Eyes

I have been working on making better eyes for my creations for quite some time now...  

I have tried dozens of different types..

Crochet with yarn or thread, embroidery with floss or yarn, felt needle or cut pieces, and of course safety eyes.. black with embroidery details around them, glitter disks and colored .. 

The one kind I have wanted to do and as of yet not been able to play with is making resin ones myself... 

with my allergies and or reactions to most strong smells ..... being shut down for days at a time didn't seem cost affective to me... not to mention I really don't like causing myself more issues than I already deal with on a daily basis... I will never understand why everything including yarn is scented ugh

So here and there over time I have been picking up items to create my own safety eyes that will have a bit of the depth of resin eyes... without the stronger smell.. 

Foil bits and nail poilish with glitter are good starting points.. gell polish should hold up better... still a fairly strong smell but nail polish is one of the smells I had gotten myself more able to deal with starting at a fairly young age.. for decades starting at around 9 years old, you would never find me without my nails freshly done lol 

who knew it would turn out to be such a helpful crafting tool over the years ... 

Although cost affective.. not so much in the last few years polish prices have skyrocketed .. 

 the art of the nail trade has really been amazing to watch .. from the big bulky acrylic ones of the 80s when I was a teen, to the gell master pieces of today.. incredible 

Over the last few years when trends would change I would pick up clearance items or dollar store finds stashing them away for "some day" .. 

With the clearancing of uv gells and lights I think I have a pretty good stock to start with ..

The latest find was just the other day... Chrome nail powder... it's gorgeous 

I took some of my Amazon safety eyes .. a pair of sinker that were ment to be used with glitter disks and a pair of the paint added on colored ones..

I removed the paint from a rough looking pair so it wasn't a loss if it didn't work out.... and added glitter nail polish .. a layer of foil and more polish then the chrome powder..

Still need to add the clear gell coat after the final background color.. 

 not the best shots and over all kind of hard to see as they are small... 10 and 12 mm .. not to mention the lighting was horrible.. but even at that clear potential can be seen...

 a couple more test runs with a few of the pairs I wouldn't have used otherwise and I'll go for the better larger sized eyes that I picked up on a really good deal awhile back... 

Definitely just the beginning... I'll get better shots when completed