Princess For The Day

A few months back, I made a princess dress for my niece's birthday. I had to put it on my blog, because it was the most enjoyable project I have done, and also because it turned out so cute.  I wanted to make my niece feel really special on her birthday, so I made her a princess dress and took her on a princess date the morning of her birthday. Initially I was just going to make her a cute little tutu to wear, but while looking on Pinterest, I saw an entire dress made out of tulle and had to give it a try.

Not going to lie, making the dress was pretty time consuming. You have to cut the tulle into little individual pieces, I found this part to take the most time. Then you tie each piece of tulle onto your waistband. I used the piece of cardboard that my tulle came on as the structure I put the waistband on. If you are making a dress like this, I would definitely recommend using something like the cardboard to put your waistband on. It made the tulle strip tying process very quick and easy. If you are new to tulle dress tying, I would definitely recommend watching "Learn How to make a tutu dress," by clothespindolls. Her videos are very informative and she does a great job explaining each step of the process.

I was so astonished at how amazing the dress turned out, and was so excited to surprise my niece with her princess dress. As part of her birthday surprise, I wanted to take her somewhere fun, just the two of us. So the morning of her birthday, I surprised her with her princess dress and told her we were going to a special princess breakfast. When she first put her dress on, she kept saying, "I look like a real princess" it was so cute! Once my princess was ready we left for our special breakfast.

I took her to Kneaders because they have her favorite french toast. If you live in Utah and have not tried Kneaders french toast, stop what you are doing and go! It is seriously so delicious, it may change your life. Anyways, while waiting for our breakfast at Kneaders, I pulled out our princess activity. Beforehand, I had bought some really cute beads and string, so we could make a princess necklace and bracelet together.




















She did such an awesome job making her necklace and bracelet, and showed off her completed outfit to everyone at Kneaders. We finished eating our delicious french toast and headed back to her house so she could get ready for her birthday party. I really can't express how much I love this little girl, and how much spending time together means to me. I am so happy I could make her feel like a real princess on her special day!