Okay, so I was in a hurry and didn't get all of the pics that I wanted. So you'll have to excuse the silly pics of my husband as the Mad Hatter. They were taken by others and I wasn't around to make sure that he was smiling!
We will start a with picture from the Fall meet and greet at Bright Elementary.
Then we have a couple from our Annual Halloween Party! I forgot to take pictures so these were all stolen from Facebook!
Maddy as the White Queen ( minus her wig and crown )!
Hadley as a punk rocker!
Me as the Cheshire Cat!
Aaron as the Mad Hatter!
Mad Hatter got lots of attention!
Now on to the Trick or Treating! We stayed in our neighborhood this year and walked with friends! We had a great time!
The Lollar Girls!
Brinley as Alice!
Gibby as a Fire Fighter!
Maddy as Aurora!
The girls with daddy!
Off to Trick or Treat!
I hope that everyone had a fun and safe Halloween! We really enjoyed it! :)
Hi friends. Long time no see right? I apologize for being gone so long. I still haven't fixed my camera and let's face it the best part of my posts are the pics!
Anywho, We are gearing up for Halloween and our Annual Halloween Party around here. So I thought that I might share our costumes! This post is dedicated to my husbands Mad Hatter costume. The Hat in particular. I followed this awesome tutorial from Thread Banger!
I had to make a few adjustments but overall it was very easy to follow. *Just make sure that you cut your fabric on the bias and you bring your patience! ;)
The Supply List * Sewing Machine * Scissors * Glue Gun and Glue Sticks * Spray Adhesive * Spray Paint * Lighter * Marker * Tailors Chalk * Heavy Gauge Wire * Tape * Poster Board * Foam Board or Card Board * Textured Fabric * Coral Fabric * Hat Pins * Feathers * Heavy Card Stock
Here are some pictures of steps that I took. There are a few missing like making the hat pins and hat band. I must have spaced on those. The pictures aren't the best quality because I had to use my iPhone. Anyways, it was really fun to make and I'll post the rest of the costume once I'm finished with some minor details! :)
The First Step - Cut the poster board and foam board to size and attach together using tape and a glue gun. * Refer to tutorial for measurements!
The Second Step - Cut fabric to size. * Make sure to cut on the bias! Start hot gluing around the top and fold fabric in when your edges meet. * Again refer to tutorial for more details! ;)
The Third Step - Pull the fabric down into the poster board shaft tight and hot glue or staple it in. All the way around. * This part takes lots of patience and you may have to start over a couple of times! This is how I found out that I prefer to use staples!* Again refer to tutorial! :)
The Fourth Step - *Sorry, no photo! Cut a piece of fabric the same size as that top and glue it down. * I used spray adhesive but you can use hot glue if you like!
The Fifth Step - Trace a circle onto to another piece of fabric around the bottom of the hat. Cut a circle out of the center and then cut slits to the edge of the circle that you traced. Cut a piece of heavy wire and and form a large circle. * refer to tutorial for measurements! ;)
* Notice that my fabric isn't the most gorgeous? No worries! I chose it for the raised texture that it had. I got it off the clearance racks at JoAnn's. The colors don't matter because I'll be painting it! ;)
The Sixth Step - Hot Glue the slits to the inside of the bottom of the hat. Then pin your wire into place around the brim. Sew into place and cut off any excess fabric.
The Seventh Step - Spray paint if you chose to. I used layers of dark green, black and gold.
The Eighth Step - Make your accessories! I made hat pins, a coral colored hat band and the famous style tag! I also cut down some peacock feathers! Then attach them to your hat!
For my first attempt at making a hat I think that it turned out pretty darn good and Aaron's going to make a great Mad Hatter!
I'm still here! For some reason I can't get my pictures to download! Hmmmm.... Anyways, that's why I haven't posted since last Tuesday! As soon as the Hubby gets home I'm gonna have him figure it out!
On to other things now! We went to Sea World over the weekend with Brinley's Girl Scout Troop! We had a blast and Brin's troop got to sleep over. They slept next to the Shark Tank! How cool is that! We took pics with Aaron's camera and I was able to download those! You will see in the pics that I must have been much more interested in the Halloween decorations then the sea life!
The Girls at the entrance!
Girl Scouts and family friends after riding Atlantis!
The one good sea life shot I got! Cute little otter, huh?
Golf Skeletons!
Basket Ball Skeletons!
Brake Dancing Skeletons!
Pirate Skeletons!
Single Skeleton!
And Brinley being eaten by a werewolf!
We had so much fun! I hope to get back to my daily pics of the girls sometime this week and I'll do one post to get them caught up! :)
It's been another fabulous day in the Lollar household! I've decided to practice my cooking skills and will be trying a few new recipes this week. If you know me this is huge! I don't really cook. We shall see how it goes.
The girls had another awesome day at school! Thank goodness Maddy is keeping up the good work!
We have had a great day! The morning routine went smoothly! I was able to get some organizing done after being down for a few hours with another migraine!!!! Then it was time to get the girls! At pickup Maddy came skipping to the car with her newest treasure! I found out after she got in the car that it was a reward from Mrs.B for having another good (Meltdown Free) day of school! Maddy is so proud of herself and we are too!
This past weekend was crazy busy! Saturday I took Maddy to the mall to get her ears pierced and to buy gifts for the two birthday parties Brinley was attending. Maddy chickened out and didn't get her ears pierced! She decided "to wait until she's bigger"! I still had to pay for it but they gave me all of the info and the ear rings and told me to bring them back when she's ready free of charge! Brinley went to a sleepover birthday party on Saturday and had a blast! Sunday she went to a roller skating party (she LOVES skating)! After that it was time for Girl Scouts! I'm getting tired just thinking about it!
Today has been a good day! It's Friday! How could it not be good? The girl's got ready easily this morning, we took our pics and they even got to school early! I also got a great workout this morning! Mrs. G called me to find out when to meet us for Maddy's ear piercing tomorrow (if she earned it)! Right before I went to get the girls I got an email from Mrs.S that Maddy had a fabulous day and earned her reward which was visiting Mrs.G! If she meets all of her goals for the day she gets a reward. Maddy chose her rewards and she chose visiting with Mrs. G as her first one! Mrs. S was even sweet enough to send me a picture! Brinley and Gibby had a great day too! We have a busy weekend ahead! We'll being getting Maddy's ears pierced tomorrow! Brinley has a slumber party to go to tomorrow night and a skating party on Sunday! Then we have girl scouts Sunday evening! I'm looking forward to it all and I'm so relieved that Maddy had a good week!
I am so tired today. It may have something to do with having yet another migraine last night and not getting much sleep! This morning was good. The girls got it together quickly because they were promised a peek at the trap that was set up last night to catch the bobcat! No bobcat yet! We'll see if we catch him tonight! We did our usual pictures and Gibby was upset that she didn't get to be in the middle!( You can tell from the picture!) When I dropped the girls off Maddy asked if I would come for lunch and I promised that I would since she's had such a great week! I went to their school and sat with Gibby and Maddy for lunch. A this point Maddy was having another good day! They kissed me and then went to recess! I decided since I was already there I'd wait for Brinley and sit with her for lunch too! She was surprised and happy to see me there! Gotta take advantage of them wanting me around while it lasts! Then I went to set up for book fair! It's amazing what a bunch of women can do in only 2 hours! After that it was time to pick up the kiddos and Maddy looked sad. She started crying and siad that she got in trouble in the afternoon. I told her that it was okay and that even though I was disappointed about today I was still very proud of the past few days! She is making an apology note for her teacher now. Hopefully she has a better day tomorrow!
Hi,
My name is Julie. I am a SAHM of three beautiful little girls. I so want to be that Super Mom that can do everything and still keep her calm. However, I am FAR FAR FAR from that. You get my point. Anyway, things would be perfect if my existence as a Super Mom only meant making crafts, sewing clothes and costumes for my girls and throwing parties then the title would be mine. In my case I can't seem to keep all of the other loose ends from fraying. Like cleaning, cooking, homework and anything that requires organization or accountability! I hope that you enjoy my misadventures as I document my time striving to be Super Mom for my girls!
