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Let Them Eat Cake!

I was talking with our daughter about our upcoming Disney trip.  She is now old enough to get her driving temps and I asked if she wanted to do some of the driving for this trip.  I told her that as a new driver she would be limited to day time driving, mostly on straight roads and not in larger cities or during rush hours.  Her response was, no, she does not want to share in driving duties but would prefer to be chauffeured and eat cake.  So with that this trip has become our “Let Them Eat Cake Trip”. 
I am going to do something I have never, ever done before.  I am going to post pre-trip reports.  They do this over on The Dis Boards and it is fun to follow along.  I’m not really into posting there but I thought it would be fun to blog about some of our trip preparation and share here.  I know I’m not fooling anybody; this is to make the scrapbooking easier later.
Her vision is to be a Sweet 16 Birthday Princess.  She still loves the whole Disney Princess thing but most of the Princess events are geared to younger girls.  So we are creating our own teen Princess celebrations.  We have been looking at fun, flirty, fancy party dresses that she can wear in the parks and have found and ordered three.  We have received two of them but the third I ordered the wrong size and had to exchange for a smaller size.  They should all three be here by Monday and I will post photos.  (I am using my Mom’s camera and I should be getting my tablet back this week.)
I am also plan on ordering her a tiara and a sash.  I have had some issue ordering from the website so I may have to call them, or it may have just been my computer, either way I am sure we can get the issued taken care of.
She has asked me to make her a Wa Lolita style dress for one of the park days.  Lolita is a street style from Japan that gives a nod to Victorian era clothing.  It has expanded to include such sub genres as sweet Lolita, gothic Lolita and more.  Wa is kanji for Japan and so it is the Lolita silhouette but with the addition of traditional Japanese styles such as a short kimono and obi.  I have found some really cute “off the rack” Wa Lolita ensembles online.  However, none of them quite meet her vision.  So, I am going to make one.  We found this beautiful Jade green fabric with gold dragons on it at Jo-Ann’s and I think I am going to make the kimono out of this fabric, maybe lined in gold.  I think we are going to make the obi purple but not yet sure about the skirt and ruffles.
She also wants something comfortable and a little retro to wear while we are at Downtown Disney.  I was inspired (again from The Dis Boards) by a dress a lady made from “vintage” 90’s Ariel sheets.  So I tracked down some and plan on making her a rockabilly dress out of the sheet fabric (lined, of course). 
This is a photo of the dress posted in the forum
Thus begins the sewing portion of our pre-trip planning.
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