I love me some iridescent sequined purses. From vintage ones...
...to ones from Zara...
...I'm a fan. So, when I snagged this purse from a swap party a few months back...
...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...
...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.
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.
I began this piece as a little demo at my San Francisco signing...
...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!
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??
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.
