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We put together a last minute clown costume for Milla the other day – recycling kraft paper for the hat and coffee filters for the collar. Iāve made a lot of clowns over the years and I love it so much I think I could do a few more even. They can be simple or …
We’ve had a bit of a moth infestation over her at the Banister house. š Good thing it’s so cute – as we just might have to keep her. Believe it or not, most things I do for the blog are in real time. Aside from projects for magazines, collaborations, etc. I do things right …
LITTLE LADY BUG It’s costume time again! I love designing fun and simple to make costumes for kids that have a little wow factor. The costumes I created for the latest Oct. 2018 Better Homes and Gardens Halloween issue come in a range super simple like a little mouse to ones with little more detail …
I always need an illustration warm up to start the creative day so I decided to start illustrating a series of kids in the costumes I’ve created in the past. Starting with our favorite card board llama costume. You can find instux on how to make your own Llama costume here. Can’t wait …
We brought home a Marie Antoinette style dress from Jacqadi in Paris earlier this year for Amelia in homage to our Versailles visit. I’ve been wanting to make her a white baroque wig to go with it every since. I initially tried a version with fabric and batting but ended up going with paper, inspired …
I mentioned a few weeks back on Instagram that I’m simply terrible with journaling and printing out all our family photos. As my kids are growing up, I feel it’s high time i get all these photos documented in tangible form for little ones to look and for us all to enjoy. But going through …
We’ve wanted to make a swan costume for Miss M ever since we put together this little ValentineĀ tissue box swan. We followed basically the same idea, just enlarged to fit her. So simple and and so fun! And just in time for this year’s Swan Princess Halloween costume (although I think it will go right …
We had fun crafting up matching star wand and headbands to go along with our Wren and James collab ‘Summer Nostaglia’ – where girls can match their doll in twinning pinafores! I share a demo on how to make these on Studio 5 KSL which you can see here.
It was such a treat (or should I say trick-or-treat ;)) to create a series of simple DIY costumes for you in this month’s special Halloween edition of Better Homes and Gardens.Ā This little unicorn riding princess is a fav and an off shoot of my llama costume from last year and follows the same basic …
Friends it was nearly impossible to pick the winners for theĀ #playfulcardboardcostumes contest! I loved them all so much for different reasons (you seriously have to scroll through the gallery). Seeing these costumes trickle in made the entire month of October so magical for me. And I hope making them brought lots of playful moments and …