Pretty Pink Pixie

Last night my amazingly crafty sister and sister-in-law came over to do some girly stuff.  We started out making some homemade chicken noodle soup.  YUM!  Then we worked on Halloween costumes for their daughters.  And while we were doing that, guess what my awesome husband was making...candied almonds.  I don't think you could get much better when it comes to a Sunday night!

My sister's daughter is being an adorable pink pixie.

Last weekend we went to Hobby Lobby to get the tulle and ribbon for the costume.

Let's just say that the selection was next to nothing more than a little picked over.

We wanted the tulle to be glittery, but they only had plain pink.

So we got creative

We took some fabric friendly glitter and some clear coat

Yes!

Clear coat!

While my sister, Rebecca, sprayed, I sprinkled.

And, VOILA!

Glitterific!

We also added some more glitter to the wings.

When the clear coat dried,

we added this cute bow

 because you can never have too much glitter!

And for her hair

a matching bow.

Kaitlyn is going to be the prettiest pixie ever!

And what did my sis-in-law work on?

Well, it all started with this headband:

My niece found these at the Halloween costume store

and decided she HAD to be a  bumble bee.

So, crafty Lindsay got to work...

So how do these

This shirt (sometimes blogger makes me want to pull my hair out!  Why won't it leave my pictures in the right direction???)

Some wings she bought years ago, covered in yellow and black flannel

And some black tulle

Become the Queen Bee?

Good question.

She looked for some black and yellow striped fabric.

No luck.  Not even black and white striped.

So she took some white fabric with black polka dots, and some yellow dye.

Turned out adorable.

So the costume isn't quite done yet, but I can't wait to seen the finished product!