FASHcraft: Time Traveling Fashionista

Two of my life's greatest pleasures are spending time with my children and creation of any kind. The other night the girls and I spent some time crafting. This was not the run of the mill DIY project either, it was FASHION. As you can see from the image below serious decisions about silhouette, fabrics and adornments had to be made. We talks a lot about trusting your own taste and gut instincts! 

We each got to play fashion designer by using real fabrics, trims and adornments thanks to Author Bianca Turetsky and her book series The Time Traveling Fashionista. (TTF). I have written about these sweet stories before (catch up HERE).  She has expanded her brand to now make available for sale the FASHCraft Kits she uses when she does live readings and book signings for kids.  Bianca told me, "When I visit schools & libraries, I do this craft with the kids after my book talk and they seemed to really love it, so I wanted to find a way for it to happen even if I wasn't there to facilitate. The Time-Traveling Fashionista brand is becoming bigger than me, which is awesome. But I love being part of the process, so often Skype into the book clubs from Brooklyn if you buy a kit on etsy."

The Kit Includes:

Fabric - *There is enough excess fabric left over to do one or two more rounds of crafting!

Trims

Adornments/Jewels/Buttons

2 Templates (Dress Shapes to Use as a "pattern") 

TTF Stickers

Card stock Pages with the TTF "Model"  (Ours had 3)

"Get to know me" Sheet.

BUY THE KIT - $20

We each took a turn as fashion designer and here are our creations.

Kaleigh - Age 6

Danica - Age 11

MOM - Of course I got in on the action! PS- I want the clutch I created! 

Bianca do you have any more of this fabric?

This is a great activity for kids of any age and a great creative way to spend time with your children. The "Get to know me" Page is a great way to have a conversation about style with your girls. Creative activities like this give kids a sense of self mastery and empowerment via the ability to make choices based on their taste. When the reinforcement and feedback is positive it also builds self esteem too! A Major WIN-WIN-WIN for any mom!

Kits will soon be available as a stand alone item to purchase but you can now get the kit with a signed book!  

ORDER A KIT/BOOK COMBO HERE

And the winner is ...

Illustration By Sandra Suy - pg.120

I had posted recently about the sweet and stylish series "The Time Traveling Fashionista" by Bianca Turetsky

I originally got the series for my 10 year old step daughter, Danica to enjoy and she recently read the first book, "On Board The Titanic", here's her review:

"When I first started reading this book I thought it was a really good book. Then I thought, I'm glad my step mom got this for me. The character of Louise was a good character. At the beginning I thought it was cool that her best friend was not a big fan of vintage but Louise chose to love it and wear it anyway. When she got the pink dress I thought that the smell of the ocean breeze was a clue about how she traveled to the Titanic. 

When Louise was on the Titanic the book got a little more interesting. It was cool that it took a while to find out that she was on the Titanic.  I also learned about some fashion designers in the book and how Vintage clothes looked back then and they were really cool. I am looking forward to reading the next books!"

I had asked you, dear readers what your favorite period in fashion was and why. I was seriously hard pressed to choose a winner as all the replies were well written and made me want to go back in time.

Danica has chosen the winner .... DAWN for this submission:

"I LOVE the 1920s and 1930s....The time of prohibition, Gangsters, Flappers, ART DECO, Speakeasies, Beaded dresses, Bobbed hair, Bandeau's and no brassieres, lipstick, makeup, red rougey cheeks, Bee's Knee's, jewelry, long beads, Clara Bow, Louise Brooks........OHHHHHHH I LOVE the 1920s and 1930s.....can you tell?"

CONGRATS! and thank you all for the submissions!!!

Meet the author at the Titanic Museum (Pigeon Forge Branch) Get your books signed and visit the over 400 Titanic Artifacts at the museum.

Dates: July 04, 2013 to July 07, 2013

Time: 12:00 p.m.

Venue: Titanic Museum (Pigeon Forge branch)

Address: 2134 Parkway, Pigeon Forge, TN 37863