Yoooooo Gabba Gabbaaaaaa!!!!

We took Eli to see DJ Lance Rock & the gang last Sunday and had a great time! This was the beginning of the act:

And this was Eli’s reaction:

Toodee, Foofa, DJ Lance, Muno, Plex & Brobee!  For those in the dark, this is a TV show on Nick Jr.

The entire concert, Eliana kept saying, “I want to hug them!” But when we finally made it ‘backstage"’ Eli insisted I hold her!  I guess stranger phobia is a good thing after all!

See how tightly she’s got me around my neck! It was great to meet Foofa!

Brobee cracks me up!

JW loves Brobee too!

Plex & Muno!

Eli finally warmed up to the monsters after some snacks!

We waited for DJ Lance to come out and it was totally worth it. He was the sweetest celebrity ever!  So nice! After our picture he swung Eliana around like an airplane! He made sure all of his fans felt special.

And here is Eliana’s newest ‘princess’ dress that she will surely wear for the next several days in a row:

Her very own Foofa rainbow dress! It was supposed to be ready for the concert, but life is not fair. The important thing is that it’s DONE now! Yay!

Because one peasant dress is never enough…

The only thing better than finishing a dress is seeing Eliana enjoy it!

After a bijillion pictures only Hattie was left…

Eliana had so much fun with her cousins but she wasn’t being a princess to poor Finn in this pic. Thankfully Finn is a gentleman

The girls helped pick weeds for the centerpiece with Aunt Benna.

Love this pic! Minus the “Eliana could have been electrocuted” part…

Poofy Peasant Princess

Ever since Eliana requested I make her a Belle princess dress I have been trying to figure out how to do just that.   I wanted to make a rough draft dress because the yellow fabric I bought for Belle is too cute to risk messing up.

In all my sewing adventures I had never attempted the peasant dress.  All the elastic and casings intimidated me!  I found a great free pattern for the basic peasant top and sleeves. Click here for Bandy Canyon’s free pattern.  I used this pattern for my blueprint, then added an underskirt, and a top skirt with gathers and bows.

This was my other inspiration for the dress:

I love the gathers and the bows! This is what the dress looks like without the poofy:

And here is a closer look at the neckline and sleeves:

The sleeves turned out super cute! But making the casing on them was hard because they are not in a straight line. Any tips on hemming a curved edge?? 

Eliana now has 2 homemade princess dresses! Judging by how much she loves them, I will be making princess dresses for the next year!  Yay!