Personalized Cuff Links for Him

My husband is a wearer of cuff links. So I thought it would be fun to make him some for Christmas this year. I purchased these sterling silver bezel cuff links. And then I sized the photos I selected and sent them to Walgreen's to print. I chose to do a set with my sons photo's and then a set with two of the cities skylines that he has lived in and loved, Chicago and Phoenix. Then grab your dimensional magic mod podge.



Cut out the photo's.


Then drop in a few drops of the mod podge into the bezel cup.

Pop any bubbles with a pin.

Then drop in the photo.

Fill the top of the photo with more of the mod podge. Note. You can't just print off a photo the color will pick up and mix in with the mod podge and color it.

I then placed it in a bowl I had filled with rice to keep it upright for the next three hours while it dried.

Repeat with the remaining cuff links.

It will start to turn clear as it dries. The bottle said to let it dry for 3 hours. This is about an hour into it.

And then I went to bed. When I woke up in the morning they had formed small bubbles. They aren't completely noticeable but I am a perfectionist and it was kind of frustrating.

And I'm almost embarrassed to post this picture. I did a set of cuff links with pictures of my boys, and in person they are so cool, but in the picture below a ton of bubbles showed up. Which, I will warn you, showed up overnight while I let it dry. So I think next go around I would go with epoxy or Stampin' Up Crystal Effects because I have never had that happen with either of those products while I have used them. But I still like the end result and it really isn't as noticeable in real life as it is in this picture.

And I think my husband will love them. And that's all that matters!

Let me know if you give it a try! I would LOVE to see what you put in your cuff links. And definitely use epoxy or use Stampin' Up's Crystal Effects so you don't get any micro bubbles forming overnight!