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takes some patience and over a few days of working on it a few min. here and there, you truly will have a swoon worthy costume ;) can be made to fit any size and can be done in any color whoohoo
takes some patience and over a few days of working on it a few min. here and there, you truly will have a swoon worthy costume ;) can be made to fit any size and can be done in any color whoohoo
materials: plastic from the sticky bra: for shape glitter glitter and pearly paint other things to decorate: i decided against it last min.
get the mold ready (i had a hard time getting the dried piece off because it was curved and some parts were a little dented) i might try some oil next time- not 100% sure about that though
make some shell like design and then smear in a textured way (i used a fan brush)
add another layer of color (you can decide on how long you want to wait till it dries or dont wait at all, dependent on how thick your layers are and how many you want)
created the scalloped edge after the majority of the base layers where created to keep a defined edge also created a rough, peaky texture like a shell would
kept adding colors to create more depth and contrast in the texture
while the last layer was drying i made some stars on a smaller piece of plastic and before it dried, added some glitter make them in different sizes and in different colors
use tacky glue to add glitter to the parts you want (i added it everywhere ;) and i used fine and coarse glitter from my heels- see my http://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/glitter-shoes glitter shoes project for my footwear
spray paint and/or dab acrylic paint to the bra if you dont like the color glue gun the shells to the bra glue gun the stars to the shells and bra and it looks like you were born with shells on, not like you tied some plastic ones on that fit like coconuts. no smushy smushy, just call it wonder shells.