Mermaid Costume with Matching Tote

Hello everyone, I hope you all are hanging in there. I have lots of projects to work on so hopefully I won't get TOO bored.       My grand-daughter Ruby has been begging me to make her a mermaid costume so I finally did. They were supposed to go to Disney Princesses on Ice and she was going to wear this with a little sweater of course) but it was cancelled. She will have fun playing dress up in it though.

It was so hard to take photos of! I had to lay it out on the guest bedroom bed.

Here is the top. I added lots of bling because little mermaids like to sparkle!

Here is the tail fin with more sparkle. There is a strap to go around her wrist so the tail doesn't drag on the ground.

Hopefully you can see the fish scales on the shiny fabric.

And this is the cute sea shell matching tote complete with sparkle!

            I hope you enjoyed seeing this. I know Ruby will love it!

     Have a wonderful day and stay safe! Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs Pam

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Mermaid Doll and Clothes- HEAVY PHOTOS

Hello everyone, I hope you are having a good day! It is soooo HOT here!   I have been busy, busy, busy sewing up a storm!   My granddaughter is having her 4th birthday in a few weeks (so hard to believe) and I wanted to make something special for her. She loves mermaids so I decided to make her a doll with some clothes and a special surprise, a mermaid tail! I found the cutest doll pattern from Simplicity patterns that had different hair styles and some clothes but not a mermaid tail.  Well, I decided to draw my own mermaid tail pattern and I think it turned out adorable! I also decided that I wanted a seashell top for the mermaid (all respectable mermaids have a seashell top)! I made 3 tops, 3 skirts, an dress and 4 pairs of shoes.

I just love her!

A little flip of her tail. I love the tropical print fabric!

She is such a little cutie! I painted her face.

I love her loopy little pigtails!

And her seashell top! I had some seashell dies and cut my felt out with them and used Wonder-under to fuse them to her torso. Then I used gold thread to stitch details and pink beads and one big pearl in the center. I then glued some gold sequins on for more sparkle! I love how it turned out!

Here she is with her new wardrobe. 

And for her outfits,,,,,,,  Here is a cute floral top and skirt with turquoise shoes.

A floral coral top and skirt with red shoes.

A cute sea life top and turquoise skirt with peach pom pom trim and peach shoes.

And a cute pink and white hibiscus print dress with white shoes.

Her tail goes on and off like a skirt so she can wear her clothes and shoes. 

           I also have a beautiful book about the ocean and it's creatures for her.

I LOVE how my little mermaid and her clothes and mermaid tail turned out and I know Ruby will too!                        Thank you for stopping by and have a great evening!

Hugs Pam

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Sea Life Print Dress

Hello everyone, I hope you all are having a nice day!  We are having a stormy weekend here.  I haven't posted for a while because I have been super busy with some sewing projects! Since last Saturday I have made my grand-daughter Ruby 4 dresses, 1 top and 1 pair of shorts. I am getting ready to make another dress. After I make that dress I have some more sewing projects to do and some cards and an album to make.

        

Here is a cute Summer dress I made using a Simplicity pattern.

Here is an up close photo of the top of the dress.

This is the back of the dress with a cute little tie.

Here is an up close photo of the fabric. I fell in love with this fabric the moment that I saw it! Isn't it just adorable!!!

     Well there is the first dress. More are to follow. Thank you for stopping by and have a great day!

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Beach Album -Lots of Photos

Hello everyone.   I know it has been a long time since I posted anything. It has been difficult for me to adjust to losing my dear sweet Father and today is sad because it is his birthday, he would have been 95. I just keep telling myself he is with Mom and that helps. Thank you so much to those of you who contacted me by e-mail, through my blog or facebook, it really meant so very much to me!
 
I have been working on some projects and one is this beach album. Actually I am making four of them but finished the first to send to my childhood friend Sue for her birthday. I made her a necklace as well but I will post that probably tomorrow. She loved my Mom and Dad and when she received the call about Dad, her husband drove her all the way down to Florida from Ohio. It meant so much to me! My sister and I took her to Cocoa Beach (the beach we grew up with) She is afraid of the water and wasn't going to get near it, but with some coaxing from us she did and loved it (and was so proud of herself)! I made the album for her to put some of the photos that we took.

This is the front of the album. It is an album from the Silhouette store.  I love how the edge looks like the waves! I added dots to look like sparkling wet sand on the edge and popped up the umbrella.

This is the first two pages. I cut the scallop shell with a die set I have and adhered it just on the bottom edges so a photo could be tucked inside.

Here are pages 3 and 4. 

I added a card for her to write a special memory. The wave layers have a spot in-between them to tuck a photo in.

This is pages 5 and 6. 

Another pocket for a photo.

And of course there had to be a mermaid! Isn't she cute! She is from a stamp and die set I have.

Here are pages 7 and 8. I believe they are my favorite!

I love the colors and papers!

You can pull the insert out of the pocket and add photos to both sides.

And this is the back of the album.   I have never made an album before but tried to be creative. I really just made it up as I went. I do want to make some other albums and have one planned to make for my grand-daughter Ruby.

I hope you enjoyed seeing my album! Thank you for stopping by and have a great day!

Hugs Pam

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