Not to everyone’s taste I know today and a huge sorry, I was so absorbed when putting this domed skeleton fairy together, taking photos of the process just flew out of my head.
This is Marc’s birthday present from me, I knew I was going to make him some sort of skeleton, but to be honest, I didn’t really have a clue where I was going until I was about half way through.
I started by gathering two lengths of the wonderful black and gold lace (80p for a huge length from Evesham Fabric Shop) to create a full, double layered skirt.
The scepter was made using a cocktail stick, a small skull bead (The Works), a silver, star shaped spacer bead for the neck frill and a gold crown charm (Ebay from China), if you are prepared to wait 2 to 3 weeks for your bits, it’s so much cheaper.
I first tried putting “the fairy” on a old, wooden, cotton reel pedestal but it soon became apparent that she was never going to stand without toppling over every five seconds ……. so I then thought "dome", having a spare one in the cupboard from my Christmas shelves. I had to use Super Glue to hold her in position.
After adding a crown, the scepter and wings (£1.50 -The Works, I originally only bought one packet and kicked myself for not buying more after making my first skeleton fairy a few weeks ago, and then low and behold I spotted them in a basket in another Works, needless to say I bought all they had).
Then I went a little bit mad, adding a whole pile of plastic spiders, using a glue gun to the skirt and then on the back of the wings, ………
…… followed by more skull beads in between the spiders …….
……… not “less is more” on this idea!
Adding the glass dome over the top gave the whole thing a completely different feel, it felt as if it was now something “special” and then ………. I went the whole hog and put tiny battery operated lights inside the dome as well.
I can’t wait to see Marc’s face when he opens the box, it’s been really hard to give it away, even to my best friend ……. but I think if I rearrange my lounge shelves a bit, I have another dome to make one for my own.
