Paper Baby Dress

I received a request for a custom baby dress to which I happily responded with a resounding yes and this divine creation was born.

paper baby dress front

I can tell you it wasn't much of a stretch to adapt my current templates to create this dress and it seemed to just come together like magic.

paper baby dress - dimensional view

I had already planned to design a few baby dresses at some point so I guess the powers that be were telling me that now is the time.

paper baby dress back view

The trimming was created using paper edgers. I can tell you I still have numbness in my thumb from cutting this. Though it looks great here, I'll reconsider doing anything like this again.

embellished paper dress box

Last but not least is the icing on the proverbial cake. The unwrapping experience begins with a nicely tied dress box, tiny tag and a paper rose. Together they are nothing short of true perfection!

Paper Couture XIX: Little Black Dress

What holiday lends itself more perfectly to the little black dress than New Year's Eve? This holiday is all about classic black and white elegance.

paper cocktail dress template 5 x 7 inches

Without further adoo, I give you the paper dress template for the month of January appropriately called New Year's Eve.

Miss January is a short cocktail style dress with contemporary peplum. The video will instruct you on peplum attachment and give you suggestions for embellishing the dress.

Christmas Paper Dress Inspiration

Now that Thanksgiving is over, it's time to think about the Christmas paper dress. Since I seem to post about dress inspiration so often, I could just make a regular feature out it.

Christmas paper dress sketch 1

I've actually been harboring a secret desire to turn my blog into an e-zine of sorts where others could draw paper couture inspiration. I think this idea is a great start!

Christmas paper dress sketch 2

This time I didn't find my holiday inspiration from an image search. I already have an idea about what I want to do. Think red velvet bustier, glittered red tulle and a sparkling white gown. Ooooh! I'm drooling already.

How to Print Templates

I thought it was worth it to address printing separately since I have had a few comments about it. Template sizes are posted in the captions under the template. To download, hold down the Option key (Alt key for PC) and click the image. Save it to your desktop.

Open the image in your favorite photo editing program and print from there. DO NOT try to print these from your browser window as they will most likely print enormously larger than intended. Each template has a border around it so you can see the dimensions and resize up or down if necessary.

repeat after me . . . 

Please do not e-mail me with printing problems. Truly, I love you all but I do not have the time to troubleshoot printing issues on an individual basis. These instructions should help you, please try them. You can do it! I have faith in you because you're a printing genius. ;)

Paper Couture XVII: Pocahontas Double Bonus

Paper couture is giving you a Pocahontas double bonus this month. For those of you not brave enough to try out the one shouldered dress you can use Pocahontas 1.

Pocahontas 1 print size is 5" x 7"

I encourage you to challenge yourselves a little bit and try out Pocahontas 2. There are a couple of things to be aware of when using this template which are discussed in the video so be sure to check it out.

Pocahontas 2 print size is 5" x 7"

The video tutorial below does not show you how to cover the pieces so if you missed that or need a refresher, please refer to the Basic Tank video. A link to that instruction can be found in the left sidebar.

Thanks for joining me! I hope you enjoyed this and as always, if you create this dress, feel free to leave a comment on this post with a link to your work so I can have a peek!

Pocahontas as Miss November

Tada! Presenting paper couture's Pocahontas as Miss November. As you can probably tell, I took my dress inspiration mainly from Disney's Pocahontas character.

I encountered a few challenges putting this together which I will discuss in the video but until then, I get to dazzle you with the apparent ease and perfection at which I am able to create this. Enjoy!