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At the BASFA meeting on the 31st, several of the folk attending Spamalot with me for my birthday ([livejournal.com profile] dprisoner and [livejournal.com profile] brittunculus, I'm looking at you, among others) expressed the strong opinion that as the Birthday Boy, I ought to be wearing a crown in our little costumed outing.

Now, my Imperial Crown would be both impractical (because of its weight) and discourteous to wear, given that it is some 15" tall.

Then, however, I remembered that I had bought self-adhesive glitter craft foam as emergency backup to build Liberacicus' silver laurel wreath.

I also had all my construction sketches from the Imperial Crown as a starting point.


Presenting the Crafty Crown of Sparkly-ness


The Crafty Crown of Sparklyness, unfastened
just like my Imperial Crown, this one opens up flat. Unlike that one, this one is made of craft foam. The black blob on the right is the velcro hoods.
The Crafty Crown of Sparklyness, unfastened
Crafty Crown of Sparklyness, assembled
This is what I intend to use as the front
Crafty Crown of Sparklyness, assembled
Crafty Crown of Sparklyness, side view
there are two sets of seven spires (2^7=49!), the outer set are gold and the inner silver.
Crafty Crown of Sparklyness, side view
Crafty Crown of Sparklyness, rear view
I've since added a bit of overlap to the inner (white) foam headband to reduce the bend you see on the right
Crafty Crown of Sparklyness, rear view
Crafty Crown of Sparklyness, front close-up
Crafty Crown of Sparklyness, front close-up





And best of all, I've already cleaned up the (small) mess in the studio now that's it done!

Date: 2009-09-02 04:18 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] britgeekgrrl.livejournal.com
Most excellent!

Date: 2009-09-02 04:58 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] trystbat.livejournal.com
I love it!

Date: 2009-09-02 05:18 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dprisoner.livejournal.com
Awww... But we saw the perfect crown at Diddams the other day...

Date: 2009-09-02 12:52 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kproche.livejournal.com
are you going to make me stack crowns like the double crown of the Pharaohs?

Date: 2009-09-03 12:33 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] melchar.livejournal.com
That would be perfect! Then you would be the king of both Upper and Lower Costuming!

Date: 2009-09-02 05:22 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] johno.livejournal.com
Bling!!!

Date: 2009-09-02 07:51 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] yourbob.livejournal.com
tasteful gorgeosity

Date: 2009-09-02 10:32 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shalyndra.livejournal.com
righteous!

Date: 2009-09-02 12:51 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ladycelia.livejournal.com
I can't help but think that it should have been made of compasses and triangles.

Date: 2009-09-02 01:00 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kproche.livejournal.com
we could (shudder) hot-glue little plastic compasses to it like the big jewels on the Imperial Crown

Date: 2009-09-02 01:26 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ladycelia.livejournal.com
Not that kind of compass, silly! The kind that you use to draw circles! Maybe upside down, to follow the points.
Edited Date: 2009-09-02 01:26 pm (UTC)

Date: 2009-09-02 04:27 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kproche.livejournal.com
That would start looking rather Masonic, though.

Date: 2009-09-03 02:07 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] inflectionpoint.livejournal.com
then you'd need to add jars to it.

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