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Old 08-30-2004, 09:32 PM   #1
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Here's my little Tink . . . she wanted to model her costume for MNSSHP!!! I guess we're now calling her TinkerEmmi . . .



First, there are the photos of the wand and shoes I put together . . .







Here's the pics of Emilie all dolled up!!!











I purchased the Tink costume at the Disney Store (I am glad I didn't order it from the catalog, as I would have ordered an XS size, but she needed it smaller!) Emilie needed a XXS . . . and it is still a bit big in places!!!



The shoes were Hanes Her Way kids white leather sneakers . . . I bought a bag of pom pons at Wal-Mart and hot glued a real small piece of round elastic to it, then laced the shoelace through it . . .



I hand made the wand (it isn't great but it will do the trick!!!) I just got a small wood dowel and broke about a foot of it off and sanded down the broken end. Then I glued lavendar ribbon around the dowel, made a star out of two sparkly white pipe cleaners and cut a few circles out of some white and some purple tulle fabric. I cut a small hole in the fabric and put the dowel down through it, then hot glued it to where the stick and the star met and were glued together!!! It took me about 30 minutes to put both things together . . . and I was worried about not finding things!!!



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She's precious!
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OMG!!! HOW CUTE!!!! Is that 'tink' makeup too? She is such a little doll!
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She looks wonderful - and just ready to wow everyone at MNSSHP!
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She looks like quite the pixie!
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That's a great costume Sarah She looks so cute
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That is the most precious thing I have ever seen!
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Oh my Gosh - how adorable!!! What a little pixie!
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WOW! You are definitely ready? She is so cute and that costume looks perfect on her!
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Emilie makes a wonderful Tink,too cute.
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Here's my little Tink . . . she wanted to model her costume for MNSSHP!!! I guess we're now calling her TinkerEmmi . . .

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Of course she wanted to model...it's an adorable costume for an adorable little girl! She's looks so cute!

Great job on the costume! You're sure one great Mom!

Thanks for sharing!
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