It's no secret. I love
cosplay. This weekend I'll be heading out to
The Steampunk World's Fair for three days of creative cosplay fun! I don't sew but I do enjoy making the jewelry for my costumes. For this years SPWF, I've made the jewelry for two of my three outfits.
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| Necklace for the butterfly collector cosplay |
I've been hanging on to this fabulous metal and resin butterfly pendant by
Lynn Davis for several years. Well, I'm bringing back and revamping my butterfly collector costume this year so I finally had the inspiration to work with this piece. I added some citrine, coral, carnelian and Vintaj charms and chain to complete this necklace. It will also look great paired with the
leather butterfly cuff that Lindsay posted about yesterday!
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| Fit for a mermaid |
The other outfit I needed jewelry for was my ocean/mermaid-inspired steampunk cosplay.
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| Fabulous enamel focal by Gardanne Beads |
I knew when I saw this enameled seashell in
Anne's booth that I had to have it. It matched portions of my costume perfectly! I paired it with some porcelain
Suburban Girl seashell charms, Swarovski pearls, faux coral branches and aquamarine rondelles.
In addition to using art beads for my cosplay, I also like to spread the love by introducing art beads to people who might not know about them. In 2013, I started hosting the
trinket swap at SPWF. Participants create steampunk-inspired wearable trinkets that we swap with one another. The first year I created wearable porcelain gears. Last year I made stoneware keyhole pendants.
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| Stoneware Keyhole Pendants |
This year I decided that mustaches would be my theme.
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| Porcelain greenware mustache charms |
I found a 3-D printing service and had them create some mustache cutters in an assortment of sizes. I thought the tiny size was the best fit for my trinkets so I made about 25 in porcelain.
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| Glazed but un-fired porcelain mustaches |
These charms were glazed but un-fired at the time I wrote this post but I should be unloading them from the kiln sometime today. After I inspect them, I'll add a jump ring and put them on a ball chain.
I'm looking forward to swapping them on Saturday AND to introducing more people to the wonderful world of art beads!
Happy Beading!
