Fairy Princess and Ballet Shoes on sale

BALLET SLIPPERS / PRINCESS SHOES on sale at Castles N Crowns are fun for dress-up play or ballet and dance class:

XS: 4/5 (Approx. Size: Infant 12-18 months)
S: 6/7 (Approx. Size: Infant/Toddler 18-24 months)
M: 9/11 (3-4.5 years) OUT OF STOCK
L: 12/1 (Approx. Size: 5-6 years)

Regular Price: $12.50-$14.99 SALE: $6.99 EACH PAIR

Sizes are based on children’s shoe sizing standards.

Designed by Creative Education of Canada’s Great Pretenders.

Styles and colors vary from hot pink to soft pink to gold or silver.

Princess Accessories on Sale

Princess accessories for little girls are on sale today at Castles N Crowns Boutique. Fairy Wands, Tiaras, Fairy Wings, Princess Shoes, Ballet Slippers, Princess Dresses, handmade Tutus and more!

Handcarved Wood Hitty Doll

These wooden dolls are in the fashion of the original 1820’s hand carved wooden Hitty doll. They have hand sewn cotton and lace dresses and bonnets. For sale on ebay by starcloud344.

Hitty dolls like this are made by a wonderful artist, who also makes beautiful pyrograpic art at Cousins Originals website. She also designs and creates ACEO cards, Gourd Art, carved magnets, Hitty Dolls, Carved Thimbles, Pyrography, wood carving, gourd art and more!

Photo copyright (c) 2009 by Cousins Originals. Used with Permission.

How to Straighten a Wrinkled Tutu

How do you straighten a wrinkled tutu? How do you unwrinkle tulle? I found out the easiest way this past winter when my house felt dry and my sinuses needed some moisture.

I plugged in a basic $20 steam humidifyer from the drugstore and let the steam get rid of the dryness in the air.  I wondered if it would work like an expensive steamer for clothing, because I had a wrinkled tutu I wanted to straighten out.

No, the steam isn’t forceful enough to steam cotton clothing, but amazingly, when I held a tutu about 12 inches from the humidifyer, the wrinkles came out!

Keep the tulle moving, don’t leave it there or the netting of the tulle collects water and you have a drippy mess on your hands. I held the tutu over the steam, and kept Finger-Combing it and moving the tulle, and in no time my tutu was not only straight, it looked fresh and fluffy too!

Other Tutu Care: Spot Clean, Finger Comb and Shake to Fluff it up, then Hang it up to Store it! As soon as your little princess or ballerina drops the tutu on the floor, finger comb it out and hang it up. And bring out the humidifyer if you don’t have a steamer! (I don’t know if it will work with a cool mist humidifyer, mine has steam).

Update: A HAIR DRYER WORKS TOO!

Childrens Dress Up Clothes Made In USA

If you like to purchase gifts for children that are made in the USA or Canada, you might like these well-made children’s dress up clothes and baby and toddler costumes.

Fairies, Princesses, Tutus, Mermaids, baby Onesies, toys and more.

Toddler Princess Belle Dress

This Toddler Princess Belle Dress is Size 1-3. Was $28. Today’s Sale: $26.99

Any little girl will look like the Belle from Disney’s Beauty and the Beast in this exquisite dress.

The yellow dress with red ribbon rose accents is a fairytale classic. The bodice is made of stretch fabric to fit a variety of sizes. The bottom is made of China Silk which resists wrinkles well and is easy to maintain.

Toddler Size 1-3 only.

Rapunzel Dress with Free Headband

This classic princess dress inspired by the fairy tale Rapunzel, has a pink and purple-lavender crushed velvet bodice with beautiful silver criss-cross trim and accents.
The mid-length princess sleeves and skirt are made of purple-lavender china silk.
The bodice is stretchy to help accommodate most body sizes.

Rapunzel is an upcoming American animated film by Walt Disney Studios based on the classic German fairytale by the Brothers Grimm. It will be the 49th Disney animated feature and is scheduled to premiere during the 2010 Christmas season.

Machine washable cold. FROM LITTLE ADVENTURES.
Sizes: Small 1-3 and XLarge 7-9.

Optional Free Headband today!