For the
Historical Fortnightly Challenge for Fairy Tale, I wanted to make up my own Fairy Tale with an older woman as the protagonist. One of the things I was inspired by was the Dolce and Gabbana crown from their 2013 collection.
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| I like the Byzantine feel of this |
Here's a closeup
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| This is a different one, but I wanted a closeup for reference |
I wanted to make something similar. I found several tutorials on Pinterest for lace crowns and it had potential. I found some cotton lace at Beverly's and bought a half yard for about $3.00
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| Very happy find |
First I wrapped a wig stand in plastic wrap so it wouldn't stick to it.
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| No idea why this is sideways. It wasn't when I uploaded it. Odd. |
I whipstitched the crown together after fitting it to my head and then sprayed it with this stuff
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| It wasn't particularly stiff or quik. I needed about five coats and I dried it overnight. |
Most of the photos I've seen online looked like Lace sprayed Gold. I want mine to look like gold shaped into lace. After I let the lace dry overnight, I mixed up some Rub n Buff with some Diamond Glaze and painted it on.
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| Rub n Buff contains real metal powder |
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| I had no idea if this would work, but I've used it to seal paper beads and it works really well on those |
After letting the painted on gold dry overnight, I have this.
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| It still looks like painted lace, but the rub n buff makes it a little less delicate which I like |
Tonight, I'm going to go to town with beads and baubles and shiny things. Stand by!
