Who Elected You Leader of This Outfit?

Name that movie.

Ahem.

Kake

Thees my seester, yo.

Her outfit is as follows:

Haircut (even tho you can’t really see it): by yours truly

Pinstripe button-up top: Kohl’s, I think.

Cardi: trifted

Skirt: some street vendor in Malawi

Boots: vintage thrifted

Earrings: Rue 21

Kake

Kake

Kake

 

I wear stuff too.

Because the absence is socially unacceptable, or so I’m told.

me

Pearls: from my Mommy.

Black T: Marshalls.

Sweater: used to be Jim’s from Gap, then it shrunk, so I turned it into a cardigan for me.

Belt: Old Navy

Tights: Marshalls

Shoes: Christian Siriano for Payless

Earrings and watch: Belk

me

me

That’s all.

For now.

sometimes we have daughters

and we love them so much.

sometimes they ask us for things that seem absurd

but we are ok with that because we know them.

we know their little minds

and their little hearts.

while we care for their tummies and keep them clean

we also care for their minds.

so when they ask us for silly things

we do our level best to make them happy.

if it’s not going to hurt them

what’s the harm in doing something odd once in awhile?

Blonde curls and blue eyes made a request.  Months ago.  ”Mommy, you gotta make me a Spiderman dress.”

“Honey, that’s not how you ask.”

“Please, please, please!  I neeed a Spiderman dress!”

Such a feat is not a walk in the park.  Because walking in the park doesn’t involve WiFi.  Or PayPal.  Or sewing machines.

In all seriousness, most material adorned with the beloved arachni-hero is either fleece, flannel, or quilting squares.  Finding woven by-the-yard cotton is no simple matter.  Fabric.com to the rescue.  For a mere pittance, I purchased 1 1/2 yards of the most beautiful licensed material.  And 1/2 yards each red tulle & glitter baby blue tulle.  Because red and blue are Spiderman colors, homies.  And I was not about to do this half-assed.  Making a garment of these specifications is not something one plays around with.

The thing is, Little Blonde Princess is not little in emotion, expression, or action.  If her mama is making a present for her birthday, albeit early, this can’t be just any dress.  Full skirted, puffy sleeved, and tulle.  All.  Over.  The place.  Ribbons.  Bows.  Drama.  Flare.  Flounce.  It’s also for Halloween.  And probably every Sunday until the cows come home.  Or she outgrows it.  My educated guess is the latter.  Darn cows aren’t known to return very often.  I’m not anticipating the gown being handed down gently to Molly, so I’ve already begun searching for a clear box in which to preserve and display the collector’s item once it’s usefulness as a princess garment is history.

pretty enough for the ball?

it's a princess spiderman dress

spin around for the camera, e.

that's enough pictures, mommy.

hey look! i got tomatoes from that box.

love affair

I’m having an affair.

With these:

Boutique 9 Moc Bootie

Of course I didn’t pay a butt-load for them.  Unless you consider $29 at Marshalls to be a butt-load.  In which case I should bring you dinner or a loaf of bread.  Or a case of diapers.

decontructive

The credit goes to her…

She told me why life is worth the living.

Or how to make this wondertasticlysm.

What a lovely ironing board cover I have!

I took E-Lolly to Michael’s after dinner to pick out the victims prey flowers.  She was a doll, of course, and charmed EVERYONE.  As well as the employees of Ulta, where we she purchased hair clips onto which to affix the deconstructed, reconstructed works of art.

Fairy Princess carries cards around.  She calls them credit cards.  Some day she will learn that they are merely pieces of what once was a Shrek Memory game.  Until then I will let her hand her card to the cashiers to pay for our plunder.

After putting the magical woodland creature to bed, I proceeded to dig out my hot glue gun and pull apart a great deal of fake flowering foliage, saving every last part of the darn buffalo.  The original centerposts lent themselves well to the new combinations as all that was required was slipping off old petals and sliding on the new ones.  A bit of heat and a dab of glue sealed the end as well as attached the alligator clip and the bit of cloth more securely fastening said clip.

I saved the leaves and stems, but that, my friends, is another story.