So here's another 'oldie but goodie' from before my blogging days. Just before Christmas I hosted a Tutu Making night at my place. I joined a local group for moms called "Momstown" and the ladies rock! I was pretty new to Momstown at the time and since I love to have people over, I decided that hosting a craft night would be a great way to get to know all the members better. The plan was to make little tutus to give our princesses for Christmas. It was soooo much fun! Everyone brought a yummy appetizer and well let's just say that what was supposed to be a two hour event turned into four hours. What can I say.....yummy food, yards of tulle, silk flowers, rhinestone embellishments and a bunch of chatty mamas made for a great night of entertainment! So here are some of the highlights..........................
First we chose our tulle colours and built a flower for our tutu.
First we chose our tulle colours and built a flower for our tutu.
We set up a flower station so everyone could build their own flower. To be honest, I just laid out ready made flowers but my super creative sister in-law (who was luckily visiting from Scotland at the time) came up with the fab idea to take them all apart so we could build multi-coloured flowers. Amazing way to spruce up flowers you get at the Dollar Store.
Once our mamas chose their tulle and built their flower, they picked up a co-ordinating ribbon and chose from tons of rhinestone embellishments. I thought glittery butterflies would be a nice addition to the tutus.....turns out nobody thought so because those glittery wings didn't make an appearance on any of the finished tutus :)
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So.... two colours of tulle, a pretty flower and fun ribbon.....let the tutu making begin!!!
We started by rolling our tulle and cutting it into strips.
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I got the instructions from a great Tutu Making tutorial on You Tube. It was so easy!!
If you want to give it a try here is the link.
If you want to give it a try here is the link.
Here are some of the finished Tutus!!
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It was such a fun night and big hugs go out to my sister in-law Karen who got all of our creative juices flowing!
