Hospital hat, hair and breastmilk Pendant

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

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.

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.

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