Monday, July 19, 2010

she'll have sea shells by the lake shore.







Made these for at her party on saturday to, had all the stuff on hand put it together in about 2 hours - it was deconstructing the ugly bag that was hard. there are 17 in total

Island barbie princess






Finished with nearly a week to spare! barbie island princess dress, crown, sandals, necklace, earrings, ring., and I also made matching outfits for a barbie doll since my sister in law is making a doll cake.




Tuesday, July 6, 2010

the hippo is rockin' the tutu - but not for long


The princess dress wasn't poofy enouf for my liking so I made a tutu attached to shorts to be worn underneath. This gives the poofieness along with modesty and the ability to climb and play without showing off panties.

Island barbie princess dress


my inspiration
my version
My version is a knee length, and not totally complete yet, a few more finishing touches, and there will also be shorts. I made it so the front pink part stretches so it will fit for a while and can be added to the dress up box after her birthday. The blue swirls on mine were hand painted using glitter fabric paint.

Monday, July 5, 2010

new jammies coming right up.

my niece is outgrowing some fleece one piece jammies she got 2 years ago, and I had some leftover fleece from my sweater,
so I asked her mom if I should make her some new ones, the answer was yes. I couldn't find slipper sole fabric around here, so I made my own.

On a side note, I had made 8 piggies, possibly for a centerpiece for her birthday, but I am down to 6 that are still in tact, and 2 that need repair - thank goodness for glue.


Carmel got to them last night, but this morning he was so polite he showed me where he took it, I had to set him up with another one, it was just to cute to watch him licking and pawing it.




Saturday, July 3, 2010

island princess



nopw, we're not living on an island, we aren't even visiting an island, but the theme of my nieces 4th birthday party is Island barbie princess.




I will be making:


2 dresses - one princess Rosella, one Princess Leah, for the birthday girl and her sister to wear.


1 Princess Rosella crown, necklace, clip on earings,




I also decided to make a pair of island barbie sandals - of course if I can find some inexpensive white runners I'll be decorating them to. Here's what I have so far:


the straps are all stretchy, so she should be able to put them on by herself.