DIY: DOGGY PRINCESS TUTU...with PEARLS
The Task: Make a tutu for a doggy princess named Bella. It was her grandpa's birthday and she needed something cute to wear.
The Ingredients: 1 roll tulle, stretchy ponytail holder or elastic (Bella is extra small so I used the ponytail holder), ribbon, string of pearls, 16 inch long piece of cardboard, glue gun
The Purchase Locations: Downtown LA - craft store, jewelry store
The Cost: Approx $6.00
It took me: about 30 minutes
How to:
1. Take roll of tulle and wrap it long ways around a 16 inch long strip of card board. When all of the tulle has been wrapped around the cardboard, cut the tulle at the top of the cardboard and cut it at the bottom. Now you have several strips of 16 inch long pieces of tulle. Repeat this step for each of the rolls of tulle.
2. Stretch the ponytail holder around something solid (a piece of cardboard, a book, your knee, whatever) so you can start knotting the tulle around the ponytail holder.
3. Take two pieces of tulle (one on top of the other) and fold them in half. Push the looped part up and behind the ponytail holder, then pull the two ends through the loop to create a knot. Repeat this step until the entire ponytail holder is full.
4. Tie a ribbon around the middle of the finished tutu. Glue the ribbon to the tutu (I only glued down the part where Bella's tummy was, so her mom and dad could adjust it to fit her waist, as well as get her in and out of it easily).
5. Cut about two-thirds of the tulle off of the stomach area (so your doggy princess can move around easily).
6. Add a string of pearls to the tutu. Tie one end of the pearl string to the left side of the tutu, about an inch above where the top of the front left paw would be. Then, tie the other end of the pearl string to the right side of the tutu, about an inch above where the top of the front right paw would be. (Because Bella is extra small, the necklace was waaaayy too big. So, I had to re-string about 20 pearls onto a stretchy piece of string).
NOTE: I added a little halter ribbon to the tutu thinking it was necessary to hold the tutu in place, but it wasn't necessary. You live and you learn :-)
ENJOY!!
&
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO BELLA'S GRANDPA!
Love,
Leah Lynette
