OMG...why didn't I think of silica gell? My mom used to use that to dry flowers all the time! I'm so glad it worked for you!

Yeah, it's awesome! Thank goodness for moms, huh?  Heehee! 

Hmm... This is what my glass turned out like:   (the little thumbnail actually looks darker than the regular photo- and the piece itself)

Believe it or not, the blue is the dark cobalt blue that I mentioned!  I don't get it. 

At any rate, I want to say thank you for being so incredibly nice and helpful to everyone here playing 20 questions with you (myself included, of course)!  I love when a fellow craftster is so willing to share hints and tips- I personally think it's the best way to learn... 

I hope you don't mind my asking, but does the first pair have glass pieces in them?  If so, how did you get the color to show up so well?  I've tried embedding both sea glass and just regular broken glass in all different shades from light blues & greens to a deep cobalt blue in resin, and you can barely see it.  Maybe the silver around it helps? Your resin looks almost opaque tho too... Or maybe it's not even glass to begin with?

ok...heres the best pic i have of the heat pendant w/ the lock of hair in it

Maybe you're already aware, but the pic didn't post. 

Also, in case anyone's interested, I FINALLY was able to play with some resin and try the embossing (heat) gun on the bubbles, and WOW! did it work well!  I was planning on doing my little experiment as I mentioned a while ago (the heat gun, matches, and blowing thru a straw), but the embossing gun worked so well and quickly, there weren't any bubbles left to try the other stuff on!

Another recent success I thought I'd share, I've been trying for forever (ok, maybe not quite THAT long, but it feels like it) to figure out how to embed flowers in resin, and had little luck.  Well, my mom suggested silica gel to dry them out first, and voila!  It dries them out without pressing them, and the color stays pretty vibrant for the most part.  I've tried about 10 different kinds of flower petals, and they didn't change at all in the resin. 
Woohoo! 

You do not want to know what they look like right now.

Yeah, I do! 

jealous of what? lol its cold and rainy in my neck of the woods lol

ok, obviously I have no idea what part of Australia you live in, but I visited the east coast for about a month (started in Sydney and worked my way up to Townsville) a few years ago, and it was SOOO beautiful!! I've been dying to go back ever since. I drive my bf insane I talk about it so much (he always says he doesn't need to go cuz he feels like he's been there a billion times already! Heehee! )...

As for the weather, it's winter there right now tho, right?

Sweet!  Thanks!! 

You're in Australia? Aww, I'm SOOOOO jealous!!!

lol maybe i shouldnt wear the lamb one.. lol dont want people to think im lame 

Oh no!  I'm sorry, I didn't mean to discourage!  I think it was just a glare in the photo or something.  Either way, I thought it was funny/cute when I thought it said lame, like you were being sarcastic because it's a cutesy little candy heart (and some people think that stuff's lame- because THEY'RE lame! ) that you turned into an awesome necklace!  But it's cool and you should wear it proudly! 

I just used green food coloring actually

oh wow!  Who woulda thunk it?!  Just the regular cheap-o liquid food coloring (that comes in the dropper bottles)?