Holiday Week: Swap Party Purse
I love me some iridescent sequined purses. From vintage ones…
Vintage Beaded Clutch
…to ones from Zara…
Zara Sequined Clutch
…I’m a fan. So, when I snagged this purse from a swap party a few months back…
Swapped Metallic Purse – Before
…I knew exactly what I was going to do with it!! The fact that there were tons of indentations and little scuff marks all along the top of it…
Indentations & Scuff Marks!!
…made it an even easier choice to cover the bag in sequins. Woo hoo, it’s iridescent times tonight friends!!
I chose my supplies carefully and went with an assortment of seeks…shortened version of sequins, obviously 
I chose shiny ivory, lavender, silver, and some turquoise, however the turquoise* ended up on the cutting room floor. *Spoiler Alert.
Sequin Party!
I warmed up my GG (Glue Gun can now own the abbrev, since Gossip Girl is over…) and started to dab hot glue, then apply the pretty sequins.
Got Glue??
I began this piece as a little demo at my San Francisco signing…
SF Demo!
…and then finished it up at home! I brought my low heat GG which made it a bit difficult, not to mention the outlet was a little further away, but I did get started in SF!
It took lots of time placing those sequins down – for the bigger sequins, I dabbed the backs of them with glue and then placed and for the smaller sequins, I put glue down on the purse and placed them on top. I kind of got it down to a little science!
Sequins Down!
Once the sequins were down and the glue dried, I sprayed a little bit of Krylon’s Finishing Spray to seal the sequins in place. Who’s got a new iridescent purse now??
Swapped Metallic Purse – After
You’ll see me toting this around on an upcoming post as the sneezes and sniffles I’ve come down with – hopefully both allergy related – are keeping me from changing out of my fleece-lined leggings, Minnetonka slippers, and chenille blanket that’s wrapped around me, to shoot a picture with it in my hands.
