...a new dress

According to Alyssa, Barbie needs to go to the party with her this Friday. "Does she have nice dress in the closet mommy?"
Like I said yesterday, I was planning to go full skirt, glitz, beads and the glam. So Barbie. As I watched my two girls sleep last night, I was searching each and every nook of my brain for some inspiration. I wanted to go plain. No I wanted to go glam. Aha! Will do a Victoria Beckham. Snob, unsmilling and all. Marc Jacobs? My mind was made up. Sew the dress I did. Watching Ava making a mess of all their toys, I was deep in thought of how the beads were going to look like. I thought, so Versace with the glitters. I dont wanna look 1990ish. I thought Victoria Beckham again. Then I came up with this dress. All hems sewn clean this time. Im got serious. It was too plain for me. I toyed with the beads again and the picture of 1990s fashion aka Gianni Versace flashed before my eyes. Saw the left over ribbon I used for the girls' birthday and had an inspiration. A ribbon on the chest. Still looked like someone's design but what the heck, I could never come up with a fresh new one of my own, Ive had decades of reading fashion magazine, no way my mind is virgin. I came up with this instead. I think it's clean. Still Victoria Beckham.
I made the bag out of a Smart phone flyer. It was the same shade as the ribbon. The bag actually opens but it's fragile, being so small and all. Those are real beads. It's inspired by the Bijou One handbag creations.

As seen here carried by the actress/singer Hilary Duff. There were other celebs on the page but I cropped Hilary coz I like her. When I heard Alyssa say,"You did a great job mommy. Im so proud. " I knew the glue on my shirt and beads cluttered on the floor which I myself will be picking up, were all worth it.