The Quiet Lion: perfume

Saturday, June 6, 2015

Miss Dior Perfume Potion

I'm at it again; my perfume potion necklaces (previous styles include my Chanel COCO and Dior J'adore versions) have quickly become an obsession. In this piece, I stuck with a gold color scheme to offset the silvery label. I actually mixed the Miss Dior bottle bottom with a Verace Bright Crystal top, because I liked the big, chunky feel. Filling the bottle with vintage glitter and gold flake (as opposed to using pearls like in previous potion designs) gave me an excuse to make a pearl chain for the pendant to hang from. Linking up antique chandelier crystals to this chain added contrast to the opaque pearls. Tying a lace remnant bow and finishing with Swarovski flat backs and briolette charms sealed the deal for me.

This design won Happy Mango Beads' Trash to Treasure contest's "Is That My Old Windshield?!" category. You can view my piece here and also take a look at the other winners!

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Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Dior potion bottle necklace

I adore Dior. With the same spirit as my other Chanel Potion Necklaces, this Dior Potion Bottle combines a luxury perfume bottle, crystals, gold flake, chain and more to create what I think is the ultimate form of recycling! This bottle was from a mini sample of Dior perfume- I knew this could not just go into the garbage, that it had another purpose.

I dried and cleaned the inside, filling it with gold flake and vintage pearls. I made a chain harness for it, so that it could hang securely. I added some crystal dangles, of course. The Swarovski crystals I used here were courtesy Cousin Corporation, the licensed dealer of Swarovski Create Your Style to all the major craft stores (Michaels, JoAnn and more). The gold/black/purple combo I used here is unexpected; I was gonna originally go with a neutral crystal scheme but found that teardrop purple crystal and thought, why not? The combo creates a certain drama that the piece needs. Overall, a super glam statement piece. I could totally get used to this type of "recycling"!