Lower Case Kismet for sale, NOW!!!

We are now receiving regular shipments of the Kismet Lowercase Letter Stamp Set, so we've said goodbye to the Waiting List. You can click here to purchase this Kismet set from our regular online Shoppe.

We did send emails to every person on the waiting list, but a few customers mentioned that the email ended up in their Junk mail folder and they did not see it. Not to worry! You can purchase it today! No waiting necessary.

Resin Tips

We have had a few questions regarding the use of our new ICE Resin so I thought I'd share this one with you. Hopefully this will help troubleshoot if you've had this same problem.

Question

"I purchased some Ice resin a couple of weeks ago and tried my first batch on the 14th. And they're still a bit tacky. I've done some reading about other similar types of resin and have come to the conclusion that perhaps I didn't get the amounts exactly correct even though I took great care to do so.
So now some questions. Will they ever dry completely? If so, is there anything I can do to speed it up? And if they do eventually dry, can they be sanded and topped off again? (A couple of them got a fingerprint on the surface.)"

Answer

"The culprit may be your mixing method. The resin needs to be mixed slowly and carefully for a full minute to start the chemical reaction so the resin cures fully. The resin should be fully cured in 72 hours, so I don’t have much hope for your pieces.

The amounts need to be really close to exact and the mixing has to be thorough- those are the two things that I find go wrong with the most frequency.

I prefer not to try and speed up the curing process, as sometimes this causes the resin to cure too fast and the resin can stay tacky or become rippled on the surface. You can put the pieces under a task light to bring any bubbles to the surface. I always check my pieces after about 20 minutes and see if the resin has settled. If it has, I can add a drop or two more of the mixed resin to dome the top. The resin sets in 30 minutes, so the mixed resin should still be usable."

If you have any questions regarding our products, drop me an email at kate@beaducation.com!

Two new classes! Fusing and Wirework...

They're hereeeee!

The Beautiful Highway Chain by the lovely and talented Barb Swizer.


and... the Glamorous Fused Flower Earring by the fusing Guru Herself, Liz Jones.

Check out the latest additions on our class page.


Coming up...soldering. Are you ready?

Did someone say KISMET UPPERCASE?

It's Kate here...Lisa asked me to blog the big announcement since she is busy stamping away with the brand new KISMET UPPERCASE letter set.

It is the companion set to our super popular KISMET LOWERCASE letter set.

Can ya stand it???

If you want one...click over to our KISMET UPPERCASE waiting list and add your name to the list. We should start seeing these in the next few weeks.

We also have our other originals...KISMET LOWERCASE letter set and the GOTHIC LOWERCASE letter set.

In case you are unfamiliar with these sets and the purchasing process, all of the details are on the product pages on the website.

We felt that due to the super-high demand for these new sets and to make the purchasing process fair to all, we would release them to customers that signed up on a waiting list. If you want to be on all of the waiting lists, you need to sign up for each one to reserve your spot.

The sets are arriving weekly, so don't despair if you are lower down on the waiting list. We update the lists as soon as we get a shipment in.

Lisa designed the font for both the KISMET upper and lowercase letters. These sets are truly a Beaducation Original. I have been stamping with them myself and have found them to be of excellent quality and really fun to work with.

Now that the KISMET sets are up and running, you never know what font might be next...any ideas?

Staff Tips on Resin and Diamond Glaze

Last week a few of us sat down and played with our new ICE Resin and Diamond Glaze. We had a lot of fun and learned some good stuff about working with these new products.

We spent the morning knee-deep in blanks, scrapbook paper, glue and resin. We are pretty proud of the results and hope that we will encourage you to jump in and try these new, fun products.

Many of the bezels are in our shoppe, but some we were testing for possible new additions! Stay tuned, because some new cool blanks (including rings) are coming for resin and the glaze.

Check out what we made on our Design Ideas page!