A Crown Fit For The Birthday Princess

My cutest niece Malia is turning five on Monday {she is my only niece but she is the cutest nonetheless : D}. As I have already shown, I made her the Mod Podged hatbox for her birthday presents. And here is the “Birthday Princess” crown that I made her as well. Isn’t it the gaudiest, ugliest, cutest, funest, cutest, birthday princess crown ever! I keep seeing these birthday crowns – mostly for adults all over the web. So I knew with Malia’s birthday coming up that she needed one! Not quite sure how the 5 year old will react to it yet, but I think it turned out pretty cute and ugly in a good way : D.

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Here are the supplies used:

• Princess Crown – Joanne’s unfinished crown {it cost me $1!}
• Paint – Making Memories acrylic {get paint color}
• Fabric – vintage inspired bird fabric Joanne’s brand
• Tissue Paper – my stash
• Stickers – American Crafts Dear Lizzy Line
• Jeweled Flowers, Brads and Stickers– Imaginisce, K & Company, Doodlebug Designs, Prima
• Patterned Paper – American Crafts, Dear Lizzy, October Afternoon
• Paper Doilies – Wilton
• Ribbon – BasicGrey {blue and brown}, my stash {wish I could remember the manufactures of all the ribbon remnants that I have!!!}
• Letter Thickers – American Crafts {aren’t these the cutest Thickers ever!}
• Die Cut patterned paper Flower – Daisy D
• Adhesives – Glue Dots, Pop Dots, Mod Podge, Crystal Effects, glue stick
• Punches – Curly Label from EK Success, Bird from Stampin’ Up!
• Inks – Soft Suede classic ink and Chocolate Chip marker from Stampin’ Up!
• Tattered Angels coffee color
• Stamp – Happy Birthday To You from Stampin’ Up! {I used the marker to just color “Birthday”. That was the only part stamped onto the paper}

I found this fun vintage inspired print at Joanne’s of all places. Not only are they getting in a lot cuter fabric but they are making it themselves too! This print and the polka-dotted prints are their own line. I saw them, and I knew I wanted them for the crown. My original idea was to make the hair bows I always make with my Big Shot to go on the crown. The fabric inspired the color pallet for the project. But when I got the bow put together, I couldn’t get it on the crown without covering up more of the points of the crown. So instead I used the tissue paper flower, and then took a strip of fabric and stitched it at the bottom to get it into the big poofy ruffle. I was sad I couldn’t make it work, but I still am giving Malia the hair bow for her birthday anyway. Sshh! It’s a secret until tomorrow!

I actually had the crown all painted this golden color from Making Memories also but I decided it wasn’t girly enough, and painted over it with the pink. Gotta love acrylic paint for that reason! Then I sprayed it with the Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist in Coffee color. I also sprayed the tissue paper flower, although the alcohol ate through it a bit, but it survived. I was totally going for the junky, vintage feel and I think it turned out so ugly that its so freakin cute! Hope you guys agree!

Here are the pictures of the fabric and hair bow started the whole crazy process:

Now I am off to a diabetes walk at the University of Utah Diabetes Center {Go Team Parker!}, a dance recital for Malia at Riverton High School, a semi-pro football game for the Utah Shock and family time! And then I will head on over to Barnes & Noble to get Malia a Fancy Nancy book to complete the present!

Have a good weekend everyone!