Saturday, August 8, 2009

Walt Disney World - August 2009 - Day One

We spent our first day at the world in Hollywood Studios. Our first stop was the animation studio building so we could see the Up characters. This is one of our new favorite family movies. It wasn't quite time for the Up characters so we waited for Sorcerer Mickey first.


Then the wait for Up. We weren't disappointed. Russell got so excited when he saw he was on H's shirt.
Carl pointed out the Dug and Kevin on her shorts. We even got a cute photopass pic with Carl putting his hand under hubby's Carl shirt.




After that we went to check on wait times for Tower of Terror and picked up fast passes for that and we able to get some of the last seats for Beauty and The Beast. H loved the show and was so excited when the beast transformed. The transformation is her favorite part.


Next was lunch, since I had been hearing good things about the Starring Rolls Bakery we ate there. My hubby had a roast beef sandwich and my mom and I had a turkey sandwich on foccacia. Both sandwiches were excellent, we would definitely eat here again for lunch. We got a Napoleon for dessert, it was good but a little soggy. I decided I would just wait next time to get one of those in France at EPCOT.

After lunch we headed to the Great Movie Ride. This is one of H's new favorites. We were lucky enough to get the cowboy sequence which we hadn't seen before. Next on the tour was a Indiana Jones, hubby had never seen it before and wanted to try it. The show was good but not what he expected. H was bored during the non-action sequences.



Then onto one of my favorites, Muppetvision 3D. Loved it as usual! Inside the muppet gift shop we got H started on her first pins for Disney pin trading. Even though she's a very social kid, this is really a great experience for her to socialize with adults.

We used out fast passes for Tower of Terror next. This was H's first time on it and even though she's four the faster and spinnier the better. We just kept telling her we were in the basement of the hotel and needed to get on the elevator. I think as we were going up she wasn't quite sure what to think, but once we dropped the first time she was laughing and excited. When it stopped she yelled, laughing, "THAT ELEVATOR GOES UP AND DOWN FAST!" When I asked her at bedtime what her favorite part of the day was Tower of Terror was it!

It was getting to be time to head out for the clambake at the Beach Club so we stopped in the animation building. I had heard a lot of characters show up towards the end of the day and did they ever! We saw Jafar, Friar Tuck, Mary Poppins and Mr. Penguin, Pocahontas and Meeko, Gov. Radcliffe, Foulfellow, The Queen from Snow White, the Queen of Hearts, Pinocchio and Gepetto, and Minnie and Pluto. We didn't get to meet all of them, but it was awesome!




Gov. Radcliffe had to check my hand and then tried to steal my rings!

Max and Goofy had a great time with H. First was a group hug,
then Max stole her pin lanyard and put it on his nose


and was swinging it around,
Max signed her book on her head.


They definitely were in a playful mood.


We went to dinner at the Beach Club. The Cape May Cafe's clambake buffett was awesome! All of our food was great. They only complaint was the drawn butter to dip the clams in was cold. They did eventually remedy that for us. Overall a good experience and it will go on our repeat visit list.

Day one was a success. Tomorrow EPCOT!

-M-

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Busy, Busy, Busy!

Wow! My sewing and embroidery machines have been smoking lately. I've been super busy getting all of H's outfits finished for our trip to Disney World in less than a month! I only have a few to finish but I am feeling the crunch. Here's some of the items I have been working on...

The Up Outfit...
Vintage Minnie Peasant Dress
Ariel Vida
Minnie Flipflop Halter Sundress (my first Etsy.com listing!)
Alice in Wonderland Precious Dress
There are more pics to come soon. I am having such a good time sewing these and really hope I can make it into a means toward becoming a stay at home mom! Look for more listings on Etsy after we return from Florida.

H was just telling us tonight that she really misses Mickey. It was great to be able to tell her she will get to see him in soon. I have a feeling we will be counting down the days until then.

-M-

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Pluto Set Completed!

I finally got around to updating with the Pluto outfit. H loved it and wore it most of the day last Saturday. I think it will be one of her favorites! Here's the finished product.Notice she's pretending to hold a skirt up, that's what she usually does when modeling dresses....so cute!

-M-

Friday, June 12, 2009

New Machine

Well, after waiting all week for it to arrive my "new" sewing and embroidery machine was delivered by FedEx this afternoon. It's a Singer Futura CE-150 that I bought from a fellow disboutiquer. She upgraded her machine and offered to sell me hers and also a super double wide hoop. I haven't tried out the embroidery function yet, quite frankly, I'm a little scared of it, but it sews like a dream. I can't wait to try some quilting on it with the hand sewn quilt stitch. I was able to applique using a blanket stitch a shirt for H today. I saw the clipart awhile ago but didn't trust my old machine to not make a mess of it.

I thought it was a good attempt at my first character applique. I plan on making easy fit shorts in the pink polka dots to go with the shirt.

H was so happy I was able to get this done today. She loved it and wanted to know when she could wear it!
Here's a close-up...
Hope everyone has a great weekend. I'll be posting the entire finished outfit soon!

-M-

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Why the Lavender Ladybug?

I chose the name after much deliberation. I wanted something that would create a mental image and would represent our family. My favorite color since I was little has been purple/lavender and now it's H's favorite color. I don't even have that much purple around the house so that choice was totally on her own. Although it could change a week from now, you know how 4 year olds are.

The other reason is that H has an infatuation with ladybugs. Her and Gama found a ladybug on one of Gama's burning bushes last year and she's loved looking for them whenever she's outside.


This was at the ladybug release at the EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival last year. H was definitely the ladybug charmer. There was a photopass photographer that came over and couldn't stop taking pics of her because the ladybug just wanted to stay with her.

We bought ladybugs last summer to release in our yard to help get rid of the aphids on my roses. We had lots of fun letting them go.

And here's H's ladybug dress. This is one of her favorites. This picture was taken in Hilton Head, SC this spring.


A name can say a lot....
-M-

Sunday, May 31, 2009

Welcome to the Lavender Ladybug

 Well, I've finally decided to create a blog for the humans in the household. After dictating a blog for the dogs for  3 years I've decided it's time to tell about the humans who reside here. 

I'm not quite sure how the blog will progress as time goes on, but I plan on highlighting my crafts and hobbies. There will be some children's clothing, cake decorating, scrapbooking, gardening, quilting, travel, and just things I've found interesting.

I hope you'll stay tuned to see what's in store!

-M-