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    Hi! I'm Traci. I'm a Registered Nurse who loves quilting, knitting, cross stitch, and the great outdoors. In my pre-scrubs life, I owned Real Photography, and you can still see my old wedding and portrait photography site here .

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Disney Dresses

When we went to Disney World in September I had a few dresses I wanted to make Ellie.  For our first day I wanted something Minnie inspired, and the Claire pattern from Sandi Henderson fit the bill perfectly:

disneyland dress

I share this one before, but here’s the Snow White dress in its intended setting–the princess lunch at Cinderella’s Castle!!!  (If you are headed to Disney any time in the future and have a young princess lover, it is SOOOOO worth it!!!  It was the highlight of the trip and totally amazing.  [And a princess dress is a total must for the little girls!])

snow white homemade dress

When I got the tulle for Ellie’s Snow White dress I also got some cotton fabric for a peasant dress in case my tulle ‘make it up as I go’ dress didn’t work out.  Ellie wore this one on our last day:

And a few of my other homemade favorites made their appearance in Florida…