PR&P S6W6

For the love of France

This week is Signature week.

I have never done this week because I haven't been able to identify my signature style?

I have toyed with the idea that I am a story teller/costumer,

but to make it easier on myself I gave this whole season a theme

can you guess what it was?

Little O is all dressed up in a floor length purple pene velvet gown

and ready for a night at the Paris Opera.

It has beautiful butterfly sleeves, a white satin sash with beautiful hand beading 

and she is also wearing a dimonte choker (yep I made that too)

The sash and choker tie neatly at the back

Her purple drill petticoat holds out her dress thanks to the removable boning just under the knee,

and would make a lovely skirt on it own

but Little O is much too much of a lady for that ;)

There it is my signature style/theme

Paris, France

Now PR&P will be on holidays for a few weeks but I wont be. I have several things to show you, including dolls, some fabulous tutus and I'm covering my 2 lounges.
See you soon!

PR&P S6W5

Frogs Legs

The Mens Shirt Challenge

Lime green yep I bought my husband a plain lime green shirt, I know what was I thinking he never wears it so it was perfect for this weeks challenge.

Bianca is a struggling artist in Paris, who has managed to lock herself out of her  
Pied-à-terre.

How on earth will she get in?

At least she is dressed well

A black satin skirt with purple trim

A Lime peasant shirt, with gold button, purple trim and pleats for shaping :)

A couple of cuff bracelets with elegant buttons and purple trim

Hang on she only has one don't tell me she left one inside!

All fixed, she just climbed through the window

Its her favourite spot anyway :)

See you next week

p.s. I didn't make the pants :(

PR&P S6 W4

My French Cupcake

 I know I missed week 3

It is all cut out and I will get to it but things got on top of me and there was no sewing going on at our place.

But I'm back and ready to go

 LOVE is in the air 

and Little J is head over heels in LOVE
with cupcakes 
and fashion of course :)

Little J's top is based on this pattern

by Kids Create Couture

I turned it into a top and used casings and elastic in the arms instead of shirring. 

The skirt is velvet, so is the applique

You may remember this fabric from these posts

Elizabeth Bennet

Promises Kept

 I am very much in LOVE with sashes and bows :)

This one was made from organic homespun

LOVE LOVE LOVE

organic homespun

  I am totally taking credit for these BLACK leather ballet shoes

before anyone gets too excited I can only take credit for them being black :)

I wish I made the cupcake but I didn't :(

Great bit of shopping though!

Thank you Little J

Here are a couple of fun pics to finish off

(just to prove we do enjoy it)

 its just not a photo shoot without Little O lol.

PR&P S6 W2

A Little French Circus

Meet 2 very talented sisters in 2 extremely cute costumes :)

This is Little O & Little J

They are running away to join the circus (in Paris of course)

Little J has amazing balance

She wears a modified T-shirt - double collar, bow and applique bird (not pictured)

A beautiful headband

A pretty cuff bangle 

Jester shorts

A huge smile

and one leg warmer

But it would be lonely without Little O, the best big sister to make this a double act :)

Little O has all the tricks

She also has a huge smile

A feather, tulle and fabric covered button hair piece

A snap wrist bangle with huge ribbon flower

A modified T-shirt with lace collar and bird applique

As well as a bubble skirt and lace anklet

Little O sometimes gets discouraged

Will they ever make it to Paris?

but together they know they can conquer the world,

well Grandma Heather's backyard anyway lol

This shoot was a blast. I would like to thank by BFF for loaning me her beautiful children.

On to next week - Boys Week

PR&P S6 W1

Can you believe I haven't posted in over 2 months!!!!

I have been very very busy.

I am telling you those 14 Tutus nearly did my head in (actually my family would tell you they did)

But here we are in 2013 with a whole new season of Project Run & Play to enjoy YAY

This weeks theme was a pattern remix

The Party Dress

by

The Cottage Home

I love Lindsay's sewing and patterns so I knew this week was exactly the kind of project that would get me sewing again, I'm telling you once I got started there was no stopping me :)

My French Dream

I made the dress almost exactly the same as the original to start with except I added the little sleeve and some lace trim around the neck. 

When I added the sash though I felt like it covered up the whole dress and I had only used a plain poplin so it was a bit boring, so I added the ribbon and beading.

Now comes the fun part, making it my own.

My very first thought when creating this dress was that I wanted multiple layers for the skirt and I didn't want them to be even, you know the only difference being fabric and length (I've already done that). I had lots of wild ideas but in the end I made a separate skirt that was the same length but different fabric and gathered it up in 2 places adding more beading.

I was worried it would fall down a little so I added velcro on either side to hold it in place :)

The photo shoot for this outfit was soooooo much fun.

We have a lovely lady in our life who my children call Grandma Heather (I do too). These photos were taken n her backyard. When I asked her if we could please use her yard for the photo shoot she said sure and patiently listened to me ramble on about what I was trying to achieve - she is good that way. Well when I got there that afternoon she had all sorts of surprises for me, props I couldn't have come up with in my wildest dreams and bribes for my model.

I am in love with this dress and I will definitely make more of them :)

p.s. Grandmother Heather found me some more awesome props that I will show you in Boys Week YAY

WOW WOW WOW

Woohoo I got asked to do a post over at Project Run and Play!
How cool is that?
I have written a tutorial for Kanzanshi Flowers

You can check it out here.

I also received a box full of Tutus today. Wish me luck with this one, they are so beautiful I hope I don't stuff them up.