Moving Inspired #Cre8time... Casted Furniture Pendant by Featured Artist Melony Miller Bradley

Hello Amazing Creatives! I'm Melony, Featured Artist for Amazing Crafting Products for March. I have a fun pendant project to share using Amazing Clear Cast Resin and an ordinary household item... furniture casters.

While moving the couch the other day from one room in my home to another, I noticed these wood furniture casters I had been using under the legs to keep the couch from moving. They are made from wood and seemed to be the perfect size for a large pendant. I decided to use them with my Amazing Clear Cast Resin. These casters can be purchased at home improvement stores in packages of four.

I wanted to change the finish of the wood and use these tiny laser cut wood birds in my design as well. I painted all the pieces dark brown and then dry brushed them with white paint.

To design the pendant, I traced a circle from an old book page cut it out. I used the bottom of a large paint bottle, since that was the approximate size of the circle. I used decoupage medium to adhere paper into the disc and also as a sealer to protect the resin from soaking through the paper. I let this completely dry before proceeding.

I then arranged components inside the circle, including some stones and some rhinestone trim, and then glued the pieces down.

When dry, I then mixed the Amazing Clear Cast Resin using equal parts of "A" and "B" (3 units each) and poured it into the circle. Please CLICK HERE to view preparation/mixing of Amazing Clear Cast Resin.

I love making these pendants because the process is fast and fun!

Thank you for joining me today. I hope you enjoyed my project!
To see check out more of my creative work, please visit  my blog

Mel Designs at http://mel-designs.typepad.com.

Live Life Creatively,

~ Melony Miller Bradley

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Melony Miller Bradley... an AMAZING Featured Artist Spotlight

Good Morning! Today we bring you a fun Q&A with our Featured Artist for March Melony Miller Bradley - and we'll get to know her a little better! Enjoy :) Sb

Some fun questions for the inquiring minds...

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What did you want to be when you grew up?

"I distinctly remember not being able to decide between an artist, performer or a veterinarian. I always loved doing anything creative but had a really hard time imagining being able to make a "career" of being in art. I performed extensively in high school and college so I also dreamed of going to Broadway! I was never very good but the confidence and communication skills I took away from it have proved invaluable. I am an avid animal lover but hate the sight of blood."

Coke or Pepsi???

"Not even a question needed when talking to a Georgian. We didn't even refer to soda by their brand names. When we ask for a coke, people know what we mean even though they may only serve Pepsi products, which is rare where I grew up."

What inspires you?

"A beautiful sunny day with a gentle breeze, a night of really good rest and exercise."

What is the TOP thing to do on your "Bucket LIST"?


"That's a hard one since I have so many. I studied the Spanish language and culture in college and was immediately intrigued to learn about the Galapagos Islands. It is where Darwin derived his theory of evolution from. A place on earth virtually untouched fascinates me."

Topographical map of Galápagos Islands via Wikipedia

If you could print any phrase

on a T-shirt, what would it say?

"You cant use up creativity, the more you use the more you have."
... by Maya Angelou. I guess we are taking a really small font here. 

If you could mold ANYTHING with

Amazing Mold Putty, what would it be?

"I would love to try and mold some of my Grandmother's vintage jewelry!"

What style of music gets your creative juices going?

"I became a licensed Zumba instructor in 2008 and have loved
Latino music, namely Reggeaton, ever since."

Thanks for stopping by today! We hope you enjoyed this peek inside Melony's world.

Thanks so much for dropping by! Check back later today for a project by our Featured Artist Melony Miller Bradley... you don't want to miss it! CLICK HERE to head on over to Melony's site Mel Designs and check out more of her amazing work.

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Spring has Sprung with Fancy Flowers... AMAZING Inspiration from Melony Miller Bradley our Featured Artist for March

Hello Amazing Creatives! Today we have some "SPRINGTIME" inspiration from our Featured Artist Melony Miller Bradley using Amazing Crafting Products. Melony has created a set of fanciful napking rings - ready for the new season ahead.

Fancy Flowers Napkin Rings

I love creating custom tableware such as linens, tablecloths and napkin rings. Spring has been a long time coming this year so I was inspired to create these napkin rings using Amazing Mold Putty, Amazing Casting/Clear Cast Resins and Alumilite Metallic Powders.

I used a mold provided by a friend, dusted with Alumilite Metallic Powders, then filled with Amazing Casting Resin to create the flower used in this design. Then I used Amazing Clear Cast Resin to create a clear coating for the front. I mounted it on a wood napkin ring and used a rub on sentiment on the resin.

A perfect set ready to serve

Sunday Brunch in the garden!

Thanks so much for dropping by! Check back Friday for another project by our Featured Artist Melony Miller Bradley... you don't want to miss it! CLICK HERE to head on over to Melony's site Mel Designs and check out more of her amazing work.

Have a fantastic day! :) Sb

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Introducing our AMAZING Featured Artist for March... Melony Miller Bradley

Happy Friday! Today we continue our "Featured Artist" series here at the Amazing Crafting Products blog. Each month we feature one artist who will share a special project and some inspiration using Amazing Crafting Products.

Our featured artist this month was introduced to Amazing Mold Putty by Amazing Crafting Products Creative Team Alumni Niki Sargent Meiners, and of course, a new form of creativity blossomed. We are so excited to welcome Melony Miller Bradley as our Featured Artist this month.

A little bit about Melony...

Melony Miller Bradley considers herself fortunate enough to be doing what she loves, which is working full-time in the creative industry. As a young child growing up in Savannah, Georgia, Melony kept herself busy creating imaginary villages – complete with handmade paper dolls and paper dollhouse furniture. In the early 90’s, Melony submitted her first project for publication in a well-known national craft publication and was shocked when her design, a pair of earrings made from confetti, was accepted. After she graduated from college and entered the corporate world as a marketing expert, Melony longed to spend more time creating and designing general crafts.

In 2005, she finally got that chance when she was laid off from her advertising/marketing agency job. She began submitting projects to print publications and started writing for the creative industry. Melony still designs and submits projects for a variety of print and web publications. Most of her time is spent helping manufacturers with marketing strategy including project design and social media platforms. 

More of her work can be seen on her blog,

Mel Designs at http://mel-designs.typepad.com.

Way back in 2011 Melony actually made a brief cameo here on the AMP Blog and shared a little tutorial on using Amazing Mold Putty and Jacquard's Cernit Clay to mold/cast the flowers featured in these darling mixed-media pendants. The entire step-by-step pendant tutorial can be found by CLICKING HERE to jump to Mel Designs. A little recycled book pages, some beads and a little bling. Add a custom molded/cast embellishment and a jump ring... a lovely pendant is born!

Wouldn't these make a lovely birthday gift?

Thanks so much for dropping by! Check back next Friday for some AMAZING Inspiration by our Featured Artist Melony Miller Bradley... you don't want to miss it! CLICK HERE to head on over to Melony's site Mel Designs and check out more of her amazing work.

Have a fabulous Friday! :) Sb

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Moldmaking 102 - Casting from the Mold

Today I bring you the work of my wonderful friend Melony Bradley of Mel Designs. While digging through some vintage jewelry I found a bunch of pieces I could take apart. One piece in particular made me very happy. It contained several vintage Zinnias. I knew Melony could make some fabulous things with them. Honestly she is one of the most creative people I know. You could give her a potato sack, some ink and in 24 hours she would whip you up a haute couture gown. Below is the mold I sent to her with a small ball of clay.

She used Jacquard's Cernit Clay in white to make

a zinnia from the Amazing Mold Putty mold. 

She pinched off a dime sized piece and conditioned by hand.

Then rolled it into a ball before pushing it into the mold.

Push the clay out of the mold and you have this adorable little zinnia.

(But, if you want you can bake the clay directly in the mold.)

Now bake according to manufacturers directions. She coated the dried clay with Lumiere paint the zinnias. Viola! totally cool necklaces. If you want to see a full tutorial CLICK HERE or on the link to her blog at the top.

~ written by Niki Meiners