3.28.2012

making pasties in the kitchen




Because SOMETIMES sequins just aren't enough. How to upgrade your sparkle, OR, how to make rhinestone pasties. I've retrofitted a beautiful pair of gigantic snowflake-like pasties into bedazzled, rhinestoned, ultra-sparkly gigantic glimmering stars! These are necessary (and one third of the entire outfit) for our upcoming synchronized swimming act at the Tease-O-Rama Opening Night Party

My mother started working on these in February when she was here. She stripped off the sequins, leaving me with the beading to remove. Before I removed the beads, I traced each pastie onto the back side of some ultrasuede, which receives the carpet tape when you put the pasties on, and cut out the shapes. Yes, carpet tape. I also removed the structural mesh cones from the backs, but those will go right back on after the beading is gone.









Here you've got your bottle of Gem-Tac, a good amount of toothpicks, a white crayon, your unfortunate small amount of top tier Swarovski crystal clear rhinestones, and a whole mess of lesser rhinestones. Here comes the fun part, where I make the most out of this random collection of gems.



I had to stop here with my best rhinestones, for fear I'd run out and the pasties would end up asymmetrical. So the centers are extra, EXTRA sparkly.

You know this is a project that should've taken three, four, maybe five hours. I have two kids, one is home all day. This project has taken several weeks. During the night shift, I enjoy a glass of wine, of course, and maybe a Joy the Baker podcast while I'm gluing.



Things got really geometrical at this point. If there is a trick for avoiding this, I can only guess it. I was running really low on my B-team clear crystals at this point, even soaking the ones that I had applied poorly and taken off so that I could remove the Gem-Tac and use them again. I shaped flowy forms from the clear crystals out from the edges of the hexagons to make the design look more organic. Then came the aurora borealis rhinestones, because that's what I had left to work with, and I'll be adorning my ballet flats and fishnets in the same for the act.


In the end, here's what I ended up with. I think they are just gorgeous, and a good learning experience. Definitely will approach a little differently and methodically the next time I do this, in terms of stone pattern and design, but these will CERTAINLY do the trick. As long as they stay put! ;)












12 comments:

  1. Wow, a post about those other kind of pasties. You truly are a renaissance woman. Go you! AND using Budmo Jiggler, my favorite font ever. :)

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    1. Thank you, Justine! That font is pretty awesome, I agree!

      I am remiss in visiting other blogs lately. I just peeked at yours and realized I have a lot of catching up to do! See you soon!

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  2. So pretty! I'm glad you included the pictures, because I'm sure you would have lost me somewhere in the first few steps, but this is awesome. The before and after pics, to compare them? So different, and you're right, the after are uber sparkly. Good for you, and good luck on opening night.

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    1. Thank you, DBS. I am glad I could find that "before" shot, my mom got on task and stripped off the sequins before I had a chance to shoot in good light! :)

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  3. Wow those are gorgeous! I have a feeling I should give you a bunch of the beads and sequins I didn't use from my days as a bridal accessory designer. I don't have a ton but I have a feeling you can use them or will know others who can put them to good use. Maybe I can meet up with you for coffee or something someday in the city and hand them over to you :)

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    1. Stacie! Hi! Thanks, and YES, I'll take 'em. I'd meet you for coffee, but I'm pretty sure you've still never tried it. ;)

      Let's try to meet! Look at your May calendar and drop me a note. I really admire all the work you are doing for the marrow donations. Stella has a classmate who's five year old brother is looking for a donor and enduring treatments for aplastic anemia right now, so I really appreciate all the work you're doing and on your blog as well. xoxo

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  4. Beautiful! You should get some hits from this title (kitchen and pasties!) ; ) Like how they are 1/3 of the outfit! So hard to get things done when you have kids - do you ever wonder what you did will all your time before kids?!

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    1. Girl, you know I planned that title out for SEO. I happen to have proof of what I did before I had kids, and it was A LOT! :)

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  5. hey tiffanie, i need your expert advice. i'm going to attempt to make some pretty pasties with tassels (maybe), as we're doing a burlesque class for a friends bachelorette. what kind of store did you buy the starting point pasties from? i'm in canada so our sources will be different. also, not sure if she'll be brave enough to actually wear them, but i thought they would be the perfect momento! if you have any other advise or suggestions let her rip.... feel free to email too, if that's easier.... lolas_mail@yahoo.ca. thanks a million!!!!
    xo, lola

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    1. Hi Lola,

      I'll send you a note right now to your email address in case you don't come back here to check for an answer. That sounds so fun for a bachelorette class!

      xoxo!

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  6. hey hey! just wanted to let you know i never received an email from you. now, maybe you haven't gotten around to it, which is fine, but in case you were wondering why i hadn't responded, i thought i'd drop you a quick line here. no rush!

    lolas_mail@yahoo.ca

    thanks xo

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    1. Hi Lola! I did email you early last week, but I will check and send it again! :)

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