Make a DIY Breastmilk Necklace
The only DIY kit that preserves breastmilk in its pure, liquid form. Create a museum-quality breastmilk necklace at home with patented technology trusted by 70,000+ mothers worldwide.
Make a DIY Breastmilk Necklace
The only DIY kit that preserves breastmilk in its pure, liquid form. Create a museum-quality breastmilk necklace at home with patented technology trusted by 70,000+ mothers worldwide.
Everything included,
just add 30 minutes
What is a DIY breastmilk necklace?
A DIY breastmilk necklace is a keepsake you craft yourself by preserving a small amount of your milk inside resin, then setting it into a real jewelry piece. DIY by MILKIES® makes this possible at home, without drying your milk or mixing it with powders, so your necklace reflects the moment as it truly was.
Meaningful Making
Creating your own necklace turns a memory into a ritual, quiet, personal, and deeply yours, from the first step to the final polish.
Pure Preservation
Our patented method preserves breastmilk in liquid form inside resin, no drying, no clay base, no removing anything, so it stays naturally breastmilk.
Heirloom Finish
Professional-grade resin and 925 sterling silver settings create a durable keepsake meant to be worn often, and treasured for years.
Why make your own breastmilk necklace?
Milk Stays Private
Many mothers don’t feel comfortable mailing breastmilk away. With DIY by MILKIES®, everything happens at home, your milk never leaves your hands or your space.
Your Style, Yours
Pick the look you love and control the tiny details that make it feel like “you.” DIY lets you create a necklace that matches your story, not a template.
On Your Timeline
No waiting weeks for a studio queue. The active work is about 30 minutes, and you can craft when you have a quiet pocket of time, nap time included.
Necklace-First Kit
If you’re here for a breastmilk necklace, you’re covered. The kit includes multiple necklace designs, plus options for rings, earrings, and a bracelet if you want more.
DIY Breast milk Box – Set: 18mm Necklace "Circle of Life" + Bracelet + Ring + Earrings
(61 reviews)ROSE GOLD (24-carat rose gold-plated silver)
Craft an unparalleled emotional treasure right in the comfort of your home. With MILKIES DIY KIT, you don't just create jewellery; you encapsulate memories and emotions, courtesy of our patented preservation process, years of expertise, and over 50,000 satisfied customers. Everything you need is right in the box—our exclusive preservation agent, tools, and even a beautiful box for safekeeping.
DIY Breast milk Box – Set: 18mm Necklace "Circle of Life" + Bracelet + Ring + Earrings
ROSE GOLD (24-carat rose gold-plated silver)
What’s in your DIY kit?
Everything you need to create your breastmilk necklace at home, beautifully organized inside our signature pink and blue keepsake box, ready when you are.
Jewelry Settings
Necklace, bracelet, ring , 925 silver/sterling silver
Preservation Agent
MILKIES® patented formula for liquid milk
Jeweler’s Resin
Professional-grade, crystal clear finish
Complete Tools
Syringes, sticks, gloves, and more
Crafting Mat
Large mat with numbered zones
Video Tutorial
Step-by-step guidance in real time
DIY Manual
Comprehensive, printed and easy to follow
Keepsake Box
Gift-ready, beautiful compartment box
DIY by MILKIES® vs other options
If you’re comparing ways to make a breastmilk necklace, here’s what actually matters: purity, materials, guidance, and how much control you keep.
| Feature | DIY by MILKIES® | Send-Away Services | Generic DIY Kits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milk Stays Home | |||
| Liquid Preservation | Varies | ||
| Patented Technology | Varies | ||
| 925 Sterling Silver | Varies | Often plated | |
| Video Instructions | Varies | Sometimes | |
| Ready In | 24-72 hours | 4-8 weeks | Varies |
| Price Range | $115-$199 | $200-$500+ | $50-$150 |
Patented Preservation
DIY by MILKIES® is the only kit designed to preserve liquid breastmilk in resin without drying it, mixing it with powders, or removing anything from it.
70,000+ Mothers Served
MILKIES® has helped over 70,000+ mothers worldwide create keepsakes, backed by a 5/5 rating and 2,000+ five-star reviews across major platforms.
Support Across Time Zones
Need help mid-project? Our teams are located in Germany, the UK, the USA, Canada, and Poland, so guidance is accessible wherever you’re making your necklace.
Kasia Lew , Mother of 2, practiced extended breastfeeding & tandem nursing
From Mother’s Heart to Patented Keepsakes
Kasia Lew’s journey began in 2013 with the birth of her first child, Adam. As she practiced extended breastfeeding, and later tandem nursing two children, she came to understand the unique bond mothers feel during this intimate time, and how quickly those moments pass.
After months of research and development, MILKIES® launched on Mother’s Day 2016. What began as a home-based operation grew into an international brand, serving 70,000+ mothers in 50+ countries who wanted to keep a tangible piece of their story.
The DIY concept came directly from listening to customers. Many mothers felt hesitant about sending breastmilk to a third party, but still wanted a real keepsake. With Kasia’s background in computer linguistics and multimedia, she created a complete DIY kit supported by step-by-step video guides.
DIY by MILKIES® is the only kit that preserves liquid breastmilk in resin without altering its natural state. It’s a testament to Kasia’s dedication to authenticity and quality, so your finished necklace reflects what made the memory precious in the first place.
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Happy Mothers
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A diy breastmilk necklace that keeps the moment close
Breastfeeding ends, changes, loops back, and sometimes vanishes before you have time to name what it meant. Making a keepsake at home can turn that blur into something you can hold, and wear.
By Kasia Lew, Founder of MILKIES®
You do not realize it is the last time until it is gone
There is a particular kind of quiet that arrives after the final feed. Not the silence of an empty room, but the hush of a body that no longer has the same job. For some mothers it comes with relief, for others grief, and for many it is a complicated braid of both. Somewhere inside that shift sits a question that feels almost too tender to say out loud: how do you keep what mattered, when what mattered was never meant to be kept?
That is the emotional undertow behind the search for a diy breastmilk necklace. It is not only about jewellery. It is about wanting proof that the nights were real, that your patience had weight, that your body’s work was not merely functional but intimate and astonishing.
Breastfeeding memories do not fade in one dramatic moment. They erode. A latch that once felt like an entire universe becomes a detail you have to concentrate to recall. The hand on your collarbone, the sleepy rhythm, the sudden laugh mid-feed, the day you realised the newborn smell had changed. These are not the kind of memories that sit neatly in photo albums.
So mothers improvise rituals. A handwritten note. A preserved hospital bracelet. A lock of hair. Sometimes a small vial of milk in the freezer that you cannot throw away because throwing it away feels like throwing away the version of you who made it through.
A diy breastmilk necklace offers a different kind of ritual. It turns something fleeting into something wearable. And the act of making it yourself can matter as much as the finished piece.
Why we crave a physical memory after breastfeeding
The pressure to make meaning out of an invisible achievement
Breastfeeding can be public and private at the same time. People have opinions, the internet has rules, and your own body has its own agenda. Yet the work itself is largely unseen. A diy breastmilk necklace becomes appealing in part because it translates invisible labour into a visible artefact. It is not a trophy. It is closer to a personal document, the way a wedding ring is a document, or a passport stamp. When the days were repetitive and exhausting, you want a marker that says this happened, and it mattered. For many mothers, there is also a strange social imbalance: pregnancy is documented obsessively, but breastfeeding often gets reduced to a yes or no checkbox. You might have fed for two weeks, two years, or somewhere in between. You might have pumped, combo-fed, nursed one child and then tandem nursed two. A diy breastmilk necklace does not flatten those differences. It can honour any version of the story, without demanding that the story be neat.
The weaning drop nobody warns you about
Weaning is not only a logistical change. It can be a hormonal event. Many mothers describe mood shifts, sudden sadness, irritability, even anxiety that seems to come out of nowhere. In that window, a diy breastmilk necklace can act like a steadying object: a way to hold the narrative when your emotions are unpredictable. The point is not to cling to the past, but to give the past a place to live. When breastfeeding ends unexpectedly, the need can feel sharper. A bite that tips you into stopping. Mastitis. A return to work that becomes unmanageable. A baby who self-weans. In those scenarios, mothers often talk about wanting closure. Creating a diy breastmilk necklace can be a small, deliberate act of closure that does not erase the love or the complexity.
Privacy, trust, and why hands on matters
Traditional breastmilk jewellery often involves mailing milk away. For some, that is perfectly fine. For others, it feels like a boundary crossed. There is the practical worry about shipping, temperature, or loss. There is also the intimate aspect: breastmilk is personal, and not everyone wants to hand it to a stranger. That hesitation has helped fuel interest in the diy breastmilk necklace. The desire is not merely to save money or to do a craft project. It is to keep the process close. To choose the moment, the pace, the kitchen-table setup, the privacy of doing it at night after bedtime. When you make it yourself, you are not outsourcing the meaning.
The diy breastmilk necklace as a modern heirloom
A diy breastmilk necklace sits at the intersection of science and sentiment. At its simplest, it is a pendant that includes preserved breastmilk set inside resin, creating a soft, opalescent stone that looks like memory made solid. At its best, it becomes a wearable reminder that your body did something rare and demanding, and that you lived through a chapter you may never fully be able to explain.
What has changed in recent years is that the craft has become more accessible, and the expectations have become higher. Mothers are no longer satisfied with vague “mix and hope” kits that leave you with bubbles, discoloration, or a piece that looks homemade in the wrong way. The new standard is professional-grade results at home, without sacrificing the intimacy of doing it yourself.
DIY by MILKIES® was built for exactly that moment in the market. After MILKIES® had already processed over 100,000 keepsake orders, founder Kasia Lew recognised a very specific group: mothers who wanted a diy breastmilk necklace but did not want to send their milk to a third party. Lew’s own experience as a mother who practised extended breastfeeding, including tandem nursing her two children, gave the project its emotional accuracy. She understood that this was not just a product problem. It was a trust problem.
DIY by MILKIES® is a specialised line dedicated to do-it-yourself breastmilk jewellery kits, using MILKIES® patented preservation technology. The kit is designed like a miniature workshop: tools included, a large workmat, a clear instruction manual, and a step-by-step video guide that lets you follow along in real time.
And because a diy breastmilk necklace is not one-size-fits-all, the kit supports different aesthetics and choices. It includes materials to create multiple pieces across a range of styles: 4 necklace designs, 2 ring styles, 3 earring types, and 1 bracelet design, with finishes available in silver, gold-plated, and rose gold-plated.
- Privacy by design because your milk stays with you from start to finish
- Time flexibility since you can create your diy breastmilk necklace at your own pace
- Hands-on meaning because the act of making becomes part of the keepsake
- Guided confidence through a step-by-step video guide instead of guesswork
- Professional intent with a kit built from a brand that has fulfilled 100,000+ orders
Most mothers begin by searching for a diy breastmilk necklace because they want the feeling. But the piece only earns that feeling if it lasts. That is where technique matters. Resin work is unforgiving: moisture, ratios, and curing all affect clarity and colour over time. The difference between a keepsake that endures and one that yellows, cracks, or clouds often comes down to how the breastmilk is preserved before it meets resin.
What preservation really means when milk meets resin
If you read enough tutorials about diy breastmilk necklace projects, you will find a recurring theme: dry the milk, turn it into powder, then mix it into a base. That approach can work as a craft method, but it changes what the milk is. It also introduces variation, because home dehydration and powder consistency are hard to standardise. The result can be grainy, uneven, or prone to discolouration depending on humidity, storage, and the specific method used.
DIY by MILKIES® is built around a different premise: preserving breastmilk in its full liquid form in resin, without drying it, without mixing it with any powder, and without removing anything from it. In other words, the kit aims to preserve the breastmilk in its pure, natural form. For a mother choosing a diy breastmilk necklace, this matters for both symbolism and stability. The symbolism is obvious: it is your milk, not a reformulated imitation. The stability is practical: the preservation step is engineered rather than improvised.
MILKIES® describes this as patented technology for preserving liquid breastmilk in resin. The value of a patent in this space is not bragging rights; it is repeatability. Resin crafting tends to reward systems that reduce variability. When the preservation step is consistent, your pendant is less dependent on luck.
There is also a real-world credibility signal here. DIY by MILKIES® is not a brand’s first experiment. It is an outgrowth of a company that has served over 100,000 customers across more than 50 countries, with a 5/5 star rating from over 2,000 reviews on platforms like Facebook and Google. That kind of volume matters because it suggests the method has been tested far beyond the conditions of a single, idealised tutorial video.
Finally, the kit’s support infrastructure makes the technical side feel less intimidating. With production facilities based in Poland and local offices and teams in Germany, the UK, the USA, and Canada, the brand has built an international service model. If you are attempting a diy breastmilk necklace for the first time, knowing there is a structured process and localised support can lower the barrier between intention and action.
Proof that the method survives real life
DIY by MILKIES® builds on the wider MILKIES® track record of 100,000+ keepsake orders, customers in 50+ countries, and 5/5 star ratings across 2,000+ reviews. It is a system shaped by scale, not a one-off craft hack.
Your kitchen table becomes a small studio
A diy breastmilk necklace is often made in the margins of family life. Not in a serene, sunlit craft room that nobody actually owns, but on the kitchen table after dinner, or on a corner of a desk while the baby naps. That is why the experience of opening the kit matters more than brands like to admit. The DIY by MILKIES® box is designed with the care of something meant to be given, even if you are giving it to yourself. Pink and blue, compartmentalised, orderly. Inside, everything has a place: the blank jewellery settings, the tools, the materials, the workmat that turns chaos into a protected workspace. You do not have to raid drawers for a missing stirrer, or wonder whether a random cup is clean enough for something as personal as milk. Then comes the part that makes a diy breastmilk necklace feel different from ordinary jewellery making: you bring out the milk. Sometimes it is fresh, sometimes defrosted from the freezer, sometimes saved from the last day you pumped. People expect this moment to be grand, but it is often quiet. A pause. A swallow. The recognition that you are holding a substance that once regulated your baby’s entire nervous system. The video guide is there when your mind starts to race. It is a surprisingly intimate form of instruction: real-time, step-by-step, like someone steadying your hands without touching them. This is where Kasia Lew’s background in computer linguistics and her decade running a multimedia agency shows up in a practical way. The instructions are not only technically correct; they are designed to be followed by tired humans. As you measure, mix, and pour, the act becomes a kind of slow ceremony. You are no longer simply remembering breastfeeding. You are translating it. The resin catches light. The preserved milk shifts into something stone-like, a pale swirl that looks different in every angle. That unpredictability is part of the allure of a diy breastmilk necklace: it is unmistakably yours. When the piece is finally set, you are left with an object that sits against the skin where your baby once rested. It is small. It is ordinary in the way jewellery is ordinary. And yet it can stop you in your tracks on the day you wear it for the first time, because it carries a chapter you do not want to lose, even as you are ready to move on.
- Prepare your workspace using the workmat and organise the kit components
- Measure and preserve the liquid breastmilk according to the guided method
- Mix and place the preserved milk into your chosen setting for your diy breastmilk necklace
- Allow the resin to cure fully before assembling and wearing the finished piece
Choosing between send away services and at home kits
Anyone shopping for a diy breastmilk necklace quickly learns there are three main paths, each with trade-offs. The first is a professional send-away service. You mail your milk, the jeweller makes the piece, you receive a finished keepsake. The upside is obvious: minimal effort. The downside, for many mothers, is trust and control. Shipping delays happen. Packages get lost. And some people simply do not want their breastmilk handled outside their home.
The second path is the bargain DIY kit. These often rely on drying the milk, mixing it with powders or clay-like bases, and hoping the resin sets well. They can be tempting because the price feels low, but the risk is high. If the preservation method is weak, the diy breastmilk necklace you make may change over time, and you do not get a second chance with the same milk and the same moment.
The third path is the “professional at home” middle ground. This is where DIY by MILKIES® positions itself: a diy breastmilk necklace experience that stays in your hands, but is backed by a patented preservation method and an established brand track record. The kit is not just materials in a bag; it is a structured process with tools, a protected workspace, and a step-by-step video guide designed to make the result feel intentional rather than improvised.
In practice, the best choice depends on what you are protecting. If you primarily want convenience, send-away makes sense. If you want price above all, you can experiment with cheaper kits. But if you want privacy, control, and a high likelihood that your diy breastmilk necklace will look and last like a true keepsake, the system matters as much as the pendant.
A keepsake you can wear on an ordinary day
The power of a diy breastmilk necklace is that it does not require a special occasion. It is not only for milestone birthdays or posed photographs. It can be the piece you reach for on a school run, at a job interview, at a dinner where nobody knows what it contains. And that privacy can be part of the comfort. Breastfeeding is often remembered in fragments: a chair by a window, a particular nightlight, the sound of a swallow, the warmth of a baby falling asleep mid-feed. When that chapter ends, you do not need to keep living inside it. But you may want to keep a thread of it, because it formed you. Making a diy breastmilk necklace at home turns remembrance into action. It is a small craft, yes, but also a quiet assertion: this mattered enough to preserve. Not because it was perfect, but because it was yours.
If you are ready to give your breastfeeding story a place to live, a diy breastmilk necklace is a gentle way to begin.
Stories From Our Community
Every piece of jewelry tells a unique story. Here are just a few from mothers who've created their own keepsakes.
“My husband ordered me this ring for Mother’s Day and it turned out gorgeous! The video really made the directions easy to follow and I like that it included a box for storage”
Jenny
ETSY
“Everything was sooo well thought out and the colors are too cute!! You get everything you need including cute pink gloves. The instructions were extremely detailed and simple. My oldest wanted to add glitter so he could be a part of the keepsake as well. I am so happy with my purchase and definitely recommending this to friends and family!”
Angel
ETSY
“The ring is so beautiful and I am so happy to carry something with me as a reminder of one of the hardest but most rewarding and beautiful journeys I have ever experienced.”
Ashley
ETSY
“ love this item. The kit has been very well thought and the quality is amazing. I am beyond happy with this gift to myself!”
Perrine
ETSY
“This is so beautiful! I’m in love with it”
Abigail
ETSY
“Easy instructions, excellent quality beautiful and unique.”
Yelitza
ETSY
“Having my breastfeeding journey represented in a piece of jewelry is so special to me. It’s the perfect way to cherish that extremely special time. The kit was very easy to follow and had everything needed. It turned out beautifully. Thanks so much to Milkies!”
Ashley
ETSY
“I bought this for my sister in law and she was absolutely thrilled! They turned out fantastic!”
rhondamorgan4711
ETSY
“Great product, very well designed, the kit is great. I recommend without hesitation!”
Marine
ETSY
“In the top ! I hope it will last over time. Priceless gift”
Anais
ETSY
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Turn your breastfeeding memory into a necklace forever
One teaspoon. One quiet moment at the table. One necklace that holds the story you lived, preserved in crystal-clear resin, set in real jewelry, and made by you at home.