Fairyland

Today we went to Fairyland for a party. Ella got dressed in her hand-me-down/handmade/gifted fairy costume...

I think she needs new stockings though...

Then off to Fairyland we went. Into the fairy grotto, which was beautifully decorated. The fairy's did some dancing and games and eating.

There's a shop underneath the fairy grotto with lots of gorgeous fairy supplies in it...

You sure need a lot of money to be  a fairy these days!

They had some fairy cupcakes and they all got sparkles on their faces.

Then home. Possibly having had too much sugar?

She opened her party bag in the car and was very quiet for a while...obviously enjoying her chocolate and testing out her new sparkly pen.

I did try to explain that it was a fairy grotto...not a fairy grotty.

Kind of shabby recycled fairy wings

So this is the sewing that I did on the weekend. These are Ella's old fairy wings, they were a well loved hand me down to start with and she's worn them to death, so we though it was about time to make some new ones...

I cut them up and used bits of them to make some new ones. She loves them! Here's them in action. They're floppy, just the way she likes them (she doesn't need to take them off to get in the car or to put on a jumper).

Talking about wings, I made her some Christmas ones last year which turned out pretty good, I used some wire coat hangers, white yarn from my stash and red ribbon scraps for around the edge.