Disboutiquers Part 18 Kids Disney Boutique / Customs Clothes psst..we sew ;-)

[emcreative]

All this cuteness on the board! AMAZING stuff ladies, you've outdone yourselves!

For those of you who went to Disney the beginning of December, what was the weather like? We are hoping to go Dec 3-12 of 2010, and I need to at least start planning the outfits, but I can't decide how warm to make the clothes? Keep in mind we are Michiganders so 70 is shorts weather.

Tonight we FINALLY got to go see "The Princess and the Frog" (Hannah had pneumonia so there was no way we could go without her!) She was so thrilled to wear her dress again! She started bugging at about 8am to put it on- the movie was at 5pm! Thanks, Crystal, you outdid yourself!

I guess the staff at the theatre thought she looked like a princess too- they gave her this on her way out! (no one else got one!)

When we walked outside it sure was starting to look like "Winter Wonderland"

Afterward I took the girls to the mall with the object of finding our own Shelf Elf, or as the girls call him, "The Crazy Stalker."

We decided before we even opened the box he was an evil elf as he attempted to get us arrested by setting off the store alarm with mall security standing right there!

Of course his behavior made a lot more sense when we opened his suitcase to discover his name was... KOHL! Seriously, we did NOT name him this, poor elf was named KOHL. He's obviously on the naughty list.

And then, at dinner he tried to steal my hot chocolate!

The other big new here (besides having to take both Hannah and DraykeyFerb to the hospital at various times this week) was that Hannah was well enough to dance with the Dance Team at the Alzheimer's Center for Christmas.

I snuck this candid shot...can you tell she's excited to dance?!?!

 

[billwendy]

Hi Everyone - cute pictures of Disney and Dancing and customs and the list could go on!! We had a winter wonderland here in the Philly area! I dont know if I've ever had this much now before Christmas!! It was so cool that it came on a Saturday so we didnt have to try to go to work!! I work at a hospital and never have a snow day!!

Here is a picture of our snowman out front at 9am and then at 9pm...

I especially loved the Christmas lights in the SNOW!!

I hardly saw Bill today as he was playing with his little plow trying to help keep the church's driveway clear

Zoey was totally unappreciative of the whole event since she couldnt even walk in it!!!

I struggled and struggled with these dresses for the girls to match Tim in this sweater - and now church is cancelled!!! Oh well - a lesson in patients and perserverence maybe? all the material was a pain in the BUT!!!!!! nothing worked out even - this picture just shows Hannah's, but I made one for eliz too - it looks the same, just longer!!

 

[karebear1]

WOW! hold onto your hats is right! It sounds like you're all gonna have a busy time in the next few months trying to get everything together! Enjoy!

Ummmmmmm. I'm just the mother of the groom... I pity the mother of the bride. I just have to show up for the darn thing- right???

Jim and I were married within 10 months of meeting- and we'll be celebrating our 30th wedding anniversary next March..... so I'm ok with a short engagement. NO.... Really....... I am!

 

[karamat]

For those of you who went to Disney the beginning of December, what was the weather like? We are hoping to go Dec 3-12 of 2010, and I need to at least start planning the outfits, but I can't decide how warm to make the clothes? Keep in mind we are Michiganders so 70 is shorts weather.

I've now been to WDW in December, January, and May and the coolest temps were in MAY!

We were there Dec 5 - 10 this year and temps were in the low to mid-80s during the days. The evenings were a little cool, but not cold.

January 2007 I did the Goofy Challenge (1/2-marathon Saturday; full-marathon Sunday) the temps were in the mid to upper 80s. I didn't have a problem running in it (after all I had trained during the summer in South Texas), but some of the runners from the North that I talked to were having a hard time with the heat.

For this trip I made short-sleeve and sleeveless tops and brought long-sleeve shirts to go under them (we didn't use any of them).

 

[Granna4679]

We've been home a week and I finally feel like we're back to our usual routine. I hope to get a little trip report up on my blog... maybe after the holidays! In the meantime here are some pictures from our trip:

Day 1 in Epcot:

We got to meet Alice:

And Marie:

Then a quick wardrobe change before dinner with the princesses:

Day 2 we started in Animal Kingdom:

And then went to Magic Kingdom for some ears and dinner at Crystal Palace:

Day 3 we started in Epcot for EMH:

And then went back to Magic Kingdom:

Day 4 we hit Magic Kingdom again:

We also got to see Princess Tiana... hopefully the photopass pictures will be good... we gave our point-and-shoot camera to the handler but they came back blurry.

All of your outfits are sooo cute! I am especially partial to the flag material outfit for Epcot and the one she wore to see the princesses is just absolutely adorable. That is just too cute! Every outfit is darling. Looks like you had a great trip.

All this cuteness on the board! AMAZING stuff ladies, you've outdone yourselves!

For those of you who went to Disney the beginning of December, what was the weather like? We are hoping to go Dec 3-12 of 2010, and I need to at least start planning the outfits, but I can't decide how warm to make the clothes? Keep in mind we are Michiganders so 70 is shorts weather.

Tonight we FINALLY got to go see "The Princess and the Frog" (Hannah had pneumonia so there was no way we could go without her!) She was so thrilled to wear her dress again! She started bugging at about 8am to put it on- the movie was at 5pm! Thanks, Crystal, you outdid yourself!

I guess the staff at the theatre thought she looked like a princess too- they gave her this on her way out! (no one else got one!)

When we walked outside it sure was starting to look like "Winter Wonderland"

Afterward I took the girls to the mall with the object of finding our own Shelf Elf, or as the girls call him, "The Crazy Stalker."

We decided before we even opened the box he was an evil elf as he attempted to get us arrested by setting off the store alarm with mall security standing right there!

Of course his behavior made a lot more sense when we opened his suitcase to discover his name was... KOHL! Seriously, we did NOT name him this, poor elf was named KOHL. He's obviously on the naughty list.

And then, at dinner he tried to steal my hot chocolate!

The other big new here (besides having to take both Hannah and DraykeyFerb to the hospital at various times this week) was that Hannah was well enough to dance with the Dance Team at the Alzheimer's Center for Christmas.

I snuck this candid shot...can you tell she's excited to dance?!?!

What great pictures. Looks like Hannah was one lucky happy child in that picture at the dance. How cute!

 

[twob4him]

Congrats to your son! My DH and I married quickly too... both of us thought we might not ever find the right person (after too many wrong ones) but once we found each other (at work) we knew it was supposed to be. We met in September, were engaged before Valentine's Day, and married before the end of June. Hard to believe we've been married 8+ years!

REally cute outfits and it looks like you had a great trip!!!

My dh and I met "again" in Nov (we knew each other in high school) and we were married by April...5 months later! And this April will be 7 years already. I can't believe it.

Wendy...congrats on the engagement! I bet you're so excited!! I agree they'll have an awesome honeymoon in the spring! Love all the snow!!! Its stinkin cold out now though!

Emcreative...great dress for P and TF. Love your DD's dance costume and I am so glad she is feeling better....my DD finally went back to school Fri...she was out of school for over a week!!!

 

[tvgirlmin]

Sometimes you guys just plain ol' surprise me that you remmeber me even when I don't post. Thanks for thinking about me.

The hard part of the quilt is done- the easy part not, but I have been thinking about finishing it before I start my next one - which is a step in the right drection- right? I did want to get it done for Christmas, but it's not there yet.

Did I tell you that my son Josh got engaged this week??

Congrats on your son's engagement! Weddings are so exciting!

I have been in a whirlwind since we arrived home. I haven't had time to catch up here, but I am sure some beautiful things have been posted. I am going to try to catch up soon. I thought I would post a few pictures from our trip. I have a bunch, so I will try to control myelf

Loved all your customs - your kids are too cute! The Grinch dress was my very favorite. The Disney haircut was awesome, too!

I know I posted pics of DD's santa outfit already, but if you'll indulge me, here's one of everyone's matching attire; DD, DS and of course, Kit. A friend from a ribbon coop made the matching headbands.

Nicole - Loved the matching outfits! And looking forward to the day when my daughter actually likes her dolls to wear clothes - sometimes I feel like I am living in a Barbie Nudist Colony!

We've been home a week and I finally feel like we're back to our usual routine. I hope to get a little trip report up on my blog... maybe after the holidays! In the meantime here are some pictures from our trip:

Day 1 in Epcot:

Your daughter (and her customs!) is just precious! Glad you had a great time!

I guess the staff at the theatre thought she looked like a princess too- they gave her this on her way out! (no one else got one!)

I snuck this candid shot...can you tell she's excited to dance?!?!

So cool your daughter got to be the princess of the day! Beautiful customs and I love her dance outfit, too!

Hi Everyone - cute pictures of Disney and Dancing and customs and the list could go on!! We had a winter wonderland here in the Philly area! I dont know if I've ever had this much now before Christmas!! It was so cool that it came on a Saturday so we didnt have to try to go to work!! I work at a hospital and never have a snow day!!

Here is a picture of our snowman out front at 9am and then at 9pm...

Wow! So much snow!!!! And I love your dress, too - so sorry they didn't get to wear them tonight!

 

[ireland_nicole]

We've been home a week and I finally feel like we're back to our usual routine. I hope to get a little trip report up on my blog... maybe after the holidays! In the meantime here are some pictures from our trip:

Day 1 in Epcot:

We got to meet Alice:

And Marie:

Then a quick wardrobe change before dinner with the princesses:

Day 2 we started in Animal Kingdom:

And then went to Magic Kingdom for some ears and dinner at Crystal Palace:

Day 3 we started in Epcot for EMH:

And then went back to Magic Kingdom:

Day 4 we hit Magic Kingdom again:

We also got to see Princess Tiana... hopefully the photopass pictures will be good... we gave our point-and-shoot camera to the handler but they came back blurry.

Love everything! Especially the minnie snow white and the Epcot outfit, and your DD makes them look gorgeous!

All this cuteness on the board! AMAZING stuff ladies, you've outdone yourselves!

For those of you who went to Disney the beginning of December, what was the weather like? We are hoping to go Dec 3-12 of 2010, and I need to at least start planning the outfits, but I can't decide how warm to make the clothes? Keep in mind we are Michiganders so 70 is shorts weather.

Tonight we FINALLY got to go see "The Princess and the Frog" (Hannah had pneumonia so there was no way we could go without her!) She was so thrilled to wear her dress again! She started bugging at about 8am to put it on- the movie was at 5pm! Thanks, Crystal, you outdid yourself!

The other big new here (besides having to take both Hannah and DraykeyFerb to the hospital at various times this week) was that Hannah was well enough to dance with the Dance Team at the Alzheimer's Center for Christmas.

I snuck this candid shot...can you tell she's excited to dance?!?!

First off, how's Drakey? Is he ok? I'm so sorry to hear about you kiddos being in hospital, definitely no fun, especially so close to Christmas. Tell those kids of yours no more hospital- or they'll have me to answer to. I love, love, love the candid shot of Hannah- I'm so jealous of your ability to really "capture" so much of your kids personality in your photos. It's a real gift. As far as Disney in December- I agree with everyone else. Make sleeveless and layer. Even for the boys, you can do embroidered t's or bowling shirts and you can always add a layer under if you need it.

Hi Everyone - cute pictures of Disney and Dancing and customs and the list could go on!! We had a winter wonderland here in the Philly area! I dont know if I've ever had this much now before Christmas!! It was so cool that it came on a Saturday so we didnt have to try to go to work!! I work at a hospital and never have a snow day!!

Here is a picture of our snowman out front at 9am and then at 9pm...

I especially loved the Christmas lights in the SNOW!!

I hardly saw Bill today as he was playing with his little plow trying to help keep the church's driveway clear

Zoey was totally unappreciative of the whole event since she couldnt even walk in it!!!

I struggled and struggled with these dresses for the girls to match Tim in this sweater - and now church is cancelled!!! Oh well - a lesson in patients and perserverence maybe? all the material was a pain in the BUT!!!!!! nothing worked out even - this picture just shows Hannah's, but I made one for eliz too - it looks the same, just longer!!

Sweet mother of pearl, that's a whole lotta snow! I'm cold just looking at it! I love the dress, the great thing is that you chose a winter as opposed to Christmas theme, so really they can wear them all the way to Easter.

Ummmmmmm. I'm just the mother of the groom... I pity the mother of the bride. I just have to show up for the darn thing- right???

Jim and I were married within 10 months of meeting- and we'll be celebrating our 30th wedding anniversary next March..... so I'm ok with a short engagement. NO.... Really....... I am!

Congrats! Although our engagement was longer to allow for family coming from overseas, and to give us time to save the money for it, we know the day we met that we were "it" for each other, and I haven't regretted it- it's been 13 years so far for us.

 

[revrob]

Ummmmmmm. I'm just the mother of the groom... I pity the mother of the bride. I just have to show up for the darn thing- right???

Jim and I were married within 10 months of meeting- and we'll be celebrating our 30th wedding anniversary next March..... so I'm ok with a short engagement. NO.... Really....... I am!

Yea, generally, you have the easy role - I just figured with your amazing creativity and a quickly approaching date, you may be more involved than normal. That's not a given though, so I shouldn't have assumed.

 

[NiniMorris]

When I was the mother of the groom...the bride did all the planning. Her mom was one of the 'just show up type'.

She did a great job. An outdoor wedding after a terrible storm. They had to change the place of the wedding to a friend's front yard. She managed to make it perfect with only a few hours notice in the change of plans.

When I was the mother of the bride, my bride changed the STATE the wedding was to be held in...so, all my plans went out the window! (I was able to get the deposits back though!) She essentially let the grooms parents plan the wedding. It was NOT exactly what she wanted. Now, two years later, when she looks at the pictures, she forgets about all the strife and disappointments. It was a beautiful wedding because of the people involved!

Good luck on snagging a great Daughter in law! Aren't they great???!!!!

Nini

 

[SallyfromDE]

Don't know how many of you are in the NE, but here on Long Island we are having a BLIZZARD!! The snow just started and they are predicting 12-18" with up to 50mph winds. That is alot of snow for where we are, my dd is soooo excited

We ended up with 18" here in DE. I can't remember this much snow before Xmas in years. We don't normally get much around here. A few inches to 6 mabye once or twice a year.

We've been home a week and I finally feel like we're back to our usual routine. I hope to get a little trip report up on my blog... maybe after the holidays! In the meantime here are some pictures from our trip:

Day 1 in Epcot:

And Marie:

Then a quick wardrobe change before dinner with the princesses:

Day 3 we started in Epcot for EMH:

We also got to see Princess Tiana... hopefully the photopass pictures will be good... we gave our point-and-shoot camera to the handler but they came back blurry.

I loved everything. I would so much LOVE to see Marie. I didn't know she came out. I really like the Epcot outfit. It is adorable.

 

[HeatherSue]

Did I tell you that my son Josh got engaged this week??

Wow!!! Congratulations!!! I'm so glad that you really like her, too!

What great pictures!! I love all the outfits!!

Oh, OT, but I'm excited, so had to share: My dad moved in with us last week, so we are now a family of six. We looked into changing our ressie to two rooms, but even at a mod, it was over $4000 for the 8 nights Many thanks to fellow disboutiquer Kathy(I think, I can't find the TR right now to confirm) who has been sharing her TR. I remembered that she stayed in a house at Windsor Hills and loved it. We just booked a three bed, three bath house w/ small pool for $875 for the 8 nights- Thanks for the tip!

Yay!! Like Teresa said, we always rent houses when we go down as a family (there are 15 of us). It's a lot cheaper and we have our own pool, washer/dryer, kitchens, and everything! Plus, there's usually 3 bathrooms per house!

I just figured out how to add a name to my embroidery design, yay me! lol Now I want to get the Disney font for my collection...any suggestions as to the best place to get this. PM is ok if you cant say here.

Heather and Teresa, you look like you had a great time! Some of my best trips are without the kids. I've got a friend who comes to WDW solo, and I always try to spend a day there with her. It's fun, and I always get to eat at different places my family won't eat at.

I just searched the internet for a free font. Mine is called waltograph, I believe. That's just if you want the font for your computer. I'm not sure where to get a font that's already been digitized.

We did have a great time! I'd love to do it again someday! You get a lot more "done" when you don't have kids in tow! Plus, you don't have to ride on It's a Small World! LOL!

How cute!! Your kids are adorable!

Well, I can't say they were burning. Or maybe they WERE burning but I was just too insanely behind to notice the flames shooting from my head!

I'd love to see any other photos you have of it. I fall in love with it more and more every time I see it..... Every time I meet one of the princesses, I feel like I should have them turn around and let me inspect the gowns in detail. But you don't suppose they would find that a bit "odd" do you???? !

We both have lots of pictures of her in our facebook album, if you'd like to see more! I'm giggling picturing you sewing madly with flames shooting out of your ears!

Enjoying all of the pics and creations!!! We got snow today!!! I can't remember the last time we got snow before Christmas~ had a fabulous day.....

Wow! You got quite a bit of snow! I won't show Tessa your picture because she has gray snowpants and she REALLY thinks she should have pink snowpants (even though her coat is teal).

We also got to see Princess Tiana... hopefully the photopass pictures will be good... we gave our point-and-shoot camera to the handler but they came back blurry.

I recognize that zebra! Such wonderful pictures! It looks like you had a great time!

For those of you who went to Disney the beginning of December, what was the weather like? We are hoping to go Dec 3-12 of 2010, and I need to at least start planning the outfits, but I can't decide how warm to make the clothes? Keep in mind we are Michiganders so 70 is shorts weather.

Tonight we FINALLY got to go see "The Princess and the Frog" (Hannah had pneumonia so there was no way we could go without her!) She was so thrilled to wear her dress again! She started bugging at about 8am to put it on- the movie was at 5pm! Thanks, Crystal, you outdid yourself!

She looks so pretty in that dress! I love it!
We haven't been to the movie yet. But, I promised Tessa we would have a mommy/daughter day sometime this week and go see it together.

The weather in Florida is always unpredictable in December. When I went as a kid (we were there every year in December), it was almost always too cold for shorts or swimming. But, when Teresa and I just went, the weather was perfect- in the 70's and low 80's all 3 days.

Zoey was totally unappreciative of the whole event since she couldnt even walk in it!!!

Poor Zoey! That is a LOT of snow! It looks like you have more than we do!

That dress is gorgeous, Wendy!! Wow! You really outdid yourself this time! It matches Timmy's sweater perfectly, too! I'm sorry they didn't get to wear them!

 

[desparatelydisney]

We got to meet Alice:

again:

What a great pic! Love all your outfits! I'm amazed at how great your little one does for pics. Catie still doesn't do that well...and she's 5 now

 

[TinkerbelleMom]

I just searched the internet for a free font. Mine is called waltograph, I believe. That's just if you want the font for your computer. I'm not sure where to get a font that's already been digitized.

We did have a great time! I'd love to do it again someday! You get a lot more "done" when you don't have kids in tow! Plus, you don't have to ride on It's a Small World! LOL!

But I like Small World, it's Dumbo I can live without!

Thanks for looking, it's the digitized I want. I did the same sort of search for that, and found a few, I just wanted to know if there was one recommended over another here. I've gotten spoiled with your designs, I KNOW yours work well, and I'm chicken to take a chance on any others.

 

[Diz-Mommy]

*cough*ETSY!*cough*

 

[woodkins]

All this cuteness on the board! AMAZING stuff ladies, you've outdone yourselves!

For those of you who went to Disney the beginning of December, what was the weather like? We are hoping to go Dec 3-12 of 2010, and I need to at least start planning the outfits, but I can't decide how warm to make the clothes? Keep in mind we are Michiganders so 70 is shorts weather.

We were just there the 10th-16th and last year from 18-23. Typically it is in the high 60's low 70's. Last year it was cooler than normal, mostly in the high 50's low 60's-we had a day or 2 into the 70's. This yr the first 2 days of the trip were in the very low 60's with rain showers and then overnight the temp jumped 30 degrees and they had record highs in the mid 80s. I mostly brought Vida and simply sweet type dresses and then brought leggings and short and long sleeved tees to go under them so that we could adjust to the weather as it changed.

It looks like the girls are having fun with their elf. Santa dropped ours off on Thanksgiving night & he is a trouble maker too. Gianna's fave prank was when he decorated the tree with her underwear!

 

[TinkerbelleMom]

*cough*ETSY!*cough*

Gotcha, thanks!

 

[mom2rtk]

For those of you who went to Disney the beginning of December, what was the weather like? We are hoping to go Dec 3-12 of 2010, and I need to at least start planning the outfits, but I can't decide how warm to make the clothes? Keep in mind we are Michiganders so 70 is shorts weather.

Hi Marah! We were at Disney Jan 08 and December 08. Both times the weather was a mixed bag. Normally you can wear shorts and t-shirts during the day, with cooler evenings. But it can also get really cold, requiring coats and hats. That's the BEST time of year to be at Disney, but it's the hardest time to pack for. You have to bring everything but the kitchen sink!

The key is to dress in layers. We hope to go back the week after you next December. For Katie's customs, I plan to still do the Simply Sweet paired with twirly skirts. But then I'll bring a variety of leggings, bicycle shorts, short sleeve t-shirts and turtlenecks to wear under them so we're ready for anything.

I actually put a down payment on that week already (it's my one and only Christmas gif this year) so I'm really optimistic we will go. We just might have to tweak the dates if my high school age son wants to go. That's finals week, and Katie could miss, but he couldn't......

 

[karebear1]

Yea, generally, you have the easy role - I just figured with your amazing creativity and a quickly approaching date, you may be more involved than normal. That's not a given though, so I shouldn't have assumed.

Well- you porbably assumed right! I NEVER thought of taht, but I may very well be doing some thing for this wedding. maybe I should be starting to stress now???

When I was the mother of the groom...the bride did all the planning. Her mom was one of the 'just show up type'.

She did a great job. An outdoor wedding after a terrible storm. They had to change the place of the wedding to a friend's front yard. She managed to make it perfect with only a few hours notice in the change of plans.

When I was the mother of the bride, my bride changed the STATE the wedding was to be held in...so, all my plans went out the window! (I was able to get the deposits back though!) She essentially let the grooms parents plan the wedding. It was NOT exactly what she wanted. Now, two years later, when she looks at the pictures, she forgets about all the strife and disappointments. It was a beautiful wedding because of the people involved!

Good luck on snagging a great Daughter in law! Aren't they great???!!!!

Nini

Sounds like your DD's wedding turned out ok too, but how disppointing that you made all those plans and they weren't used!

This DIL is gonna be awesome- I'm so excited to get to know her better.

Wow!!! Congratulations!!! I'm so glad that you really like her, too!

Thanks Heather!

 

[kimmylaj]

i did it i finally finished mia's outfit for her christmas sing done

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