dress ups

Dress Up Wedding Veils

by Marie April 25, 2011

My girls are having fun with their new dress up wedding veils. We’re singing, “I’m getting married in the morning“! These wedding veils are simple to make and fun to wear for playtime. I almost want to make a third one for myself! Supplies for Dress Up Wedding Veil: white headband 2×3 feet white tulle [...]

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Organizing All Our Girly Dress-Ups

by Marie March 31, 2011

My girls love to dress up. On a typical afternoon, they’ve managed to change outfits 4-5 times. There seems to be a dress-up for every occasion, tea time, walking their toy dogs, or reading stories. With all these dress ups, I’ve come up with a way to store them, keeping them organized and easy to [...]

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Shabby Apple Dress Giveaway

by Marie October 27, 2008

Oh, how I love Shabby Apple! Their dresses and accessories are to die for, making any woman feel elegantly dressed. They also have a great Shabby Baby line of darling dresses and accessories for your little one. They are helping us all out this holiday season by giving Make and Takes readers a 15% coupon [...]

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Little Girl Purse Rack

by Marie August 7, 2008

Charli, from Texas Mama is our guest make and taker today, sharing how she organizes her daughters accessories. Every girl knows you can’t have just one purse, am I right ladies? So Charli is showing us her way to keep them all in place, ready for playtime. My daughter, Hali has more purses than I [...]

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Toddler Mascara Mishap

by Marie March 28, 2008

I was positive my little girl was playing in her room, when I realized it had been quiet for too long. I called out her name, and no response. I think she knew she was in trouble and didn’t respond. I guess I shouldn’t have put any blush on her that morning and left my [...]

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LuLu’s Little Apron

by Marie April 4, 2007

My daughter is so ready for dress-ups. I made her the Ballerina Tutu, that she now wears, and she loves to put on my son’s Ninja Turtle costume, too. At my sister’s house, she also loves to wear a white apron they have. So I decided it was time to make her own Apron. I [...]

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Handmade Ballerina TuTu

by Marie February 17, 2007

This week I have discovered that the fabric “tulle” feels weird. I am making a ballerina type tutu for my daughter. She is only 18 months, but I am too excited about girl things that I am starting early. She tries all of her brother’s costumes on, so I figured she was ready for her [...]

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