Rhinestone Reality (bedazzling pt. 2)

The honeymoon phase has ended, yet my love stays steadfast and pure. I have learned many hard lessons, such as transportation is nearly impossible. If I believed in saying that things were impossible, attempting to bring along your bedazzling project might be at the top of the list. My nightmares are going to be covered in sequins shoved in every corner of every bag, and somehow under/on every single surface possible.

Along with the rhinestones needed for the jeans, I also got this sweet butterfly kit, similar to the bookmarks. I figured it would be a quick, fun project that would let me clock more hours of bedazzling before taking permenant (AND I MEAN PERMENANT) glue to a piece of beloved (well, beliked) fabric. Right? Wrong!! So, so, so wrong. Somehow the surface of these butterflies are coated with the stickiest subtance that could be created by man. These things get stuck on EVERYTHING. I have finished 2, and I do admit that they are quite beautiful all sparkled up like that, but I am having doubts and dread about the remaining SIX. However….

I knew I needed to step away from le pappillons, lest they detered me entirely. I dove headfirst into these jeans. And let me tell you, expotentially easier AND somehow faster than the aforementioned project. The jeans now look like something that used to resemble denim dipped into a vat of GLITTER and SHINE XTREME. They turned out better than I could have pictured. Unfortunately, I was so excited about the finished product that I decided to wear them to a friends party, and was promptly reminded why I NEVER reached for those jeans. Which is kind of a bummer, they are definitely not comfortable enough to become a weekly staple. A sick part of me is happy about this though, because all this means is that I get to bedazzle another pair of better fitting pants. I wonder if this time I should attempt a more design forward pair - or keep the messy, early 2000’s energy of randomized rhinestones?