Day 271 - Vintage Maxi Dress Refashion

A party for Ms Juliet this morning. Her first real party and what a happy girl she was.

Some pics here with her requested rainbow cake.

Then onto some refashioning for me. I picked up this vintage maxi dress a couple of weeks ago from a vintage pop up shop where a woman was selling off her vintage clothes collection. I love the colours and the fit was lovely.

The long sleeves and high neckline were a bit too severe for me so I decided to make small capped sleeves and lower the neckline a little.

The sleeves came in handy for a wine wrapper and a vase sock. Wouldn't want to waste that awesome fabric.

Day 259 - Lollipop Party invitations.

I can't believe I'm organising another party already! Ms Juliet's birthday is a couple of days after Christmas and she's never had a party before, so being her first year at school we thought it would be nice for her to have a party, and to do it a little earlier before school breaks up.

I took the chance to be a little bit creative. First I printed out a lollipop picture and wrote the details in the swirl around the lollipop.

 

 Then I scanned this into my computer and printed out 4 to a page on different coloured paper.

The paper got glued to some recycled cardboard.

And then the lollipops got cut out. Mr Crafty helped to save time. Apparently it's the first time he's done this type of cutting since school. I think he quite enjoyed it. Then I taped some icypole sticks to the lollipop heads to make them look like lollipops.

Finished invitations ready to be put into envelopes. Or licked?

Day 117 - Party Day

It's party day today! I'm exhausted. Here's a glimpse of what went on. Keep in mind that I am not an artist :)

Scary pirate pinata.

Decorated pinata whacking stick.

Pinata cake that smashes open.

Party food.