diy: glam sippy cup + doll tutu

i'm sort of really excited about the little gift i made this week.

it came to me while shopping for gatorade with the dude post-illness.

(i love it when that happens)

i saw this set of purple & pink sippy cups..

and thought 'i can put glitter on those!'

so i bought them...

because my best friend's little girl, calla, has a birthday coming up...

and what's better than a glammed-up sippy cup?!

i'm not going to give you a full tutorial..

it's the same exact steps as it was for the glitter cup

(just click the link above if you need step by steps)

but here's what ya need:

supplies:

-smooth surface sippy cup (bumpy would work, but it'd be more difficult i'm sure)

-mod podge

-glitter

-paintbrush

-something to catch the glitter

-something to funnel the glitter back into the jar (i used paper)

-alphabet stickers (optional)

above is the first one, just covered in glitter.

below, i decided to get a little creative.

i put a letter sticker on the cup & then mod-podged & glittered over the top.

once i was COMPLETELY done with all the steps, i removed the sticker to expose the 'c'.

(if you take the sticker off after the first layer you'll have to try

& line your sticker back up to put your second coats on)
i really thought about putting rhinestones in the 'c' to dress it up a little..
but i worried about her plucking them off & putting them in her mouth..
so i left them off..

then, much like the glitter cup.. i wanted to dress it up for gift giving.

that's when the great idea hit me!

i grabbed some elastic beading thread & some leftover tulle from this tutu & another one i made..

and made a doll tutu for the cup!!!

(again, i just used this tutu method i posted here... only using beading thread as the elastic waistband proved to be too thick)

aren't they just the cutest?

little miss calla sure is lucky i don't have a daughter..

she gets to reap the benefits of my craftiness that result in 'girly' items!

(not that she wouldn't if i did :)

and just so you can see how cute this little tutu will be on her little dolls...

i put it on a moose.

(read like: i carried a watermelon)

look at how sad he looks.... like why me?

unfortunately, we are a little short on cute dolls around here & the tutu doesn't fit action figures so well..

(nor would the dude let me EVER put it on one.. :)

hope you are having a fabulous weekend, wherever you are, whatever you are doing..

we are off to spend some time with calla & the rest of her family..

we are having a 'michael jackson: the experience' visit..

'cause the bf really should not miss out on this :)

xo-k

ps-don't forget to enter the giveway up top.. only one day left :)

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whipperberry
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