Kids Disney Boutique / Customs Clothes Part 4

[teresajoy]

That is so nice! No one here knows what you are referring to though so here...shhhh don't telll DH please!

Congratulations Brenda! Pm me with your address, and i'll get you some taffy!

Hehe, I won't say a WORD!!!

Your house looks a lot like one of the houses Heather use to have (that her hubby built
). Do you have turrets?

Isn't it nice to be the mother of such a cute teenager?

And, what about the poster that hit post #15000. Seems like they should get something too! Let's see who that was

Funny funny girl!

 

[karrierock]

For those of you interested in AG dolls there is free shipping code good until Oct. 22 I think. It will save us $20 on my daughter's Bitty Twins and stroller. The code is AF72167. I understand that discounts are rare. Do they ever have Black Friday deals?

Also I was wondering if the My Disney Girl clothes would fit AG doll. I just love the little Minnie outfit, and thought that would be too cute to put on an AG doll, give as gift to suprise some unsuspecting kiddos a trip to Disney!

 

[bsusanmb]

Good morning…I have some time this am before we are off to EPCOT…and I just feel led to tell my dear friends how my life has been touched. Our youngest of 5 is a recovering crack addict. She was so cute and sweet and adorable, just like all of the dear little girls on this board. We live in PA Dutch country and even have a horse and buggy parking area at our waldemart. Drugs was the last thing I ever worried about in our little middle class lives.

To make a long story short…after 2 years of trying everything, we finally resorted to tough love..but the drugs meant more to DD than anything and she just walked out…for a while we knew she was with a 50 year old drug dealer (she was 20 by then) but then I lost touch with her. I did everything I could to try to find her, and discovered she was in North Phila, left there by him, and selling herself for drugs – a horror a mother and father can’t imagine…I just remember being hysterical at the time. DH would drive 100 miles to N Phila and walk the streets Fri and Sat nights looking for her or for clues…it was a war zone..helicopters, guns, knives, drugs, prostitutes, murders…everyone knew her..she was one of the few persons of noncolor in the area…but no one would talk…the police had picked her up twice for prostitution but wouldn’t hold her…so we lost her…she was in shelters..crack houses…and even the city detectives told us that white prostitutes were being beheaded and we should check the morgues. I cried myself to sleep everynight…and the only thing that kept DH and I from losing our minds and our lives was the birth of Makayla. I would hear my DH sobbing softly as he rocked her to sleep, remembering how he always rocked DD to sleep…we spent every minute we could with Makayla as it was our only joy in life…she is truly my angel…the last straw for me was going into a little shack of a barbeque place in N Phila and asked a man working there if he knew DD and he said yes, he fed her a few times because she was hungry. I died…thinking that my beautiful DD was begging for food when all she had to do was pick up the phone and call me…that night I went to my oldest DD’s church in the suburbs and we prayed in a communal prayer session for 3 hours, and I asked God (as I always did) just to keep her safe, that’s all, just be with her…and for all the other young girls and boys who are addicts..there were so many parents at this church praying for their teens and young adult children addicted to drugs that it was an eye opener. I really couldn’t take it anymore and I was going to go home in the am…at 5:45am DD left a tearful message on my cell phone while I slept that she was ok and wanted to come home…praise God. He kept DD safe…long story short she is clean for 18 mo, went to rehab, halfway house, married the man who saved her from the streets, and has a 6 month old baby boy. DD knows it was God who saved her and her faith in Jesus that kept her from dying numerous times..she is neg for HIV, hepatitis and all STD’s a true miracle.

And to this day, our little Makayla has been our gift from God who kept us going when we thought we couldn’t cry one more tear or take one more breath from the pain of all DD was going through….

So please excuse my posting so much of DGD. And God bless each of you and your wonderful little miracles…

Susan

 

[karrierock]

Praise the Lord!!​

He's such an awesome God to keep your DD safe through all her trials and tribulations. I'm so thankful for a happy ending!!!

Okay guys no more for the day.

Thank you for sharing Susan, it really puts the daily humdrum of life into perspective.

 

[tadamom]

Susan, that is an amazing story (I am in tears). God truly answered your prayers!! Glad to hear that you DD is doing so well and I pray she continues too!

 

[lori123]

Can anyone take some pics of a pair of the decopage jeans that have been washed several times? I want to make a pair for DD but am not sure how much I will like the frayed look. Wanted to check some out before I started in. TIA!!!
Lori
P.S.
I have a pic of DD with the Minnie sewing machine from last week - but it is on DH's laptop - I will post it soon!

 

[cheerbop]

Good morning…I have some time this am before we are off to EPCOT…and I just feel led to tell my dear friends how my life has been touched. Our youngest of 5 is a recovering crack addict. She was so cute and sweet and adorable, just like all of the dear little girls on this board. We live in PA Dutch country and even have a horse and buggy parking area at our waldemart. Drugs was the last thing I ever worried about in our little middle class lives.

To make a long story short…after 2 years of trying everything, we finally resorted to tough love..but the drugs meant more to DD than anything and she just walked out…for a while we knew she was with a 50 year old drug dealer (she was 20 by then) but then I lost touch with her. I did everything I could to try to find her, and discovered she was in North Phila, left there by him, and selling herself for drugs – a horror a mother and father can’t imagine…I just remember being hysterical at the time. DH would drive 100 miles to N Phila and walk the streets Fri and Sat nights looking for her or for clues…it was a war zone..helicopters, guns, knives, drugs, prostitutes, murders…everyone knew her..she was one of the few persons of noncolor in the area…but no one would talk…the police had picked her up twice for prostitution but wouldn’t hold her…so we lost her…she was in shelters..crack houses…and even the city detectives told us that white prostitutes were being beheaded and we should check the morgues. I cried myself to sleep everynight…and the only thing that kept DH and I from losing our minds and our lives was the birth of Makayla. I would hear my DH sobbing softly as he rocked her to sleep, remembering how he always rocked DD to sleep…we spent every minute we could with Makayla as it was our only joy in life…she is truly my angel…the last straw for me was going into a little shack of a barbeque place in N Phila and asked a man working there if he knew DD and he said yes, he fed her a few times because she was hungry. I died…thinking that my beautiful DD was begging for food when all she had to do was pick up the phone and call me…that night I went to my oldest DD’s church in the suburbs and we prayed in a communal prayer session for 3 hours, and I asked God (as I always did) just to keep her safe, that’s all, just be with her…and for all the other young girls and boys who are addicts..there were so many parents at this church praying for their teens and young adult children addicted to drugs that it was an eye opener. I really couldn’t take it anymore and I was going to go home in the am…at 5:45am DD left a tearful message on my cell phone while I slept that she was ok and wanted to come home…praise God. He kept DD safe…long story short she is clean for 18 mo, went to rehab, halfway house, married the man who saved her from the streets, and has a 6 month old baby boy. DD knows it was God who saved her and her faith in Jesus that kept her from dying numerous times..she is neg for HIV, hepatitis and all STD’s a true miracle.

And to this day, our little Makayla has been our gift from God who kept us going when we thought we couldn’t cry one more tear or take one more breath from the pain of all DD was going through….

So please excuse my posting so much of DGD. And God bless each of you and your wonderful little miracles…

Susan

YAY GOD! (that is what I always say when something amazing happens...)What an amazing story! Praise God that she is fine now. I can't imagine the horrors you went through.
Thanks so much for sharing this with us---it really touches me.
Many blessings to your family.

 

[snubie]

Good morning…I have some time this am before we are off to EPCOT…and I just feel led to tell my dear friends how my life has been touched. Our youngest of 5 is a recovering crack addict. She was so cute and sweet and adorable, just like all of the dear little girls on this board. We live in PA Dutch country and even have a horse and buggy parking area at our waldemart. Drugs was the last thing I ever worried about in our little middle class lives.

To make a long story short…after 2 years of trying everything, we finally resorted to tough love..but the drugs meant more to DD than anything and she just walked out…for a while we knew she was with a 50 year old drug dealer (she was 20 by then) but then I lost touch with her. I did everything I could to try to find her, and discovered she was in North Phila, left there by him, and selling herself for drugs – a horror a mother and father can’t imagine…I just remember being hysterical at the time. DH would drive 100 miles to N Phila and walk the streets Fri and Sat nights looking for her or for clues…it was a war zone..helicopters, guns, knives, drugs, prostitutes, murders…everyone knew her..she was one of the few persons of noncolor in the area…but no one would talk…the police had picked her up twice for prostitution but wouldn’t hold her…so we lost her…she was in shelters..crack houses…and even the city detectives told us that white prostitutes were being beheaded and we should check the morgues. I cried myself to sleep everynight…and the only thing that kept DH and I from losing our minds and our lives was the birth of Makayla. I would hear my DH sobbing softly as he rocked her to sleep, remembering how he always rocked DD to sleep…we spent every minute we could with Makayla as it was our only joy in life…she is truly my angel…the last straw for me was going into a little shack of a barbeque place in N Phila and asked a man working there if he knew DD and he said yes, he fed her a few times because she was hungry. I died…thinking that my beautiful DD was begging for food when all she had to do was pick up the phone and call me…that night I went to my oldest DD’s church in the suburbs and we prayed in a communal prayer session for 3 hours, and I asked God (as I always did) just to keep her safe, that’s all, just be with her…and for all the other young girls and boys who are addicts..there were so many parents at this church praying for their teens and young adult children addicted to drugs that it was an eye opener. I really couldn’t take it anymore and I was going to go home in the am…at 5:45am DD left a tearful message on my cell phone while I slept that she was ok and wanted to come home…praise God. He kept DD safe…long story short she is clean for 18 mo, went to rehab, halfway house, married the man who saved her from the streets, and has a 6 month old baby boy. DD knows it was God who saved her and her faith in Jesus that kept her from dying numerous times..she is neg for HIV, hepatitis and all STD’s a true miracle.

And to this day, our little Makayla has been our gift from God who kept us going when we thought we couldn’t cry one more tear or take one more breath from the pain of all DD was going through….

So please excuse my posting so much of DGD. And God bless each of you and your wonderful little miracles…

Susan

WOW, just WOW! I am so happy for you that your DD is now safe and clean.

 

[CastleLight]

Susan,
Thank you so much for sharing. You touched me. Its amazing how we can reach one another on these boards. I will keep you and your DFamily in my prayers today.

 

[LisaZoe]

Can anyone take some pics of a pair of the decopage jeans that have been washed several times? I want to make a pair for DD but am not sure how much I will like the frayed look. Wanted to check some out before I started in. TIA!!!
Lori

Here are some I did for Zoe last Halloween. I think there were washed & dried 2-3 times. I don't like a lot of long threads/strings so I do what I call "grooming" by pulling any threads hanging from the patches and trim the strings from the denim at the hem. I prefer to have the patches with a short "fringe" of fraying. After a few washes, most of the loose threads are done coming out and the stitching keeps the rest in place. The hem, then, is the only place where more strings might be an issue but I have stitching about 1/4" up from the edge so that eventually stops more fraying.

BTW - I've lightly ironed similar jeans to get the fringe to lay neatly. I didn't for this photo but after "grooming" and ironing, the jeans looked almost the same as when they were first stitched.

 

[#1 Pocahontas]

For those of you interested in AG dolls there is free shipping code good until Oct. 22 I think. It will save us $20 on my daughter's Bitty Twins and stroller. The code is AF72167. I understand that discounts are rare. Do they ever have Black Friday deals?

Also I was wondering if the My Disney Girl clothes would fit AG doll. I just love the little Minnie outfit, and thought that would be too cute to put on an AG doll, give as gift to suprise some unsuspecting kiddos a trip to Disney!

Thanks for that code!

The My Disney Girl clothes do fit Amercian Girls but they are a tad snug. We have a few of the MDG outfits and I have to tug them a bit to get them on. My dd can not do it on her own. Well, maybe she could but she'd probably bust a seam. DD's AG has been wearing Minnie panties for over a year simply because the were so hard to get on so they are going to stay there for awhile . LOL

 

[t-beri]

okay i am finished . here is what i have been working on for the DCA Halloween treat party. just don't look to hard it was my first attempt at mickey/minnie heads..

OhM'Gosh!! Those are too great! Don't change a thing!!! I love that you switched it up and did stripes on the little ones pirate shirt!!

All I can say is I'm glad I haven't eaten dinner yet or it would be all over my keyboard with all this talk about eating squirrels. YUCK! I can barely get my kids to eat real chicken I can't believe yours will eat squirrels. When I was 5 my dad brought home two rabbits he had shot and I sat in the kitchen with my Peter Rabbit book crying that Daddy had killed Peter Rabbit. He forced me to eat a piece, NOT a good Daddy

I had a similar experience. Only when I saw thumper( he was cleaning it under the carport) I ran to the front porch onto a lounge chair and covered my face w/ the first available object which was my mothers Cosmo!! Of course at 5 I thought that was a "dirty" magazine and closed my eyes!! Then I was not only upset about the bunnies, but embarrassed that I had picked up the cosmo. All in all a devastating experience. The worst part is that my dad fried the rabbit that night and to THIS VERY DAY I get sick when I smell butter frying. My family mostly used margarin, so I don't remember ever knowing the smell of butter until then. And as a matter of fact, we used it so infrequently that I was grown before I smelled it and found out that that wasn't the smell of rabbit cooking, that it was REAL butter. My DH's family would NEVER use margarine, so I've learned to get past it, luckily we're a heart healthy family and use olive oil or canola oil mostly. But when DH wants eggs, I still gag while I'm cooking them!!!

 

[HeatherSue]

Tessa couldn't stop talking about these outfits! She keeps saying "They're so cute!". She's not easily impressed (see the previous post with the Princess Dinner pictures if you don't believe me).

At the rate we seem to be going today, I'm wondering if it will be more like tomorrow! Where is everyone?? DisneyWorld or somewhere????

Try cleaning up puke, puking, and spending a lot of time in the bathroom....

I spent the morning at the Disney Store. They had there clearance and additional 40%. They had a BUNCH of the Disney Irons marked down to 2.99 then 40% off that! 2.99-1.20 equals 1.79!!!!!!! I bought Sleeping Beauty, Cars, Tinkerbell and Buzz.

Brag, brag, brag, brag, brag....(we don't have a Disney store)

Does anyone know how hard it would be to put ric rac on the seams of a Redondo spiral skirt? I was just thinking that I have some glow in the dark ric rac which might look cute with the Buzz fabric. Lydia found some material that is sort of spacey that she wants me to put with it. (from my stash)

I don't think it would be very hard, but you'd need a LOT of ric-rac!

All I can say is I'm glad I haven't eaten dinner yet or it would be all over my keyboard with all this talk about eating squirrels. YUCK! I can barely get my kids to eat real chicken I can't believe yours will eat squirrels. When I was 5 my dad brought home two rabbits he had shot and I sat in the kitchen with my Peter Rabbit book crying that Daddy had killed Peter Rabbit. He forced me to eat a piece, NOT a good Daddy (my mom is still upset he made me eat it).

If you think that was traumatic, think of my poor mother. She had a PET rabbit that her mom killed and made her eat!!!

In defense of my BIL, he is a very responsible hunter. He eats everything he kills and he doesn't hunt for trophies. There isn't a single deer head on my sister's wall!

I can't believe I missed out on the 1000th page!! See the above response to my sister if you don't know why I wasn't here. I think that alone deserves some taffy, to replenish all the nourishment I lost!

 

[HeatherSue]

HELLO!!!! Call Disney, we've found the star of High School Musical 3!! What a couple of cuties!

 

[HeatherSue]

I had a similar experience. Only when I saw thumper( he was cleaning it under the carport) I ran to the front porch onto a lounge chair and covered my face w/ the first available object which was my mothers Cosmo!! Of course at 5 I thought that was a "dirty" magazine and closed my eyes!! Then I was not only upset about the bunnies, but embarrassed that I had picked up the cosmo. All in all a devastating experience. The worst part is that my dad fried the rabbit that night and to THIS VERY DAY I get sick when I smell butter frying. My family mostly used margarin, so I don't remember ever knowing the smell of butter until then. And as a matter of fact, we used it so infrequently that I was grown before I smelled it and found out that that wasn't the smell of rabbit cooking, that it was REAL butter. My DH's family would NEVER use margarine, so I've learned to get past it, luckily we're a heart healthy family and use olive oil or canola oil mostly. But when DH wants eggs, I still gag while I'm cooking them!!!

Oh my gosh!!! Sorry for laughing hysterically at your childhood trauma, but that is just TOO funny! Especially the part about Cosmo.

 

[angelfallenhere]

Hi!! Im new to the boards. My family is going to Disney World for the first time in January. Can any of you tell me how to find some of these outfits to buy for a size 12-18 months?? Eveything I see on ebay is larger or they have a picture for a 3 year old. Its hard to tell what it would look like on a smaller size. I dont know how to sew. Thanks for any help.

Thanks,
Melanie

DD 04/25/94
DS 02/27/96
DS 02/28/05
DD 10/19/06


Trip to Disney is only 107 Days away!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[teresajoy]

I had a similar experience. Only when I saw thumper( he was cleaning it under the carport) I ran to the front porch onto a lounge chair and covered my face w/ the first available object which was my mothers Cosmo!! Of course at 5 I thought that was a "dirty" magazine and closed my eyes!! Then I was not only upset about the bunnies, but embarrassed that I had picked up the cosmo. All in all a devastating experience. The worst part is that my dad fried the rabbit that night and to THIS VERY DAY I get sick when I smell butter frying. My family mostly used margarin, so I don't remember ever knowing the smell of butter until then. And as a matter of fact, we used it so infrequently that I was grown before I smelled it and found out that that wasn't the smell of rabbit cooking, that it was REAL butter. My DH's family would NEVER use margarine, so I've learned to get past it, luckily we're a heart healthy family and use olive oil or canola oil mostly. But when DH wants eggs, I still gag while I'm cooking them!!!

I don't know what made me laugh more, you thinking butter was rabbit, or the Cosmo thing! You poor little girl!

In defense of my BIL, he is a very responsible hunter. He eats everything he kills and he doesn't hunt for trophies. There isn't a single deer head on my sister's wall!

I can't believe I missed out on the 1000th page!! See the above response to my sister if you don't know why I wasn't here. I think that alone deserves some taffy, to replenish all the nourishment I lost!

Thank you Heather! Nope, no deer heads on my walls, he hasn't even tried!

I hope you get feeling better!

HELLO!!!! Call Disney, we've found the star of High School Musical 3!! What a couple of cuties!

So true though!

 

[tnmom25]

Good morning…I have some time this am before we are off to EPCOT…and I just feel led to tell my dear friends how my life has been touched. Our youngest of 5 is a recovering crack addict. She was so cute and sweet and adorable, just like all of the dear little girls on this board. We live in PA Dutch country and even have a horse and buggy parking area at our waldemart. Drugs was the last thing I ever worried about in our little middle class lives.

Wow Susan, that is a very touching story and thank you for sharing. Now, I have to go buy more tissues!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Can anyone take some pics of a pair of the decopage jeans that have been washed several times? I want to make a pair for DD but am not sure how much I will like the frayed look. Wanted to check some out before I started in. TIA!!!
Lori
P.S.
I have a pic of DD with the Minnie sewing machine from last week - but it is on DH's laptop - I will post it soon!

My HSM jeans didn't hold up too well! The patches seem to be ok, but the printable fabric that I used is falling apart. I think I can restitch and salvage them, but I haven't tried yet!

 

[tnmom25]

Hi!! Im new to the boards. My family is going to Disney World for the first time in January.
Thanks,
Melanie

DD 04/25/94
DS 02/27/96
DS 02/28/05
DD 10/19/06

Trip to Disney is only 107 Days away!!!!!!!!!!!

Melanie!!!

 

[CheleLynn2]

Okay...........I need some reassuring from this wonderful thread. You guys don't know me but I have been reading thru this thread for the past two weeks. My name is Michele, I am here in Tucson, AZ and am married with a DD8. I went out and bought some minnie red dot material and have a pattern pinned to it. It is the sewing for dummies skirt pattern.

I AM SO AFRAID TO CUT IT OUT AND START.........YIKES!!

I have read thru the directions and read thru them, but they still seem a bit confusing. I am determined to do this without calling my mom back home in NY. I have had my sewing machine now for two years, but only bought so I had one when my mom was here to sew with or hem things that I needed.

Can anyone send some encouraging words my way or tips, I would greatly appreciate it!

I am going to read thru some more posts, then maybe go cut. I need to do this we leave on October 5th.

Okay, Michele, deep breaths......deep breaths......you can do it, you can do it.....