Friday, March 22, 2013

Glitter tights!

I write this post while on the lovely Megabus to Nashville. I'm bored, so time to add a new craft. This is perhaps one of my favorites (although I say that about all of them). It made me exceedingly happy to be completely covered in glitter. I made these for a tacky Christmas party, and haven't quite gotten around to perfecting them yet.

The key point here is LET THEM DRY. Make sure you do these at least a day in advance of your event to prevent the sticking of glitter to every item of clothing you put on and every spot you sit in. I didn't remember to do mine early enough, and I legitimately left glitter footprints in my apartment.
Which brings me to another point, use cheap pantyhose. I don't know if letting them dry will allow you to use them again or not. Mine were so sticky I just threw them away. Next, I recommend putting them on before you start. Measure and mark where your shoes start and where your skirt or shorts you plan on wearing with it end. Don't glitter these spots. Hence the glitter footprints when I did.
I used regular spray adhesive, but I think spray mod podge or photo mounting spray would do the trick. I don't know if those would be better or not, I've only tried them once. The trick is to spray the tights, shake the glitter on real fast, and then once that's dry spray another coat on. The tutorial I used said to put your hand into them in between coats to keep it from sticking together, but I ha no issues with my cheap Walmart tights sticking to themselves. Do both sides, and then hang on a skirt hanger to dry. The best way is to clip the skirt hanger clips to each foot and hang it that way.
Don't let it touch anything else! It will leave glitter spots! But here are mine:


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