How Do You Glue? {dot com} and Ellie with Elmo…
Exciting News! I have been asked to be on the GLUE design team. I have admired their stuff for awhile now!! HERE is one project, a 3×3 album, that I have done in the past. I also have a 3-tiered cupcake stand that I have started to work on, but just can’t commit to using adhesive yet. My first official assignment was to alter a dress form to match my personality. Yikes! Which one would I choose? LOL! Just kidding!! I wanted something to reflect my taste…pretty, but casual. I love all the pretty trendy things {and all the bling that goes with them} that are out there, but I am a jeans and t-shirt gal through and through. So, I took a pair of old {a.k.a. my butt can’t fit in those anymore} jeans and traced and cut out the outline of the dress form. To adhere it, I used a thin layer of Mod Podge, as I did not want any to come through the fabric. From there, I create a skirt made of ribbon. I began with a satin piece and adhered organdy ribbon to the back with red line tape. The edges of the ribbon are cut into a “V” and a small acrylic flower that I topped with a Swarovski was attached with hot glue. For the base of the form, I gather Primas and adhered them with hot glue. The edge of the base is wrapped in May Arts ribbon and finished off with more bling bling {Swarovski crystals}. For the top, I added a drawer pull and added a necklace of glass beads. This was so much fun to make!! I’d love to make some more for some friends. I think I covered most of the details that may have been less than obvious. Let me know if you have any other questions about the project, and I will ETA them here.
Full view…
A couple of detail shots…
Now onto Ellie with Elmo…
As you may know, Tony’s grandparents are here visiting. We are all getting spoiled, especially Ellie. Shocking, isn’t it? 
Great Grandparents fly in from out of state and the lil’ one gets spoiled rotten. It’s quite cute to watch her with all her new goodies. Grandmama {yes, that’s spelled correctly} and Papa Jack gave her Tickle Me Elmo today. Here is a brief photo diary on how that went. Let me tell ya, she was a little less than impressed with all the giggling and gyrating that Elmo was doing!!!!! Then she warmed up to him…finally!
Opening the box {which makes sounds}
What the heck is that thing doing???? Notice Cooper is there for protection. Abby is obviously bored {yawning dog in the background}.
Seriously Elmo, what the heck are you doing?
No Elmo! You stay over there!!
Whoa Elmo!!!
Ok, we can be friends, but be quiet already!
Last, but not least {for sure!}. This is the look that Papa Jack got when he asked if he could see her new Elmo. I think that may translate into “Papa, you be crazy!” PRICELESS!
Wow is she cute. It is so funny my son had about the same response when he got his Tickle Me Elmo too. Great scrap photos! -Molly B
OMG, this is the cutest sequence of pictures!! And your comments were hysterical. I’m with Ellie … I like Elmo more when he’s quiet. Too funny!!
Congrats Jen! That was the sweetest Elmo story…love the pics. Will make a great scrapbook layout too.
That is cute … I love the reaction stage until they get familiar with new things… My son when he was that age and still till now don’t like anything that makes noise … it creeps him out…
What a girl! love the attitude! and bless your puppy for being on guard!lol I bet Elmo becomes a prized posession very quickly! Oh and congrats on The Glue thing! and I heart your dress bust!
Ellie’s expressions just cracks me up… such an adorable girlie.
Congrats! And on Ellie - TO STINKIN’ CUTE!
The dress form is lovely! And I love the last look with her holding Elmo. It just says “mine! you can’t have it!”
Those pictures are so precious! What great faces to get on film.
Congrats Jen! How exciting…they have some cool stuff, I can’t wait to see what you will do with them! On the other note, Ellie is just priceless! Adorably cute and so serious. Awesome pics to have, you’ll love them more years from now!
ROTFLMBO!!! Those pictures are FABULOUS!!
LOL Ellie is priceless! lol My DD slaps her tickle me elmo and screams NOOO NOO NOOO.. but will play with him when its turned off! lol .. Aslo congrats to you darling on your new adventure on the new DT your awesome so I can’t wait to see what you come up with
Love the dress form. Congrats on the DT! Can’t wait to see all kinds of awesomeness up ahead! The picture sequence of Ellie is too funny (and darling)! Do I remember you writing once that you’re not much of a scrapbooker? Maybe you should be
Jen, Ellie is just priceless! I love how she expresses herself so well with her eyebrows!
Oh my goodness! What wonderful pictures of Ellie! Love how you captured all those priceless expressions!!! haha! Hope your visit is going well!
Congrats Jen! Love that dress form. Those pics of Ellie had me laughing so hard. She’s so expressive and ADORABLE!
HI jen,
Congratulations on being the GLUE design team.
cute, cute pictures…of your baby !!!!
hope you don’t mnd if I add you on my blog.
tfs:)
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Oh Jen the dress form is super cute! I love how you put the clear spindle on top!! Those pics of Ellie are adorable, however the dogs look like they were burnt out on Elmo…they probably wanted to eat him!!!
Congrats on making the Glue Design team you will do a fantastic job. Your dress is great! The pics of Ellie are great, too funny. I think my little girl would react the same way! TFS!
love the elmos pictures it made me laugh. my daughter love tickle me elmo. she holds his hand and drags him along like she is walking him. lol. thanks for sharing.
How hilarious!!! She is so super cute, and I like the Papa you must be crazy look!! Too adorable, oh and your dress card is fabulous too!!
Jen congrats on the DT spot. I love their stuff.
Oh and Ellie is ADORABLE. How funny. These pictures will make great scrapbooking pages.
oh gosh Jen ellie pics are HILARIOUS!!!! we have an elmo OBSESSION going on over here right now that is ridiculous (16 month old). congrats on GLUE and the dress form is ADORABLE!!!! you go girl!
I love the dress form and the way you used the jean material…BUT I am dying over the elmo photos! I have a DD who must have went to the same facial expression school as your DD!!! She is too cute with that crazy elmo
OMG… Ellie is so dang cute. hahaha I love it!
Congrats on making the Glue team! They definitely recognize talent.
The pictures of Ellie are adorable. I remember when my daughter was her age and the grandparents descended with gifts! Ellie is such a sweetie.
You know you really need to scrap these into a mini album including your captions…. Make two… One for you and one for the Great GP… they will treasure it and this is just too cute not to capture!
You need to feel for her DH in 25 yrs - she had the look down already!
Seriously the most adorable kid/elmo pics since my 2 got their elmos!!!!! What a dollbaby!!!! My 2 got theirs on the same Xmas (only 14 months apart - almost like twins at times). Once elmo started laughing they started giggling, and kept giggling until they could hardly breath…..alas that was many years ago now - now I have a new teen and an almost teen…..and both will ‘like totally ‘ deny EVER liking Elmo….
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My Aiden was just the same with his Cookie Monster, he was six last week and we have only just summgled it to the charity shop!