Princess Annalina's Cape and Accessories

I loved making this cape for our niece who loves to dress up.  After stitching around the edges, I made a casing at the top of the cape and pushed cording through it.  I made a crown out of felt and used my sewing machine to stitch along the edges.  To complete the project, I used iron-on rhinestones to write the letter A on top of the felt crown.

The wand idea came from a craft book I borrowed from the library...but I changed it quite a bit to accomodate for the materials that I found.  At Hobby Lobby, I found the wooden star already on a dowel, ready to decorate.  I first painted the edges of the star purple and the dowel white.  When the paint was dry, I used a sparkly varnish on the dowel.  I glued white and purple ribbon and a silver bead cord to both sides of the star.  I then glued sparkly purple felt to both sides of the star.  I used the silver bead cord to glue along the edges of the star and to spell the letter A for her name.

This princess circlet was also an idea from the same book I borrowed from the library.  I used white ribbon to wind around the metal hoop.  Then I glued on ribbon flowers and tied organza ribbon to the back.

I found a cute bag with a monkey princess on it and used it to put all these accessories in.  I also made a little jewelry bag to put play jewelry in.  Annalina loved her gift--can't wait to see it on her some day.:)