Sigh. Minor 2 just sent me her “ideas” for this year’s carnival costume. Forest elves. Yay.

@Stephie I sense a bit of eye-rolling here :) What costume would have you preferred to make?

@rumtscho just two examples. How am I supposed to recreate that? Preferably in a version fit for a 10yo.

ah.

you're right, they don't sell this size at the lingerie shop :P

Can you declare her "old enough to do most of the work", you just helping with a few details? Then she'll see for herself what is doable.

@Stephie this helps much more with the "fit for a 10yo" part than the complexity but this character from mtg has been on a lot of cards so there's a lot of variations on her clothes, and a lot of people have cosplayed her so there's some ideas out there for actually possible things

google.com/search?q=nissa%20mtg&tbm=isch&tbs=isz%3Al

@Cascabel Yeah, I was thinking along those lines as well.

and because I can't think about Nissa without remembering this photo lkjhsdflkhsdf: instagram.com/p/Bw92RiwHGvT/…

Wow.

pinterest.com/pin/844847211332281331

Very simple, just suggestive

Stick ears on it

@Jolenealaska tried suggesting something similar. (Mostly wrapping, a few stitches, some decorations.) “Too princess-y.”

<indignant pre-teen eye roll >

@Cascabel Do you play?

How 'bout a bodysuit with yards and yards of stiffly wired (so sculptable) ivy?

Was also nixed. <plonks head on table>

If she’s extra stubborn, I’ll pull out last year’s costume. Or a pajama, bathrobe and fluffy slippers. Just to prove a point.

This in green? With ears (fun reveal with the hood) and decorated with foliage?

Not the bow

Just the simple dress and cloak.

Probably very much the bow. Her Scared character is also an elf.

Maybe foliage as the belt?

And a few stitches here and there...

Love the idea of the hood and ears.

@Stephie I have in the past, it's been a while

@Stephie I have a dress kinda like this ughhh I love it

@Cascabel same here. A looooooong while.

I think this is the one I have dresslily.com/…

Got my first starter pack in 1995.

@Cascabel nice! The back is uh-oh... I can’t go sans bra.

@Stephie my strap sits just below it, fwiw

Ohhhh.... that’s a thought.

(I can't really either, or at least really don't like to)

I get to buy a really nice dress later this year - we are invited to a wedding ^.^ And for the first time in years I am looking forward to it!

google.com/…

if I ever get to be someone with a bow I wanna be Aloy 2ch.hk//b/src/201953303/15658575049930.jpg

@Stephie that's so gooooood

@Stephie Do you have a style in mind?

@Cascabel Now THAT'S an awesome costume.

Not yet.

Summery. Not too pale, not too dark. Festive, but not like one of the main guests or family. If I can, something with a hat or fascinator. Or use one of the ones I have and find a dress that goes with it.

I have again dabbled in fruit syrups and sodas from them. It started with an extraction of orange peels, (thanks @JourneymanGeek!) then a blood orange syrup from the leftovers of a blood orange drizzle cake (using up some of the leftover candied peels from before), now it was a cup of sea buckthorn juice and a grapefruit plus two lemons slightly past their prime.

In short, if it’s intense and leftover - there’s a good chance that I’ll boil it with some sugar and bottle it up.

@Stephie whoaaaaa

between the venue, and hat/fascinator, you are well beyond my fashion knowledge :)

Nah, it’s only that I secretly lament that nobody wears hats anymore. And I will grasp any chance to pin something up on my head.

@Stephie how is the Nagold doing?

The Neckar was already filled to the brim this morning, and tonight I came home in 25 l/sqm rain

I think there are floods already on the adjacent park areas, it was too dark to look

@rumtscho Full. To the brim, but still everything contained.

but the kitty wouldn't believe me when I told her to stay home so I let her out now.

I hope I will manage to get her dry before I go to bed and she creeps under the duvet.

Ours is conditioned to expect the human service personnel to towel him dry. He will lean towards the towel, then plonk himself on it.

wow, what a cat

mine decided very quickly to come back in, and actually waited in a somewhat sheltered space, so she's amazingly dry

We occasionally debate about the paws, but that’s non-negotiable.

@Cascabel that dress above is beautiful

Very!

@Stephie do you know this brand?

amazon.de/stores/page/…

a bit expensive for "only carnival" but I would wear it for other occasions too

for example this one

amazon.de/Vishes-Alternative-Bekleidung-Samtkleid-Kapuzenkragen/…

Yep. Main problem: she’s too small. <sigh.>

come on, don't hippies have children?

@rumtscho not on Amazon?

haha, that sounds terrible, having children on Amazon :) but yes, they only seem to have adult dresses.

It sounds surprising, but I have no idea what size a 10 year old body is.

I don't think I could recognize the age of a child on the street. Maybe roughly round it to the nearest multiple of 5.

good night<!