it all got done

Somehow, we managed.  Target didn't have any plain white knee high socks or tights in Rebecca's size, and on Wednesday night I was kind of panicking when I remembered an old pair of the girls' footless tights that had a teeny paint stain on them. I'd dumped them in the box designated for charity, so I pulled those out and with some pinking shears, fabric marker, a can of Sprite and tape, I transformed them into Pearl the Cloud Fairy stockings.

With pinking shears, I cut the legs off as long as possible, then stretched one over a soda can.  Using tape as a spacer and to mask off the areas I didn't want painted, I just colored stripes with a pink fabric marker that I had left over from Rebecca's birthday party.  The tops rolled in on themselves, didn't need hemming at all and it was pretty perfect.  I didn't spend a dime, and it was very MacGyver-ish of me, don't you think?  I don't think my husband or Rebecca was sufficiently impressed.

And on Thursday I only stayed up until a little past midnight finishing up 26 of these candy corn bags for Rebecca's classmates.  See the little tag on the right?  Made by printing this adorable design by Babalisme onto cardstock (sorry, I don't think it's available for download anymore).  Jessie tried to help Rebecca sign her name on the tags, since they all had to get done at breakfast the following morning.  Cute, huh?  Rebecca was not amused.

And speaking of Jessie, here's the only sharp photo I could find of her in the hat.  

Trust me, it looked cute, and with a Hello Kitty Halloween T-shirt and the skirt I made last year, she was stylin' during trick-or-treat.  I also made some quick, reversible treat bags from the glittery ghost fabric seen in the background of the first photo and some Halloween Hello Kitty stuff I found at Joann.  Of course they wanted the HK facing outwards.  

There was plenty of loot for all... I'm off to sneak some Reese's cups.

Comments

[Michelle K.]

I love the re-purposed tights!!!!! I love that you spent zero and that you used stuff you already had. How great is that. I'm sure the girls had a great Halloween!

[regina]

I am very very impressed with the soda can/sock/fabric marker thing! WoW!!

The girls, the candy corn bags -- everything looks wonderful! You are such wonderful mommy.

[dottycookie]

Oh, you made such cute outfits - and without spending huge amounts. What a brilliant way to celebrate Halloween. I love the candy corn bags - Rebecca has lucky classmates!

[Ali]

Colouring all those stripes is some dedication! Hooray you.

[katie r]

i am sufficiently impressed! :)

[kim @ mommyknows]

So cute! Well done, very McGyverish indeed.

[jenny]

I wish you were my mum!

[Liz]

Wow....no wonder you're eating pb cups. You need the energy to keep going! :o) Love the bags, both big and small, the HK hat, socks, skirt....sing with me..."Wonder Woman"!! lol

[Katie]

I love your Halloween stuff! The girls look ADORABLE!

[urban craft]

I adore the candy corn bags. You go Magyver SuperMom!