Chickadee Home Nest: Boy's dance rectial

Monday, July 1, 2013

Tussie-Mussies for Baby Love’s Dance Recitals

Every ballerina, regardless of her age, needs flowers…LOTS OF FLOWERS…after her performance, and our little ballerina has learned that yes, she will receive flowers, LOTS OF FLOWERS.

Last year her grandpapá and I gave her a silver tussie-mussie with a soft pink rose and baby’s breath ~

pictured here in her Papá’s (our son’s) silver baby cup, along with a Teddy Bear.

I’ve had the tussie-mussie for many years, and have used it and its companion on our Christmas trees. Her dance recital seemed like the perfect occasion to pass one of them on to her.

This year, after seeing Carol’s, from The Polka Dot Closet, tutorial on fabric flowers (here) I just KNEW what this year’s tussie-mussie would be. (Thank you, Carol, for all the help and inspiration you so generously share with us!). And it was so much fun to make!

My idea was to make the tussie-mussie, and fill it with the handmade flowers…

…they would certainly hold up better than fresh ones, and since this grandmamá loves to save mementos, it would be ideal for either a shadow box or another display in her room at our house.

Totally stealing the Nutty Butter ballet-slipper cookie idea from Pinterest (too many sites to list), her gift seemed complete,

…and personalized. BL for Baby Love.

The flowers turned out beautifully, but I forgot to tell you that our ballerina is a PRIMA DONNA BALLERINA (well, in our hearts at least…), and in the days leading up to the recital she talked about receiving flowers, and I sensed that not-real flowers, even when handmade with so much love, may not yet fill the bill. Maybe when she’s older and can appreciate such things…

No worries. I “readjusted” the tussie-mussie to allow for baby pink carnations with small flower vials to fit, yet surrounded by the handmade ones.

Oh, and her little brother was also in the recital… He too, needed some accolades, but…what do we give a boy for a recital?

We gave him a trophy (which he quite liked!), his own, black ballet-slipper cookies, and a balloon.

Tussie-mussie, ballet-slipper cookies, a trophy, and balloons…we were so proud of our little dancers.

Happily, they loved {ALL} their gifts.

I’ve been away for quite a while! I’ve missed so many of you, your own posts, your comments and connections back to me. Lots of family activities have kept us happily busy, but I can’t wait to hear what things you’ve done for your recitals. After all, we’ll have another one coming before we know it (and a piano recital too!), so I must start thinking and planning NOW!

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