"Charmed" necklace

My "charmed" necklace is finished and ready to wear.

I had a great time doing this!  I love the shades of blue and how it
all turned out.  I have a couple of mini books I need to finish--
THEN I am going to make another one!

I used quite a few Tim Holtz Idea-ology findings and fasteners
making the necklace. They were a perfect fit with all the other
elements I had selected to make it.

Below are some close-ups of the different charms:

The chain and all the metal findings are in an "antique gold" finish.  

I added a few antique buttons here and there. The photo is of my
grandmother and her sister.  I scanned the photos and reduced
them down to an inch wide--a perfect fit for the frames and bezels.

The GI in the photo is my husband.  The metal "envelope" on the
left has a miniature copy of a letter from my daughter, written
many years ago.  I scanned the actual letter, saved it as a jpeg,
and re-sized it to 1 1/2" wide to fit in the envelope.

The glass bottle contains the message "Great things come in small
packages" from a fortune cookie. I inked it so it would look old,
tucked it in the bottle and added a few micro beads.  The photo
in the frame is me sitting in my dad's old Ford.

My dad and his parents in the photo.  

These are some trinkets that have not been added yet.  I poured
Ice Resin over the photos for a beautiful finish. They say: "Third
time is a charm"  -- well, in this case, it was.  It is important to
to follow the instructions completely when using the Ice Resin (or
any resin, for that matter). I didn't stir the resin good enough the
first time and after 3 days it was as sticky as could be.  The
second try, my inkjet photos did not hold up well when the resin
was poured over them--BUT the resin was mixed well {grin}.
The third time "was a charm."
  

If you are thinking about playing with some resin, I would recommend picking up the book Explore, Create, Resinate by Jen Cushman.  It is a great book filled with tips and techniques for using Ice Resin.  If I had gotten my book and read Jen's tips for getting perfect results with the resin, I would have only had to do it once.