I am going on a white water rafting and biking trip with Miss Priss and her Girl Scout troop this weekend and although I am excited, I am not sure I am going to make it back in one piece! We are leaving at 6:00 am on Saturday morning, driving 3.5 hours to Pennsylvania, then white water rafting all Saturday afternoon. On Sunday we are biking 15 miles. Yes, you read that right--15 MILES!!! This is what scares me! After biking 15 MILES, I then have to drive back home for 3.5 hours! Then probably make dinner, do laundry, pack school lunches, etc, etc. I really don't think my old body is up for this. The things we do for our children...
Like making home made Halloween costumes when there are perfectly good store bought alternatives out there. When the Halloween costume catalogs started coming in the mail way back in like MAY, Pinkie decided she wanted to be the peacock in the Chasing Fireflies catalog. Although the costume cost like $700, it was adorable and I agreed to order it for her. Well, silly me, I waited until AUGUST to place my order and whatda ya know? They were all sold out! So she asked me to make her one--here is what we came up with:
It's kind of a peacock meets princess look. Pinkie is calling herself Queen of the Peacocks. I am still nursing all 5 of my fingers on my left hand where I burnt the ever living daylights out of myself hot gluing all those peacock feathers on to that silver sequined belt!
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adorable! You know my mom always made my costums when I was growing up, and they were always soo much better then store bought ones... of course I am not that talented so I hit up Tjmaxx for a lady bug one for my oldest... the others, handme down's from Gymboree....=)
Good luck and have fun this weekend! That is the cutest costume ever! She is adorable!
First of all, have a blast this weekend! I'm sure you will come home all smiles..happy that you did it all!
And the costume...awesome! Love, love your creativity and talent! I bet your daughter is so proud to have such a wonderful mom! :) The costume is just soooo neat!
Darling costume!! Good Luck with your biking and rafting!! xoxo
WOW!! That is the most INCREDIBLE Halloween costume!! It truly takes the cake. WOW. Good for you. Best of luck biking those 15 miles! I am IMPRESSED. I bet J at Entertaining House will have a cocktail ready if you need it on your return!
The costume looks BEAUTIFUL! Good luck this weekend!
I love the Halloween costume! You did a great job! As for the "girl trip"...you are a better mom than I am!! Whew! Have fun with that one!
If this isn't the cutest thing I've seen! I'll bet because of your post, there will be quite the flock of peacocks out there on the 31st!
OMGosh she looks adorable! I love it!!!
Good luck with everything and keep us posted!
Girl... I'm praying NOW!! You are brave. ++ I LOVE the costume!!!
Good luck and have fun this weekend! That is the cutest costume ever! She is adorable!
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I love it! I think you did a FANTASTIC job! I don't really think it needs more, but if you wanted to add "more", you could add some more feathers somewhere. Like maybe add blue and green boa around the edges of the end of the sweater sleeves or something like that. Does that make sense?
I missed out on your auctions, b/c I have been dealing with 2 sick people in my house! They got the FLU! Yuck!
I love this! You must post (or email me) the how-tos.
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