Perfumes & Purses & Shoes, oh my!
Filed under Art Projects, Beads, Collage Sheets, Giveaways, Laura Carson, Miniatures, Sale, Streets of Paris, Tutorials
Remember Design Team Member Laura Carson’s chocolates & sweets from a couple week’s ago? That was the second post of a series.
Today’s project is the third of many that will roll out over the next few months… all leading to building a group of miniature Parisian shops: The Streets of Paris. There will be a chocolate shop, a cafe, clothing boutique, flower shop, bookstore & pharmacy. I can’t wait to see all the details! More info here.
So, on to today’s project: Purses, Shoes, Perfume Bottles, Cosmetics & Jewelry. Whew! Laura has made a huge selection of options. And she has displayed them in some of the glass cabinets from week 1 of this series.
And the new products and techniques can be used on all sort of projects (whether making miniature accessories or not)!
So many options to choose from! I decided to begin this mini-tour of Laura’s accessories with those deco-inspired cosmetics tins (and compacts) above! They are made with polymer clay and labels from the new Mini Cosmetic Labels Half Sheet! (More on that collage sheet below, as it’s also FREE now through Monday!)
I also spy a big group of bottles made from beads (on trays that were featured in the chocolates post) and the pre-made Mini Wooden Make-up or Jewelry Box. Oh, and in the foreground, a fancy box made with one of the Black and Silver Carved Saucer Beads.
There’s (another) new collage sheet today: Mini Purses Collage Sheet (and coordinating Digital Images Set), both made by Laura! This sheet contains ten easy-to-fold and assemble purses along with images like beaded appliques and jeweled bits that can be used to dress up the purses.
Moving on to the next wide photo below: look at all those lovely perfume bottles! There is a multitude of shapes and sizes in today’s post. I’m going to point out the colorful bottles on the glass display rack: those are made from rectangular glass beads with tiny labels and a tinier bead on top (as the lid or stopper). There are 3 new colors in that popular size of glass beads.
Read more (and see a video tutorial) in Laura’s blog post. I didn’t even get to the shoes!
You can see the full supply list for all of the today’s projects (or check Laura’s blog post for the same list divided into sections).
Note: There is a another photo of more perfume bottles, down in the Giveaway drawing below.
New Goodies! - ALL on Sale! View all new items (lots more to see!)
New Sale and New FREE Gift
Everything in the Lucite & Resin Embellishments section is on sale at 25% off — the sale ends MONDAY night, April 2nd. (That includes lots of the perfume bottles used in Laura’s project!)
Over 50 items! Go check it out!
And there’s a new FREE Collage Sheet provided by Laura!! The Mini Cosmetic Labels Half Sheet shown at right is FREE with all orders placed now through Monday, April 2nd! Lovely label designs (and so pretty on compacts and mini cosmestics packaging in Laura’s tutorial)!
Hooray for the French Perfume Giveaway!
Yes, yes… this is supposed to be the section where I talk about all the lovely, colorful perfume bottles in that big photo below (and I will)… but first: shoes!
Laura has done an amazing job turning plastic doll shoes (and purses) into much fancier miniatures. A bit of metallic paint really brings out the molded details on the shoes and purses (and adding a little tassel or filigree spruces them up, too) . So to start off this Giveaway, I’m including a set of both the purses and shoes: see what wonderful transformation you can make with them!
Next up in the Giveaway package, a few items used in making the perfume bottles shown below:
- Resin Mini Perfume Bottles with Bow New and part of the Lucite & Resin Sale!
- Pink Resin Perfume Bottle Part of the Lucite & Resin Sale!
- Red Resin Perfume Bottle Part of the Lucite & Resin Sale!
- Green Resin Perfume Bottle Part of the Lucite & Resin Sale!
- Yellow Resin Perfume Bottle Part of the Lucite & Resin Sale!
- Mini Perfume Labels Collage Sheet
- Bronze Paris Perfume Bottle Charm
Plus a couple more new things announced today:
- Mini Purses Collage Sheet
- Mini Cosmetic Labels Half Sheet
To enter the French Perfume Giveaway drawing all you have to do is leave a comment BELOW on this blog post TODAY or TOMORROW (the deadline is 11:59 pm PST, Friday Night, March 30, 2018).
AND tell me: What will you make with these perfume bottles? (and purses and shoes?) Will you put them in a shadowbox? A dollhouse wardrobe? Use them in different projects?
Don’t forget to leave your (hello! correct) email address, too, so I can contact the winner; your email address does not need to be made public. Note: I’m offering free shipping, too, but only within the USA. International shipping will still apply.
Please be patient! Spammers try to post crap here a lot so comments are moderated. So if you don’t see your post in the comments section, be patient and check back in a few hours before re-posting it, please!
After midnight, I’ll randomly pick the winner (via Random.org).
Hey, who won the Rustic Wire Cart Giveaway from Sunday’s newsletter? That would be Lisa C! Congrats! Check your email for info.
This is probably as close to Paris as I will ever get!! Thanks for the chance!
March 29th, 2018 at 6:51 am.
I’ve been thinking of making a miniature vanity for a make-up obsessed friend – there are some great ideas here! If I won the giveaway, I’d probably make a box with the vanity inside….
March 29th, 2018 at 6:51 am.
gotta make a shoe store!!
March 29th, 2018 at 6:56 am.
Okay. I am now officialy overwhelmed. I plan to do the Streets of Paris. Looking forward to the rest of the series.
March 29th, 2018 at 7:03 am.
OOOOOOO lala! These little fancies are a must have for fairy shopping excursions with my grand babies! We’ll set up a tiny shoppe!
March 29th, 2018 at 7:08 am.
these are so pretty. I think I would put them in my dollhouse.
March 29th, 2018 at 7:11 am.
Purses and shoes….what’s not to love? These would go great in an altered box.
March 29th, 2018 at 7:27 am.
would love to make a little store in a shadowbox. Love these
March 29th, 2018 at 7:29 am.
I love all of Laura’s ideas. I definitely want to make a street of shops!
March 29th, 2018 at 7:31 am.
Oui! A magasin de chaussures of course!!! Would love to make a Parisian street scene with a Patisserie, etc…
March 29th, 2018 at 7:56 am.
Love the little bottles! I’d make a shadow box perfume store.
March 29th, 2018 at 8:02 am.
Love the repainted shoes and purses! the compacts are awesome! I would have to make a ladies boutique !
March 29th, 2018 at 8:06 am.
Love, love, love the Paris collection. And a whole street, WoW, count me in.
March 29th, 2018 at 8:21 am.
I’d make a little shadowbox to honor my Mom! All these things were right up her alley!
March 29th, 2018 at 8:24 am.
Lost my Mom yesterday. :( She had a major collection of shoes, purses and perfumes, so I would make a shrine dedicated to her.
March 29th, 2018 at 8:28 am.
Oooo La La! I am seeing a French ingénue in her boudoir, exhausted from a day of shopping! Thank you! Big hugs to Kim R.
March 29th, 2018 at 8:42 am.
I would make a shadowbox for a friend who is very frilly and fancy :-)
March 29th, 2018 at 8:49 am.
Love the Paris collection! I love the little shoes and purses! Would love to do a street scene!
March 29th, 2018 at 8:51 am.
My Bohemian travel trailer dollhouse must have perfume!
March 29th, 2018 at 8:52 am.
I would love to finish my ladies dress shop with these fine additions! Awesomeness !!!
March 29th, 2018 at 8:57 am.
I would begin a Paris shadow box ladies shop. I love those little bottles!!!
March 29th, 2018 at 9:13 am.
LOVE IT!!!! It is fantastic-love all the items but I especially like the little compacts they are so adorable.
March 29th, 2018 at 9:14 am.
Oh how sweet! I would create a mini women’s shop diorama.
March 29th, 2018 at 9:25 am.
I would love to do a little shop window and decorate it with all of these goodies!
March 29th, 2018 at 10:21 am.
I am definitely going to make a perfume shop and order all of these wonderful goodies!
March 29th, 2018 at 10:33 am.
Oh how fun! I would make a beauty parlor for my niece’s doll house!
March 29th, 2018 at 10:52 am.
I have little vignettes at work….so a perfume shop!
March 29th, 2018 at 11:18 am.
These are just lovely!
I actually collect miniature perfume bottles, vintage and modern – the 5ml size – so I would love to recreate a smaller mini perfume cabinet to sit on top of my existing one :)
March 29th, 2018 at 11:25 am.
I am loving all of the new items and tutorials. Can’t wait to see the completed project. 💖
March 29th, 2018 at 11:51 am.
Laura just continues to blow my mind. Incredible!!! I want to make some shoes and purses. Not sure how I would use them but what fun it would be to create outrageous accessories for a future project.
March 29th, 2018 at 12:21 pm.
This looks like fun! hope to add this idea to the Perfume set-up I all ready have.
March 29th, 2018 at 1:08 pm.
This give away is more than i can take! Love it all! I would love to make a French lady’s boudoir- along with a lovely dressing table to hold all of the perfume and mirror!
March 29th, 2018 at 1:37 pm.
Who doesn’t love Paris- the City of Lights in the springtime?
March 29th, 2018 at 2:59 pm.
I’d put them in my gift shop, there’s always room for more little goodies in there!
March 29th, 2018 at 4:29 pm.
Loving the mini bottles. This is such fun!!
March 29th, 2018 at 4:29 pm.
I would enjoy making things for my granddaughters’ dollhouse.
March 29th, 2018 at 5:47 pm.
Ooh, i would do a little boudoir scene. I am picturing an artist’s attic in Montmartre.
March 29th, 2018 at 5:54 pm.
OGM – i LOVE the tiny shoes!!! Some look like witch’s shoes – i would love to use them in my miniature house!
March 29th, 2018 at 6:07 pm.
Congrats to Lisa! Sorry for your loss Kim. So many goodies to add to my growing dollhouse collection.
March 29th, 2018 at 8:35 pm.
So girlie and adorable. I would love to make a shadowbox.
March 29th, 2018 at 9:02 pm.
I would put them all in my dollhouse in the bedroom. They are perfect!
March 30th, 2018 at 4:32 am.
I would love to use them in a storefront shadow box.
March 30th, 2018 at 9:15 am.
How fun! I would use them for a shop display just like Laura! Can’t wait to see all her shops!
March 30th, 2018 at 11:18 am.
These are so going in my Dollhouse , Cant wait to make them or win them ..
March 30th, 2018 at 3:05 pm.
Sweet little mini’s! Not sure what I would do with them just yet.
March 30th, 2018 at 8:40 pm.