Introducing MillyBridal

Hello, everyone! Today I am excited to collaborate with Hannah and introduce to you MillyBridal, an online dress store with a huge variety of options. The website offers not only countless styles for numerous occasions, but also a vast selection of color options to fit your taste. In fact, the shade of every dress can be customized to almost any color you want. With the holidays coming up, it's the perfect time to look for attire, not to mention that after New Years comes spring prom events. Now is a great time to start shopping for spring formals in 2019 because as with most things, they come up sooner than you expect! Millybridal also offers wedding dresses, bridesmaid dresses, dresses for the bride's mother, and all of the wedding attire ladies would need for a winter or spring wedding in any color palette you like. Below I would like to share some of my personal favorites for prom or formal dances. (Click on the images to go to the links. The keywords also have links).

Prom Dresses 2019

This stunning tulle dress with elaborate designs is an enrapturing modern-vintage twist that is absolutely perfect for spring! I especially love this lavender shade (see below). 

This chiffon gown with an intricately-beaded top is a very unique and lovely dress choice.

This unique, one-shoulder, A-line, full-length dress of satin is both simple yet elegant, which makes for a great choice.

This dress is not only very stylish, composed of rich satin that flows to the floor, but it has POCKETS! What else needs to be said?

Ball Gown Prom Dresses  

This red satin gown with lacy long sleeves is an excellent choice for the winter. It not only looks wonderful, but is comfortable and warm. 

This ball gown is a gorgeous option for any occasion. Made with satin and tulle, with elaborate beading at the waist, the multi-color dress, which sweeps to the ground, is a great choice!

This Princess scoop-neck satin gown is tea-length and tea-riffic! How adorable are the ruffle sleeves?

This beautiful, sweeping gown of tulle is another great pick for any event. With a dazzling bead design, it is both charming and unique.

If the dresses are out of your price range, you can also take a look at the flash sale page here.

These are only a few options from hundreds. I hope that you enjoyed! Have fun dress shopping!

-Lauryn

(This is a sponsored post.)

Easy DIY Belle Costume

Halloween is right around the corner, and as you may know, I love to create costumes. Preferably elaborate ones. However, I always seem to find myself sewing and gluing at the last minute and I know most people love a simple but elegant costume. If you find yourself or someone you know scrambling for a costume at the last minute, this is a great choice. I've seen lots of Pinterest ideas for Belle costumes, so here is my own version listed in more detail below:

For the costume you will need:

-A light blue shirt (I cut the sleeves off of a tee-shirt I had)

-A white, button-down, long-sleeved shirt.

-An apron. I handmade mine for my Alice costume.

-A light blue (puffy/circle-shaped) skirt, the same shade as the shirt. They could also be medium blue. Mine was from a thrift store.

Put those items together, and easy as that you have a Disney princess costume!

Best of all, it costed me about $2, which isn't too terribly expensive. I hope you enjoyed! I look forward to sharing more costume tutorials with you!

-Lauryn

Easy DIY Charity Costume (The Greatest Showman)

Hey, everyone! Here is a super easy tutorial for a Charity costume from "The Greatest Showman." 

You only need three items:

-A white, button-down, long-sleeve shirt with a collar (thrift stores always have them. Mine was $1)

-A dark (more or less) blue circle-type of skirt  (I'm very particular about skirts being 'puffy'. Mine was made from a dress that was $1 or so)

-A black vest (mine was made from a $0.50-$1 shirt from a thrift store)

Put them all together with the vest on top, and you have a simple, inexpensive, elegant Charity costume!

Have a nice day! I look forward to sharing more costume tutorials!
-Lauryn

Easy DIY Girls Toad Costume

Hello! Today I'm sharing a super easy tutorial for a Mario Toad costume for girls. My cousin loved Toad, and insisted she'd rather be Toad than Toadette, so I made her this costume for her birthday.

For this costume, you will need:
-A big plastic bowl
-Red fabric
-White fabric (although paper could work)
-Blue fabric or a blue vest
-Gold acrylic paint
-A white dress
-Red ribbon
-Stretchy string
-Hot glue gun and hot glue sticks

Step 1.

Place the bowl upright on the fabric. Wrap the fabric and hot-glue it inside of the bowl. Cut the white paper or fabric into circles. Glue them on top of the hat (the bowl flipped upside-down). Her hat kept falling, so I suggest that you hot-glue string to go under your or your recipient's chin.

Step 2.

Cut a vest out of the blue fabric if you do not already have a vest. I actually painted black and white fabric blue because it was last-minute, but the acrylic paint made it stiff. Paint the edges with the gold paint.

Step 3.

Sew a white dress if you don't already have a white dress. i made mine from a skirt (I think I just added sleeves or red-ribbon straps. Once the dress is on, tie the red ribbon around it like a belt.

You're done!

This costume should be very inexpensive. I used what I had on hand mostly, so it costed me a dollar. I hope the directions were easy to follow. Thanks for visiting! I have more tutorials on the way!

-Lauryn