Strawberry Preserves:
Roll snakes of red polymer clay to a diameter of 1/16 inch. Bake. With X-acto Knife, slice diagonally and thinly. Mix resin, stirring in red transparent dye. With toothpick, fill canning jar about half way, add strawberry slices, then a bit more resin.
Corn Relish:
Roll snakes of yellow, green, and red polymer clay to the diameter of pencil lead. Bake. Chop each with X-acto Knife. Mix resin, stirring in just a tiny touch of yellow transparent dye. With toothpick, fill canning jar about half way, add corn relish mixture. Stir mixture in jar with toothpick to remove air bubbles.
Pickled Vegetables:
Use various colors of polymer clay depending on the vegetables to be "pickled". Some suggestions: sliced beets, carrots, string beans, peppers, onions, tomatoes, cauliflower and cucumbers. Make polymer clay vegetables or snakes for sliced vegetables. Mix resin. Add appropriate color to resin if needed. Fill jars as above.
Orange Marmalade:
You will need clear baking crystals, polymer compound resin and amber and yellow transparent resin dye. Mix resin, add a slight touch of amber and yellow dye and stir thoroughly. Fill canning jar half way with resin mixture. Add baking crystals until jar is full.
Jams & Jellies:
A wonderful array of flavors can be created using polymer compound resin and the appropriate resin dye.
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