
I sat on these (no, not literally) for a month or two, all the while doodling, sketching and trying to come up with a layout. I finally threw the sucker into Publisher to get a layout or at least some idea of how I wanted this to line up. A while more had passed and still nothing... that is until I found some pens and paper on sale at Jo Anne Fabrics and was momentarily inspired to start doing something.
Outside:



Inside:

The names took me a long time and making three pink dresses in the style of Princess Peach (there's a story for that one) for each took me a while as well but all is not finished. I added on the text later but found that I had forgotten to plan for spacing when I originally started. Not wanting to start over, I decided to set the project aside for a bit to think about something that can be done to fix this.
After some more random doodling I decided I should add a bouquet of flowers to the inside under the text. At first I figured I would just draw out the bouquet, but after wandering through Paper Pals I became embarrassed of my creations thus far and decided that it needed more pop, pizazz or whatever to jazz it up and make it look more crafty. It took a while but I managed to find a paper punch for under $7.50 with tax on clearance at Michaels that had the exact design I wanted which I was glad to find since I was contemplating individually cutting out the suckers myself. It was a little tedious to punch enough to make a bouquet but I'm not completely sure if I'll leave the flowers white or spray/color a design on each of them or put a background behind it all. Something will be done but I'm still tinkering around with this.


As for the space above their names I'm contemplating putting a necklace there. I've looked around and found several pendants that I like, but it's deciding on what they like and what would look good on them that is the tricky part. It's down to four finalists:
Option #1

from:
http://cgi.ebay.com/13.5MM-STERLING-SILVER-SHINY-PLUMERIA-FLOWER-PENDANT_W0QQitem Z120439686855 QQcmdZViewItem
for $3.99 each with $3.95 s&h
this for the pendant only so I'll have to find a chain for it
it also goes off the market, or the seller has listed an end sell time for July 24th at 10:50am
Option #2

from:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ELEGANT-STERLING-SILVER-OPAL-PLUMERIA-FLOWER-PENDANT_W0QQitemZ 370202489893 QQcmdZViewItem
for $10.99 each with $1.95 s&h
also without a chain
Option #

from:
http://www.ecrater.com/product.php?pid=1124568
for $18.95 each with $2.95 s&h
this one does have a chain, so that is a bonus
Option #4

from:
http://www.overstock.com/Jewelry-Watches/Sterling-Silver-Created-White-Opal-Plumeria-Necklace/4118221/product.html?cid=123620&fp=F&ci_src=14110944&ci_sku=12125657
for $16.95 each with $2.95 s&h
I like the chain on this one but I need to move on this quickly if I want it before it sells out.
Not entirely sure which one I'll pick but it should be sooner rather than later.
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