Sewing a Belle Inspired Dress-Hop Skip Jumper from The Handmaidens Cottage

Sewing a Belle Inspired Dress-Hop Skip Jumper from The Handmaidens Cottage

Make your own quick and easy Belle inspired dress with he Hop Skip Jumper from The Handmaidens Cottage.

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Halloween: Princess on Parade 2015 ... and Batman

Halloween: Princess on Parade 2015 ... and Batman

Check out everything you need for Disney Character inspired costumes in one post!!!!

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Sewing with your Kids: Even toddlers can participate!!!

Sewing with your Kids: Even toddlers can participate!!!

We are continuing our week of Sewing with your kids.... now I have toddlers/preschoolers.... and if you are in the same boat, sewing WITH your kids may sound like torture or an exercise in futility rather than a fun way to pass a summer afternoon.  But even if your kiddos aren't quite at the 'sewing' stage yet, that doesn't mean that they can't participate in a project with you!  Read how Serena is passing on the love of creation to her daughter.

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Kits Fit for a Princess: Snow White

Kits Fit for a Princess: Snow White

 I might have been jumping up and down when I received an e-mail from Jennifer Bailey of Bailey Girls.  She explained how they were teaming up with the ever amazing Made For Mermaids to sell Princess Kits.  I was, and still am, floating on cloud nine... you see, this is the very FIRST princess dress that I have made for my baby girl.

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Tutorial: Turn the Ruby Jeans Closet Gwedolyn into a FROZEN Cape

Tutorial: Turn the Ruby Jeans Closet Gwedolyn into a FROZEN Cape

Raise your hand if you have seen the movie FROZEN - raise it again if you have seen the movie more than once - keep it up if you burst into the refrain of 'Let It Go' at completely inappropriate moments.... Yep, my hand is still up!  This movie has captured my heart and the hearts of many other little girls around the world.  Mama's everywhere are scrambling to make their daughters one of the 'looks' of Anna or Elsa, and Designers have been working their tails off to bring patterns inspired by the movie to the market.

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