New booth at Aunt Bee's House

 Due to the exiting upcoming season for Roost REimagined I have decided to downsize my booth at Aunt Bee's House.  So I can concentrate on creating some amazing pieces for our Spring show in April at the Mission Mill.  And also our Grand Season Opening at the Barn in May. 

I spent a better part of yesterday getting everything in place in my new location in the B room at Aunt Bee's.  I am super thrill about how it all came together.  Here are a couple quick snaps I took before I left.

Head above water...

So I saw these really great Styrofoam mannequin heads with newspaper plastered all over them in a wig shop a while back.  They were the perfect balance of retro and vintage.  Thinking that this was a very creative idea I stored it in the back of my mind for a later date.  I was recently in a thrift shop and I came across a head for $2 and thought now would be a great time to try something new.  Here is how my project developed...

Supplies

                                                             HEAD                            PAPER

For glue I used Mog Podge

(you can use plain Elmer's glue it just doesn't give as good of a satin finish to the project) 

To apply the glue I used a foam application brush.  

Project

I started out my project by gently covering the head with a little of the glue. Then started to tear the paper into strips that I laid across the surface of the head.  I was having a little bit of a time with the glue being so thick so I decided to water down the glue down so that it wouldn't tear the delicate pattern paper so much.

 After I covered the whole head with the paper I used the thick glue to do a finishing coat on the whole surface of the head.

This is how it turned out after it dried...

I still feel like it needs a little something else so I think I'll make a big chunky ruffle collar tomorrow. 

We'll see but my vintage hats will love a place to strut their stuff. 

Thanks,

Sarah



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Thanks,

Sarah