First Birthday Celebration!

Who doesn't love to celebrate birthdays? I LOVE them! My birthday is my favourite day of the year (well we'll see about this year, turning 30!) Anyways, a friend asked me to make something special for her daughter to wear for her first birthday and of course I said yes!
Her daughter loves Minnie Mouse so of course the outfit had to be Minnie Mouse themed!
First thing was to pick up some tulle at the fabric store. I had thought about buying the spools at Michaels but those were $10 each! And I spent less than $5 on the two different colours at the fabric store, great saving!

First, I laid the tulle on the table and cut it into strips (about 6 inches wide)

Afterwards, I cut the strips in half, they were about 17 inches.

All the strips are cut and ready to roll, it seemed like I had a ton so I used two each time I knotted them around the elastic. 

I put the elastic around a piece of cardboard to keep the tulle even. I made my way around tying on pieces until I reached the other side. 

I cut the pattern out on my cricut (my goodness I love the cricut craft room)! Then I ironed the freezer paper onto the onesie and painted! 

I hung the onesie to dry for 24 hours, it usually dries quickly but I really did not want to smudge anything.

The outfit is all finished and ready for her to wear on her first birthday! 

  

I also made her a smash cake for her to rip into as soon as the big day rolls around :)  

And check out this adorable card I whipped up to go with her present :) Aw she's going to love her birthday!