Shirley's party advice part 3 - in which Shirley may make a guest appearance

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Cool bag. I wish I could do things like that. I wouldn't feel bad about passing on sickness. My eldest just had chicken pox and we are literally being treated like we have the plague, even though he is no longer contagious! [Youngest probably has it, but that's beside the point. We don't know he has it yet]!

Hang on. A 5 year old had her eyebrows threaded? Is there a reason for this? Is it because you had yours done? Am I sensing some SIL sick can't be outdone on anythingrivalry thing going on?

Blathers, they are absolutely fxxking fantastic. Gutted that the party was cancelled. Honestly you should be so so proud of those. Well done you!!

Loved looking at your updates pics. First i always forget to ask, did you pipe 'rose victoria'

And i see that you've shown dd's birthmark has faded. How long did it take? Dd2 has a big v shaped storkbite in the middle if her forehead. I call her the vulcan. Is it likely to fade do you think? Although it feels like she wouldnt be her without it!

Nonsense nooo. This is dh's niece. Sil has been known to stick her in heels, clip on earrings, nail varnish makeup, hair extensions, hair curled on straighteners. This was a new low high.

Yes I piped Rose Victoria. I marked it out in dots with a toothpick first to get it right then piped over the top. It took ages!

DD's is a hemangioma rather than a storkbite (DS had a storkbite on the back of his neck) and it's almost gone now - she's just coming up to 2.5. They can take up to 10 years so she's been lucky. Hemangiomas are raised and puffy and deep, dark red, she used to get stares and comments when she was tiny Luckily it is in her hair so it was covered a bit as her hair came through even with her super fine blonde hair. DS's storkbite is in his hair and he has the thickest hair ever so it never gets seen any more. My guess would be that it will fade but I don't know for sure.

Crikey! Child cruelty this time surely???
Anyhooo

Blathers, I am thinking of a rhyme for the invites. However (and I can't believe I am admitting this) that is from The Gruffalo's Child. My theme is The Gruffalo. I cannot mix the two unless I go all out mixing and include lots from the second book! I actually feel a bit ill thinking about it. Am I weird? I do believe I am, but even whilst explaining it, it makes total sense to me........

I did say I'd been reading the Gruffalo's Child. The rhyme was stuck in my head :)

Those Octonauts outfits are AMAZING Blatherskite.

Thanks for the blue jelly links - party not for a while yet, so fingers crossed it comes back into stock before then.

at 5 yr old with threaded eyebrows.

Finished outfits look great, Blathers. I hope the party gets rescheduled and they get to wear them soon before they grow out of them

I hope so. I spent ages on those outfits!

On to the next one now though - have stitched a tiger tail tonight

how is the DS participation element of tiger construction going?

So far, it's not DS has never been particularly creative so it's always a struggle. However, I've now done so much that I risk not wanting him to help for fear of spoiling it!!

T-shirt arrived yesterday and has been washed. I need to go out and buy black fabric paint today (I got orange last time for some reason ) and then we can have a go at the tummy and stripes tonight. I've painted most of the mask too, I just want him to do the stripes.

Ah, sticky spray mount fingers. I remember them well

Tiger t-shirt is finished. Tail is done. Last hurdle is to get DS to help me with the mask.

Have I bored everyone else off the thread with my costume updates?

Im here, lurking, im on the whole family holiday on the isle of wight. It was going lovely. Then my brother announced his new girlfriend and her 2yr old were on the ferry coming to join us for the week?!! Only i'd ever met her, no-one else!! And now shes here the two of them saying they skint. My mum is buying all food and the dw46 clan buying drinks. They've paid zero. We've bought her child ice creams drinks etc, then she gets her child one and offers mine nothing.

I'm ready to get the ferry home! Oh and my brother who is 31, got pissed, crashed out in my caravan and pissed all over the lounge!!!

I am here too, but largely only lurking because I have been away for work (being forced to concentrate, and take exams and stuff ). I was so bored that I have a whole page of dragon doodles and lists for dragon parties (which I couldn't find when I packed this morning but is probably buried in course notes somewhere)

Costume sounds fab, Blathers, with or without DS's "help". DrsW can your mother not give DB a good slap a stern talking to?

On the plus side, it must be never boring in your family DW :)

DS has wrecked painted the stripes on the mask. I painted it orange and did some white bits and he's artfully splodged black all over it. Still, he's happy and it definitely looks like he's done it himself. I have wrecked the t-shirt all by myself. 1 over damp brush and 1 lot of dodgy paint meant that a few of the stripes are a bit blurred but all in all, it looks OK. From a distance, it may even look good. DS thinks it's ace - until he has to wear it! TBF it does have long sleeves. I think I might be sending him with a back-up t-shirt tomorrow.

The tail looks good though.

T-shirt pics are on my Twitter timeline if you're about Stealth. Congratulations on your win too.

Put pics in profile....and what win???

Sounds brill blathers. I'm in awe. Although mil showed me how to reverse stitch on my machine so maybe one day!

Well they still aint putting hand in pocket. Dh bought the kids a bubble gun. The new GF said it was amazing, not thanks! Dh asked if she wanted a drink when buying a round, she said 'no but i'll have some
crisps'. My mum is ready to blow as shes paying for their caravan too and we watched my bro win on a fruit machine and hide the winnings.

It's a faff but for you....I'll try pinching them off twitter.

If I can't make it work, I'll text them to you.

I can see i can see from your link. Absolutely brilliant. Honestly you are so good at costumes!

I've been lurking too. Though as a novice party planner I'm taking more than I contribute to the thread!

Did I say thanks for the re-post of the blue jelly? I've got my fingers crossed it will come back into stock before I need it.

I've decided that instead of wording about getting an extra helper to do face painting I'm going to turn my craft table into a kind of 'pirate station' - leave out some face paints and some of the foam masks someone linked to from baker Ross etc - their own parents can help them get ready. I might get some cheap pirate rings too, as well as the paper bags to decorate for booty bags. Plenty to keep them busy while everyone arrives. And of course just loads of balloons about the place for those that just want to run around!

I found a silicon mould on eBay to make skull and crossbow chocolates which I'm quite pleased about! I'll put a couple in cellophane bags for the treasure chest/party bags etc.

Thank you

Now I've just got to hope Ds will wear the bloody thing tomorrow. I'll get photos of the whole lot on if he will.

In other good news, the Octonaut party is being rescheduled to a time we can go too so all the outfits will get worn :)

DW46 - holiday situation sounds a nightmare!

Remember scottish, we insist on photos. And take them before pesky kids trash all the detail!

Excellent news on the Octonauts party Blathers!

Don't worry about the giving a receiving of help ratio Scottish - you're helping but helping us get all this stuff out fo our heads so we can carry on with other important stuff :)

If you haven't got the masks yet, it might be worth asking DW to look in her cheapy craft shop for you as they sometimes have them super cheap in there. DS has one that my Sister got him. I got fabric aprons for DD's party from there for something like 35p each! They've been washed and reused many times so they have been an absolute bargain!