Riverbend Resin Works

Book 2 is officially live! 🎉

**From Pour to Polished: Beginner Resin Projects** is now available as a digital download.

This is the hands-on project guide that follows *The Beginner’s Resin Handbook*. It’s made for resin beginners who are ready to start creating simple, giftable projects like coasters, bookmarks, keychains, trinket trays, keepsakes, and small gift sets.

Inside, you’ll find beginner-friendly project guidance, mixing reminders, layering tips, bubble-reduction notes, finishing help, troubleshooting, and creative variations to try.

It also includes a bonus printable project workbook with planning pages, recipe cards, batch planning sheets, quality checklists, packaging planners, and troubleshooting logs.

📘 From Pour to Polished: Beginner Resin Projects
💲 Digital download: $7.99
🔗 https://payhip.com/b/GQytj

Thank you to everyone supporting Riverbend Resin Works. I’m excited to keep building this resin series!

It’s officially live! 🎉

I’m excited to announce that From Pour to Polished: The Beginner’s Resin Handbook is now available as a digital download for only $7.99!!

This beginner-friendly guide was created to help new resin artists feel more confident before they pour. It covers resin safety, workspace setup, resin types, tools and supplies, molds, pigments, pouring techniques, finishing, troubleshooting, and beginner project ideas.

Your download also includes a bonus printable workbook with checklists, a supply shopping list, a project planner, troubleshooting guide, project gallery, and resin care page.

If you’re new to resin or thinking about getting started, this guide was made for you.

📘 From Pour to Polished: The Beginner’s Resin Handbook
💲 Digital download: $7.99
🔗 https://payhip.com/b/7mhZx

Thank you to everyone who has supported Riverbend Resin Works — I’m excited to finally share this with you!

I’ve been working on something new for beginner resin artists and I’m almost ready to release it.

From Pour to Polished: The Beginner’s Resin Handbook is a beginner-friendly digital guide designed to help new resin crafters understand the basics before they start wasting resin, supplies, time, and money.

It covers resin safety, resin types, tools and materials, molds, pigments, inclusions, pouring techniques, finishing, cleanup, troubleshooting, and beginner project ideas.

I also created a bonus printable workbook with checklists, a supply list, a project planner, a troubleshooting guide, a project gallery, and a finished-piece care sheet.

I’m hoping this helps beginners feel more confident before their first pour.

Would this be useful for someone just getting started with resin?

Sorry I've been MIA, been going thru some things w my back injury lately. But want to thank my faithful followers that have stuck w me, you all are AMAZING 👏. Im feeling a bit better & the weather is getting nice so stay tuned for my next series of coasters which will be an environmental series where I use trash that would normally end up in our oceans to create unique coasters starting w trash found on the streets that eventually makes its way into our waterways, to trash around lakes/rivers/ponds such as fishing lines & nets & hooks & other trash & finally ocean cleanup series w more microplastics, sea glass etc. I plan to then expand the product line into actual molds of the sea creatures w the trash that would end up in their stomachs embedded in them as well. If all goes well w the series my goal is to donate a portion of all proceeds from sales going forward to an ocean cleanup org, wildlife rehab centers etc to help fund their efforts. If any of you have any thoughts on the idea feel free to drop them in the comments. Anyways, looking forward to getting to work & again I love all you amazing people.

Let’s do a quick one 👇

If you could have a custom resin piece made just for you, what would it be?

🪵 Coasters
🔑 Key holder
🕯️ Tray
📚 Bookmarks
❓ Something else (tell me!)

Drop your answer below — I’m curious what people would actually want made!

Check out my friend at No Reason Just Resin

Thank you, thank you, BERRY much!!! 🪱

I had a hard time deciding which color order to do these.. and now I wish I did 🩷💜❤️. But it's much too late now, I have a bunch like TISSS!! Coming berry soon!

The sun is out and I'm taking photos of new stuff to add to my shop. More worm earring colors, and some necklaces and keychains!! Worms are taking over my shop and I am Worm Queen now, ok? Unless you have a better title for me.

Quick question for you guys 👇

When it comes to coasters, what do you prefer?

✨ Crystal clear / glass look
🎨 Colorful & bold
🌊 Swirled / marbled designs
🪵 Natural elements (wood, stone, etc.)
❓ Something totally unique

Just comment what you’d pick — I’m getting ready to start pouring again and want to see what catches people's eyes most.

Took advantage of the weather today and went for a walk around the neighborhood 🌤️

Came back with some unexpected finds for future projects 👀
Different pieces of broken glass (all kinds of shapes and shades), a rusty old key, some soda can tabs, a couple beer bottle caps, pieces that look like red taillight lenses, and even a few small stones.

You never really know what you’ll come across once you start looking at things with a creative eye.

Now I’m curious 👇
Do you ever pick up random things and think “I could use this for something”? Or is that just me? 😅

Bonus question — what’s the most random thing you’ve ever held onto because it “might be useful someday”?

Spring is finally here 🌱☀️

One of my favorite parts is being able to get back out into nature and start finding natural materials to use in my crafts again — there’s just something about using real pieces from the outdoors that makes each project feel unique.

Now I’m curious 👇

What’s YOUR favorite part about Spring?

🌸 Warmer weather
🌿 Everything coming back to life
🌞 Longer days
🌼 Getting outdoors more
✨ Other (tell me!)

Drop your answer below!