Think I Prefer to Seal and Glue

Today I am trying an alternative to sealing my mini prints and gluing to glass and bezel trays......2-sided Sticky Sheets.  My initial thoughts based on my first experience:

Pros: 

1)  No need to seal prints

2)  No messing with glue

3)  Crystal Clear - no yellow tone (at least at this point)

Cons:  

1)  A real pain pulling the thin coverings protecting the sticky tape.  It's extremely difficult getting started.

2)  No wiggle room trying to line up with glass or print and if not careful will grab the print if you're not holding one corner of it.  The tape is so sticky that even if a very small corner or edge grabs what you want to stick it to, it is there to stay....no chance to make adjustments or realign.

3)  Even if you're sure your print or glass has no dust on the surface, the tape pulls from the air any particles while in the process of attaching it to surface.

4)  Difficult, even when burnishing, to remove any air bubbles.

At this point, my thoughts are:  I'd rather stick with the time and effort it takes to seal each print and just glue pieces together.  This may change after I have tried a few more times.

With these I'm attaching ribbon where they can hang from the ornament tree off same hooks as the key chains sitting lower.  

*The oval bezels are double sided so I'll be able to put a miniature print front and back.  Nice for this purpose of displaying using the ornament tree.

Still At It - Resin and Bezel Trays

I can only do so many at a time with all the steps involved and limited space on the tray I have to use to set these up on.

It's a definite and works quite well, sealing with Mod Podge first.  Two coats on the front and two coats on the back allowing drying time between coats.

After waiting at least 24 hours following the last layer of Mod Podge, I pour the resin over the front.  If I plan to place in a bezel tray, I do not flip and repeat on the back.  Not all will go into trays and with those, I will flip and repeat the resin pour and then while set but still pliable, I will drill a hole for a jump ring to be placed.

Resin pour, covering with dust cover, and allowing to set for twelve hours.

Top left - those I have sealed and still need resin.  Top right are still those I need to seal before doing anything else.  Top middle are those with resin I will probably flip and cover in resin for jump rings later.  Far left and far right of the key chains are my test pieces sealed using Matte Fixable Spray (which I will not use again due to how it darkens or changes the color of each piece) or one I didn't seal at all.  Key chains are being used as interchangeable frames for mini art.  For now I am not setting the miniatures permanently in each tray allowing me to change out other miniatures from time to time.

Method of Displaying.