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It depends how UV resistant your resin is and also how you store the items (if they are frequently in direct sun, they will change colour faster). You can either buy resin with UV resistant additive in it or you can get them apart. But from my experience, some plants stay kinda the same and some change. I even had moss that I picked all in 1 day and for some reason some of them were more colour stable than others. You can never be 100% sure, unless you dyed the plants with some artificial colour.

Hi! Fresh plants in general are bad idea for using in resin. Resin doesn't like water when curing and also fresh plants will rot or significantly change colour when encased in resin. Drying is the best way to go with moss or or other plants.

Thank you and sorry for the late reply! Depends what plant and what I'm planning to do with it. Some plants, especially flowers or leaves with more intricate shapes are better flat. For these I use the classic technique - a flower sandwiched between papers, inserted inside a book and put some weight on top and leave it in for couple of weeks. I've got a dedicated flower press lately, but haven't tried that yet. For moss, mushroom and some other plants I like more in 3D shape I use an air tight container with silica gel or pearls for dehumidifier on the bottom, then paper napkin and then layer of the plants/mushroom. They can't be tangled together because some get very brittle as they dry and then it's impossible to untangle them without causing damage. I hope it's helpful!:)

@@fretka007 thanks dear ....i wish i can see a video of how the mushroom/plant is been dried .....thanks🙏🏻....this was helpful tho

Hi, do you mean the pendant in the tube mold? I haven't tried that yet! I tried to inject some water in the mold, but it did not really make it much easier to get the pendant out and I couldn't re-use the mold right away, because it was wet.:(

Thank you! Well, it's no masterpiece, it's ok to dislike. Or their batch of resin stuff went wrong and they're MAD!:D

Hi, thanks for commenting:) I usually leave the mixed resin stand for about 5 minutes to allow the bubble to rise and pop by themselves. Sometimes I smack the cup on the desk to make them rise faster. After few minutes there's minimum of bubbles and only then I'll start pouring it in molds. If I see some big bubble inside a mold, I try to squeeze it out or again hit the mold on the desk, so the bubble comes to the surface where I can pop them with lighter. If you work with dried plants or mushroom, sometimes it's better to soak them in resin before you arrange it in the mold, because some are too porous and will release bubbles of air. And lastly, the pressure pot is just great thing to have clear casts. I think I'm going to make later some more detailed video on how to avoid some mishaps in resin casting.:)

Thank you!

Yes, I thought too, but this torch should be stronger that the cheaper UV lights I see people use for the nails. I guess I need to invest later in something better. For now I figured out that the sticky layer cures over time if I leave it on a windowsill for about a week (I live in a cloudy country). Thank you for commenting!:)

if sticky place in sun light...for a few minutes, it takes care of the stickiness

@@fretka007 hey love amazing video and pieces, no need to invest in better light, just use your uv torch in a dark area.... not under a different kind of light, again amazing pieces and thank you for showing how you dry out your stuff.

@Rachael Wood Hi! I should make an update video. It was the resin. I got different one and that one hardens fine. I also got a proper UV lamp and the older UV resin stays sticky forever even there while the new one needs 10-15 minutes curing to harden and dry.

Hi, sorry, I don't speak Italian, so I'll at least answer in English. I let them dry usually 2 or more weeks. Some plants are juicier and need a bit longer. The best is to try and observe. Good luck! :)

You're too kind! Thank you. 😊 I'm planning to do more Christmas baking videos this year!

@@fretka007 This is so fantastic! My ancestors fled from the Czech republic in 1938 before WWII and this gives me and my children an opportunity to reconnect with our cultural heritage in the language we can understand. It gives us so much joy.

That's an awesome story! I'm very happy to be a part of it, this really made my day.😊 Also I've got an idea. Do you perhaps have some Czech dish you or your family members remember from childhood but the recipe is lost to you? Maybe if you describe it to me, I could help to find it and make a video about it. Let me know if you'd be interested. Otherwise I'll just do more of our family recipes again.😊

@@fretka007 Dear Jarka, My grandmother always used to make wonderful dumplings called ‘knedliky”. I know in the Czech Republic they are very common and used almost like bread. But outside the Czech Republic it is absolutely impossible to buy them or even to find them in a restaurant. We all miss them very much since my grandmother died. I have tried several times to cook them myself, using recipes from the Internet, but I am doing something completely wrong. My dumplings were soggy or rubbery but never so fluffy. I think we are doing something fundamentally wrong in the process of technically making them and perhaps not so much in the ingredients themselves? Perhaps we fundamentally make mistakes in the dough kneading or in the cooking process? Perhaps, if you have time, you can make for us newbies a step-by-step explanation, so that we see where we make the mistakes? And if I may be so bold to ask for another little project (perhaps for later), I remember two additional dishes my grandmother made and I very much miss. One was called Liwanetshky and the other ovocni knedliky. I remember that they were both sweet dishes and especially we as kids loved them so much. I tried the fruit dumplings once, but again I had so very big problems, that they were soggy and rubbery in the end. Perhaps we need some special cooking equipment for those dishes? Or we simply make mistakes in the cooking process with the water temperature and the duration? Me and my family would be so happy to enjoy and being able to cook for ourselves a piece of our heritage :-) I thank you so much for your consideration and your effort. I really love your channel and your very high skill set in all the different things you do. I watched the video of the castle you made for your little hamster and I absolutely loved it, it was such a delicate and precise work. The flowers were little masterpieces.

Those are great suggestions! I think I can help with knedlíky and ovocné knedlíky, because I make them time from time. I will experiment a bit with ingredients, because the original ones are made with coarse wheat flour, which is not very common abroad. Were lívanečky fluffy little pancakes? By the way we can chat abotu it on Insta (@tinypocketgarden) or FB (Tiny Pocket Garden) if you'd like to!

Nightlamp, hmm. I'll try to think of something:) Thanks for the idea!

@@fretka007No problem! looking forward...

Thank you!:) Glad you enjoyed it.