Monday, November 26, 2012

Navy IS the new black (and other futile arguments with three year olds)


See this lovely little vintage dress? This lovely navy dress? Apparently it is actually BLACK and that is why miss Liongirl has refused to wear it for the nine months it has been hanging in her wardrobe. In fact , she not only wrinkled her little button nose up in disgust when I pointed it out,  she was adamant that we should just get rid of it, because it is just too black.

I tried to educate her in the subtle differences in colour hues. It was an epic fail, and she remained adamant.  Nope, it was not navy, it was black. Definitely not dark blue either. Black, black, black and going, going going. So I did what any self respecting mother would do when faced with an irrational and deluded foe.

Bribery and corruption.  In the form of a pink lollipop.


If indeed this lovely dress was destined for the non wearable pile, then we were at least going to get a few pictures. So, I could raise this issue again, say at her 21st birthday. Or any time in future when she plans to wear black. Or navy.

It also explains why I had a little trouble getting her to wear that lovely new green dress that I lovingly sewed her last week. Because it has BLACK sleeves and trim. No wonder the guinea pinny pocket wasn't met with the rampant enthusiasm I was expecting.


Amazing what you can achieve with some sugar on a stick. Guinea has been upgraded to Sasha, the crochet pig who likes to ride in a front pouch. And despite that BLACK trim, the dress stayed on all day.



While we found a dead stick, and did some felt decorating.


With some of these gorgeous little felted mushrooms we picked up on a recent jaunt to Ipswich. There is a lovely little shop out there called Cultiver full of handmade goodies and we just had to pick up a little bag full of these, a brown paper bag of course. (The brown mushroom was the only one the kids would let me use in my giveaway bundle).


Speaking of giveaways, the official draw was finalised by the grubby paws of miss Liongirl late this afternoon, under the stern eye of Roboboy.


The winner of prize 1 (vintage sheet fat quarters) is Sammi.

The winner of prize 2 ( book & tray) is  Malea.

and the winner of prize 3 ( wallpaper and scraps) is


Yes, that is you Annie from Artistica Domestica!

So girls, contact me via email ( I have added up at the top right of the blog) and leave your details and addresses and I will post those goodies off pronto.

And welcome to some new followers and some lurkers who finally popped in to introduce themselves and say hello. For the rest of the gang who read my little blog, I have decided to do another vintage sheet giveaway soon but there will be a catch with this one......... Will keep you posted but probably around the New Year.


20 comments:

  1. Seriously! I just got movie tickets over at Fun and VJ's too. I'm buying a lotto ticket tomorrow. Maybe the universe owes me some sugar!
    As for the frock. It is sadly frustrating how they just refuse on some things that set our hearts a flutter. If I add the fairy prefix into things it usually swings it although I also have a stash of pink lolly pops on the fridge. We should talk!

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  2. Yay for Annie. a very worthy recipient.
    x

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  3. What is it with kids and clothes (especially at that age?) My Mr 8 will wear anything I give him to put on - always has, however Mr 4 is very particular and will only wear his choice of garments.... If only she realised how cute she looks. xx

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  4. Yay for Annie and all the other winners. So cool.

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  5. Congrats to the winner and I love your little doll in those adorable dresses!

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  6. Don't you just love them! I remember distinctly when my eldest one day woke up and decided she didn't like pink anymore! She was 6 and had a wardrobe FULL of pink,, and as you ar ware, sometimes it is impossible to change minds! Parcel posted today! :)

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  7. congrats lucky winners! and, you know she will go full goth at some point- perhaps she is saving up all her black wearing for her teenage years? have a sweet day! :)sarah

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  8. Are'nt three years old great - they get so set in their ways and have definate ideas about things. Have a great week Mel! xo

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  9. Your little girl is adorable - and I'm sure in a few years all she'll want to wear is black! xx

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  10. That cute kid of yours can get away with wearing anything Mel. That's the thing about kids, sadly not so us grown-ups.
    Speaking of grown-ups, are you going to run up a big persons version of your pretty little frocks? I reckon you should.

    p.s. your comment about tapestry cracked me up. Answer to your question: it's going back to whence it came, ie the oppy!

    x

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  11. She looks so gorgeous Mel! You are indeed a talented dress-maker type. And how good is Cultiver? Lucinda's favourite doll is from that shop.xx

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  12. The dress you made is just gorgeous, you are such a clever clogs! Love her steadfastly refusing to wear black until bribed with pink! Definitely a 21st story. x

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  13. Black or navy...either way she looks so cute in those dresses!
    My mother and I used to have wars about what I would wear...and when I look back at pictures of myself I wish she had taken a stronger stance...I don't know what I was thinking!

    And I love those mushrooms...I am off to check out the website now!

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  14. Gosh she's gorgeous and I love all her dresses and I've been having all sorts of computer issues so I missed the post where you made the dress like mine but thank you for your gorgeous comment.
    xx

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  15. we are on day three of the dress with the wabbits on ( that are actually cats?! )...the animal obsession is wearing a little thin..especially when the tantrum starts cause she wants the tshirt with the cat wearing a tiara not the cat sitting in flowers!....id welcome a colour obsession!....bloody cats!
    Allison x

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  16. hehe, I can relate over here with The Munchkin - being forthright will end up being a usuful personality trait ;)She does look gorgeous in both those "black" dresses though :) x

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  17. Bribery - it always works a treat ;-)
    Thankyou so much for the lovely giveaway too.........how lucky am i?!

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  18. Fashion doesn't get any easier as they get older, my 9 yo can change about four times a day. There are clothes that she just will not wear, then complains when I hand them over to her sister.

    Lion girl looks so adorable in both "black" dresses but i hope she wears your made dress again after all the effort you went to.

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  19. Oh yes, kids and clothes! I do hope she changes her mind though as the little vintage number is precious, and the one you made is the sweetest ever! The good thing about kids is that they often change their minds :)

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  20. Just catching up on my blog reading (have been away on holidays for the past several weeks and was unable to get my daily fix of blog reading... I know, how did I survive? LOL!). Anyway, I just saw that I was one of the lucky winners... woo hoo! Thank you so so much! I've just sent you an email :)

    And I must thank my lucky stars that my near 5 y.o. is oblivious to fashion and wardrobe going-ons... phew! ;)

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