Saturday, October 22, 2011

Ballet Dreams

Sophie loves to dress up in her sister's clothes so she was thrilled when Natalie suggested that she try on this tutu. Natalie outgrew the tutu a few years ago as it was her very first competition tutu that she got when she was nine. Ofcourse it was still too big for Sophie but with some pins and tape we made it fit. She spent a happy half hour dancing around the garden, twirling and jumping and saying that now she was a 'real' ballerina and when she grew up that is what she is going to be :)
I have based the LO on the current sketch over at Sketchy Thursdays. I have had the Pink Paislee resist paper in my stash for a while and this seemed to be a great opportunity to use it as I wanted to make my own shade of soft pink for the background. I used a mix of glimmer mist and distress stains to get the colour that I wanted. Sophie was thrilled with the page she said "Oh Mummy, I look so pretty", sigh!

11 comments:

Roxy said...

Really gorgeous, I love the music paper peeking out and the chipboard you used!

Amanda Johnson said...

What a gorgeous layout! I love what you did with the sketch! Thanks for joining us at Sketchy Thursdays!

Anonymous said...

Beautiful Sarah. And I just love how Sophie felt so beautiful in the tutu too. Isn't it just wonderful to have great big sisters who are willing to share their treasured possessions too. So precious!!

corrie said...

Beautiful! Tutus are the best! Thanks for playing with Sketchy Thursdays!

mariko said...

Beautiful!!
Thanks for playing along with ST!!

Anonymous said...

I had to do a double take on while reading your blog and seeing your LO! I have an older daughter also named Natalie who is a ballerina and a younger daughter named Sophie who is following in her big sister's footsteps :) So cool! And I really love your LO, it's gorgeous! Thanks for playing along with us at Sketchy Thursdays :)

Anne Pennington said...

Exquisite as usual, Sarah - love it!! Such a great sketch to play along with!

Julie Tucker-Wolek said...

This is STUNNING! I loveeeee the photos and loving how you made the lo look like a garden! Thanks so much for playing along with Sketchy Thursdays! :):):):):):):):):)

lisa said...

I love this. What a pretty LO.
Thanks for playing along with us at Sketchy Thursdays xxx

Kasia said...

Gorgeous page! Love the colors, the photos and all these cute details you used :)
Thanks for playing along with us at Sketchy Thursdays!

Unknown said...

Soooooooooooo pretty! Thanks for playing along with Sketchy Thursdays! xoxo Heather

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