posted by Cara
The kids' school end of the year show is this Sunday and another mom and I made a dinosaur costume for her little boy who is in Juliet's class. Pop was a character than followed her class throughout the year and now he'll be in their show with them :)
Here's Juliet modeling it for me :D Sorry for the terrible photos but it's been pouring down rain all day. And FYI, mathcing stripes is a pain in the butt!
posted by Helen and Cara
Ha ha , fooled you! You didn't really think it was going to be a picture of some paper fish, did you? (That's the French tradition for April fool's day, by the way, but I digress..)
So we thought we'd use the day of mischief as an excuse to post something girly for a change.
Helen's project: I used it as an excuse to post the card I've made for my niece (I'll let you work out how old she is) as it's her birthday on the 3rd... and with two boys and two nephews, I always love the chance to go super girly for my two nieces.
Oh and here is Tom's take on the idea!! He always wants his own version of each creation, so he made himself a number 5 'decoration' in preparation for his next birthday. Bless! All choice of papers were entirely his own... (although I must confess to diverting him away from the really pink ones)
Cara's project was to take a plain boring man's shirt (the shirt, not the man ;o)) and turn it into this really fab, cute pinafore dress for Juliet.
Before:
After:
Daddy's well worn Eterna shirt felt like Liberty so I dug in my Liberty stash for some matching bias. The whole thing took just over 90 minutes, the beauty of sewing without a pattern. I had fun with some lace, ribbon and flowers (stamped, fabric, felt etc...)
Here's a peek at what the French do on April Fool's day
ignore her hair, it was just after her nap...
Oh and a last word from Helen - here are some real paper fish - ever since April 1st, Tom has been enthusiastically drawing fish of all shapes and sizes . So much so that one wall of my kitchen has become an aquarium!! Here's a peak...