Disboutiquers Part 25 Kids Disney Boutique / Customs Clothes psst..we sew ;-)

[princessmamaof5]

Ladies all of your work is so amazing. Your creativity just shows the heart and love you put into every piece of work that you do. I was wanting some suggestions of where to get a minnie type outfit/dress for my 10 year old make a wish daughter. she loves the tie around the neck shirts but she has spina bifida and s very self conscious about her scar which is towards the bottoms of her back . Any suggestions, also she self caths and im trying to decide if a purse or a backpack would be better to hold her catheters. Any thoughts

 

[livndisney]

Ladies all of your work is so amazing. Your creativity just shows the heart and love you put into every piece of work that you do. I was wanting some suggestions of where to get a minnie type outfit/dress for my 10 year old make a wish daughter. she loves the tie around the neck shirts but she has spina bifida and s very self conscious about her scar which is towards the bottoms of her back . Any suggestions, also she self caths and im trying to decide if a purse or a backpack would be better to hold her catheters. Any thoughts

We are not allowed to sell on the Dis. Several people have their Etsy names in their signatures. You can contact them and make payment on www. Etsy.com.

 

[cogero]

I know many of you have mentioned marathon for thread, but has anyone tried metro emb?

I haven't because I use Rayon. Polyester I have heard can melt it it gets to hoy

Okay everyone, I have a favor to ask ... Can you please go read this blog post of Amber's? Can you share it with the world? Those of you I'm friends with on Facebook will probably notice, but we're going to do whatever we can to help get Team Saving Savannah to 3000 likes on Facebook before her 3rd birthday and we're also going to try to raise $3000 for the UMDF through our team page for the
Energy For Life Walk ... The blog post has all the links you'd need ...

Marianne I liked the page and will share later when I am on the Mac

 

[ericalynn1979]

I'm updating with my Rapunzel dress, as seen on my DD. I call it the "after haircut" Rapunzel

She also declared that baby sister needs one like it. So I'm going to embroider Pascal on a onesie and make a skirt out of the extra fabric.

 

[Darragh]

Thank you!! The more I sew the more excited I get for our trip!



CASE away, I so honored when people actually like something enough I make to even utter the thought.

I'm honored you'd like to CASE my creation, thank you!! We're going the second week of November and I think it would be too funny to run into you guys wearing the same outfit! I'll be on the look out of Disboutiquers!/QUOTE]


MariAnne... I am so sorry you are having a rough day... I hope it gets better for you.

THis is SO FUNNY that you should mention this... I just woke from a nap about 15 minutes ago, and I dreamed that we all had customs (and not just customs - but whole entire outfit customs) for our "Sweet 16" trip that my BFF and I are planning for our girls in 2014! I sat straight up in bed and thought I better get crackin' on those customs ASAP - or I'll never finish in time. The sad part... I think I am going to draw them up, so I don't forget - because those were some mighty nice customs - and we were all just adorable... And you know how dreams are - sometimes you forget. Sooo... IMO - it's never too early to start.

D~

I guess we won't have to worry about running into each other since we're not going until Oct of 2012. We should take pictures of the girls if they've got the same outfits and see how many of the same places they visit
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Oh I also dream about customs at Disney! Especially with my 2 year old grandaughter. She's at the fun age where she is starting to love the characters on tv shows and will hopefully love them (this time) in person at the World.

I started making some things in advance for this trip which is now only four months away. It's been tricky sewing for a baby and having no clue what size she'll be by the trip. What I did was go ahead and sew the dresses and not hem them until now, since I can pretty much figure on her not doubling her size in only four months. For my boys, they seem to grow a size a year so I just did the next size up from what they are currently in. I tend to err on the side of too big rather than too small. Clothes that are too tight are not comfortable, but a bit too big just makes them cozy and wearable after the trip too.

Good luck! I find sewing a head of time much more enjoyable than last minute sewing, although I can't imagine I won't be doing something last minute because that's just me.

I like your ideas. So if the boy (who is 8 now) is wearing an 8-10 t-shirt, do you think a 10-12 would fit him next year or should I err on the side of too big and make him 12-14's? He's tall but on the skinny side. The little girl who will be 3 next year is wearing size 2-4 t-shirts and 3's in woven clothing. Although at the moment I'm making her a size 4 simply sweet because I want to put a peasant blouse under it.

I need some of your expertise! The bobbin thread is sewing on top, the top thread is breaking and so are needles.

Any advice? I appreciate your help! My mother bought this machine to make outfits for our trip, but doesn't use her computer much, and I'm trying to Dave her a trip to the store to have it looked at. She is an expericed seamstress, she used to make all my figure skating costumes!

Thanks!!

Like others have said, I would completely unthread and rethread and check it against the book each step along the way. Another thing I found when this was happening was that I was putting the bobbin in the wrong way. Make sure that the bobbin unwinds to the left.

I would start with the adults first. Then within 6 mos of the trip you can do the 3yo....I would save the 9yo for last....9-12 yr olds are hard to guess as it depends on if they have hit their pre-pubertal growth spurt or not...they can grow 2 sizes a year that year. If the 9 yr old is a girl I would definately wait as they tend to hit this a little sooner. You can tell if the child is filling out or not? Otherwise....sew away...and post pics

The nine year old is a boy but he's definitely hitting a growth spurt this year and I anticipate him not to be slowing down any by next year. Size 10-12 t-shirts next year if he's wearing 8-10 now?

OK, I wrote you a really long reply that disappeared. My basics thoughts for the girl are any type of gathered skirt -- twirl skirt, Simply Sweet or Stripwork can be made ahead of time. For the skirts leave the elastic out and use your best judgement for length. I personally don't worry about skirt length -- short or long looks cute. Add the elastic in closer to the travel date. For skirts that you are attaching to a bodice leave the bodice for later and adjust it's length accordingly. Make sense?

My main point of what I typed out earlier was do all your planning and fabric shopping now. I think that's half the battle. Just make sure you buy enough fabric (remember, you can never have too much!). And do any embroidery you can ahead of time.

For the boy err on the large side for t's. My ds for example fits best in a boy's medium right now but I embroider on larges b/c they still look fine and I'll get a longer life out of the shirt.

Make any accessories now -- bows, hair items, purses, etc.

HTH -- I've never sewn ahead like that, but it's what I would do.
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Also a lot of good ideas. I like your thoughts about leaving the elastic out and not hemming until closer to the time we leave.

 

[Fruto76]

Okay ... as promised, pictures from today (not great shots, but the kids were sort of DONE at this point):

Most of the crew (the rest went potty):

We moved outside to our "normal" movie picture location(we were still missing two friends, but one had to leave early and the other just didn't want his pic taken):

Finn showing off his McMissile ninja moves:

The lovebirds:

Grumpus:

The Boyz:

Sorry they're not resized, photobucket is acting crazy!!!!

The shirts are great...my kids would wear them again and the outfits are fantastic. Your kids are gorgeous! Looks like lots of fun was had by all. As far as the Mom at the theatre...phooey, I agree with the others...envy got the best of her.

I am so behind on this thread that it is ridiculous. I think I need to quit my job if I ever have a hope of staying caught up, lol. There is WAY TMTQ but there has been so much fantastic stuff posted in the last couple of weeks!

I finally got a little sewing done before the 4th. Both of these outfits were cased from this board.

And a shirt for my little cowgirl.

And some pirate t-shirts and shorts I did for a BG a while back.

So cute Love everything!

I have spent the day working on outfits for Ohana. The skirt has shorts attached underneath.

A close up of the fabric because I think it's just adorable! It called Kaui Kids from Alexander Henry.

A Lion King outfit for Edward because Emily will wear the Jungle Book outfit I made last year. It was a little big so we will get 2 years out of it.

Up next are matching AK outfits for our second AK day!

WOW! I love the 'Ohana fabric and the outfits are all fantastic. Great job

I'm updating with my Rapunzel dress, as seen on my DD. I call it the "after haircut" Rapunzel

She also declared that baby sister needs one like it. So I'm going to embroider Pascal on a onesie and make a skirt out of the extra fabric.

Very cute. Can't wait to see little sisters outfit! After Haircut made me smile.

 

[princessmamaof5]

I'm updating with my Rapunzel dress, as seen on my DD. I call it the "after haircut" Rapunzel

She also declared that baby sister needs one like it. So I'm going to embroider Pascal on a onesie and make a skirt out of the extra fabric.

Sew cute

 

[Disneymom1218]

Would these stripes look okay in bowling shirt with this Mickey fabric? I'm having a hardest time finding something I like to pair with it for the boys...I think the stripes might be too much? Maybe I should just do a solid? Ideas?

I am a tad behind, I would say use the striped fabric as the accent fabric in the bowling shirt. The stripes that come down the front on each side and across the back? Yeah it would look good with the comic strip fabric.

 

[cogero]

I want to cry I am working on an order I get all the way to the second to last change and the bobbin gets wonky. I switch out the bobbin thread and the shirt comes totally unhooped. I don't have another one in that color

I will be running out tomorrow to get another one.

I think I will be taking the night off.

 

[aboveH20]

I survived sewing on my son's uniform patches. The hardest one has the name of his sub and goes on the arm, just below the shoulder. (It's called a rocker patch because it's shaped like a rocking chair rocker.) I had to saw my sewing machine in half to scrunch the sleeve up under the needle.

Y'all, I'm just having a day ...
Finn's party was this morning and I walked into it completely stressed out ... nothing went smoothly and my own dear Phalen was an angel til the end when he decided to just be rotten
I really thought the shirts would be a great idea ... but I realized too late that when the heck are these kids going to wear them after this??? And the container with goodies ... well, they were a big headache in the dark movie theater ...

So sorry to hear about the party kerfuffle. I remember too well trying to orchestrate party perfection. Tomorrow will be a better day . . . hopefully.

Would these stripes look okay in bowling shirt with this Mickey fabric? I'm having a hardest time finding something I like to pair with it for the boys...I think the stripes might be too much? Maybe I should just do a solid? Ideas?

I think I may be in the minority, but I like the combo. Maybe as others have said it would be too overwhelming. I'll be interested to see what you finally decide.

I need some of your expertise! The bobbin thread is sewing on top, the top thread is breaking and so are needles.

Any advice? I appreciate your help! My mother bought this machine to make outfits for our trip, but doesn't use her computer much, and I'm trying to Dave her a trip to the store to have it looked at. She is an expericed seamstress, she used to make all my figure skating costumes!

Thanks!!

I haven't had mine long enough to offer too much wisdom, but I agree with those who say rethread it, even a couple times. It's free and might just work.

My lime slice pillow, hand sewn, darker green areas are hot glued on

Looks good. It reminds me of my new favorite ice cream combo -- lime and vanilla twist has finally bumped orange and vanilla from the top spot.

Just got back from Italy tonight and have been awake for about 21 hours now. Heading off to bed in a couple of minutes. I will post some pics of my trip soon, we had great time, but glad to be back too.

Hope you had an amazing time in Italy.

Nighty night.

However, I have the spell check that Cheryl has been dying for b/c I just mistyped and it highlighted it!!! It doesn't catch an I that's not capitalized though. Can't win 'em all. Now to try again. I will copy as I go this time.

LUCKY!

Okay ... as promised, pictures from today (not great shots, but the kids were sort of DONE at this point):

Most of the crew (the rest went potty):

Finn showing off his McMissile ninja moves:

Grumpus:

The Boyz:

Sorry they're not resized, photobucket is acting crazy!!!!

The outfits are great. Ten years from now you won't (hopefully) remember that people didn't comment on them but you'll have these amazing photos.

I am so behind on this thread that it is ridiculous. I think I need to quit my job if I ever have a hope of staying caught up, lol. There is WAY TMTQ but there has been so much fantastic stuff posted in the last couple of weeks!

I finally got a little sewing done before the 4th. Both of these outfits were cased from this board.

And a shirt for my little cowgirl.

And some pirate t-shirts and shorts I did for a BG a while back.

Everything looks wonderful. I love the red, white and cute expression.

The funny thing is he first asked me if I wanted something new for sewing for my birthday! Um, yes, a house with a sewing room -- of course I didn't think of that at the time he asked!

Don't you hate it when you think of the right answer too late?

So good that you can get your hair fixed without having to be the one to speak up. I just switch salons b/c I'm too soft spoken to say something. It's hard to find someone to get color perfect and when I finally did he moved out of the country in less than six months! I had someone very good in RI as well (and cheap!).

Best thing I did was to give up and go white. I get offered the senior discount now, and someone even offered me a seat on a Disney bus! That's right, a Disney bus!! I must look really old! I tell people I'm 86 but they look at me, squint, and figure I can't be over 75.

I've been sketching those outfits that I dreamed about yesterday... And I designed the girls' applique for a shirt I dreamed about - now if I can get them to wear it in 3 years??? "I pay for the trip, you wear the clothes I make for you - end of story" And I came up with a brilliant idea (super funny too) for a bag in the parks. I know - I am the biggest dork ever. So, maybe I'll start sewing a few things ahead of time... waaaaayyyy ahead of time...

D~

Have you seen the t-shirts that say "I Don't Do Matching Shirts"? Maybe you could make your daughters the shirts of your dreams, and on the back in tiny letters put "I'm only wearing this shirt to please my mother." Win, win.

I have spent the day working on outfits for Ohana. The skirt has shorts attached underneath.

A close up of the fabric because I think it's just adorable! It called Kaui Kids from Alexander Henry.

A Lion King outfit for Edward because Emily will wear the Jungle Book outfit I made last year. It was a little big so we will get 2 years out of it.

Up next are matching AK outfits for our second AK day!

Wow. I love the Ohana fabric, but I also love the Lion King outfit. Great job on all.

This is my current list of sites I have bookmarked if anyone is interested. And if anyone has any favorite sites not listed, please add them. I just got some of these off a Yahoo group so I haven't even looked at all of them and definitely have not ordered from all of them. I have been very happy with all the places I have ordered from though. I have designs by Heather Sue, Planet Applique, Embroidery Library, DB embroidery, and Applique Cafe (that I can remember).

Ooooooooooo. Thanks.

I also frequent http://www.sewforum.com/viewforum.php?f=16 which has a lot of freebies, both designs and fonts. Some have not been tested, so you need to be careful what you download -- don't be the first to download a design.

I'm updating with my Rapunzel dress, as seen on my DD. I call it the "after haircut" Rapunzel

She also declared that baby sister needs one like it. So I'm going to embroider Pascal on a onesie and make a skirt out of the extra fabric.

I'ts beautiful and nice to see it worn. I did not realize how long it was until I saw it on your daughter. Great job.

Ok, here come the typos . . . + =

 

[livndisney]

I want to cry I am working on an order I get all the way to the second to last change and the bobbin gets wonky. I switch out the bobbin thread and the shirt comes totally unhooped. I don't have another one in that color

I will be running out tomorrow to get another one.

I think I will be taking the night off.

I completely understand! I am ready to close up my Etsy shop, quit the Big Gives and even stop sewing for my dd.

Hope tomorrow is a better day!

 

[aboveH20]

Okay everyone, I have a favor to ask ... Can you please go read this blog post of Amber's? Can you share it with the world? Those of you I'm friends with on Facebook will probably notice, but we're going to do whatever we can to help get Team Saving Savannah to 3000 likes on Facebook before her 3rd birthday and we're also going to try to raise $3000 for the UMDF through our team page for the Energy For Life Walk ... The blog post has all the links you'd need ...

Pretty please? Just look at this one picture and then go read her blog post, please? Thank you!!!!

I read as far as I could and will keep the family in my prayers. (I'm not a facebooker.)

I want to cry I am working on an order I get all the way to the second to last change and the bobbin gets wonky. I switch out the bobbin thread and the shirt comes totally unhooped. I don't have another one in that color

I will be running out tomorrow to get another one.

I think I will be taking the night off.

UGH!

That is so

Hope all goes flawlessly tomorrow.

 

[DMGeurts]

I have spent the day working on outfits for Ohana. The skirt has shorts attached underneath.

A close up of the fabric because I think it's just adorable! It called Kaui Kids from Alexander Henry.

A Lion King outfit for Edward because Emily will wear the Jungle Book outfit I made last year. It was a little big so we will get 2 years out of it.

Up next are matching AK outfits for our second AK day!

I really love the Ohana fabric... and the Lion King outfit is so awesome too!

I survived sewing on my son's uniform patches. The hardest one has the name of his sub and goes on the arm, just below the shoulder. (It's called a rocker patch because it's shaped like a rocking chair rocker.) I had to saw my sewing machine in half to scrunch the sleeve up under the needle.

I was just about to call the home to see if they'd put you in solitary yet... Glad to see you made it through another day.

Gotta love sewing on uniform patches - thankfully I always made Dh take his uniforms to a seamstress... LOL Can you believe that??/

Have you seen the t-shirts that say "I Don't Do Matching Shirts"? Maybe you could make your daughters the shirts of your dreams, and on the back in tiny letters put "I'm only wearing this shirt to please my mother." Win, win.

HA! Good one... I might just have to embroider some sort of disclaimer on the bottom of the shirt (fine print of course). ROFL.

I completely understand! I am ready to close up my Etsy shop, quit the Big Gives and even stop sewing for my dd.

Awww... I hope it gets better...

Chiara: So sorry about your shirt.

Marianne: I liked Savannah's page.

On a side note... I think everyone here knows that my DH really has no love for Disney... And I am just dying for another trip - I can barely contain myself... I have 2 trips "coming up" - one in 2013 is our family trip - but I am not sure I can take another trip to Disney with DH - he turns massively Grumpy. I really don't get it. So, I am half way contimplating taking the girls by myself - after all, we do need someone to watch the dog. So, I emailed Shades of Green last week, because I was starting to think that maybe my military ID would qualify me to stay with out DH... and it does!!! Yay!!! This just made me so happy. Who knows, maybe once I declair that I just plan to take the girls alone - he will have a change of heart and want to come with us???

D~

 

[disneymomof1]

In response to you D, my husband was disneyed out, we have been every year sometimes even twice a year for 7 years, he said he was NOT going this year. So I booked a trip for just me and DD, started making payments to Disney Travel, and booked our ADR's. Then a few weeks ago, he says he can't believe we are going without him, and he wants to go. So I have to call, add him to reservation and try to reschedule all of our ADR's for three people. UGH !! So your hubby may surprise you !!

 

[VBAndrea]

Ladies all of your work is so amazing. Your creativity just shows the heart and love you put into every piece of work that you do. I was wanting some suggestions of where to get a minnie type outfit/dress for my 10 year old make a wish daughter. she loves the tie around the neck shirts but she has spina bifida and s very self conscious about her scar which is towards the bottoms of her back . Any suggestions, also she self caths and im trying to decide if a purse or a backpack would be better to hold her catheters. Any thoughts

I'd recommend looking on Etsy. No one on here is allowed to sell. You can always PM someone though if you see something you like and see if they sell. Not everyone on here sells. Awesome that your dd is having a Wish Trip!

I'm updating with my Rapunzel dress, as seen on my DD. I call it the "after haircut" Rapunzel

She also declared that baby sister needs one like it. So I'm going to embroider Pascal on a onesie and make a skirt out of the extra fabric.

It's even cuter on!!! Absolutely adorable!

I like your ideas. So if the boy (who is 8 now) is wearing an 8-10 t-shirt, do you think a 10-12 would fit him next year or should I err on the side of too big and make him 12-14's? He's tall but on the skinny side. The little girl who will be 3 next year is wearing size 2-4 t-shirts and 3's in woven clothing. Although at the moment I'm making her a size 4 simply sweet because I want

I think t's 10-12 will be perfect. If it's something that shrinks a lot you could go with a 12-14, but they can sometimes get long. My ds (who is nine, tall and on the thinner side) has larger sizes for soccer shirts and if he doesn't tuck the shirt in it looks like he is wearing a dress.

I want to cry I am working on an order I get all the way to the second to last change and the bobbin gets wonky. I switch out the bobbin thread and the shirt comes totally unhooped. I don't have another one in that color

I will be running out tomorrow to get another one.

I think I will be taking the night off.

I am so sorry. That's why I don't take orders (or sell -- but if I ever do sell it will only be premade items).

I survived sewing on my son's uniform patches. The hardest one has the name of his sub and goes on the arm, just below the shoulder. (It's called a rocker patch because it's shaped like a rocking chair rocker.) I had to saw my sewing machine in half to scrunch the sleeve up under the needle.

So sorry to hear about the party kerfuffle. I remember too well trying to orchestrate party perfection. Tomorrow will be a better day . . . hopefully.

Best thing I did was to give up and go white. I get offered the senior discount now, and someone even offered me a seat on a Disney bus! That's right, a Disney bus!! I must look really old! I tell people I'm 86 but they look at me, squint, and figure I can't be over 75.

I also frequent http://www.sewforum.com/viewforum.php?f=16 which has a lot of freebies, both designs and fonts. Some have not been tested, so you need to be careful what you download -- don't be the first to download a design.

They let you have a saw at the asylum???

Kerfuffle is an interesting word! I rather like it.

I can't go white -- I have long hair and I need to do my best to look younger, otherwise people will think I'm my children's grandmother. I will have to post a pic of myself someday.

I just registered on that site since it won't let me look at anything otherwise. I guess I'm pending approval. So if I see a design I like and no one has downloaded it yet I need to coerce you into trying it out for me? Will do!

 

[VBAndrea]

I am in a sewing slump. I am working on two Insa's but they just aren't coming together. I ran out of ric rack for one -- I'm short 4 inches and since Walmart downsized their fabric they no longer carry jumbo ric rac (or much in the way of fun colors) so it's a hike to go get some. For the other skirt I have a fringe trim on the bottom layer and can't figure out what to do with the overskirt. Nor do I have a t-shirt that matches

Instead of the 4 yards of fleece horse fabric that I paid $4 for I actually have 6 yards (that makes it 66 cents a yd! -- though I got shorted a wee bit on two bolts of two yards that I bought). I think I am going to make dd a snuggie out of it but I a)don't feel like measuring her b)want it to be a surprise so won't sew it until school starts and c) don't really need it until winter -- though dh does keep the house too cold for my liking.

I have some other fabric for winter pj bottoms but I don't feel like doing those in the summer.

I have other fabric I bought on sale with no purpose in mind and don't really like it. I bought it on line and most looked prettier on line.

And then I have a horse to put on a yard sale dress (embroidery fill) but even though it's on my flash drive it won't show up on my machine. Everything else I bought from them downloaded just fine. I tried downloading it again on my new computer but have no idea how to get it on to the flash drive!

And I did buy the Olivia but I don't feel like tracing it out. Ordering knits sounds like fun -- maybe I shall do that!

Any ideas to get me out of my slump? Any projects that I should try?

 

[NiniMorris]

I am in a sewing slump. I am working on two Insa's but they just aren't coming together. I ran out of ric rack for one -- I'm short 4 inches and since Walmart downsized their fabric they no longer carry jumbo ric rac (or much in the way of fun colors) so it's a hike to go get some. For the other skirt I have a fringe trim on the bottom layer and can't figure out what to do with the overskirt. Nor do I have a t-shirt that matches

Instead of the 4 yards of fleece horse fabric that I paid $4 for I actually have 6 yards (that makes it 66 cents a yd! -- though I got shorted a wee bit on two bolts of two yards that I bought). I think I am going to make dd a snuggie out of it but I a)don't feel like measuring her b)want it to be a surprise so won't sew it until school starts and c) don't really need it until winter -- though dh does keep the house too cold for my liking.

I have some other fabric for winter pj bottoms but I don't feel like doing those in the summer.

I have other fabric I bought on sale with no purpose in mind and don't really like it. I bought it on line and most looked prettier on line.

And then I have a horse to put on a yard sale dress (embroidery fill) but even though it's on my flash drive it won't show up on my machine. Everything else I bought from them downloaded just fine. I tried downloading it again on my new computer but have no idea how to get it on to the flash drive!

And I did buy the Olivia but I don't feel like tracing it out. Ordering knits sounds like fun -- maybe I shall do that!

Any ideas to get me out of my slump? Any projects that I should try?

I tell you what...you do my t shirts for me and that will get you out of your slum! I have 25 t shirts for the family, 4 for my GD, and two Rosetta bags for the two girls (one pre-teen and one teen) and less than 11 weeks to get it done!

You will be so busy you won't have time to think about all those things you don't want to do!


Nini

 

[StarTunnel]

I have spent the day working on outfits for Ohana. The skirt has shorts attached underneath.

A close up of the fabric because I think it's just adorable! It called Kaui Kids from Alexander Henry.

A Lion King outfit for Edward because Emily will wear the Jungle Book outfit I made last year. It was a little big so we will get 2 years out of it.

Up next are matching AK outfits for our second AK day!

Where did you find the fabric for the lion king shorts? I LOVE the Lion King!

 

[VBAndrea]

On a side note... I think everyone here knows that my DH really has no love for Disney... And I am just dying for another trip - I can barely contain myself... I have 2 trips "coming up" - one in 2013 is our family trip - but I am not sure I can take another trip to Disney with DH - he turns massively Grumpy. I really don't get it. So, I am half way contimplating taking the girls by myself - after all, we do need someone to watch the dog. So, I emailed Shades of Green last week, because I was starting to think that maybe my military ID would qualify me to stay with out DH... and it does!!! Yay!!! This just made me so happy. Who knows, maybe once I declair that I just plan to take the girls alone - he will have a change of heart and want to come with us???

D~

I am NEVER going to Disney with my dh again. Alexa and I are going to do a mother/daughter/auntie (my sister) trip as soon as we sell our RI house. I'm hoping to go in May of 2012, and if not then Oct of 2012. Some houses have taken over three years to sell in our neighborhood though.

My dh can not stand crowds and gets social anxiety. It was a miserable trip. He did great at Storyland in NH so I thought he'd be fine at Disney, but our afternoon hotel breaks and naps were more to benefit him than the children.

I would definitely take the girls alone. Also, see if you can get a military discount at the Disney Resorts. We got a 40% off discount, but it didn't apply to value hotels. With Shades of Green you do not get free park parking or early and late magic hours.

 

[Diz-Mommy]

I have spent the day working on outfits for Ohana. The skirt has shorts attached underneath.

A close up of the fabric because I think it's just adorable! It called Kaui Kids from Alexander Henry.

A Lion King outfit for Edward because Emily will wear the Jungle Book outfit I made last year. It was a little big so we will get 2 years out of it.

Up next are matching AK outfits for our second AK day!

I LOVE your Ohana outfits! I wasn't going to make anything for our Ohana night, but now I might have to...that fabric is just to cute to resist!

This is my current list of sites I have bookmarked if anyone is interested. And if anyone has any favorite sites not listed, please add them. I just got some of these off a Yahoo group so I haven't even looked at all of them and definitely have not ordered from all of them. I have been very happy with all the places I have ordered from though. I have designs by Heather Sue, Planet Applique, Embroidery Library, DB embroidery, and Applique Cafe (that I can remember).


http://www.planetapplique.com/

http://www.emblibrary.com/EL/default.aspx

http://froufroubyheathersue.com/

http://www.appliquecafe.com/

http://stores.bowsandclothes.com/StoreFront.bok

http://digistitches.com/

http://www.embroitique.com/

http://www.appliquechick.com/

http://stitchontime.com/osc/index.php?cPath=163

http://www.bunnycup.com/

http://www.simplyapplique.com/

http://www.designsbyjuju.com/

http://www.sweetpeasplace.com/

http://www.dbembroiderydesigns.com/

http://www.appliquemarket.com/

http://www.swakembroidery.com/

http://www.simplyapplique.com/

http://embroidery-boutique.com/

http://www.newfoundapplique.com/

http://www.urbanthreads.com/designs/machine_embroidery?category_id=12

I love this list and know many of these well! I also like Lynnie Pinnie for designs, she's mostly non Disney but her stuff is cute all the same...

http://lynniepinnie.com/shop/index.php

I'm updating with my Rapunzel dress, as seen on my DD. I call it the "after haircut" Rapunzel

She also declared that baby sister needs one like it. So I'm going to embroider Pascal on a onesie and make a skirt out of the extra fabric.

Oh my goodness, so ADORABLE!!