Princess Peach Tutorial

I am so glad to hear that everyone liked the Princess Peach costume!!! I thought I would do a break down for you in case you were wanting to make something of your own. It really isn't all that hard!

I was originally going to make my costume from scratch.... but then realized I didn't have the matterials for making a pattern and then realized I haven't made a pattern since I was at FIDM in 2006, so when I pulled out my book I said, "Noooooooooooooooope, not happening," I then began to search for an 80's prom dress and came across this beauty....

She was 6-8 sizes too big, so I had to take her in. She was the perfect length, with the most perfect sleeves and I was in love. However, she has a keyhole in the back, which was absolutely glamorous, but it did not meet my standards of modesty, so I added fabric to the back. I know, lame huh, but I had to take in the key hole anyways because it was too big through the shoulders, so it naturally changed the beauty of the keyhole and it was no longer as beautiful as it used to be. Pretty dang good transformation huh!!! 

Here is what made it blah to taaaaaaaaaaadaaah...

1). The crown is made from an oat meal container {tutorial... click here}

2). Earrings are small glass Christmas ornaments that were dipped in paint. I reincarnated an old pair of earrings by taking off the clasps and adding them to the ornament to hang from my ears.

3). The turquoise on the dress was also a Christmas ornament, however, this one is a clear plastic one made for crafts and was already in half. I wrapped a metallic rope trim around it {the same trim as on the crown}. FYI, the paint I used was my friend Kelli. It was paint from here salon, so that is all the information I can give you. It was wall paint - I do think acrylic would do the job. Oil paint leaves too  many streak marks, so I wouldn't recommend that. 

4). For the fullness of the dress, I used my slip from my wedding dress. 

5). There are pick ups in the skirt to give the scallop design. 

1). The bow was really easy. I sewed two rectangular pieces of fabric together, just like a pillow case, then turned it right side out and in the center I hand threaded a few stitches to bring in the center of the bow to make the "knot". I then hot glued a strip of the same fabric in the center to hide the stitching and to continue the knot look.

What shoes does a princess wear you ask.... well Steve Madden sparkly flats of course.
Hands down my favorite pair in my closet right now! 

Viola!!! An easy and cheap way to make your Princes Peach accessories, or you can do it for anything else you want.

In case you were wondering where to buy the Yoshi hat, this is where I got Ekemona's. PS we are totally using it as his winter hat so we can get multiple uses out of it... half the reason we even did this whole Halloween theme ahahhaha!

First Birthday

This last weekend we were able to celebrate Ekemona's first birthday. It was the first party I ever planned/hosted... and I must say I am very very pleased with the way it turned out. It was organized, fun, and just the way I envisioned it...well, almost. I might take this up as a new career hahahahaha just kidding. It was a potluck, costume contest, and games and everyone seemed to enjoy it. Plus all the food that was brought was delicious!!! I was amazed at all these hidden chefs. Thank you to everyone who came, we all had a blast!

We had games: Pin the Heart on the Skeleton, Pumpkin Bowling {there was a small pumpkin as the ball and recycled formula tins, decorated, as the pins}, Donuts on a String, and a Craft Station where everyone was able to make their own halloween mask.

Princess Peach, Mario, and Yoshi. I would like to inform you that I made my entire costume!!! Gian's is all thrifted and Ekemona's is PJ bottoms with a onsie from Gap and a hand crochet hat from Etsy {his did not turn out the way I planned because of all the different colors, but who cares!!!}

Katie and Lily!!! Doesn't Lils make the best Minni Mouse?

All the kids running around having a blast.

At one point the kids were running from Frankenstein, which is my favorite monster of all!

Frankenstein showing Yoshi his scariness. 

Everyone is having fun!

Love to see the babies do their own thing!

In the corner, the kids were Pumpkin Bowling before people came.

The cutest dang butterfly I ever did see! We love you Olivia!

Cal the Pirate and his Parrot Crosby

Cutest Strawberry Short Cake {who wanted to dress in her special fairy attire} with here little sister, Strawberry. I LOVED THIS!!!

The Lumber Jack family, they have an axe and there little man already grew a beard hhahah.

Harry Potty dropped by!! Pretty freaking sweet!

 Callum as the best pirate. Love his sparkly red cast!!! 

 Andrew showing his spooky Dracula mask he made.

Love the new face!!

The girls (and Andrew) race to eat the donuts.

 The boys go at it.

My dad is the best in the whole wide world!

Tatu playing with Ekemona.

 The birthday boy getting ready to blow out his candle! I made his birthday crown, do you like it? Everything was stuff around the house except the fur trim I found at JoAnn's. This is our birthday tradition. 

 When they sang the "Happy Birthday" song Ekemona looked at me and smiled the cutest little grin when they said his name. It melted my heart! I love my little baby sooooooooooo very much and I love the way he looks at me!

We had a few favors left over. This was just a hint of what was inside. We are so spoooooooky! ahhahah

Halloween/Disney Costume

Remember when I told you I felt like I look like THIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIS?

Well, our friend Megan had a birthday party that was Disney themed and you had to dress like a disney character. At first I was really sad because there was no princess let alone character that was pregnant. The only thing I thought of was Ariel because in The Little Mermaid 2 she has a little girl. So after hours of hunting for an Ariel The Little Pregnant Mermaid costume, I was begining to feel hopeless. AND THEN... it dawned on me... Smee is a Disney character from Peter Pan and he looks pregnant with that sexy pot belly of his.

It was off to the thrift store I went. I was able to find everything for the Smee costume except his hat. I got glasses (little girl's), the shirt, the pants (they were scrubs that I mangled to be piratey), and the shoes. I was so proud to have shopped at just one stop and walking out only spending $17.50. I loved the idea so much that if I am still pregnant when Halloween parties come around I will be him again. Maybe making Gian be Rufio (which by the way he didn't come to the party because he was working... LAME!!).

Here is the grand masterpiece... SMEE in all his glory!

Incase you were wondering who that cute Tinker Bell is... thats Megan, the birthday girl. Her party was a hit. It was so much fun, they had my favorite carmel apples from Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory and pizza and then we played games. Happy (belated) Birthday Megan!