Zip Up Makeup Case | Ribbon Blog Tour

 I'm excited to be a part of the Renaissance Ribbons Tour for Going Home to Roost. The tour just started and will last 3 weeks, with a new project everyday featuring Bonnie Christine's beautiful ribbons. Today I get to share the project that I designed using the gorgeous fabrics and ribbon that Bonnie sent me.  

Be sure to check out the yesterdays project by Audrey of Skirt Fixation and the tour will continue tomorrow with Sarah of Smiles Too Loudly.

I jumped at the chance to be a part of the tour because I have never worked with any Renaissance Ribbons and I am a total fan of anything designed by Bonnie Christine! 

{Have you seen the butterflies from her Winged fabric line that I am using in my La Passacaglia quilt? Gorgeous!}

I knew that this would be the perfect fabric and ribbon to make a case for my daughters to keep their pretend make up in. They love doing makeovers and are fascinated by momma's makeup case, so I knew they would love a case of their own. 

This make up was one of the very first projects I ever shared on the blog! It's held up for 4 years of playing and it's still going strong! Here is a link to the tutorial if you are interested in creating makeup for your little princess that doesn't make a mess! Just ignore the horrible pictures! ha ha I was totally new to blogging! ;)

 I chose to use the Ivory on Gray Nesting Blooms ribbon paired with a cute print from Bonnie's Hello Bear line and a print from her Winged line- along with a couple scraps from my stash to  create my patchwork for the front of the pouch. I love the colors! Plus the prints are manufactured by Art Gallery and have the most beautiful hand to them! 

{The ribbons are available for purchase directly from Renaissance Ribbons, or A Stitch in Time.}

 I just kinda made up my pattern as I went along. 

For the inside, I made one zipper pouch to keep their makeup in, and the other side of the case has a pocket to keep brushes in. 

(I kinda recreated a different version of my Field Study make up case for the pocket to hold the brushes.)

What makes it perfect, is that it zips together to keep everything contained and the handle makes it easy to carry around. 

  I used the ribbon for the handle of the case (I top stitched it to a fabric strap) and also used it on the inside of the case to cover up the "raw" edge of a zipper so it had a neatly finished look. The ribbon was great to work with. It is woven jacquard ribbon so the underside is "thready", which is why I had to sew it to something to use for the handle, but I can think of a lot of projects that the ribbon would work beautifully in! The pictures don't even do them justice! So detailed and vibrant.

My girls absolutely love it! I was their first "make over client" and I see many pretend make overs in my future! So fun to have "girly girls"! :)

Thanks for stopping by my blog!

Happy Sewing!

xoxo, Ashley

Make-Up for a Princess.

Not sure who the first person was that came up with this idea but whoever it was was one smart cookie!
My friend Heather is the one who gave me the idea so I am thanking her-

I was at a dinner party with some friends and out of the corner of my eye I saw my little girl playing with real make-up-- or at least what looked like real make-up! I about had a heart attack! I took a closer look and my friend calmed me down before I totally freaked out and I realized that it was just "play make-up"... It looked so real and my little girl was loving it! So I decided to copy the idea and share it with you all...

Here is how you do it--

1. Go to the dollar store and pick out a pallet of eye shadow and one of those little tiny bon-bon nail polishes. You could also just reuse an old make-up case or polish bottle too, I just didn't have any empty to use.  

2. Next- empty the eye shadow and nail polish into the garbage. Clean them all the way out so there is no trace of make-up or polish in them (you can use nail polish remover to rinse out the bottle and clean out the little brush so it is all the way cleaned out)

3. Then pick out some acrylic paint to fill each one of the eye shadow compartments- each a different color.

***Tip*** I wanted my make-up colors to look real so I bought a metallic pearl acrylic paint that I mixed with each one of my paints to give it that "real" look... It took probably 3 times as long, but I liked the way it turned out better than just the regular flat acrylic paint that I tried in another make-up palette.

4. Next- squirt some paint into the empty bottle of nail polish and shake it around to coat the inside to give it the illusion that it is painted. (Make sure you don't stick the newly cleaned brush back in to shake it. Just put your finger over the top while shaking) Then dump the excess out and let the paint dry before putting the lid back on.

5. Let dry for a LONG time. The last thing you want is to give the make-up to your little gal and turn around to find wet paint on her face, furniture, or the wall. Ekk! 

There you have it---  you're done!

Your little princess won't believe her eyes when mommy hands her her very own make-up!