Tears & Triangles Collection: Home Made UV Resin Jewellery Set.

Welcome reader. I enjoy projects that combine clean design with a lil' touch of magic, and this one hopefully does exactly that. In this Instructable, I’ll show you how I created a small set of handmade UV resin jewellery and accessories for a close friends Birthday, built around simple geometric shapes, teardrops and triangles, with a single crescent moon piece as a deliberate contrast.

I made this jewellery set as a birthday gift for a close friend, wanting it to feel personal and thoughtfully designed rather than simply bought. The teardrop and triangle shapes represent balance and strength, while the crescent moon adds a sense of individuality. The blue and red tones and subtle sparkle were chosen to reflect calm, creativity, and the quiet magic of a long standing friendship, making each piece a small, meaningful reminder of the occasion. My friend is also a fan of Captain America, so I designed her earrings to give a subtle nod to 'Cap's shield.

To accompany this Instructable, I have attached a video I made that shows the visual process of making this collection to help guide you through how I did things.

Using colour-mixed resin, embedded sparkles, and layered details like rings and swirls, these pieces are designed to look cohesive, with each piece feeling special. The process is beginner friendly, requires minimal tools, and is easy to customise with your own colours or shapes. If you’re curious about working with UV resin or just fancy making something a bit celestial and unique, I hope this will then inspire you to give it a try.

1. Keyring loops and earring hooks from old jewellery
2. 2 x necklace/wrist bands
3. Red/ white, blue resin paints
4. UV resin tape
5. Ultraviolet (UV) lamp
6. Tiny pearlescent star decorations
7. Pairs of tweezers
8. Cocktail sticks and a silicone scoop (tiny spoon)
9. Clear UV resin
10. Silicone molds
11. Small silicone cup
12. Green and red glitter
13. Metal shaped bezels (I used an upside down triangle and a crescent moon)
14. Pair of wire cutters
15. A cloth or kitchen towel

SAFETY: Disposable gloves, especially if you're prone to irritation or chemical reactions, are advised. The resin I used was non-toxic, but even when using non-toxic UV resin, always work in a well ventilated area and avoid direct skin contact by wearing gloves. Cure resin fully under a UV lamp before handling, and never look directly at the UV light while it’s on. If there is contact with skin, wash your hands with warm soapy water and rinse thoroughly. And if you have never used UV resin before, be aware that after removing your pieces from the UV lamp, they will be very warm, even hot, so allow a few minutes for the pieces to cool before handling them.

So be safe, and lets have some fun.

I made the earrings in three parts... The top triangle, the bottom teardrop, and the red ring insert that fits in the teardrop, which we will start with.

1. I recommend to pop the bottle of resin in a jug of warm water. It makes the resin easier to pour and helps reduce any air bubbles.
2. Pour a small amount of resin into the silicone cup and add a few drops of red paint. For paint, or anything else you add to resin, I recommend around a 20% ratio of paint to resin. Any more will effect the curing process and may not set properly.
3. Pour the mixed resin into the ring mold and use a toothpick to even out the resin and get rid of any air bubbles.
4. Heat with the UV heater for around two to three minutes.
5. Remove the ring from the mold and repeat to make a second ring. Put to one side for now.

Next, we will make the teardrop part of the earring.

1. Pour some resin into the teardrop molds, just enough so the resin covers the bottom of the mold. Use a toothpick to guide the resin to the mold edges.
2. With a pair of tweezers, carefully drop in the red rings we made, using a toothpick to position them where you want. Then heat with the UV lamp for about 2 minutes.
3. Pour some resin into the silicone cup with a few drops of blue paint, mix thoroughly.
4. Remove the lamp, and carefully and slowly pour in some blue resin into the red ring, and above the top of it. Use a toothpick to help guide the blue resin around the edges of the red ring. Take your time here, there's no rush.
5. Heat for two minutes, remove the lamp, and pour some clear resin over the top so the piece is fully covered. Now with a pair of tweezers and some pearlescent star decorations, sprinkle a few inside of the red ring and use a toothpick to adjust their positions. Then pour a few drops of clear resin on top and smooth over with a toothpick. Now heat for two to three minutes.
6. Remove the piece from the mold, and lay it on your work surface upside down. Repeat Stage 5 to add stars to the other side. This time heat for three to four minutes.
7. Repeat the process for the other earring, then put to one side for now.

This is the top part of the earrings. The triangle mold I used had two mold stalks to allow for two holes, top and bottom.

1. Mix or use remaining blue resin, and pour it into the triangle mold so it is full.
2. With a toothpick, dip it into some white paint, and draw some swirly lines into the blue resin mold.
3. Heat for around three to five minutes, remove from the mold and put to one side for now ready for assembly.

Now we move onto the keyring/keychain. This is made from two parts then attached together. I made two so I could pick out the best one for my friend.

1. Pour in some blue resin into the teardrop molds, you only need about three to four drops.
2. Then put four drops of some mixed white resin onto the middle of the blue in the mold. Drop in another three to four drops of blue, and another two to three drops of white.
3. Using a toothpick, draw lines through the white resin, up then down, then from the right and then from the left. Finish by drawing a single line top to bottom to get the swirly branch effect. Heat for three to five minutes.
4. Remove the pieces from their molds and put to one side. Now pour some clear resin into the triangle mold until nearly full.
5. Sprinkle a small amount of green and red glitter onto the resin with a pair of tweezers. Use a toothpick to even out the glitter.
6. Top off the piece with some clear resin and heat for three to five minutes.
7. After making a second piece, place the blue keyring piece flat onto your work surface, hero side down. Apply a tiny amount of clear resin onto the back, smooth it out with a toothpick, then carefully place the glitter triangles on top.
8. Move the triangles into position with a toothpick, then heat for another three to five minutes. Put the pieces to one side ready for assembly.

Now we move onto the triangle piece for the necklace.

1. Cut off a piece of tape a bit larger than the triangle bezel, and place the bezel onto the sticky side.
2. Turn it over and burnish the edges with a toothpick. (Burnish means rubbing the tape back and fourth to the piece so it is completely sealed so the resin doesn't leak out).
3. Like the keyring, put four drops of blue resin into the middle of the bezel, then about three white drops, four blue and three white.
4. Again, use a toothpick to draw lines in the white resin in all directions until you get the desired pattern. Don't draw lines too much or the blue and while will to mix. Heat for two to three minutes.
5. Remove the lamp then remove the tape from the piece. With the taped side facing upwards, place a small amount of blue resin, then a smaller amount of white onto the surface, and do the same draw pattern.
6. Heat for three to five minutes, then put to one side for assembly.

The crescent moon bracelet charm is done in the same way as the necklace in the above step. The only real difference to mention is that the loop on the top of the bezel wasn't flat/flush with the bezel itself. This meant that the edge of the tape had to be attached to the bezel under this loop and the piece laid flat on my work board with the loop hanging over the edge so the piece could lay completely flay.

Heat Lamp: For the top side of the piece, heat time was two to three minutes, and the reverse side was three to five minutes. It was put to one side foe assemble... which is next.

Finally, the pieces can be put together. We'll start with the earrings. The molds I used have little silicone stalks that help make the holes for split rings, chains etc. If you find the holes are too small when removing them from the molds, I used a pair of tweezers, poked one prong onto the hole and twisted it around, both sides, to scrape out some of the hardened resin to make the hole a little larger.

Earrings: Feed a split ring through the top hole (tip) of the blue triangle, feed an earing hook through the loop, and close the split ring with some tweezers or a pair of needle nose pliers.

Feed a keychain loop through the bottom hole of the triangle, and feed it around until the narrowest part meets the hole.

Feed the keychain loop through the teardrop hole and feed it over half way. Use a pair of wire cutters to cut off the excess key chain wire (the part not connected to the teardrop), so now the teardrop can hang freely.

Keyring: Using another split ring, feed it through the hole, hook over a keyring loop/chain, and close the split ring with some tweezers or a pair of needle nose pliers.

Necklace: Feed a slip ring through the bezel loop, close the split ring, and feed a necklace chain through the split ring.

Bracelet: The same process applies as the necklace, but this time feeding a necklace chain through the split ring, twice. And we are finished, yay.

I don't do these kinds of projects nearly as much as I would like, but when I do, I do enjoy the process and the whole UV resin thing is really clever stuff and something I enjoy using. Making this jewellery set was as much about the process as much as the finished pieces and was something I really wanted to share. Working with simple shapes, pretty colours, and a few sparkles allowed room for experimentation while keeping the design cohesive and something I know my friend likes. So whether you’re making something as a gift like I did, or simply for the enjoyment of creating, handmade jewellery like this has a way of carrying meaning that goes beyond the materials which, in the end, is what makes it that little bit more special.

Thank you for reading, and happy making.