Tag: daily dressup

French Connection

This really is a last minute costume. The twins were up for today but I wanted to do outside and of course, it rained. So I went the super cheesy route. Like, stinky, yet tasty cheese that goes well with a nice glass of wine. You’ve probably already seen the French Kiss costume. I don’t know who was the originator, but it’s rather genius. It just has that je ne sais quoi;) It inspired me to keep going with the French theme. I used Stella’s Old Navy dress and an old red beret. The possibilities are endless! I had to stop myself before I pulled out “French Quarter” but there are so many to choose from. So today’s costume is one of those things where you show how to wear the dress multiple ways.

The first one is in reference to the interior design of French Country. She’s got her brie, French bread, and sweet tea in a mason jar as she sits in her rocking chair. Cowgirl boots and the handkerchief were added for country flair. And there’s a nod to the great, late Minnie Pearl of Hee-Haw. Do you see it?

Moving on to the French Bulldog. This is for all the GA fans, especially Miss Shirley who let us borrow some props. I know, Uga is English and I’m sure the “Geaux” thing is offensive too. But give me a little slack please. I’m not known to be athletically correct. Nevertheless, Go Dawgs=)

And finally, this one is for her daddy. His first concert, at the age of THREE, yes, really, was KISS. I think he’s even gone as this star guy for Halloween. Like I said, I didn’t think of this one but it was too good not to do. Twiggy disagreed. She just didn’t care to be a part of this one. Oh, and we got to use my old Michael Jackson wig here=)

October 29, 2014
Raggedy Ann and Andy

Today we have the obligatory boy + girl twin costume, Raggedy Ann and Andy. It’s also the ultimate DIY costume so it was a no brainer that it must be done. My very first costume was Raggedy Ann and Stella also did it for the first Stellaween. It’s a tradition now.

And yep, another awesome photoshop job. I’m not even going to pretend. Can you tell I don’t typically do fake lashes and green dogs in my work? They had the makeup on and it looked soooo cute. But as soon as they saw each other, they knew what I had just done. They rubbed it off each other and then themselves. I should have known better.

All this stuff is obviously just stuff from the closet. Harris is wearing the hair from the first year though, which was just a few strands of yarn tied together under the hat. But there is an incredible tip I must share. I learned it from watching the new show The Real. They said you can put a button back on using a twist tie from sandwich bread!!! You just strip it down to the wire and then push it through. It was the easiest thing ever!

Here are a couple of outtakes showing how they rubbed all their makeup off. Man, one year olds! They were having fun though. We played the music from the Microsoft Surface commercial. They love to dance to it! (I kind of do too.)

And here’s a little look back at a few of my favorites over the years.

October 27, 2014
The Mythical Cherokee Princess

I can’t speak for the rest of the nation, but down here in the south nearly everyone has a trace of Cherokee in them and many will tell you their ancestor was a princess. Well I recently learned this is but a myth. I haven’t done enough research on the subject to say for certain, but I’ve gathered that they didn’t have princesses. It’s possible it was a loose translation for a chief’s daughter. Don’t shoot the messenger here. I wanted to go with the mythical aspect because it has a fun and lighter air to it. Something that isn’t real so doing the whole pink and purple princessy theme kind of worked. I hope. It’s supposed to be historically inaccurate since she didn’t exist in the first place. See, costumes can be enlightening as well. I’m all about pushing the envelope but not into offending an entire race of people. Most of these costumes are based on an item of clothing already in the house. I really wanted to use these pink moccasin boots. Native American was the first to come to mind. While I’m sure it’s a minute little drop, I’ve always been proud to say I had a little Cherokee in my blood. As a child I was certain that the right side of me was Native American and the left, witch. Yeah. Totally normal=)

So the cute boots are from Zulily. We reused last years Daphne dress. I self-fringed some baby pants that weren’t worth donating and pinned and glued to the dress. I can’t sew. For the headdress I pulled out an old belt from high school. Let’s face it. I’m not going to wear that again so I went to cutting. Glued the feathers and the applique things on and attached elastic to wrap around her head. We used her Merida bow and arrow. I would say this has a total Disney theme but I guess they did Pocahontas so never mind.

As usual, I didn’t prompt this expression. I don’t know how, but she usually nails it. This solemn face was just right.

Hope everyone is getting their costumes ready! Only five days left!

October 26, 2014
Give Me an S!

Cheering for the pink team! She had so much fun doing this. She didn’t want to stop showing me her different poses.I had to finally cut her off to get ready for bed. Good to know she isn’t tired of this yet.

This costume was given to us by a super awesome client a couple years ago. She scored big time at an after holiday Target clearance sale and donated a few to the Stellaween box. Thank you Jill=)

October 16, 2014