I'm currently getting ready for two events; the
bead cruise and
Steampunk World's Fair. In my prior
post I shared what I was making for the cruise. Now I'm going to share with you a project I'm working on for one of my steampunk costumes!
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Photo and hat by Chiki Bird |
I purchased this fabulous mini top hat from
Chiki Bird Hat Studio for a steampunk faerie costume I'm putting together. I have most everything I need for it but I'm missing jewelry. I love the little mushrooms all over the hat so I knew I wanted the pendant to incorporate them somehow. In my vast supply stash I happened to have several glass-domed components.
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Glass Dome Component |
I purchased my stash of them from
Ingredients for Lovely. You can also find them at
Make Desert Green if you'd like to buy in bulk.
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Tiny Faux Mushrooms |
I took a trip over to the local craft store and purchased tiny faux mushrooms in an assortment of sizes. You can find these in the dollhouse miniature aisle.
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Moss |
I also picked up a bag of moss found in the same aisle as the sand, glass pebbles and foam for wreath-making.
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Trimmed Moss |
I trimmed down some of the moss until it fit inside the metal base.
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Snipped Mushrooms |
Then I selected and snipped the wire off of two mushrooms. I left a tiny stem on each mushroom for adding the glue too.
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Moss in base |
After playing around with the mushroom placement, I spread a thin layer of glue on the base and pressed the moss down onto it.
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Mushrooms in moss |
After allowing the glue to dry, I added a dab of glue to the bottom of each mushroom and inserted them into the moss.
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Finished Pendant |
Once the mushrooms were dry, I put tiny drops of glue onto the inside of the base and covered the mushrooms with the glass globe. The bail was glued on once the base was secure.
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Adding a jump ring |
I added a jump ring and some ball chain but you can easily do some beaded wirework if you prefer something fancier!
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Finished Terrarium Pendant |
If you'd like to go a step further and really customize your terrarium, make your plants from polymer, air-dry or ceramic clay!
Happy Beading!
I love the hat and your pendant!
ReplyDeleteOh, cool! I wish I could go! I wish I had the money to cosplay something cool to make it worth going, lol! I did an Airship Kaylee from the Joss Whedon show, 'Firefly', for last summer's San Diego Comic Con. I didn't have a lot of money for the costume, but I saw the show costume designer and she thought it was good, so that was awesome!
ReplyDeleteWhat glue did you use, before I forget, lol?
E6000 for gluing all the parts!
DeleteOK, that's what I figured. I use that too, but always on the lookout!
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