Jewels [above] and I have particularly felt the sting of this injustice. We were very happy to find out that our friend's daughter Grace was having a disco dress-up, and we were invited! Grace was turning 8 years old, but that didn't stop us!!
Jewels wanted to be a fairy [she's actually a fairy in human disguise] so I made her some magic fairy wings. These wings are made from 4 wire coat hangers [very tough old ones that were difficult to bend but held their shape superbly], 2 pairs of pink stockings [one size fits all wings] some electrical tape, string and white wide ribbon. To decorate I used pray glue, PVA and glitter. See below the full view of the wings.
The second set of wings are the ones that I wore. I was a fairy Godmother, so I wore my "practice" wedding dress, and a wonderfully crocheted cotton lace shawl. The wings are a rectangle of mesh curtain, over two bent wire hangers. Fairy God mothers have very simple wings. I stitched the curtaining to the hangers at the top, so it would stay in place, and let it drape from there. It gave a raggedy effect that I liked. Fairy God mothers cannot eclipse their magic work, so they must have smaller and less glittery wings.
I like these two wings very much. I have a dream to play with wire and cellophane and make a wonderful pair like I've seen elsewhere on the net. One day perhaps :)
Oooo I love your fairy godmother outfit. It worked out so well. But I want to see a photo of youin it.
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