DIY: Raspberry Shortcake Costume

My six year old daughter is a size 14, it's getting very hard finding flattering clothing and Halloween costume shopping was just an adventure too. She likes this Raspberry shortcake costume we saw in the store but they don't have her size. So I told her I'd try to make it. Me...the mother that purchased a sewing machine so that she could sew on her layouts...and has never made anything that gets more complicated than hemming a straight line.

So my first stop was the Goodwill, and it happened to be my lucky day! All summer clothing was half price and I scored with these two items: a Gap polka dot Dress $1.99 and pink wrap for $1.99 minus the 50% discount had me checking out at $2.12!! (Happy.Dance) I wanted a red wrap but beggers can't be choosers and buying a red sweater and then having to sew it shorter was one step too much. I'm keeping it at the Level "EASY" here.



At home I searched her closet and found the perfect lime green top from Children's place purchased a couple years ago when it was on winter clearance. Next step, I went though the boxes of outgrown baby/toddler clothing to find matching lime green fabric and scored again with a pair of 24month old pants that we got from Walmart for a $1 back when she was 2 years old. I couldn't find the right color of green ribbon in my stash for the center of the belt but Michaels had in their xmas display the perfect color for $1.99 per roll. A little bit of snipping and a little bit of sewing and this pair of old pants made the perfect belt and head piece.





Next I dug out my cuttlebug and circle spellbinders to roll out 7 raspberries for the belt and 7 raspberries for the headband out of some hot pink felt I had in my stash.



The only additional item I had to buy was the pink wig which is optional but daughter really wanted it.

Not to bad for a novice if I don't say so myself...meet our little Raspberry Shortcake whose entire costume was created minus the wig for only $4.12.

Cupid Exchange

We had a lot of fun with the secet santa exchange with my girlfriends back during xmas that we decided to have another exchange of small gifts for Valentines. Can you guess which gift I gave?

Versatile

What I thought would be a two day project turned into a 2 week project. Well, that's what happens when you have only 15 minute increments to work. These felt pillows turned out cute, my nephew even wanted me to make him one. The instructions were found at the purlbee. I chose these colors so that they could go with any of my furniture pieces.

1) My master bedroom


2) Sitting area


3) or Sofa sectional


and a closer look...


The cost in material was even a bargain. I lucked out and got most of it all on sale. I made 4 separate trips to the store though cuz I wasn't sure how much I needed. And I was going to cover existing pillows but they were too big in size.

1/2 yard red felt - $3.00 regular price @ HL
1/2 yard creme felt - $1.25 used 50% coupon at JoAnn's
1/2 yard dark brown felt - $1.25 with coupon
1/2 yard white muslin - .75 with coupon
1/2 yard tan felt - $2.25 on sale 30% off
1 box of stuffing - $9.00 reg price at walmart with enough for 6 pillows
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Total price coming to $17.50, so only $5.83 each.

Super cute Pillows

Yay! A three day weekend coming up! Kenzie has a birthday party to go to on Sunday. This will be the 3rd party she's been invited to from her preschool friends. She always mentions this girl and tells me she's her best friend along with two other people but when she wasn't listening the other day I pulled out the mommy stern voice and said, "If you don't go take a shower right now, you are NOT going to Gianna's party on Sunday!" and she replys to me in her sassy voice..."well, I don't care, I don't like her, she doesn't even talk to me anymore" LOL, man you just can't win. She even told me she wasn't going to time out unless I carried her to her room.

She usually is my good little helper especially with Paxton, she will watch him for me and play with him all the time. She goo goos and ga gas baby talk to him and he just thinks it's hilarious and laugh at her. Last night we got started on decorating her valentines box that she will bring to school.

And on the crafty agenda for this weekend besides getting started on my layout assignments for the scrap-room is to make these felt pillows.

A friend linked me up to this site:
Purl Bee. I've been searching all over the stores for some throw pillows for our couch and haven't found anything I like. I'm in love with these though so I hope they turn out how I'm envisioning it. Will report back. Chiao