Barbie and The Three Musketeers Costume

I'M BACK!
NO! I didn't fall off the face of the earth...and NO! I didn't give up on THE HOBBY MOMMY BLOG!

Our lives however, have been quite the WHIRLWIND since I previously posted. The last 3 1/2 months have been what I (lovingly) refer to as "CHEER MADNESS".
With 2 Princesses in (traveling) All-Star Cheer, our weekends have been  a blur of road-trips, hotels, over-priced concession food, glitter make-up and more boom-boom music than the average heart can take! (you can view the competition videos at http://www.youtube.com/user/TheHobbyMommy)
Throw into the mix that we are approximately 60 days out from our pending move, (compliments of the USAF) that required a house hunting trip AND add an amazing spring break vacation....well I'm barely coming up for air as I type this.
Let me break it down: Washington DC (cheer) * Indianapolis, IN (cheer) * Richmond, VA (cheer) * Norfolk, VA  (cheer) * Washington, DC (cheer again) * Kansas City, KS (house hunting) * Orlando, FL (cheer/spring break) * Tampa, FL (spring break)* Myrtle Beach, SC (spring break)
We celebrate this cheer season at a semi-formal banquet this Friday night. It will be bittersweet as we will bid farewell to new friends. (Yes, I meant to type "new friends") I created a tribute slideshow/video to our TINY TOT team. I will be copying High Resolution DVD gifts for all the coaches and Tiny Tot parents.You can click to view the video to the right of this page. I created it using an extremely clever, and user-friendly site called animoto.com 

I have found the time to work some creativity into my schedule in spite of our travels and somewhat nomadic lifestyle!
In February one of my little Princesses was invited to attend a birthday party. The recent release of the Barbie and the Three Musketeers DVD had  inspired the mother of one of my Princesses friends to create a party theme based on the movie. Well, this led my Princess to practically beg that I sew her a special costume for the party. I should mention here that she "begs" for everything...
We went for a visit (treasure hunt) to JoAnnes to shop for fabric. We only had 1 rule: The birthday girl was going as the main Barbie Character, "Corinne" so she would be the only girl wearing PINK! After MUCH discussion, my little princess selected from the 3 remaining characters the Teal Barbie Character, "Aramina". We quickly found fabric in the clearance section that was suitable. (treasure FOUND!)
Still using the Teal "Aramina" Character Barbie Doll as a model, we got to work!

I think my Barbie Musketeer Princess was HAPPY with the finished costume!

I submitted the above photo in the 2010 Parents Magazine Cover Model Contest.
You can VOTE here for her photo to be a FAN FAVE

A view from the back wearing the gold-lined cape.

 Of course, Princess wanted her hair to match the movie.

I covered some scuffed and almost too small boots boots with matching Duct Tape.

Just about ANYTHING Barbie is a winner in our house. This Princess has decided that she wants her upcoming birthday party theme to be based on the newest Barbie movie, BARBIE in a MERMAID TAIL. Stay tuned for details on how I plan to pull off a cross between surfing and mermaids theme...YIKES!