Rainbow Bridge

It's been Mothers Day today. I know that a lot of Mothers will have received flowers today. Not me. No flowers off DD today. She did get me a gift though. A book! What better gift for a book lover :) and one that's been at the top of my list for a while too, so I was very impressed. Unfortunately DD had to work today so I haven't been able to spend the day with her. We have, however, visited both our mums and taken them both bunches of flowers and a card. While DH helped his mum by removing some rubbish across to her garage, I helped my mum with her mobile phone and some internet sites, so hopefully she'll be able to read this each time I update my blog (Hi Mum!) and get on other sites ok.

I can also finally reveal the finished product that I've been working on for the last couple of weeks!!! Yay! Finished at last!! 

Since losing both Molly and Gadget, in the space of a week, I've been wanting to create something that would be a memory/keepsake. For the pet lovers out there you may be familiar with Rainbow Bridge, a place our pets go when they leave this life, where they run free, without pain, until we meet again. With the idea of 'rainbow' I have tried to create a keepsake which can be carried round as a bag/purse charm or worn as a necklace. 

It's been hard work trying to find a way of getting the rainbow colours to layer without moving. I tried a few ways of doing it, but eventually ended up using resin and glitter. The finished product has taken a week from start to finish, waiting for each layer to set before adding the next layer so that the colours won't mix, before finally adding some charms to complete the end piece. I'm really pleased with the finished product, that I've been able to take an idea and make it work how I imagined. 

I'll aim to add a couple of these to my Etsy shop this week. 

I hope you like them.