Encased Liquid Breastmilk Heart Shaker

Hold your precious liquid gold safely preserved in liquid form with this one of a kind breastmilk shaker decoration. These can be done in several design options and they can also be made with blood, cremains, etc.

Hospital hat, hair and breastmilk Pendant

Turn your sentimental moments into tangible keepsakes with this custom made newborn hospital hat, breastmilk, and hair pendant.

I get about one of these style emails a month

I’m seriously considering adding international shipping as mothers worldwide are starting to notice concerns with the powder preservation method. I get at least one of these style emails a month. MOMS want PURE breastmilk jewelry. NOT tinted filler.
Setting oneself apart is essential, especially in a craft that thrives on innovation. It only takes one individual to introduce a fresh perspective, creating a ripple effect. If a creator becomes defensive when asked about their methods, it may be a sign that they’re not fully confident in the approach they’ve chosen. Transparent, quality craftsmanship speaks for itself and doesn’t shy away from questions.
While creators are not obligated to disclose their entire process, they should be open to demonstrating their method’s integrity. A simple water-based demonstration can effectively illustrate purity and offer clients peace of mind about the final product. Transparent creators prioritize trust and customer satisfaction, which helps build lasting confidence in their work.

Pure Breastmilk Jewelry

At our studio, I’m proud to offer breastmilk jewelry that preserves the purity of your milk without powders or artificial tints. Instead, I use a unique preservation method, developed to capture the natural colors and qualities of your breastmilk. Unlike the widely used “powder method”—in which breastmilk is mostly evaporated away, leaving only traces behind—my pieces incorporate your milk in its truest form.

Many methods involve heating the milk with a pre-tinted powder until it evaporates, then drying and crushing this mixture for final use. If you're considering a piece from another creator, I recommend asking how your milk is preserved. If they use a powder method, request a demonstration with water; a reluctance to share basic information can be a red flag. While creators don’t need to share their exact process, transparency in preservation style is essential when it comes to investing in something so meaningful.

My process is designed to keep the milk’s natural hue, and as you can see from the photos, this may differ from the stark white that powdered methods create. If you’d like to know more, feel free to check out additional information and videos in previous blog posts.

Breastmilk Hourglass

These hourglasses are custom-filled with your keepsake. These are made with breastmilk sand. This sand does pass through the glass as functional, however, I’m not certain on the timing it will have. These make for a wonderful keepsake that stays safely at home while making a lovely statement. These are created with breastmilk and whatever other add-ins or tints you choose.

Blood/DNA Crystal Ball

The blood/DNA Crystal Ball can be created with several elements and customized completely to the client’s taste. Choose a crystal cluster or gem tree center or the options are honestly nearly endless. I have a slew of ideas that I am waiting to create. You can also choose to have gems floating in your globe. Again, these are completely customizable with your DNA or other keepsake items. Cremains(ashes), breastmilk, placenta, and blood.

Breastmilk Snow Globe

The breastmilk snow globe can be created with several elements and customized completely to the client’s taste. Choose a gem tree center or the options are honestly nearly endless. I have a slew of ideas that I am just waiting to create. The snow and some of the other items can be created with breastmilk. Breastmilk snow flows freely throughout your globe. You can also choose to have gems floating in your globe. Again, these are completely customizable with your DNA or other keepsake items.

Naturally colored breastmilk jewelry

Captivating, one-of-a-kind keepsake jewelry and décor. Specializing in preserving breastmilk jewelry and décor without the tints and pigments. Naturally colored breastmilk jewelry and breastmilk décor. Your breastmilk colors your breastmilk jewelry and décor. Breastmilk jewelry, breastmilk décor, breastmilk keepsake. Breastmilk jewelry without the powders and tints.

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Top pearl is a freshly preserved piece just out of the mold. The pearl below is a cured out piece that better represents the actual color of the mother’s milk and how my cure out looks next to the mother’s actual milk.

Blood Jewelry and Décor

Jewelry and décor made with blood. Lovers’ blood. Gothic jewelry Keepsakes made with blood. Blood décor. Vampire keepsake. Menstrual blood keepsake. Menopause blood jewelry. Made with your blood. Blood gems. Blood jewelry. Blood.

Who's behind your keepsake?

I’ve been in the industry for several years and have seen so many people come and go as well as so much go on behind the scenes. Having been removed from groups after trying to understand why some think it’s ok to be deceitful to clients, I did happen to grab some screen captures before officially being booted. Other big-time crafters should be ashamed of some of the things they do or advise their pupils to do. Everything from harsh chemicals to tints. Not only that, but you see how some people do their practice and intermingle client’s milks. It’s all been pretty eye-opening.
While some of these mentioned additives aren’t the most unsafe I’ve seen mentioned in past years, they still DO impact color, and adding more isn’t the answer to keep the milk pure. You want less, you want the closest thing to just milk as you can get.

You’d be sad to learn some of these crafters commenting are BIG TIME creators who are being trusted to preserve real clients’ milk. I think MOST creators mean well, they just haven’t opened their eyes that their method isn’t very pure and became blind once they start getting paid. At the end of the day, it’s up to the consumer to be aware of the kind of businesses they are using. Either way, I suggest vetting your creator as well as seeing how long they’ve been in business AND that they are an actual business.

The dangers of Resin grinders and ashtrays.

I am taking a few minutes to raise some awareness as I’ve seen a recent influx of people creating unsafe resin items. To put it bluntly, resin grinders and ashtrays aren’t safe. If you are using one, you are likely putting microplastics into your smoke and smoking that. Resin being introduced into your lungs is VERY toxic and can cause a lot of bigger issues. The same applies to ashtrays with the off-gassing they emit when a lit item is put out in it. You are literally breathing in toxic chemicals (more harmful than what you’re smoking.)

Please also keep in mind food-safe resin is not safe, it is incidental-safe. Meaning, that it is still dangerous, but within levels of safe range when used as only incidental. Incidental food safety means that the food is not actually sitting on the surface of the resin dish, there is a paper lining or wrapper on the food item preventing it from touching the surface where it can leech into your food. The incidental part comes in if the food were to roll across it and you pick it up, that’s an incident, not leaving the food on the dish. PLEASE be wise when purchasing, using, and or creating resin items. Keep you, your family, and your clients safe. Crafters, DO better.

Water Test Gem

I was curious how some gems would hold up after being kept in less-than-ideal conditions. In this case, kept in water.

The top gem was kept in a bottle of water for over a year.
The bottom gem was left in a plant with other rocks. It was exposed to water, dirt, and other harsh conditions.

Note, these gems were NOT sealed to give them extra protection like I normally do.

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DIY Breastmilk Preservation Recipe

There are a few ways you can do this depending on how ethical and stable you want your preservation to be. Naturally, you are going to want the best of the best, let’s be real. Unfortunately, you aren’t going to find too many people giving that information out for stable, well-established formulas.

Some are more ethical than others, but if you are making it yourself you are well in the know of what you are putting into your piece.

This DIY method is easy and you can get most of the items quickly. Please note this method is NOT professional grade.
You can see the below method done on a previous blog post or my YouTube.

Resin
You will want 5 ml of Citric Acid
5ml of breastmilk
(titanium dioxide) if you choose
Mix together and evaporate off the liquid in a double boiler method until the mixture becomes a paste.
Flatten onto parchment paper to dry for 1 week. Silica gel sand helps this process as well.
Once dried mix with your resin and cast. - I recommend sealing your piece to give it extra protection.

The famous powder dust is made with various ingredients. Most are not public, but I speculate a lot of them are filled with titanium dioxide, plaster, citric acid, and other finely ground powders. Most of all, whatever they are using is highly pigmented. I’d assume things used in the powders are anything from safe products to dangerous chemicals. BE CAREFUL ordering, using, and creating these products.

Wet Method Preserved Breastmilk unrefrigerated, 2 years later. . .

I thought this might interest some of you who have been following along on my wet method breastmilk preservation. Here is some preserved breastmilk that has been put through the wet method preservation and stored in a tube, on the shelf for 2 years waiting to be made into jewelry. I’m trying to test how long I can keep preserved orders on file without refrigeration. Look how cool it is, it reminds me of plasma! Two years strong! Once shaken, it mixes right up.

M.O.M. Breastmilk Wet Method Cure-out

Here’s a good example of The Mind Over Matter breastmilk preservation wet method. This shows the method next to the client’s actual milk used. The two pearls show how the cure-out phases go with this method. When the breastmilk is cast it tends to be a dramatic, crisp white. This method cures out to a more natural milk color once it settles (oxidizes) into the resin. Some might consider this discoloring, but as spot on as my pieces seem to cure out to, I’d say it’s much more natural than the super white pieces that typically don’t represent the natural colors of the milk.

I also have a photo of a cured-out ring next to the client’s actual milk. I thought it was pretty stunning how well the gem represents the actual milk from my client.

Beard oil Brand has been sold!

As sad as I am to let go of the beard oil line, I am overwhelmed with too many irons in the fire. I decided to sell the brand to a lovely couple in TX who owns a tattoo shop. I’m not really sure my heart is as into making oils as it is making art and jewelry, so it seemed fitting to find someone who would enjoy it. And I think the brand will go farther in a setting as such. I wish them the best and can’t wait to see where they take things!

Anyway, I just wanted to announce that I won’t be selling the oils anymore. You can still get them from the couple in Tx once they get set up. Sad to see it go, but I could really use the breathing space for creating jewelry and photography.

Looking forward to the next year and what else I create!

Introducing Custom Breastmilk soaps!

Custom Breastmilk soap is now available in the shop. I can turn your old or fresh breastmilk into useful, luxurious soap. This can be done in Breastmilk and Honey or Aloe and Breastmilk. Extra add-ins can be raw honey, scents, or toppings like lavender or oatmeal. An order of soap uses 1 cup of breastmilk and yields 3 bars of soap.

Breastmilk Preservation Powder Method

I did a demonstration of the famous breastmilk preservation powder recently. You can get the powder from etsy and other dna crafters via diy kits. I would imagine powders are made and work similarly, but you can try this for yourself with whatever kit or method you are using.

I’m not using the full step-by-step method as that requires a double boiler and for the sake of time and showing tints I don't think that part is necessary, but I do that in full in a later video.

I was given the powder from a lady in one of the breastmilk preservation groups I was a part of after we had talked briefly about the method not being all that tried and true as it's claimed. My stance is that not all methods are created equal. There are several others who agree, but few will say publicly (and I won't throw them under the bus ) because you will get removed from groups and or bullied and name called.

Some methods are definitely purer than others, but from my research, this seems to be one of the lower quality options as it is packed with tint and filler, on top of evaporating off much of what you'd use.

In my years preserving breastmilk and pumping my own milk, I’ve not seen Bright, powder-white breastmilk, so it doesn't make sense to start with a base that impacts the natural color so much.

I like science so doing this method with water as I did with my own was a part of the experimental and learning process for me. You can see both demonstrations now and you can see which is the purest choice, which is up to the mother's and that's really the whole point. Being a mother myself I would have been devastated to find out my piece was made with tints when I was expecting my milk was the only thing added to color my piece.

I got to see the powder with my own two eyes, it's not speculation how it works. In my opinion, this method is flawed on several points.

This method isn't bad, per se, if you are being honest with your clients about what is going into their keepsakes. I realize some people aren't going to be happy with this, but I’ve been deleted from groups, called names, and bullied along the way, it is what it is. I'm not doing this to be mean, but I like science and information. My Main point is mothers are expecting no tints, and for their crafter to be honest with them. If you're doing that, then there is no issue here.

It's not about swaying your opinion on the method or which crafter to use, rather making people understand what’s happening to their piece. Most mothers aren’t going to realize THAT much filler and that much of a tint goes into their piece. And if their crafter is telling them no tints, they believe them.

This is 5 ml of water to represent the breastmilk that would be used to one packet of powder. I didn't use the whole packet, I used a tiny bit, just to show how much it impacts. Even being diluted more, it still is VERY pigmented and again, you'd be adding a lot more powder and evaporating off any excess liquid, which is primarily what breastmilk is.

This method only works if you’re being honest.

If you still want to argue that I make no sense, there likely isn't any reasoning with you.

You can see the video and all the other videos about preservation on my TikTok or Youtube.. https://www.tiktok.com/@mindovermattermom