The only reason I keep going with the resin casting, despite all evidence to the contrary, is that I’ve had some measure of success.  For example:

Sparkly!

The one on the right, obviously, is the one I made.  I tired to put pink glitter in it, which was (surprise!) a mistake. However, I was pretty pleased with the amount of detail the mold captured (not that you can see it in this photo.  I never said anything about being a photographer- for good reason). 

It’s the partial successes like these that make me keep trying.