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A New Fairy Glen....
....Well on me anyway. Discovered this one near Appley Bridge, Lancashire.
Loved the dark end of autumn feel the place conjured up. Very poignant as we had just been to say goodbye to a good friend of the family.
On the funny side of life ... I spent several minutes excitedly trying to take a macro image of some apparent bioluminescent fungi which turned out to be some very fine glitter presumably spread by some old new age hippy! Getting older and dafter!
-- Available July 8 @ Collabor88 --
Add a little sparkle to your pixels with Devotee, a whimsical combination of dark eyeshadow with a subtle graphic note and a blended winged liner - and to finalize the look, a lower lash line dusted with a combination of chunky and fine glitter in 8 soft tones!
The Devotee eyeshadow is available in the following packs:
■ Lelutka Evo/EvoX: HD appliers for Lelutka Evolution heads (Evo Classic & EvoX)
+ BoM layers for EvoX
■ Genus: appliers + BoM layers for Genus Project heads
■ Catwa HDPro: HD appliers + BoM layers for Catwa HDPro heads
■ Fatpack: all contents listed above
The BoM tattoo layers provided have modify permissions, so you can fine tune each tone to taste.
Demo available! ♥
(shown on Lelutka Avalon - skin from Amara Beauty, hair bangs from Doux, eyes from Avi-glam, nose ring from Little fish; other WarPaint items shown include: La marguerite nose stud, Coquette lashes, Ambrosia lipgloss (@uber), Georgia brows, (im)Perfect chin scar, #IWokeUpLikeThis6, #IWokeUpLikeThis BodyEdit)
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I'm not sure about this one...my husband likes it and that's usually the kiss of death! ;) It's been a busy day though so photography took a back seat. I sprinkled some fine glitter onto a salsify seed.
A sweet, vintage inspired paper doll with pretty dresses and accessories. The doll and her dresses are available as prints which I've hand embellished with microbeads, tinsel and fine glitter. They'd look lovely framed and hung in a girl's room.
gingermelondolls.blogspot.com/2011/07/trip-to-patisserie-...
SugaredViolet
Snowflake made from Papertowel/bath tissue card board tubes. The pic doesn't do it Justice. I used ultra fine glitter and the shimmer is so pretty.
SETUP:
Safety first with safety glasses and gloves. This is messy stuff and you don't want to get it on anything but glass or plastic. It will stain most stuff. Use paper towels to absorb any excess stuff.
Ferrofluid (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrofluid)
I tried previously to make my own ferrofluid from toner etc and had no success. even talking to the toner distributor about what I was after didn't help so I bit the bullet and bought some proper ferrofluid on Amazon. Not cheap (~AUD100) but worked perfectly from the outset.
You need a strong, small magnet. A local magnet supplier has a Neodymium magnet in Cylinder shape (20mm x 25mm N45) that looked to be the best price/strength @ AUD32
Plastic petrie dish and syringe to transfer the fluid
Liquitex Acrylic Ink from www.eckersleys.com.au
Bright/vibrant inks. Closest to latex inks that I could find
Fine glitter from the local $2 store
Yellowish lamp from above left. Torch with red cellophane from above right.
Pack of playing cards to adjust distance from magnet to petrie dish. Shorter distance to the fluid results in smaller/tighter spikes and further away has taller, broader/rounder spikes. Underexpose by a stop to avoid any clipping reflections.
Other fun times with ferrofluid can be found at:
I covered this one in scrapbook paper instead of acrylic paint and then used ultra fine glitter to sparkle it up! The cottage is glued to the base.
Each bead begins with a sheet of gorgeous hand-painted paper, a work of art unto itself. The paper is then cut into long tapering strips and hand rolled into beads, and then varnished with a clear resin to protect the bead from moisture. Iridescent glazes, metal leaf, organza ribbon, and fine glitter are also added to the design, making each bead a unique work of art. They're a skosh larger than typical "paper beads", and resemble dichroic glass or raku ceramic, making them excellent for a dramatic accent or as focals. The colors are rich and variegated, and because they are handmade from unique papers, no two beads are ever alike!
Stained glass, millefiore, iridescent glass. 24" x 36"
I used at least 6 colors of grout and added very fine glitter to the grout when I mixed it . This adds a sparkle to the grout but unfortunately you can't see it in this photo. This is my first piece made using wedi board as a substrate. I don't think I'll go back to MDF except for small pieces.
Got a honorable mention in a recent art show and.........
I just sold this piece for $1800.00!!!! 2/23/08
I took this yesterday around midday. It was VERY cold and the snow-making machines were busy creating artificial snow which drifted down into the valley. It was just so magical in the sun, very fine glitter, not big round bokeh balls but I guess the camera has a different eye.
This card was inspired by this card by Debby (limedoodle):
www.flickr.com/photos/23852787@N08/5404638268/in/faves-25...
I know it is a shameless lift of her card...the only difference is my butterfly (I stamped the Traditional Butterfly on pink plaid paper, embossed in white and added glitter).
Thanks for the inpiration, Debby. I hope to make more of these using different color combinations!
Materials Used:
CG215 Wreath of Leaves
E5388 Traditional Butterfly
white embossing powder, lilac pearsl, ultra-fine glitter
This was a giveaway on my blog. The wings are wood pieces that I make with fine glitter on them. the rest is made up of misc. vintage pieces
Closeup of D23 Elsa pin. Back lit, front view. Pinned to the wall of a light box.
I received the D23 Exclusive LE 700 Elsa pin on Monday August 31, 2015. It was purchased from a fellow collector, mint in box. The original price was $79.95, and it was produced by the Disney Store. It comes in a very nice clamshell jewelry box, inside of nicely illustrated cardboard box. The image of Snow Queen Elsa, with her blonde hair down, and decorated with jeweled snowflakes, is based on artwork by Brittney Lee. It is so beautiful, that it might well be the best looking pin that I own, even surpassing my Designer Princess Snow White pin (2011). It has many enhanced features, including pin on pin, fine glitter, screen printing, stained glass, and real Swarovski crystals of different sizes and colors. I tried to capture the beauty of the pin by photographing it in various lighting setups, including strongly backlit.
Comparing the LE 2500 Snow Queen Elsa 17'' Doll (November 2013) versus LE 5000 Frozen Fever Elsa 17'' Doll (November 2015). They have similar appearances and outfits, but also many differences. Lying down side by side, with open capes and skirts. SQ Elsa's cape is shorter, but much wider. Its bottom edge is circular and the sides are straight. FF Elsa's cape has a square shape with pointed corners at the bottom and the sides. SQ Elsa's skirt is flared at the bottom and the slit is a little longer, so the opening is much wider than in the skirt of FF Elsa.
SQ Elsa has a darker face, with pale purplish skin, longer eyelashes and darker makeup giving her smoky eyes, darker rouge. Their braids are about the same length and style, but FF Elsa has neater hair on top, and in the back (which is helped by being tied down with nylon thread). SQ Elsa has two jeweled 8 sided snowflakes in her hair, FF Elsa has three pink 6 sided flowers in her braid, and a larger one on the side of her head.
Their outfits are similar, with a slinky one piece dress with a slit in the skirt, and a permanently attached cape that is jeweled and has embroidered decorations. SQ Elsa has embroidered snowflakes in the cape, but only jewels (rectangular and round) in her dress. FF Elsa has a jeweled and embroidered floral design in her cape and her bodice, but no decorations in her skirt. However FF Elsa's cape is heavily decorated in the back of the cape, whereas SQ Elsa's cape has decorations only on the sides and bottom, so the back of the cape is almost bare (except on the bottom). SQ Elsa's cape has a round bottom edge, that is much wider than FF Elsa's cape, and is also longer on the sides. So it can wrap around and cover much of the front of the dress, and drags on the floor all around. SQ Elsa's skirt is also longer than floor length, and much wider at the bottom than the FF Elsa's skirt, which doesn't quite reach the floor. SQ Elsa's dress has full length sheer sleeves, while FF Elsa's dress is basically sleeveless. Finally their high heeled shoes have the same design, representing snowflakes and icicles. But SQ Elsa's shoes are opaque light blue with dark blue striations, whereas FF Elsa's are transparent light green that are also iridescent and have embedded fine glitter. FF Elsa's shoes are much more impressive.
In general, FF Elsa has a much brighter appearance. But SQ Elsa is closer to the character's true nature, and of course her iconic image. And her outfit is much more impressive to me despite the lack of details in the cape compared to the FF cape. So SQ Elsa is my favorite of the two.
Release and purchase information:
2013 Elsa Limited Edition Doll - 17'' - Frozen
$99.95
Item No. 6070040900950P
US Disney Store
Released online and in store on 2013-11-20
Sold out online in about 15 minutes
Purchased in store 2013-11-20
#102 of 2500
2015 Limited Edition Elsa Doll - Frozen Fever - 17''
$119.95
Item No. 6003040901307P
US Disney Store
Released in stores 2015-11-03
Released online 2015-11-04
Sold out online in less than 10 minutes
Purchased in store 2015-11-03
#1559 of 5000
1999 Mattel
Elizabeth Taylor in Cleopatra™
Elizabeth Taylor as Cleopatra — her magnificent golden costume is re-created here in splendid detail. Cleopatra's luxurious gown has a dramatic "feather" cloak that surrounds her like the wings of a bird. Her spectacular headdress features cobra symbols that protect royalty, a sun disk enclosed in horns, identifying her with the goddess Isis, and a large double feather representing cosmic harmony.
The meticulous sculpting of our Cleopatra doll captures the stunning likeness of Elizabeth Taylor. Her face is painted so realistically that every detail is authentic to the movie - from the incredibly fine glitter eye shadow and heavy kohl liner to the exact shade of violet for her eyes. She is an amazing tribute to Elizabeth Taylor in one of her most glamorous roles.
™ & ©1963, 1999 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corportation. All Rights Reserved.
Elizabeth Taylor likeness: © 1999 Interplanet Productions Limited.
Production doll may vary from the photo shown above. Mattel reserves the right to modify the fashion/fabrics, sculpt, hair color/style, and accessories. Doll cannot stand alone as shown.
www.barbiecollector.com/shop/doll/elizabeth-taylor-cleopa...
Comparing the LE 2500 Snow Queen Elsa 17'' Doll (November 2013) versus LE 5000 Frozen Fever Elsa 17'' Doll (November 2015). They have similar appearances and outfits, but also many differences. SQ Elsa's cape is shorter, but much wider. Its bottom edge is circular and the sides are straight. FF Elsa's cape has a square shape with pointed corners at the bottom and the sides. SQ Elsa's skirt is flared at the bottom and the slit is a little longer, so the opening is much wider than in the skirt of FF Elsa. Lying down side by side, with open capes.
SQ Elsa has a darker face, with pale purplish skin, longer eyelashes and darker makeup giving her smoky eyes, darker rouge. Their braids are about the same length and style, but FF Elsa has neater hair on top, and in the back (which is helped by being tied down with nylon thread). SQ Elsa has two jeweled 8 sided snowflakes in her hair, FF Elsa has three pink 6 sided flowers in her braid, and a larger one on the side of her head.
Their outfits are similar, with a slinky one piece dress with a slit in the skirt, and a permanently attached cape that is jeweled and has embroidered decorations. SQ Elsa has embroidered snowflakes in the cape, but only jewels (rectangular and round) in her dress. FF Elsa has a jeweled and embroidered floral design in her cape and her bodice, but no decorations in her skirt. However FF Elsa's cape is heavily decorated in the back of the cape, whereas SQ Elsa's cape has decorations only on the sides and bottom, so the back of the cape is almost bare (except on the bottom). SQ Elsa's cape has a round bottom edge, that is much wider than FF Elsa's cape, and is also longer on the sides. So it can wrap around and cover much of the front of the dress, and drags on the floor all around. SQ Elsa's skirt is also longer than floor length, and much wider at the bottom than the FF Elsa's skirt, which doesn't quite reach the floor. SQ Elsa's dress has full length sheer sleeves, while FF Elsa's dress is basically sleeveless. Finally their high heeled shoes have the same design, representing snowflakes and icicles. But SQ Elsa's shoes are opaque light blue with dark blue striations, whereas FF Elsa's are transparent light green that are also iridescent and have embedded fine glitter. FF Elsa's shoes are much more impressive.
In general, FF Elsa has a much brighter appearance. But SQ Elsa is closer to the character's true nature, and of course her iconic image. And her outfit is much more impressive to me despite the lack of details in the cape compared to the FF cape. So SQ Elsa is my favorite of the two.
Release and purchase information:
2013 Elsa Limited Edition Doll - 17'' - Frozen
$99.95
Item No. 6070040900950P
US Disney Store
Released online and in store on 2013-11-20
Sold out online in about 15 minutes
Purchased in store 2013-11-20
#102 of 2500
2015 Limited Edition Elsa Doll - Frozen Fever - 17''
$119.95
Item No. 6003040901307P
US Disney Store
Released in stores 2015-11-03
Released online 2015-11-04
Sold out online in less than 10 minutes
Purchased in store 2015-11-03
#1559 of 5000
Comparing the LE 2500 Snow Queen Elsa 17'' Doll (November 2013) versus LE 5000 Frozen Fever Elsa 17'' Doll (November 2015). They have similar appearances and outfits, but also many differences. Standing next to each other, with capes open. Closeup of their shoes.
SQ Elsa has a darker face, with pale purplish skin, longer eyelashes and darker makeup giving her smoky eyes, darker rouge. Their braids are about the same length and style, but FF Elsa has neater hair on top, and in the back (which is helped by being tied down with nylon thread). SQ Elsa has two jeweled 8 sided snowflakes in her hair, FF Elsa has three pink 6 sided flowers in her braid, and a larger one on the side of her head.
Their outfits are similar, with a slinky one piece dress with a slit in the skirt, and a permanently attached cape that is jeweled and has embroidered decorations. SQ Elsa has embroidered snowflakes in the cape, but only jewels (rectangular and round) in her dress. FF Elsa has a jeweled and embroidered floral design in her cape and her bodice, but no decorations in her skirt. However FF Elsa's cape is heavily decorated in the back of the cape, whereas SQ Elsa's cape has decorations only on the sides and bottom, so the back of the cape is almost bare (except on the bottom). SQ Elsa's cape has a round bottom edge, that is much wider than FF Elsa's cape, and is also longer on the sides. So it can wrap around and cover much of the front of the dress, and drags on the floor all around. SQ Elsa's skirt is also longer than floor length, and much wider at the bottom than the FF Elsa's skirt, which doesn't quite reach the floor. SQ Elsa's dress has full length sheer sleeves, while FF Elsa's dress is basically sleeveless. Finally their high heeled shoes have the same design, representing snowflakes and icicles. But SQ Elsa's shoes are opaque light blue with dark blue striations, whereas FF Elsa's are transparent light green that are also iridescent and have embedded fine glitter. FF Elsa's shoes are much more impressive.
In general, FF Elsa has a much brighter appearance. But SQ Elsa is closer to the character's true nature, and of course her iconic image. And her outfit is much more impressive to me despite the lack of details in the cape compared to the FF cape. So SQ Elsa is my favorite of the two.
Release and purchase information:
2013 Elsa Limited Edition Doll - 17'' - Frozen
$99.95
Item No. 6070040900950P
US Disney Store
Released online and in store on 2013-11-20
Sold out online in about 15 minutes
Purchased in store 2013-11-20
#102 of 2500
2015 Limited Edition Elsa Doll - Frozen Fever - 17''
$119.95
Item No. 6003040901307P
US Disney Store
Released in stores 2015-11-03
Released online 2015-11-04
Sold out online in less than 10 minutes
Purchased in store 2015-11-03
#1559 of 5000
Closeup of D23 Elsa pin. Front lit, front view.
I received the D23 Exclusive LE 700 Elsa pin on Monday August 31, 2015. It was purchased from a fellow collector, mint in box. The original price was $79.95, and it was produced by the Disney Store. It comes in a very nice clamshell jewelry box, inside of nicely illustrated cardboard box. The image of Snow Queen Elsa, with her blonde hair down, and decorated with jeweled snowflakes, is based on artwork by Brittney Lee. It is so beautiful, that it might well be the best looking pin that I own, even surpassing my Designer Princess Snow White pin (2011). It has many enhanced features, including pin on pin, fine glitter, screen printing, stained glass, and real Swarovski crystals of different sizes and colors. I tried to capture the beauty of the pin by photographing it in various lighting setups, including strongly backlit.
Closeup of D23 Elsa pin. Front and back lit, front view. Hanging in front of a bright white wall.
I received the D23 Exclusive LE 700 Elsa pin on Monday August 31, 2015. It was purchased from a fellow collector, mint in box. The original price was $79.95, and it was produced by the Disney Store. It comes in a very nice clamshell jewelry box, inside of nicely illustrated cardboard box. The image of Snow Queen Elsa, with her blonde hair down, and decorated with jeweled snowflakes, is based on artwork by Brittney Lee. It is so beautiful, that it might well be the best looking pin that I own, even surpassing my Designer Princess Snow White pin (2011). It has many enhanced features, including pin on pin, fine glitter, screen printing, stained glass, and real Swarovski crystals of different sizes and colors. I tried to capture the beauty of the pin by photographing it in various lighting setups, including strongly backlit.
I wanted to try to make a pattern in the background of the Dots and Flowers stamp, so I embossed it in gold on watercolor paper and used watercolor paints to color it. (I also embossed the birds and the sentiment in gold.) Hard to see in this picture, but I added extra fine glitter to the birds' wings and Stickles to the white dots left in the background.
Thanks for looking!
Stamps Used:
S5213 - Dots and Flowers
CL107 - Clear Design Laughter and Merriment
I made this card for Part 2 of the 24-Hour Scramble at Hero Arts. The theme for this part, hosted by Judy, is to make a Christmas Thank You card. I had this little reindeer in my pre-cut stash, so I went with it.
I tried to stamp the background swirls with white ink but it didn't show, so I did it again with Broken China distress ink. Then I realized if I sprinkled extra fine glitter on it the glitter may stick to the white pigment ink...and it did!
Thanks for peeking!
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Comparing the LE 2500 Snow Queen Elsa 17'' Doll (November 2013) versus LE 5000 Frozen Fever Elsa 17'' Doll (November 2015). They have similar appearances and outfits, but also many differences. Lying down side by side. Closeup of heads and shoulders.
SQ Elsa has a darker face, with pale purplish skin, longer eyelashes and darker makeup giving her smoky eyes, darker rouge. Their braids are about the same length and style, but FF Elsa has neater hair on top, and in the back (which is helped by being tied down with nylon thread). SQ Elsa has two jeweled 8 sided snowflakes in her hair, FF Elsa has three pink 6 sided flowers in her braid, and a larger one on the side of her head.
Their outfits are similar, with a slinky one piece dress with a slit in the skirt, and a permanently attached cape that is jeweled and has embroidered decorations. SQ Elsa has embroidered snowflakes in the cape, but only jewels (rectangular and round) in her dress. FF Elsa has a jeweled and embroidered floral design in her cape and her bodice, but no decorations in her skirt. However FF Elsa's cape is heavily decorated in the back of the cape, whereas SQ Elsa's cape has decorations only on the sides and bottom, so the back of the cape is almost bare (except on the bottom). SQ Elsa's cape has a round bottom edge, that is much wider than FF Elsa's cape, and is also longer on the sides. So it can wrap around and cover much of the front of the dress, and drags on the floor all around. SQ Elsa's skirt is also longer than floor length, and much wider at the bottom than the FF Elsa's skirt, which doesn't quite reach the floor. SQ Elsa's dress has full length sheer sleeves, while FF Elsa's dress is basically sleeveless. Finally their high heeled shoes have the same design, representing snowflakes and icicles. But SQ Elsa's shoes are opaque light blue with dark blue striations, whereas FF Elsa's are transparent light green that are also iridescent and have embedded fine glitter. FF Elsa's shoes are much more impressive.
In general, FF Elsa has a much brighter appearance. But SQ Elsa is closer to the character's true nature, and of course her iconic image. And her outfit is much more impressive to me despite the lack of details in the cape compared to the FF cape. So SQ Elsa is my favorite of the two.
Release and purchase information:
2013 Elsa Limited Edition Doll - 17'' - Frozen
$99.95
Item No. 6070040900950P
US Disney Store
Released online and in store on 2013-11-20
Sold out online in about 15 minutes
Purchased in store 2013-11-20
#102 of 2500
2015 Limited Edition Elsa Doll - Frozen Fever - 17''
$119.95
Item No. 6003040901307P
US Disney Store
Released in stores 2015-11-03
Released online 2015-11-04
Sold out online in less than 10 minutes
Purchased in store 2015-11-03
#1559 of 5000
This time around I have managed to grow my nails to over half an inch (12.7 mm. I have them painted in Revlon's classic "Cherries in the Snow" which is a light red or dark pink. Over that I used Revlon's "Celestial FX" that contains a fine glitter plus larger stars, diamonds, and moons. Then I sealed it with a clear top coat.
Also shown are two kinds of adjustable rings. On my middle finger is a red-orange ring with a flexible link band like many watch bands. My ring finger has a silver spoon ring which is a single piece of sterling silver that is bent to conform to the wearer's finger.
My hand is illuminated by my Ott Lite, a small portable fluorescent light designed for hobbyists. Although I bought it for model railroad projects, I use it more for painting my nails. When not in use, the horizontal lamp rotates downward into the vertical stand and turns in off.
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Comparing the LE 2500 Snow Queen Elsa 17'' Doll (November 2013) versus LE 5000 Frozen Fever Elsa 17'' Doll (November 2015). They have similar appearances and outfits, but also many differences. Standing next to each other, with capes open.
SQ Elsa has a darker face, with pale purplish skin, longer eyelashes and darker makeup giving her smoky eyes, darker rouge. Their braids are about the same length and style, but FF Elsa has neater hair on top, and in the back (which is helped by being tied down with nylon thread). SQ Elsa has two jeweled 8 sided snowflakes in her hair, FF Elsa has three pink 6 sided flowers in her braid, and a larger one on the side of her head.
Their outfits are similar, with a slinky one piece dress with a slit in the skirt, and a permanently attached cape that is jeweled and has embroidered decorations. SQ Elsa has embroidered snowflakes in the cape, but only jewels (rectangular and round) in her dress. FF Elsa has a jeweled and embroidered floral design in her cape and her bodice, but no decorations in her skirt. However FF Elsa's cape is heavily decorated in the back of the cape, whereas SQ Elsa's cape has decorations only on the sides and bottom, so the back of the cape is almost bare (except on the bottom). SQ Elsa's cape has a round bottom edge, that is much wider than FF Elsa's cape, and is also longer on the sides. So it can wrap around and cover much of the front of the dress, and drags on the floor all around. SQ Elsa's skirt is also longer than floor length, and much wider at the bottom than the FF Elsa's skirt, which doesn't quite reach the floor. SQ Elsa's dress has full length sheer sleeves, while FF Elsa's dress is basically sleeveless. Finally their high heeled shoes have the same design, representing snowflakes and icicles. But SQ Elsa's shoes are opaque light blue with dark blue striations, whereas FF Elsa's are transparent light green that are also iridescent and have embedded fine glitter. FF Elsa's shoes are much more impressive.
In general, FF Elsa has a much brighter appearance. But SQ Elsa is closer to the character's true nature, and of course her iconic image. And her outfit is much more impressive to me despite the lack of details in the cape compared to the FF cape. So SQ Elsa is my favorite of the two.
Release and purchase information:
2013 Elsa Limited Edition Doll - 17'' - Frozen
$99.95
Item No. 6070040900950P
US Disney Store
Released online and in store on 2013-11-20
Sold out online in about 15 minutes
Purchased in store 2013-11-20
#102 of 2500
2015 Limited Edition Elsa Doll - Frozen Fever - 17''
$119.95
Item No. 6003040901307P
US Disney Store
Released in stores 2015-11-03
Released online 2015-11-04
Sold out online in less than 10 minutes
Purchased in store 2015-11-03
#1559 of 5000
European CZT meet-up in Competa. Some of e class tangles :)
Glue&Glitter was my class :) we tangled on card stock with Sakura Quickie glue pens, then added fine glitter over the glue.
Looks great on a festive card or a mini-book cover.
Comparing the LE 2500 Snow Queen Elsa 17'' Doll (November 2013) versus LE 5000 Frozen Fever Elsa 17'' Doll (November 2015). They have similar appearances and outfits, but also many differences. SQ Elsa's cape is shorter, but much wider. Its bottom edge is circular and the sides are straight. FF Elsa's cape has a square shape with pointed corners at the bottom and the sides. SQ Elsa's skirt is flared at the bottom and the slit is a little longer, so the opening is much wider than in the skirt of FF Elsa. Lying down side by side, with closed capes.
SQ Elsa has a darker face, with pale purplish skin, longer eyelashes and darker makeup giving her smoky eyes, darker rouge. Their braids are about the same length and style, but FF Elsa has neater hair on top, and in the back (which is helped by being tied down with nylon thread). SQ Elsa has two jeweled 8 sided snowflakes in her hair, FF Elsa has three pink 6 sided flowers in her braid, and a larger one on the side of her head.
Their outfits are similar, with a slinky one piece dress with a slit in the skirt, and a permanently attached cape that is jeweled and has embroidered decorations. SQ Elsa has embroidered snowflakes in the cape, but only jewels (rectangular and round) in her dress. FF Elsa has a jeweled and embroidered floral design in her cape and her bodice, but no decorations in her skirt. However FF Elsa's cape is heavily decorated in the back of the cape, whereas SQ Elsa's cape has decorations only on the sides and bottom, so the back of the cape is almost bare (except on the bottom). SQ Elsa's cape has a round bottom edge, that is much wider than FF Elsa's cape, and is also longer on the sides. So it can wrap around and cover much of the front of the dress, and drags on the floor all around. SQ Elsa's skirt is also longer than floor length, and much wider at the bottom than the FF Elsa's skirt, which doesn't quite reach the floor. SQ Elsa's dress has full length sheer sleeves, while FF Elsa's dress is basically sleeveless. Finally their high heeled shoes have the same design, representing snowflakes and icicles. But SQ Elsa's shoes are opaque light blue with dark blue striations, whereas FF Elsa's are transparent light green that are also iridescent and have embedded fine glitter. FF Elsa's shoes are much more impressive.
In general, FF Elsa has a much brighter appearance. But SQ Elsa is closer to the character's true nature, and of course her iconic image. And her outfit is much more impressive to me despite the lack of details in the cape compared to the FF cape. So SQ Elsa is my favorite of the two.
Release and purchase information:
2013 Elsa Limited Edition Doll - 17'' - Frozen
$99.95
Item No. 6070040900950P
US Disney Store
Released online and in store on 2013-11-20
Sold out online in about 15 minutes
Purchased in store 2013-11-20
#102 of 2500
2015 Limited Edition Elsa Doll - Frozen Fever - 17''
$119.95
Item No. 6003040901307P
US Disney Store
Released in stores 2015-11-03
Released online 2015-11-04
Sold out online in less than 10 minutes
Purchased in store 2015-11-03
#1559 of 5000
European CZT meet-up in Competa. Some of e class tangles :)
Glue&Glitter was my class :) we tangled on card stock with Sakura Quickie glue pens, then added fine glitter over the glue.
Looks great on a festive card or a mini-book cover.
Here is a set of cards I made using two favorite Hero Arts stamps...Small Chandelier and Classic Fabric. I added ultra-fine glitter to the hanging crystals for extra detail.
Blogged here:
judyscardcorner.blogspot.com/2011/09/chandelier-card-set....
Thanks for looking!
What an incredible journey this costume has been to make!
The snow patterns on the cape are made with silicone from the hardware store. I think I used 18 tubes. Although it gives the perfect effect that I was looking for, it is terrible to work with. The fumes are insane when you're using a quantity like I did. In case you didn't know this, almost nothing sticks to it. I had to order a tube of glue worth $50 to try and get my silicone cut outs to adhere to my shoes (funtasma cry103/c) I used about 4 containers of Recollections extra fine glitter from Michael's craft store in Frost and white aurora borealis to embellish them. They shed like a nightmare. We went to a bar for Halloween and I had a drift of glitter up against the side of our booth. I shook it on when the silicone was freshly spread, but still it didn't really seal in at all.
I guess I should talk about the back panel, since it took the most time. The section that is embellished with rhinestones was done entirely by hand. They are 3mm glass rhinestones. Not as expensive as crystal but they still sparkle really nicely. I had originally planned to do the whole cape in crystal but after approximately 85 hours I cried uncle. The resulting conundrum was how to make it appear as if it was intentional, lol. I added an overlayer of "jagged ice", a piece of netting with the silicone and glitter technique layered over top to blend the rhinestone piece with the rest.
The fabric for the skirt came from here on etsy: www.etsy.com/ca/listing/189572293/extremely-hard-to-find-...
and it was utterly perfect, worth every penny.
I used vogue pattern V2810 to construct the skirt and corset, with a few necessary modifications. I made the front of the skirt flat, and put the slit in . It was a good guide to work from as I've no experience adding a train to a dress. Mine came out funny because I was working with patterned fabric and I couldn't place the pattern pieces in the correct way to achieve the right drape while still having the fabric pattern face the direction I wanted it to. I also didn't put a busk in the front of the corset, which I am still not sure about. On one hand I have the look I wanted in the front, but on the other hand if I had put the busk in I could have sewn the cape right on to the corset, which in my opinion might have been worth the compromise in appearance, because it would add more convenience (but when has looking good ever been about convenience, am I right?) The cape is connected to the top of the corset with bra hooks and has to be put on once I'm laced in to the corset tightly. The corset is boned with spring steel, and it's a good thing, because the cape weighs so much that if it was boned with plastic it would probably buckle under the strain.
Because I planned to wear this on halloween and to conventions I added a small clasp at the bottom of the train that connects with a recieving piece sewn just below the zipper. It allowes me to stow the train for easier movement and take it down conveniently for photos (or whatever).
The sequins were sewn to the corset by hand individually, after trimming off the second hole on the end of each sequin (there are almost 6000 of them, in cornflower blue, bought on Ebay from amazonbeads4u). Knowing the corset would stretch a bit as it got warm, I wanted the sequins to be able to move individually to avoid having any of them break off.
For the shirt I used McCalls pattern M4872 (d) but left the top band off the shirt and extended the sleeves to a point.
It took over 200 hours and about $600. For those of you keeping count if I was paying someone to make this and they made $15 an hour, it probably would have cost me around $3600. I love being able to sew :)
LE Belle is deboxed, and is standing, supported by the included display stand.
Detailed photos and review of my Limited Edition Belle 17 Inch Doll, from the Live Action Beauty and the Beast movie. I got her today in store on release day, Friday March 17, 2017, which is also the opening day of the movie. She is #0477 of 5500. The following review of the doll includes what I discovered after deboxing her.
The doll is a great improvement over the 12 inch Disney Film Collection doll, although her face and outfit are basically the same design. The big difference is that her hair is rooted on a one piece vinyl head, as opposed to the two piece head of the 12 inch doll, where the hair was on a separate piece, and the face was much harder than the scalp. Her face also has a matte finish, as opposed to the shiny face of the 12 inch, and her freckles are not as prominent. Her expression is also gentler, with a slight smile. She is side glancing as opposed to looking straight ahead, and she has short rooted lashes, all of which makes for a more pleasant face. Her skin tone is much healthier looking than the sickly complexion of the DFC doll, and she also has a nicely applied rouge on her cheeks. She is actually quite pretty, more so from certain angles. I also think that she has a good resemblance to Emma Watson.
Her outfit has the same design as the 12 inch doll. Her bodice is separate from her skirt, and in many of the dolls that I've seen, there is a unsightly gap between bodice and the skirt (e.g. in the stock box image). Her skirt is very full, and looks squished in the box. Her skirt has yellow jewels and gold embroidery instead of the glitter on the 12 inch doll. In fact, the LE doll has no glitter at all. The skirt has three layers of golden yellow chiffon over skirts with pleats in the front, that have a shiny front surface, unlike the dull surface of the corresponding layers of the 12 inch doll's skirt. It looks like there is extremely fine golden metallic threads in the chiffon, which has a similar effect as fine glitter, but without the possibility of shedding, and without making the material stiff. The top chiffon layer is actually fully lined with another layer of chiffon, to hide the underside of the embroidery. Below the overskirt is a full skirt of the same chiffon material. Below that is a bright yellow satin underskirt, and below that is a full length white tulle petticoat. The petticoat actually has two additional short layers around the waist, that keeps the skirt poofy and full above the knee. Behind the skirt is a tail of scalloped of the same material as the overskirts, and long streamers of yellow chiffon and white tulle. The tail and streamers are tacked to the back of the skirt, and I decided to leave that alone rather than free the tail, as well as the streamers, to keep them neat. The skirts are a full 360 degrees in width, so when Belle sits down with her legs straight out, the skirts form a full circle around her.
She has a necklace with the pendant tacked to the neckline of the bodice. I decided to leave that alone to keep it neat looking. There is an ear cuff type earring on her left ear (to our right). On the 12 inch doll the ear cuff was painted on, whereas on the LE doll, it is a separate piece. She has a golden wreath type hairband around her bun. Both the hairband and earring are painted gold that simulates real gold very well, so it looks like real jewelry. She also has a painted on ring on her right pinky, as does the 12 inch doll. She has larger versions of the golden heels of the 12 inch doll.
Her bun is an intricate design that very neatly done, and is a larger version of the one on the 12 inch doll. Her dark brown hair goes down to her waist, and is stiff with hair product in the back, to keep its gently curly style, so I left it as is after deboxing. It was not separated into two sections, as is the case with a lot of Disney Store dolls (such as the 12 inch DFC Belle). There are two medium length side curls, as in the 12 inch doll, which I tucked behind her shoulders to get them out of the way of her face.
Belle Limited Edition Doll - Live Action Film - 17''
US Disney Store
Released Online and In Stores 2017-03-17
$129.95
Item No. 6003040900251P
Comparing the LE 2500 Snow Queen Elsa 17'' Doll (November 2013) versus LE 5000 Frozen Fever Elsa 17'' Doll (November 2015). They have similar appearances and outfits, but also many differences. Standing next to each other, with capes open.
SQ Elsa has a darker face, with pale purplish skin, longer eyelashes and darker makeup giving her smoky eyes, darker rouge. Their braids are about the same length and style, but FF Elsa has neater hair on top, and in the back (which is helped by being tied down with nylon thread). SQ Elsa has two jeweled 8 sided snowflakes in her hair, FF Elsa has three pink 6 sided flowers in her braid, and a larger one on the side of her head.
Their outfits are similar, with a slinky one piece dress with a slit in the skirt, and a permanently attached cape that is jeweled and has embroidered decorations. SQ Elsa has embroidered snowflakes in the cape, but only jewels (rectangular and round) in her dress. FF Elsa has a jeweled and embroidered floral design in her cape and her bodice, but no decorations in her skirt. However FF Elsa's cape is heavily decorated in the back of the cape, whereas SQ Elsa's cape has decorations only on the sides and bottom, so the back of the cape is almost bare (except on the bottom). SQ Elsa's cape has a round bottom edge, that is much wider than FF Elsa's cape, and is also longer on the sides. So it can wrap around and cover much of the front of the dress, and drags on the floor all around. SQ Elsa's skirt is also longer than floor length, and much wider at the bottom than the FF Elsa's skirt, which doesn't quite reach the floor. SQ Elsa's dress has full length sheer sleeves, while FF Elsa's dress is basically sleeveless. Finally their high heeled shoes have the same design, representing snowflakes and icicles. But SQ Elsa's shoes are opaque light blue with dark blue striations, whereas FF Elsa's are transparent light green that are also iridescent and have embedded fine glitter. FF Elsa's shoes are much more impressive.
In general, FF Elsa has a much brighter appearance. But SQ Elsa is closer to the character's true nature, and of course her iconic image. And her outfit is much more impressive to me despite the lack of details in the cape compared to the FF cape. So SQ Elsa is my favorite of the two.
Release and purchase information:
2013 Elsa Limited Edition Doll - 17'' - Frozen
$99.95
Item No. 6070040900950P
US Disney Store
Released online and in store on 2013-11-20
Sold out online in about 15 minutes
Purchased in store 2013-11-20
#102 of 2500
2015 Limited Edition Elsa Doll - Frozen Fever - 17''
$119.95
Item No. 6003040901307P
US Disney Store
Released in stores 2015-11-03
Released online 2015-11-04
Sold out online in less than 10 minutes
Purchased in store 2015-11-03
#1559 of 5000
I was going to do a video for this but On further thought it'd be pretty easy to write up a text tutorial for it.
What you will need!
1: Pair of boots, I used a mismatch pair of Genie magic boots that had the same mold but differant colors.
2: Glitter! I recomend a big glitter, My mom got me this big jar of glitter at walmart for like a dollar, You could use finer glitter but It won't look like mine did.
3: A ziplock bag or a tray you don't care about.
4: Tacky glue.
5: Optional : Paintbrush.
So this is incredibly simple, Take your boots, I just stuck mine on my finger, You could use and old bratz body you don't care about.
I took a paintbrush with tacky glue, I recomend Tacky, hot or something that will hold up.
I used the paintbrush and did my best to get glue in every nook and cranny, just a thin layer though, you don't want it too thick or it'll look bad.
from there I used a ziplock I put a good amount of glitter into to shake the boot around in, I did this till the boot was covered then waited maybe a minute to take it out, This part isn't nessciary but it makes it look better.
Tap off any extra glitter that you can, and then press the glitter flatter against the boot with your finger, It gives the boot a nice look and flattens things down a bit.
From there let the boot dry, continuing to tap off access every now and then,Then your all set, If there's gaps, go back in with some glue and repeat the process. It's a great way to recycle mismatched shoes or duplicates.
European CZT meet-up in Competa. Some of e class tangles :)
Glue&Glitter was my class :) we tangled on card stock with Sakura Quickie glue pens, then added fine glitter over the glue.
Looks great on a festive card or a mini-book cover.
Each bead begins with a sheet of gorgeous hand-painted paper, a work of art unto itself. The paper is then cut into long tapering strips and hand rolled into beads, and then varnished with a clear resin to protect the bead from moisture. Iridescent glazes, metal leaf, organza ribbon, and fine glitter are also added to the design, making each bead a unique work of art. The colors are rich and variegated, and because they are handmade from unique papers, no two beads are ever alike!
In addition, we create Poetry Beads with individual verses and quotations printed on them. Poetry beads come in sets or are strung together to create a wearable poem.
Closeup of D23 Elsa pin. Rear view.
I received the D23 Exclusive LE 700 Elsa pin on Monday August 31, 2015. It was purchased from a fellow collector, mint in box. The original price was $79.95, and it was produced by the Disney Store. It comes in a very nice clamshell jewelry box, inside of nicely illustrated cardboard box. The image of Snow Queen Elsa, with her blonde hair down, and decorated with jeweled snowflakes, is based on artwork by Brittney Lee. It is so beautiful, that it might well be the best looking pin that I own, even surpassing my Designer Princess Snow White pin (2011). It has many enhanced features, including pin on pin, fine glitter, screen printing, stained glass, and real Swarovski crystals of different sizes and colors. I tried to capture the beauty of the pin by photographing it in various lighting setups, including strongly backlit.
What an incredible journey this costume has been to make!
The snow patterns on the cape are made with silicone from the hardware store. I think I used 18 tubes. Although it gives the perfect effect that I was looking for, it is terrible to work with. The fumes are insane when you're using a quantity like I did. In case you didn't know this, almost nothing sticks to it. I had to order a tube of glue worth $50 to try and get my silicone cut outs to adhere to my shoes (funtasma cry103/c) I used about 4 containers of Recollections extra fine glitter from Michael's craft store in Frost and white aurora borealis to embellish them. They shed like a nightmare. We went to a bar for Halloween and I had a drift of glitter up against the side of our booth. I shook it on when the silicone was freshly spread, but still it didn't really seal in at all.
I guess I should talk about the back panel, since it took the most time. The section that is embellished with rhinestones was done entirely by hand. They are 3mm glass rhinestones. Not as expensive as crystal but they still sparkle really nicely. I had originally planned to do the whole cape in crystal but after approximately 85 hours I cried uncle. The resulting conundrum was how to make it appear as if it was intentional, lol. I added an overlayer of "jagged ice", a piece of netting with the silicone and glitter technique layered over top to blend the rhinestone piece with the rest.
The fabric for the skirt came from here on etsy: www.etsy.com/ca/listing/189572293/extremely-hard-to-find-...
and it was utterly perfect, worth every penny.
I used vogue pattern V2810 to construct the skirt and corset, with a few necessary modifications. I made the front of the skirt flat, and put the slit in . It was a good guide to work from as I've no experience adding a train to a dress. Mine came out funny because I was working with patterned fabric and I couldn't place the pattern pieces in the correct way to achieve the right drape while still having the fabric pattern face the direction I wanted it to. I also didn't put a busk in the front of the corset, which I am still not sure about. On one hand I have the look I wanted in the front, but on the other hand if I had put the busk in I could have sewn the cape right on to the corset, which in my opinion might have been worth the compromise in appearance, because it would add more convenience (but when has looking good ever been about convenience, am I right?) The cape is connected to the top of the corset with bra hooks and has to be put on once I'm laced in to the corset tightly. The corset is boned with spring steel, and it's a good thing, because the cape weighs so much that if it was boned with plastic it would probably buckle under the strain.
Because I planned to wear this on halloween and to conventions I added a small clasp at the bottom of the train that connects with a recieving piece sewn just below the zipper. It allowes me to stow the train for easier movement and take it down conveniently for photos (or whatever).
The sequins were sewn to the corset by hand individually, after trimming off the second hole on the end of each sequin (there are almost 6000 of them, in cornflower blue, bought on Ebay from amazonbeads4u). Knowing the corset would stretch a bit as it got warm, I wanted the sequins to be able to move individually to avoid having any of them break off.
For the shirt I used McCalls pattern M4872 (d) but left the top band off the shirt and extended the sleeves to a point.
It took over 200 hours and about $600. For those of you keeping count if I was paying someone to make this and they made $15 an hour, it probably would have cost me around $3600. I love being able to sew :)
What an incredible journey this costume has been to make!
The snow patterns on the cape are made with silicone from the hardware store. I think I used 18 tubes. Although it gives the perfect effect that I was looking for, it is terrible to work with. The fumes are insane when you're using a quantity like I did. In case you didn't know this, almost nothing sticks to it. I had to order a tube of glue worth $50 to try and get my silicone cut outs to adhere to my shoes (funtasma cry103/c) I used about 4 containers of Recollections extra fine glitter from Michael's craft store in Frost and white aurora borealis to embellish them. They shed like a nightmare. We went to a bar for Halloween and I had a drift of glitter up against the side of our booth. I shook it on when the silicone was freshly spread, but still it didn't really seal in at all.
I guess I should talk about the back panel, since it took the most time. The section that is embellished with rhinestones was done entirely by hand. They are 3mm glass rhinestones. Not as expensive as crystal but they still sparkle really nicely. I had originally planned to do the whole cape in crystal but after approximately 85 hours I cried uncle. The resulting conundrum was how to make it appear as if it was intentional, lol. I added an overlayer of "jagged ice", a piece of netting with the silicone and glitter technique layered over top to blend the rhinestone piece with the rest.
The fabric for the skirt came from here on etsy: www.etsy.com/ca/listing/189572293/extremely-hard-to-find-...
and it was utterly perfect, worth every penny.
I used vogue pattern V2810 to construct the skirt and corset, with a few necessary modifications. I made the front of the skirt flat, and put the slit in . It was a good guide to work from as I've no experience adding a train to a dress. Mine came out funny because I was working with patterned fabric and I couldn't place the pattern pieces in the correct way to achieve the right drape while still having the fabric pattern face the direction I wanted it to. I also didn't put a busk in the front of the corset, which I am still not sure about. On one hand I have the look I wanted in the front, but on the other hand if I had put the busk in I could have sewn the cape right on to the corset, which in my opinion might have been worth the compromise in appearance, because it would add more convenience (but when has looking good ever been about convenience, am I right?) The cape is connected to the top of the corset with bra hooks and has to be put on once I'm laced in to the corset tightly. The corset is boned with spring steel, and it's a good thing, because the cape weighs so much that if it was boned with plastic it would probably buckle under the strain.
Because I planned to wear this on halloween and to conventions I added a small clasp at the bottom of the train that connects with a recieving piece sewn just below the zipper. It allowes me to stow the train for easier movement and take it down conveniently for photos (or whatever).
The sequins were sewn to the corset by hand individually, after trimming off the second hole on the end of each sequin (there are almost 6000 of them, in cornflower blue, bought on Ebay from amazonbeads4u). Knowing the corset would stretch a bit as it got warm, I wanted the sequins to be able to move individually to avoid having any of them break off.
For the shirt I used McCalls pattern M4872 (d) but left the top band off the shirt and extended the sleeves to a point.
It took over 200 hours and about $600. For those of you keeping count if I was paying someone to make this and they made $15 an hour, it probably would have cost me around $3600. I love being able to sew :)
What an incredible journey this costume has been to make!
The snow patterns on the cape are made with silicone from the hardware store. I think I used 18 tubes. Although it gives the perfect effect that I was looking for, it is terrible to work with. The fumes are insane when you're using a quantity like I did. In case you didn't know this, almost nothing sticks to it. I had to order a tube of glue worth $50 to try and get my silicone cut outs to adhere to my shoes (funtasma cry103/c) I used about 4 containers of Recollections extra fine glitter from Michael's craft store in Frost and white aurora borealis to embellish them. They shed like a nightmare. We went to a bar for Halloween and I had a drift of glitter up against the side of our booth. I shook it on when the silicone was freshly spread, but still it didn't really seal in at all.
I guess I should talk about the back panel, since it took the most time. The section that is embellished with rhinestones was done entirely by hand. They are 3mm glass rhinestones. Not as expensive as crystal but they still sparkle really nicely. I had originally planned to do the whole cape in crystal but after approximately 85 hours I cried uncle. The resulting conundrum was how to make it appear as if it was intentional, lol. I added an overlayer of "jagged ice", a piece of netting with the silicone and glitter technique layered over top to blend the rhinestone piece with the rest.
The fabric for the skirt came from here on etsy: www.etsy.com/ca/listing/189572293/extremely-hard-to-find-...
and it was utterly perfect, worth every penny.
I used vogue pattern V2810 to construct the skirt and corset, with a few necessary modifications. I made the front of the skirt flat, and put the slit in . It was a good guide to work from as I've no experience adding a train to a dress. Mine came out funny because I was working with patterned fabric and I couldn't place the pattern pieces in the correct way to achieve the right drape while still having the fabric pattern face the direction I wanted it to. I also didn't put a busk in the front of the corset, which I am still not sure about. On one hand I have the look I wanted in the front, but on the other hand if I had put the busk in I could have sewn the cape right on to the corset, which in my opinion might have been worth the compromise in appearance, because it would add more convenience (but when has looking good ever been about convenience, am I right?) The cape is connected to the top of the corset with bra hooks and has to be put on once I'm laced in to the corset tightly. The corset is boned with spring steel, and it's a good thing, because the cape weighs so much that if it was boned with plastic it would probably buckle under the strain.
Because I planned to wear this on halloween and to conventions I added a small clasp at the bottom of the train that connects with a recieving piece sewn just below the zipper. It allowes me to stow the train for easier movement and take it down conveniently for photos (or whatever).
The sequins were sewn to the corset by hand individually, after trimming off the second hole on the end of each sequin (there are almost 6000 of them, in cornflower blue, bought on Ebay from amazonbeads4u). Knowing the corset would stretch a bit as it got warm, I wanted the sequins to be able to move individually to avoid having any of them break off.
For the shirt I used McCalls pattern M4872 (d) but left the top band off the shirt and extended the sleeves to a point.
It took over 200 hours and about $600. For those of you keeping count if I was paying someone to make this and they made $15 an hour, it probably would have cost me around $3600. I love being able to sew :)
I made two of these...one for each of my sisters.
To make a glitter or putz house, I started with a small cereal box and a pattern (thank you Debbie Jones!). I used the following items:
Tacky Glue
Aileen's Super Glue Gel (the best!)
Modge-Podge
Snow Tex
Folk Art Metallic Paint--Ice Blue
Deco Art Metallic Paint--Splendid Gold
Glamour Dust, Ultra Fine Glitter Paint--Ice Crystal
Glamour Dust, Ultra Fine Glitter Paint--Gold Glitz
Martha Stewart Multi-Surface Glitter Paint--Turquoise
Martha Stewart Iridescent Glitter--Crystal Mint
Tree House Extra Fine Glitter--Disco
Testor's Model Paint--Metallic Gold
Czech Glass Beads--Turquoise (for tree and wreaths)
Gold holeless micro beads (for tree)
Large white sead bead (snowman's hat)
Off-white bottle brush tree
Model railroad white picket fence (porch sides)
Heart punch (shutters)
Hole punches (snowman's hat)
Decorative scissors, scalloped (trim around the base)
Pearl beads (snowman)
Scrapbooking paper (door and windows)
Gold pipe cleaner (wreaths, bow on gift)
Gold Kreinik braided thread (snowman scarf, tree)
Bunka (bow on gift)
Embroidery floss (bow on deer)
Silk ribbon (bows on wreaths)
Decorative toothpicks (porch posts)
Notecards (shutters, base trim)
Balsa wood (gifts)
Plastic deer
Mini eyelash picot braid (trim)
LE Belle is deboxed, and is standing, supported by the included display stand.
Detailed photos and review of my Limited Edition Belle 17 Inch Doll, from the Live Action Beauty and the Beast movie. I got her today in store on release day, Friday March 17, 2017, which is also the opening day of the movie. She is #0477 of 5500. The following review of the doll includes what I discovered after deboxing her.
The doll is a great improvement over the 12 inch Disney Film Collection doll, although her face and outfit are basically the same design. The big difference is that her hair is rooted on a one piece vinyl head, as opposed to the two piece head of the 12 inch doll, where the hair was on a separate piece, and the face was much harder than the scalp. Her face also has a matte finish, as opposed to the shiny face of the 12 inch, and her freckles are not as prominent. Her expression is also gentler, with a slight smile. She is side glancing as opposed to looking straight ahead, and she has short rooted lashes, all of which makes for a more pleasant face. Her skin tone is much healthier looking than the sickly complexion of the DFC doll, and she also has a nicely applied rouge on her cheeks. She is actually quite pretty, more so from certain angles. I also think that she has a good resemblance to Emma Watson.
Her outfit has the same design as the 12 inch doll. Her bodice is separate from her skirt, and in many of the dolls that I've seen, there is a unsightly gap between bodice and the skirt (e.g. in the stock box image). Her skirt is very full, and looks squished in the box. Her skirt has yellow jewels and gold embroidery instead of the glitter on the 12 inch doll. In fact, the LE doll has no glitter at all. The skirt has three layers of golden yellow chiffon over skirts with pleats in the front, that have a shiny front surface, unlike the dull surface of the corresponding layers of the 12 inch doll's skirt. It looks like there is extremely fine golden metallic threads in the chiffon, which has a similar effect as fine glitter, but without the possibility of shedding, and without making the material stiff. The top chiffon layer is actually fully lined with another layer of chiffon, to hide the underside of the embroidery. Below the overskirt is a full skirt of the same chiffon material. Below that is a bright yellow satin underskirt, and below that is a full length white tulle petticoat. The petticoat actually has two additional short layers around the waist, that keeps the skirt poofy and full above the knee. Behind the skirt is a tail of scalloped of the same material as the overskirts, and long streamers of yellow chiffon and white tulle. The tail and streamers are tacked to the back of the skirt, and I decided to leave that alone rather than free the tail, as well as the streamers, to keep them neat. The skirts are a full 360 degrees in width, so when Belle sits down with her legs straight out, the skirts form a full circle around her.
She has a necklace with the pendant tacked to the neckline of the bodice. I decided to leave that alone to keep it neat looking. There is an ear cuff type earring on her left ear (to our right). On the 12 inch doll the ear cuff was painted on, whereas on the LE doll, it is a separate piece. She has a golden wreath type hairband around her bun. Both the hairband and earring are painted gold that simulates real gold very well, so it looks like real jewelry. She also has a painted on ring on her right pinky, as does the 12 inch doll. She has larger versions of the golden heels of the 12 inch doll.
Her bun is an intricate design that very neatly done, and is a larger version of the one on the 12 inch doll. Her dark brown hair goes down to her waist, and is stiff with hair product in the back, to keep its gently curly style, so I left it as is after deboxing. It was not separated into two sections, as is the case with a lot of Disney Store dolls (such as the 12 inch DFC Belle). There are two medium length side curls, as in the 12 inch doll, which I tucked behind her shoulders to get them out of the way of her face.
Belle Limited Edition Doll - Live Action Film - 17''
US Disney Store
Released Online and In Stores 2017-03-17
$129.95
Item No. 6003040900251P
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What an incredible journey this costume has been to make!
The snow patterns on the cape are made with silicone from the hardware store. I think I used 18 tubes. Although it gives the perfect effect that I was looking for, it is terrible to work with. The fumes are insane when you're using a quantity like I did. In case you didn't know this, almost nothing sticks to it. I had to order a tube of glue worth $50 to try and get my silicone cut outs to adhere to my shoes (funtasma cry103/c) I used about 4 containers of Recollections extra fine glitter from Michael's craft store in Frost and white aurora borealis to embellish them. They shed like a nightmare. We went to a bar for Halloween and I had a drift of glitter up against the side of our booth. I shook it on when the silicone was freshly spread, but still it didn't really seal in at all.
I guess I should talk about the back panel, since it took the most time. The section that is embellished with rhinestones was done entirely by hand. They are 3mm glass rhinestones. Not as expensive as crystal but they still sparkle really nicely. I had originally planned to do the whole cape in crystal but after approximately 85 hours I cried uncle. The resulting conundrum was how to make it appear as if it was intentional, lol. I added an overlayer of "jagged ice", a piece of netting with the silicone and glitter technique layered over top to blend the rhinestone piece with the rest.
The fabric for the skirt came from here on etsy: www.etsy.com/ca/listing/189572293/extremely-hard-to-find-...
and it was utterly perfect, worth every penny.
I used vogue pattern V2810 to construct the skirt and corset, with a few necessary modifications. I made the front of the skirt flat, and put the slit in . It was a good guide to work from as I've no experience adding a train to a dress. Mine came out funny because I was working with patterned fabric and I couldn't place the pattern pieces in the correct way to achieve the right drape while still having the fabric pattern face the direction I wanted it to. I also didn't put a busk in the front of the corset, which I am still not sure about. On one hand I have the look I wanted in the front, but on the other hand if I had put the busk in I could have sewn the cape right on to the corset, which in my opinion might have been worth the compromise in appearance, because it would add more convenience (but when has looking good ever been about convenience, am I right?) The cape is connected to the top of the corset with bra hooks and has to be put on once I'm laced in to the corset tightly. The corset is boned with spring steel, and it's a good thing, because the cape weighs so much that if it was boned with plastic it would probably buckle under the strain.
Because I planned to wear this on halloween and to conventions I added a small clasp at the bottom of the train that connects with a recieving piece sewn just below the zipper. It allowes me to stow the train for easier movement and take it down conveniently for photos (or whatever).
The sequins were sewn to the corset by hand individually, after trimming off the second hole on the end of each sequin (there are almost 6000 of them, in cornflower blue, bought on Ebay from amazonbeads4u). Knowing the corset would stretch a bit as it got warm, I wanted the sequins to be able to move individually to avoid having any of them break off.
For the shirt I used McCalls pattern M4872 (d) but left the top band off the shirt and extended the sleeves to a point.
It took over 200 hours and about $600. For those of you keeping count if I was paying someone to make this and they made $15 an hour, it probably would have cost me around $3600. I love being able to sew :)