I have thoroughly enjoyed being a part of the Sakura Design Team, I can't believe our 6 months are almost up! What a talented bunch of women, they have been inspiring and raised the bar on my creativity. I have been honored to get to keep up with them every month. So here I am again, hoping I make the cut. Hope you guys like my Design Team submission. (Pick me! Please pick me!)
I hang out at the Santa Monica (The Original) Muscle Beach. We do acrobatics and all kinds of fun stuff. There's been a really cool community down there for decades now, and the people are really wonderful. I also just this year, began taking Arial Classes, learning Silks and Trapeze. Not flying trapeze, but acrobatics in the air. Needless to say when Graphic 45 came out with their Le Cirque papers, I had to get my hands on them.
Their tiny postage stamp size Circus Poster Images were a perfect pairing with Sakura's Jewelry findings! I love these little metal wearable frames, I had been looking for something like this for a while, nothing was ever quite right, until I stumbled on these.
This project is fairly simple, but I think it's extremely unique, and for me and my friends, images of things that are dear to our hearts and express our hobbies, or one of them.
MATERIALS
Strip of G45's Le Cirque paper
Scissors
Inspiring music: Caravan Palace (has a fun circus sound) or Cirque du Soleil soundtrack
The key is trimming the images so they fit inside the frame of the Jewelry Findings and you get the portion of the image that you want. I found some of the images looked better once trimmed than others. (ie the elephant on the tricycle did not want to get inside the circle finding, it was probably my trimming skills)
Once the images are the right size, apply a dot of Clear Crystal Lacquer to the back, it isn't necessary to adhere it but it make it easier. Then sprinkle in a tiny bit, or a lot, up to you, of Gem Particles, fill the whole thing up with Clear Crystal Lacquer and go read a book, perhaps Water for Elephants or something Circus like!
Tada! I can't decide if I want to pop on some jump rings and colored ribbon as gifts for my acrobatic friends and teachers or put them all on a charm bracelet to keep for myself... thoughts?
For more amazing ideas and uses for Sakura products check out the Design Team Blog!
Glad you stopped by.
Merci
~Chelsea
How did you get them to change color? Or is that just the light?
ReplyDeleteI say make more as gifts and keep these ones for yourself ;)
It may just be the light the first was natural light, the after was a lamp the next day, may be a bit warmer. But the Crystal Lacquer does make the colors look a bit more saturated, to me at least. One of the things I like about it.
ReplyDeleteI love these! Vintage is so much fun!
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