Dressing UP!

There’s a new thrift store in town. We need another thrift store. We’ve got the Goodwill and a couple of Family Resource Centers. This new thrift store is privately owned. I know because I asked. {smile}
So naturally I had to stop in the other day.  I was looking for any ‘shiny’ clothing that I could use to make play costumes for Aubree. She turned 3 on Saturday and I wanted to make a dress up box for her to play with.
This is my haul. I spent about $9 for these shirts and about 6 yards of lace and a skirt covered in lace, too. Not bad considering if I bought by the yard someplace else I would have spent way more. Plus, all these items had buttons and things already attached for accessories! This skirt was covered on the outside with lace panel. Very pretty—but I cut it up!
I made one apron and one collar (to be worn like a necklace) that lays on the shoulders for two of the outfits. For Snow White, I made ‘Poufy Sleeves’ with lace (almost like big scroonchies).

SLEEPING BEAUTY SNOW WHITE  BELLE I used Honey’s boot box and covered it with book pages from an old paper back copy of  The Secret GardenThe box covered well. I used 1:1 ratio of elmer’s glue to decoupage the pages and the book had pretty graphics,too. I painted the word ‘Princess’ on the front but that was after I took this picture.

At the last minute, and I mean on the way to her birthday party, I went to Dollar Tree. I spent $5 and bought a scepter, tiara w/ earrings, a strand of yellow beads, a head band with blonde hair attached and a purple skirt. (Rapunzel,not pictured). It was a dollar and not near as cute as the ones I made.
It ended up being a good thing; because she got other accessories that little girls need for ‘dress up’. Some one bought her (3 pair) of play shoes that came in a boxed set; someone else gave her play jewelry.
All totaled I spent about $15 for the whole gift and had fun making it. Not near as much fun as the little princess will have ‘fakin’- like’~ in all her dreams.

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.
~Philippians 4:23