course, we can give some away. They can also go in glass jars by the window.  We can take them out every now and then to feel how smooth and soothing they feel in your hand, which is always nice.  But since we like making stuff, we thought of a few things to make.

We needed lots of resin first.

And a place to work on.  In this case it was the kitchen counter covered well with paper, or our next project may be a new kitchen counter…

It’s science really.

There are many steps to the process and those steps stretched over several days since resin needs setting, curing, reapplying, and in some cases, fixing rookie mistakes.

The end result was pretty cool we thought.

We made some Christmas ornaments.

Sun catchers

or wall hanging.

Coasters

in different styles.

Round soap dishes.

Rectangular ones.

For soap,

or, jewelry.

We’d love to know what you think about these rock and resin creations, so drop us a line!

Can you identify some of the rocks?  Can you see Petoskey stones in some of them?

58 thoughts on “We Are Rocking It”

  2. WorldWideWalkies says:
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    Wow – your creations look absolutely beautiful. I remember as a child getting a resin kit called Plasticraft or something, but it was almost impossible to avoid getting air bubbles in the finished product. Yours look so professional! They will make lovely gifts. I particularly like the soap dishes.

  3. the hot goddess says:
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    Love, love, love these! ❤️ Beautiful and creative. Before I moved to Portugal I gave away a huge and heavy box of rocks I’d gathered from the shores of Lake Superior. I’d wanted to polish and create jewelry with them, but never got around to it. Your creations are spectacular ❤️

  12. paolsoren says:
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    Years ago I was on the edge of buying a rock tumbler but then some of life’s interruptions made it impossible. But now I wish I’d done it. They are all so beautiful. But I prefer the stone left polished to be held in the hand and admired.

  13. peggy says:
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    We had a rock tumbler and use to collect rocks and polish them. We made jewelry or put them in jars to decorate. You have taken your rocks much further than we did. Your creations are beautiful – wonderful.

  20. kagould17 says:
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    Some great creations to be sure. I recall when we bought our kids a rock tumbler for Christmas and then had to put up with the rumble and rattled for days on end. Good to know beautiful things can be the result. Hope all is well with you. Allan

  22. Julia says:
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    Wow! I love what you have done with the rocks you’ve picked up. The sun catchers and soap dishes are really something. I love the tree ornaments! Oh, on my remember today your visit to us in Golden came up!

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