Think Outside the Box- Girls’ Dress Tutorial
April 5, 2010 8:54 amI hope everyone had a lovely Easter! We really enjoyed our weekend of celebrating!
Wanna make a dress that will make your daughter THIS happy? Ok, I can’t promise that. But here’s a super easy refashion for an adorable kid’s dress.
Tags: girls dress, refashion, tutorial
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Cotton Candy Couture Dress- and Last Day to enter for CocoBijou giveaway!
March 3, 2010 3:05 pmI’m so honored that my Cotton Candy Couture dress made it in to Ashely’s Lil Blue Boo Challenge!
There are lots of cool entries, so go over and check them out! You can vote for your favorite.
Today is the last day to enter Nicole’s amazing giveaway at CocoBijou. Leave a comment or link today to get your entry in!! I can’t wait to see who the winner is!!!!
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LBB and Dharma Trading Design Challenge
February 11, 2010 11:11 am
I am a HUGE fan of Ashley’s Sienna Dress pattern I love reusing old clothes and I like how each piece comes out different. So I knew I had to enter this contest. I’ve done so mnay of her T-shirt dresses that I wanted to do one that was a little over the top, kids couture, if you will.
So I made the Cotton Candy Couture Dress.
I used her pattern and added these different kind of floral details with all different techniques.
A matching hair piece, of course!
I used a bunch of different t-shirts to make a striped skirt at the bottom. Then I added this pick-up where the tulle under layer shows.
Here are the plain close ups.
Skirt detail.
Som of the layered flower detail. What I did is appliqued cotton pieces on top of the t-shirt. Then I made dimensional pieces to go on top. There are layered flowers with beads and buttons, chiffon petal flowers, tulle pom poms, and silk ribbon swags
Then on the sleeves I gathered it up the middle and added lace bows from on of the t-shirts I used.
Thanks, Ashely for hosting this challenge!
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Valentines for Boy’s
February 10, 2010 1:00 pmHere’s my idea for boy’s Valentines.
Cut out 2 pieces of felt in the shape of a football. You could do any ball. I just had lots of brown.
Add little white details for the laces.
Sew around the outside of the felt football, leaving a small opening.
Stuff them with dry beans, rice, or popcorn kernels.
Stitch the opening closed and you have little bean bag balls! I’m going to attach each boy’s name on a heart felt tag, too.
Enjoy!
Tags: boys, felt, Valentine's Day
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Heart Felt Headbands- A Valentines Gift
February 8, 2010 2:56 pmThis year for Valentines Day I wanted to do something for Isabel’s classmates that they could actually use, but that wouldn’t take much time or money. There are only 12 kids in her class, 3 girls and 9 boys! So I decided to do “heart-felt” (get it?) headbands for the girls. They are easy enough to do for a big class, too.
Start out by cutting some heart shaped felt.
Here are some of the colors I chose.
Get a strip of felt, about 1.5×3.
Begin glueing your hearts on the strip of felt.
You can layer them however you like.
Here’s how mine came out.
I did these three color palettes.
Now, hot glue the strip in to the headband. (Got a 5 pack at the dollar tree!)
And you’re pretty much all done!
Aren’t they lovely?!
They even look cute on a little baldy!
I just added a little tag with the girls’ initial and you’re all set!
Easy, cheap, fast and fun! And it doesn’t include a sugar rush!!
Stay tuned for the boys felt Valentine’s tutorial coming soon!!
Tags: children, felt, girls, headband, Valentine's Day
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