Our Journey to Narnia | HIP Studio Northern Virginia Children's Photography

I was all set today to post a session preview on the blog, but since mom and dad already have the gallery I’m delaying that one day. Today I want to take you on a little journey…

As I was searching for hair flowers at Marshall’s today… I happened upon these gorgeous Renaissance Dresses for little girls. I touched them and the quality was really good (for a Halloween costume). I usually let the girls pick their costumes at Party City– even there for the tear away polyester they end up spending about $25 each on a costume. Now they’d much prefer a more expensive costume from the boutique catalogs that we get in the mail! Every year they drool over the same one… it is a beautiful gown with puffy sleeves, a cape, and a crown. The little girl in the picture has beautiful long hair… every little girl’s dream. They ask, even though they know the answer. Can we get this one? I look at the pricetag of $80– and multiply that by 2 and add shipping! “Not this year… I reply.” This request always surprises me a little because my girls are not what I’d call “girly girls”– they are rough and rugged with a feminine touchSo back to Marshall’s… I look at the sizes of the two I had picked up and they were a 7/8 and a 10/12… just the sizes I needed. Then I look at the pricetag and it said $29…. SOLD! I brought them home and two very happy little girls proceeded to provide the neighbors with a wonderful Renaissance (or Narnian as they called it) fashion show. So if you have a Marshall’s closeby and you have little girls who like to dress up, you might want to drop in and have a look this weekend!