Dress is More than a Clothing Piece, it’s a Statement

Like I already told before, I tried to make my first dress (All Spruced Up).

It was a bit of searching, but with the help of my mom, we actually succeeded in fuguring out the motive. I can say with proud that I made my first dress. It does not look perfectly, but I am glad with the result. I still need to iron it, and make some last adjustments. After that, I will make a picture of her wearing it.

-Love

Home Sweet Home

Everybody was pretty excited about 12/12/12. That day was surely remarkable for mee too. The day when she finally arrived home. Never was I that excited to rip off the paper and see the brown box. That childish happiness, that reminds us all that we will never grow up inside.

The first impression was “Wooow, she has a big head!”. All you could see was her huge head and tiny body. Ofcourse I opened the box as soon as possible and started to get her out of the box (probably took me 20 min to actually get everything out, I ♥ scotch). As soon as I got her out of the box, and saw her, I fell immediately in love. Such a beauty! Next step, would be “dress up”. That went quite fast and I could not wait to take a picture of her.

Yes, she is really photogenic ♥.

I named her Chanel, why would you ask: because she reminds me of a cute French girl and because Coco is a big icon for me. Such a beauty deserves a strong name.

-Love

Dress Me Up and Sit Down

I enjoy being creative and making things with my hands. By purchasing Blythe, I gave a shot on making my own doll-dress.

Blythe Dress by BeMyChic

First of all, I googled for some patterns (it is pretty hard to make one, when you do not have the doll yet). There are actually great blogs, that have a good explanation on how to make clothes (patterns included).

A check-list for myself to make some cool clothes:

• http://www.jaszmade.com/ (this one is really great and I recommend you to check it out)
• http://hellomoshi.blogspot.be/2011/12/make-moshi-mini-skirt-for-blythe.html (if you want to make a mini skirt, it looks easy, so I’ll try to make it when I finish the dress)
• http://www.puchicollective.com/sewing-patterns/ (you have some great patterns on this blog)
• http://xoxoblythe.blogspot.be/p/free-patterns.html (the hat looks so cute, I will ask my mom to help me with the beginning of sewing
• http://blythe.burnet.edu.au/latestpatterns6.11.04/ (more of some great patterns)
• http://members.optusnet.com.au/orriettacat/patterns/ (index of great patterns)
• http://www.miseducated.net/2010/04/blythe-clothing-pattern-collection/ ( and more more more :P)
• http://pinterest.com/pin/206954545347919366/ (how cute is this, blythe boots ♥)
• http://pinterest.com/pin/206954545346750352/ (uniform dress)
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I will add items to the list, when I find some other patterns for cute clothes.

While I was searching for patterns, I found some other cute things that you can make for your Blythe-house:

• http://sweetlysweet.blogspot.be/2010/11/mini-cupcake-stand-tutorial.html (a cupcake stand in fun colors)
• http://creeretrealiser.kazeo.com/un-sofa-louis-xv/un-sofa-louis-xv,r388610.html (Louis XIV inspired chair)
• http://www.jennifersprintables.com/ (you can find really cute printable stuff)
• http://southerndisposition.blogspot.be/2011/12/how-to-make-barbie-kitchen-table-and.html (table and chairs, but you should check other DIY furniture in her posts, really creative)
• http://pinterest.com/pin/206954545346697944/ (vintage inspired case)
• …

Cannot wait to try one of this inspiring ideas, maybe I should try to make a house before she arrives home (:

-Love