Halloween 2013: Wreck it Ralph

When I asked my son what he wanted to be for Halloween this year, his immediate response was to be Felix from Wreck it Ralph. I thought perfect, our family matches the characters almost perfectly! I love homemade costumes so much more than store bought, so I tried to be as creative as possible in putting our costumes together. Ngatoa's was pretty simple, we got his shirt and hat from Savers and I used felt to make the 'FF' logo on his cap. I made his and my husband's gold metals out of cardboard which I spray painted gold. As for my husband's costume, i had to put a little more thought into it. I searched high and low for brown overalls and was out of luck. No one, not even older Tongan men own overalls anymore. I considered buying a new pair but I decided it was a complete waste of money for one night. So I ended up buying brown pants from savers and I cut up a brown sheet to make the top half of the overalls, which I simply tucked into his pants. genius! at least in my books. ha! As for Leila's costume (who was dressed up as Venelope- and you can't really tell) I made her sweater out of a shower curtain (made out of fabric), her skirt out of the same brown sheet that I made David's bib, and her leggings were made out of an old sweater. As for my costume, I slapped on a blonde wig and declared myself Sergent Calhoun.

Sweet Leila Romper

This is another sweet Leila romper, and is probably my most favorite. It's made from 100% cotton so it's nice and cool to wear during these hot summer months.

Sweet Leila

My sweet Leila is my official baby girl model from now on. Here she is sporting one of the rompers that mommy made

Tristan

 Is he not the cutest! It was his birthday a couple weeks ago and just had to give this to him. You would never know that his father is Tongan and his mother is Maori/Tahitian. He looked so handsome at church in his lime green tie, vest, and brown pants made by yours truly =) Love making kids clothes! 

The Polynesian Cultural Center's 50th Anniversary

I danced at PCC for many years growing up and had the opportunity to dance again during it's 50th anniversary. I only participated in the Tongan section and I made my own costume. The material is red velvet and although you can't tell with the mat (or ta'ovala) around me, the costume was a puletaha with a sweetheart neck.

I also made Mary's puletasi top.

Tatiana

I made this dress a while ago and forgot to post it. My niece Tatiana is the cutest little girl ever.! I bought this material from Walmart for about a $1.50/yd. What a steal!

Christmas Present 3 months Later

I definitely get the Best Daughter Award for this one. So I made my mom two house dresses for Christmas but neither one of them had sleeves because I ran out of material. I told my mom it was an easy add-on and that I do it as soon as I got more material, which I did 3 months later! Hey, at least I got it done.

Isn't she a beauty!

and notice how she's only sporting one house dress. It's because I only put sleeves on one dress and I have yet to add sleeves to the other. It only takes about a half an hour to do so I should have it done in about 3 months! Didn't I say I should receive the Best Daughter Award? =) 

Baby Leila's Wardrobe

I had my sweet baby girl!! She makes 1 month today! One thing I did not realize while I was on a sewing high a couple months back and made her a bunch of outfits, is that a lot of the clothes I made were small and would only fit her for about 2 days. I forgot how quickly newborns grow!! Anywho, she will probably only get 1 use out of the following outfits, so of course I had to take pictures of my cutie pie in them.

This "dress" was stashed away with her "3 month old" clothes and when I found it, it was almost too late. haha. It barely fit around her chubby stomach but it looked super cute on her. So cute that I had to take her out of the house and show her off to the world. So I got myself and my son ready and we went to the local university to visit their Natural Arts Museum. My son had a blast and baby Leila slept the whole time, covered up in the car seat because the air condition was too cold, so she did not get to show off her cute dress. And did I mention that we were the only one's in the museum? haha. Well that's what pictures are for. 

I was barely able to get this dress on her. Haha. She wore it for about 30 seconds and then I put her pajamas on and she fell asleep.

I absolutely loved this on her. It was nice and cool and PERFECT for Hawaii weather. She may be able to get one more use of out it!

Is is weird that all she does is sleep?....and cry and poop and eat.

I am so excited to make her clothes for when she gets a little older and isn't sleeping all the time and can actually show them off. =)