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Everyone is a magician. At least Booter thinks she is. Today is the day of the Miss Princeton Pageant. A talent based, natural/enhanced (age appropriate make-up for Jr. Miss and Miss), small town proud type of pageant. You know the beauty queens you always see riding on Tractors, pick up trucks, and Camaros? I'm playing, it's not quite that redneck here, but if you envisioned small town USA's 4th of July and Christmas parades you'll almost always see them there. Nothing overly made-up, just pretty country girls with great personality. And they have to be a role model. I love that confidence and the ability to be a role model are parts of the criteria. :) But 50% of the score depends on Talent. Last year both Lady Bug and Booter were competing and Lady Bug won Little Miss Princeton. This year Booter wants to get her sister's crown. :)
Last year I afforded this by scouring every thrift store I saw with in a 3 county area. I got great deals on formal wear, shoes, casual wear, and talent wear. I did find some thing on sale really cheap, and things like pantyhose were bought new. My relatives even chipped in and bought them their jewelery. And the talent props. Can't forget those. Every year though I seem to get a little DIY on the thing. Last year I bought Lady Bug a beautiful ball gown that WAY too long and torn up on the bottom, so I cut the bottom off, added tulle straps that covered her shoulders and back and it looked made for her.... and in a way it was. We bought a big encyclopedia from the thrift store, Put Sleeping Beauty on the binding and cover, put Lady Bug's sheet music to Sleeping Beauty's Waltz in the center and decorated her music stand. Booter did an adorable little magic and dance act with a dollar store top hat, homemade scarves, a folding table, and PVC pipe wands. It wasn't a lot, but it was adorable. Figuring out how to make do with what you have often leads to a better outcome then the over priced, over the top store bought crap....
This year, Booter is doing a magic and comedy sketch act with her sister as her assistant. We pretty much "made" (if not sewed all together her entire outfit from stuff around the house or thrift stores and a crafty mama with some tulle and a sewing machine. Then we decided to make her sister disappear as a trick! *OHMYNIGHTMARISHHELLO* Two HUGE boxes, 3 full rolls of duct tape, 6 cans of spray paint (don't even ask about that fun....) and some tulle fabric, elstic, and a sewing machine. And the poster. Whew! I am exhausted. But it's all worth it to see them up there being the awesome kids they are! The props and costumes are even re-usable for play. The point is, it adds a touch of whimsy and love to DIY and it reminds kids to be creative and imaginative and to re-use and upcycle to reduce their carbon foot print. And it's super duper hella economical too! Last year we spent less than $100 (including gas) for two kids to compete.... This year I spent around $30 for one. You can't beat that considering some parents are spending thousands of dollars just on dresses for pageants!
Today's baby step is to find one thing for your life that you can make, create, reuse, or build for yourself. Even if it's something as simple as using an old awesome earring that lost it's mate as a ceiling fan pull knob to add a whimsical decorative touch to your air circulation. Even better.... Make something for someone else! Take some paints and decorate an old wooden spoon with colors and designs and tie ribbons around the handle, put a little picture hanging bracket on the back and use it as a housewarming gift or thank you gift. Seriously, the options are endless and you will not just give people your money and a something cold and impersonal mass marketed trinket, you will give them your time, your forethought, your effort, your consideration, your love... a genuine little piece of you. You truly thought about them and care about them to put forth enough effort to DIY for them. So, win or lose tonight, it doesn't really matter. They will have fun and get to shine as themselves for the town to see, and they will know that mommy loves them enough to give them my time, not just my checkbook. Besides, They are always My Little Misses. And I am proud of them just the way they are for who they are. They are strong, loving, caring, compassionate, outstanding, beautiful, funny, talented, confident, intelligent, amazing young ladies. And we certainly don't need a tiara to tell us that!
Today I hope you find satisfaction in life.
*********CONTEST!***********
This is day 6 of my contest!
Starting today (May 13), Follow this Blog
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I'll take entries everyday until midnight. I will have one of the Girlies draw the previous day's winner in the morning and announce the winner here. Monday through Saturday you win a Mini TOTG Sample Pack and on Sunday I will draw the grand prize out of all of the total tickets accumulated over the week (except for the 6 tickets previously drawn) and will announce the Grand Prize Winner on here next Monday. I will ship everything out the same Monday as the announcement of the Grand Prize Winner.
(Turns out I don't have a follow button.... I'm so unobservant sometimes. Sorry about that confusion.....)
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