Jewelry including food, beverage, and/or botanical extracts and methods of making same

Abstract

What is provided are commemorative pieces of jewelry that include food, beverage, and/or botanical extracts and methods of making the same. An embodiment of a piece of jewelry comprises a mixture including one or more first layers of cured resin and an extract, wherein the mixture is inlaid in the piece of jewelry, and wherein the extract is derived from a food, an alcoholic beverage, a non-alcoholic beverage, a plant or a botanical. The piece of jewelry further comprises one or more second layers of cured resin.

What is claimed: 
     
         1 . A piece of jewelry comprising:
 a mixture including one or more first layers of cured resin and an extract wherein the mixture is inlaid in the piece of jewelry, and wherein the extract is derived from a food, beverage, a plant or a botanical; and   one or more second layers of cured resin.   
     
     
         2 . The piece of jewelry of  claim 1 , further comprising a metal backing. 
     
     
         3 . The piece of jewelry of  claim 1 , wherein the beverage has undergone fermentation and wherein the extract is derived from the beverage. 
     
     
         4 . The piece of jewelry of  claim 1 , wherein the beverage has not undergone fermentation and wherein the extract is derived from the beverage. 
     
     
         5 . The piece of jewelry of  claim 1 , wherein the extract is derived from the plant or the botanical. 
     
     
         6 . The piece of jewelry of  claim 1 , wherein the extract is derived from honey. 
     
     
         7 . The piece of jewelry of  claim 1 , further comprising one or more third layers of cured resin, wherein the one or more third layers are added to the jewelry prior to the mixture being inlaid in the piece of jewelry. 
     
     
         8 . The piece of jewelry of  claim 1 , wherein the mixture forms a decorative element that has a color of a honey, a fruit or a beverage from which the extract was derived. 
     
     
         9 . A method for making jewelry, the method comprising:
 selecting a piece of jewelry;   adding one or more first layers of resin in the selected piece of jewelry;   adding an extract in the selected piece of jewelry, wherein the extract is derived from a food, a beverage, a plant or a botanical; and   curing the one or more first layers of resin in the selected piece of jewelry.   
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein the extract is derived from a liquid and wherein the method further comprises:
 obtaining a solidified residue from the liquid;   generating fine particles from the solidified residue; and   mixing the fine particles with the one or more first layers of resin to form a mixture, wherein the one or more first layers of resin and the extract are added to the selected piece of jewelry by inlaying the mixture of the fine particles with the one or more first layers of resin in the selected piece of jewelry, and wherein curing the one or more first layers of resin in the selected piece of jewelry comprises curing the mixture of the fine particles with the one or more first layers of resin in the selected piece of jewelry.   
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein the liquid is non-alcoholic. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 11 , further comprising adding one or more second layers of resin to the selected piece of jewelry; and
 curing the one or more second layers of resin.   
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein the liquid is an alcoholic beverage and wherein the method further comprises:
 removing ethanol from the alcoholic beverage to leave a remaining liquid; and   removing the remaining liquid in the alcoholic beverage to obtain the solidified residue.   
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 13 , further comprising:
 adding one or more second layers of resin to the selected piece of jewelry; and   curing the one or more second layers of resin.   
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein the extract is derived from the plant or botanical, wherein the curing the one or more first layers of resin in the selected piece of jewelry is performed before adding the extract in the selected piece of jewelry, and wherein adding the extract in the selected piece of jewelry comprises inlaying the extract to a first layer of cured resin in the selected piece of jewelry, wherein the method further comprises:
 adding one or more second layers of resin in the selected piece of jewelry; and   curing the one or more second layers of resin.   
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 9 , further comprises:
 obtaining an amount of the plant or the botanical;   drying the amount obtained from the plant or the botanical;   forming a powder, a slurry, or a liquid from the obtained amount;   mixing the powder, the slurry, or the liquid with the one or more first layers of resin to form a mixture; and   inlaying the mixture in the selected piece of jewelry to add the one or more first layers of resin and the extract to the selected piece of jewelry, wherein curing the one or more first layers of resin in the selected piece of jewelry comprises curing the resin of the mixture in the selected piece of jewelry.   
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 16 , further comprising:
 adding one or more second layers of resin in the selected piece of jewelry; and   curing the one or more second layers of resin.   
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein curing the one or more first layers of resin in the selected piece of jewelry comprises curing the one or more first layers of resin to form, in combination with the extract, a decorative element that has a color of a honey, a fruit or the beverage from which the extract was derived. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 9 , further comprising adding one or more additives to the one or more first layers of resin. 
     
     
         20 . A method for making jewelry, the method comprising:
 selecting a piece of jewelry;   obtaining an amount of honey;   mixing the amount of honey with one or more first layers of resin to create a mixture;   inlaying the mixture in the selected piece of jewelry;   curing the resin of the mixture in the selected piece of jewelry;   adding one or more second layers of resin to the selected piece of jewelry; and   curing the one or more second layers of resin.   
     
     
         21 . The method of  claim 20 , further comprising adding one or more additives to the mixture of the honey and the one or more first layers of resin.