Casual Fridays, Princess-Style

My girls were invited to a Princess birthday party and were encouraged to wear their royal attire.  I knew the party was going to be outdoors, near a playground, and it was likely to be 95 degrees.  So instead of putting them in those stretch velvet polyester numbers, which get torn off within 5 minutes in our air conditioned house, or in one of my handmade dress-ups, that would likely get destroyed, I decided to compromise.

So instead I created some playwear for Princesses!  This is what Snow White and Cinderella wear on their days off, right?

I wanted to hold off on this post until I got better pictures, but I decided these action shots actually better illustrated my reasoning on the whole anti-dress thing.  (plus I didn't feel like it)

My girls loved them and kept them on the whole time, and bonus - now they have dress-ups they can wear outside the house too.

I don't have a tutorial for these, they're really just t-shirts with some added details.  All it took was some knit yardage from the stash, some cut-up shirts from my refashion pile, some ric-rac, and a little bit of math.  I think some of the other princesses would be really fun too, but these were the colors I had on hand.

(The yellow shorts were just a happy coincidence.  You can read about them here.)

 

And I can't mention this birthday party and not show you a picture of the cake.  My friend (the birthday girl's mom) made it!  I dread planning and executing birthday parties, so the fact that she is not only uhhhmazing at it, but also loves putting together every detail never fails to blow my mind.  It makes me glad that people are so talented at such different things. 

 

Have a great weekend!