The Making of Elsa Dress Story

Elsa is a character from the movie Frozen by Disney. My affair with the Elsa dress began when my 5yr old niece became a fan with the movie and particularly with Elsa. My niece would use blankets as pretend cape to copy Elsa. She also loves to sing the song "Let it go" over and over again. I personally liked Elsa's dress. I got an idea and the confidence to do one.

I looked for the perfect fabric first. There are so many to choose from. Being it as my first dress project, I decided to buy the cheaper fabric which I think will still work well for the dress. With a lot of thinking and after looking at many pictures of Elsa's dress, I finally got a design idea.

I measured my niece and I also borrowed a dress from her as my reference/guide. I divided the dress project into 4 parts. The skirt, bodice, sleeves, and cape. I cut out the fabric for the skirt first. I assembled them by doing running stitches to attach them. I tried the skirt on my niece to check if i am on the right track.

For the bodice, I used my niece's dress as reference and measured her as well. I layered two fabrics for this. When assembling the pieces, I thought I needed to put some sparkle on the bodice. I thought of using sparkling beads to put in front but it seems to be a lot of hard work and I dont have any idea how to put it together. I went for a stroll in the crafts section at the mall and looked at some options. I found ribbons with the right color and with sparkles too. They are very cheap by meter. I thought of just sewing them in with a thread color to match. I actually hand sewn them on the front fabric. I arranged the ribbon pieces to look like they are like dripping ice. At least that's what I imagined them to be. It actually turned out great. I also added a ribbon to where the skirt and the bodice meet. I hand sewn everything with a temporary running stitch.

The trickiest part for me was the sleeves. I dont know how to work with laces/net fabric. I designed it for me to have minimal stitching and cutting. I only sew the bottom part of the arms and the tips of the shoulder. I did blanket stitch on all the edges to clean off the fabric.

It seems to be turning out great. The last thing to add was the cape. It is the easiest part since the fabric is pre-cut, I only trimmed off the part that is to be attached to the bodice. And so everything was put together and it turned out great. I sew everything with a sewing machine by tracing back where I did my running stitches. I took out the running stitches first before running them on the sewing machine. The reversed side is not very professionally made looking but I think the project was still a success. My niece loved it and had been wearing the dress almost everyday or at least after every wash. lol. Well, I hope you enjoyed my story.

How to Make a DIY Photo Holder from CD Cases

Display photos in creative picture holders.  Cd cases are cheap, light-weight, and easy to find.  I had a few cases for disposal but I thought of a way to make use of them. The good thing is that these cases already have a plastic sleeve that we could easily slip something in. 

I have this beautiful collage of food pictures.

This is a two tier picture holders. Dvd cases are very light-weight so it can support multiple tiers.

These are the materials needed for this project.

This background is a gift wrapper leftover. I just trimmed it down to fit into the cases' plastic sleeve. I secured the photo to the Background with a sticky tape.

I inserted the background and photo to the clear sleeve.

I cut an 8" ribbon for the holder. The ends were tied into a knot.  I  Inserted the knotted ends into the cases' opening. The knots will serve as stoppers to prevent the case from falling off.

This is a very easy way to display pictures or even quotes that inspire. Ive also tried two tiers of cases which is also amazing. The case orientation can also be changed into landscape for a different view.  Just cut 2 3inch ribbon with all ends knotted. Simply insert one end to the bottom of the case to the top of the next case. Do the same thing to both ribbons to balance the weight of the nect case.

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How to Make Paper Christmas Tree

 Good day everyone! It is time to do a craft. Let's make a Christmas Tree.

What is special with this Christmas tree is we are going to use newspapers and white scratch papers. Instead of throwing them away, let's make something out of it. So let us move on and prepare the things we need.


Prepare these items:

1. Newspapers
2. White scratch papers(one side is clean)
3. Scissors
4. Tape
5. Shoe box cover
6. Glitter dusts
7. Glue



Now let us start!

1. Get four pages of newspaper and place them on top of one another. We are now going to make a cone. Join the left edge and the right edge of the newspaper. Have the pointed part of the cone sit on the newspaper crease. Tape the joining edges. You should get something like the picture.

2. Take a couple of newspaper pages and make large strips. Then crumple the strips. Use the crumpled paper to fill the cone. Press down to put more filling. This process will give our Christmas tree weight and volume so it can be sturdy enough to stand. Fold the opening part inwards and tape to seal. Let the cone stand on its base. The cone should stand straight up and not leaning. Adjust by pressing down the paper and taping it in place.





3. Take the shoe box cover and make a square base for the cone. This is where the cone will sit to give it more balance. It is best if the shoe box color will fit the theme. Otherwise, it can be wrapped in a nice paper to give it the right look. Position the cone on top of the square base then secure it in place using a tape.

3. Now it is time to put on some leaves.  Get the white scratch papers. Fold a Letter sized paper twice to get four parts. Draw a leaf on the wrong side of the paper. Cut out the leaves by following the pattern below. It doesn't have to be perfect. It will turn out great either way you want. The gray area is our guide on where to put the glue later.

4. When the leaves are cut, put glue and spread it out on the leaf. The whole leaf doesnt have to be covered with glue. Sprinkle/Dab glitter dust to where there is glue. Shake off the excess glitter and then let the leaf dry.  Make more leaves enough to cover your whole cone base.

5. When the leaves have dried and the glitters are in place, glue individual leaf to the cone base. Overlap the the edges to cover the newspaper underneath. This is the exciting part because you will be surprised to watch the transformation into a beautiful glittery Christmas tree.

6. Decorate the tree with ornaments you can put in. Here are some samples of the Christmas trees that I decorated.

 This is a blue themed Christmas tree. I decorated it with Christmas balls and glittery blue ribbon. I also covered the base with a silver sheet.

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