Nov 11, 2014 21:15
The last month has been seen much of my non-Weight Watchers time being devoted to making coronets. I have made 6 in the last few weeks. While it is amusing work for the most part, coronets are also enormously labor intensive! The two which took the most time were a pair of ex-Territorial Baron coronets. Unlike here, the MIddle Kingdom differentiates between those who have once held land and those who are just Barons of the Court by allowing the ex-Territorial Barons to wear coronets with 12 pearls rather than just 6. The couple wanted fully heraldic coronets, three inches high.The heraldry had to be painted on in leather dye which is fussier to work with than paint, but the result is quite lovely and glowy. All those pearls really make them pop!
Because the couple live in Michigan I needed to ship the coronets by UPS which caused me all sorts of separation anxiety. If anything happened to them in transit, I REALLY didn't want to have to remake them! I was pleased to see that they were delivered today.
I do hope their Excellencies like them!