About at month ago, I came across some automotive paint; a unique product perfect for adding color to my bouquets & other metal projects as well :) I've been having a ball experimenting on the bio-hazard & nuke coasters, aluminum bangle bracelets & wedding bouquets: just wanted to share the latest
This bouquet shipped out today, along with 4 matching bridesmaid bouquets.
The paint is a semi-transparent color; letting the metal shine through & reflect through the color--so perfect for this application. It's hard to see in the photo; but in real life the finish is like a candy-apple, only blue :)
The bride's dress is ivory with an indigo blue band at the top & around the the hem of the dress; I think she made the perfect choice with this bouquet--it will contrast against the ivory bodice & has tons of sparkle & shine!
To get the perfect match, I first sprayed the blue color, then did a light overlay of "smoke" to tone it down just a bit. Then a finish coat of the transparent blue finished it off for the perfect match.
I am not a big color person; I tend to stay with very natural colors in my wardrobe & have always preferred the look of natural, bare metals in my work: but I will admit that experimenting with color is a lot of fun!
It's hard to see in the photo; but in real life--these bangle bracelets have such a cool finish; you can see the custom polish I did to the bare aluminum through the candy-apple colors; so cool!
The bangles will soon be available on my Etsy shop, along with lots of other new fun items :)
More to come ; )
Amber
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