Wednesday, 1 January 2014

Happy New Year

Happy New Year and a very warm welcome to my new followers.

Much preparation went into the fancy dress costume for DH. My old slob around dress was cut up,


the Christmas decorations raided,


the CS scoured and the Christmas felt around the tree trimmed.


Bits of material and crepe paper were cut up, sewed, pinned, tucked and battered into submission ...


to produce this ...


and finally - oh no, not yet!
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I had to decide between a New York showgirl, (Hmm, not quite got long enough legs!)


or  Nineteen twenties' flapper type lady. (The beaded dress came from the JS.)


So, decisions made we welcomed in the new year. I hope it will be better than last year.

DH's emu really enjoyed himself!


Pusscat was very struck with the feather and kept having
a quick swipe.

Sparkly, sparkly!


Here's the original emu. Do you remember him?



xx

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12 comments:

  1. Tracy1 January 2014 at 20:33

    The costumes look fantastic I bet your husband had lots of fun with his emu!! Happy new year xx

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  2. Dartford Warbler1 January 2014 at 21:37

    You make a stunning flapper! I bet you both had a great time.

    Best wishes for a really good year in 2014! DWx

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  3. dreamer1 January 2014 at 22:21

    Inspired emu costume, bet some fun ensued at the party with that :)

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  4. Unknown1 January 2014 at 22:30

    Wow, you looked gorgeous. Dont you wish sometimes you belonged in an era where it wasnt dressing up and that this was normal. So glam. Mind you, im not sure a stuffed emu was normal in any era. All looks like fun and its great that you dont sit at home and go to bed at 10.30 like some people i know (moi). I feel like 100.

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  5. Jane and Chris2 January 2014 at 01:44

    LOVE fancy dress..it's over 20yrs since my last one.
    Jane x

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  6. Carol2 January 2014 at 07:44

    Happy New Year to you and your family. The costumes look fantastic. Well done.
    I hated that Emu. That Emu is back on TV but on one of the kids channels and no longer stuck under the arm. Still don't like him.
    Carolx

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  7. justjill2 January 2014 at 15:19

    You both look amazing. What fun.

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  8. Jo2 January 2014 at 15:29

    Fabulous, you look so glam. I hated Emu, Rod Hull was soooo rude with it, sticking it up peoples bottoms. I'm sure your hubby won't have behaved in quite the same way.

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  9. KC'sCourt!2 January 2014 at 16:59

    Love the costumes
    Happy New Year
    Julie xxxxxxxx

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  10. Crafty in the Med3 January 2014 at 17:39

    Oh wow look at you!!! Absolutely fabulous!!! I just love the 20s look!!!
    Happy New year Mum!

    Amanda :-)

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  11. Unknown3 January 2014 at 20:58

    Happy New Year.

    You look stunning!

    I loved my toy emu as a girl.

    Sft x

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