It's school play season again, and I have been tasked with making FIVE crowns and FOUR headpieces for some of the cast. You may recall that last year I created an extravagant crown out of paper. This year my crowns will be made of lace!
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| Here are three cuts of Venise lace that I will be using to make some of my crowns with. So beautiful!! |
After spray painting with metallic and glitter paints, this is how my strips of lace look.
I can't wait to see how the stage lights will make them twinkle!
Next I adhered some corded bias tape to the edge of a piece plexiglass, then the lace, and formed it into a circle. I also sewed some loops to the bias tape so the crowns could be affixed to actors' heads with barrettes or bobby pins. Some crowns were adorned with rhinestones.
And, …VOILA!! Here are some of my beautiful crowns!
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| Fairy godmother |
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| Queen of the South |
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| King of the South |
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| Queen of the North |
I also needed to make some headpieces for some fairies. The fairies wore fancy party dresses decked out in sequins—I thought they resembled short prom dresses. Anyways, I wanted the fairies to have headpieces that had a similar look and feel to them. I aimed to create a 1920s-flapper type of vibe with them. Here's what I came up with:
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| The girl that wore this had on a greenish teal colored dress similar to the teal color in the peacock feather. |
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| The girl that wore this had on a bright royal blue dress the same color as the bright blue feathers in this headpiece. |
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| This headpiece was worn by an evil fairy. Its darker tones looked lovely with her black sequined dress. |
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| The fairy that wore this had on a navy blue dress. The bendable butterfly added a nice whimsical touch. |
In the end, the headpieces looked really nice in the play. I can't wait to see what they task me with next year!
