Bubble rings are taking over the universe! I can't go into a store without seeing some form of them. most of the time they are at least $10 buck a pop. all that for painting on the under side of plastic?

I went on a quest to make my own, but couldn't find a decent source. Most of the ones I found online were already painted or had things embedded in them. I did find some on eBay, but the blank singles were going for $5 bucks. That's too much! So, finally I found a source and it was right under my nose - from Tulip!


They have these addictive Fashion Art kits that come with FOUR of the rings, plus the paint and crystals. I ended up using my own acrylic paints and then sealed them with varnish underneath. To get fine lines and detail, I used the end of a head pin. I'm going back to Michaels to get my fourth batch some more because my daughter keeps taking them to make them for her friends!

Another idea is to use fabric underneath like these beautiful Kimono Rings. Just so you know, i tried decoupaging thin paper images, but they didn't work nice. you really need to stick with paint or something thin like sheer fabric or tissue paper. Imagine how much it would be to embellish this kind of acrylic ring?? you can even glue crystals on the ring blanks to look something like this.




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