There are times in crafting when the smallest details are the trickiest. I must say that was the case with the tiara for my black swan costume. Honestly I could have just painted a plastic crown and called it a day but I really wanted it to look as authentic as possible.
I'm not good at starting from scratch on things, I'm much more skilled at modifying. Against my better judgement I channeled my inner 10 year old boy and decided to set a plastic crown on fire. I know, totally dangerous and hazardous. I wore a mask & rubber gloves and headed outside. I set up near the spa just in case things got out of hand and needed to chuck the tiara inferno into the water. It actually wasn't that bad - I handled with metal tongs over foil and melted sections with a tealight.
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I was moderately happy with the melted results, but it needed a more deformed look. I came across a post somewhere in the blogosphere (sorry don't remember) about making a cheap tiara using tin foil.
A-ha moment.
As you can see I wrapped rolled tin foil around the melted tiara then affixed with hot glue.
Next I took it back outside and spray painted the whole thing matte black. I used spray paint formulated for plastic. After letting it dry for about an hour I used a combination of silver metallic craft paint and silver & black glitter glue to highlight sections of the tiara. I finished it off with some plastic jewels and here's the end result:
I'm pretty thrilled with the outcome. Not exactly like Natalie Portman's but close enough.
2 comments:
Amazing! It looks so good - good call on setting the tiara on fire near the spa. I just did a project that involved burning paper over the kitchen sink with the water running in case something went awry. Can't wait to see the rest of your costume!
Awesome! Can't wait to see the end result :)
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