Irish Potatoes Candy & Barbie Dress from Scrunchie & Jello Jelly Beans

We're covering all the bases today at PIM folks, St. Pat's, the Oscars, and Easter... Irish Potatoes Candy has been a part of St. Patrick's Day in Philadelphia ever since I can remember. Year's ago there was a gift store called Spain's and I used to stop in to buy one piece at a time. They'd charge by weight (the candy's, not mine:@) You might ask, only one piece? This candy is made with cream cheese and butter and is very rich folks. So rich I recommend making smaller pieces, and have cut the recipe in half too. 

Bling always catches my eye and I had to stop in my tracks when I saw some satiny scrunchies with a gem embellishment at Dollar Tree. The scrunchie is just wide enough to provide coverage as a Barbie halter top, and a piece of ribbon adds the wrap around waist. This can be a two minute hot glue project ~or~ a little more involved, depending upon how detailed you'd like to make it. I've also given it both the sewing and no-sew labels, you can make it any way you'd like. I used hot glue:@)

✂What I did:

Run a piece of ribbon through the loop behind the gem.

Wrap ribbon around doll's waist, overlap ends, and cut to size.

Add Velcro to each end of ribbon for closure.

Then I glued the scrunchie together over the bling a bit,

wanted to make sure I adequately covered her chest.

Same on the sides,

I stretched the scrunchie wide and glued each side to the waist ribbon.

Again just trying to cover her chest.

The scrunchie I started with:

Now Barbie's ready for any festive occasion😉

How to make a Three Seam Elastic Waist Skirt here.

And switching over to Easter:

My infatuation with Jello continues...

I saw these Jello Jelly Beans at Dollar Tree.

Grab 'em when you see 'em folks,

they're going fast:@)

Have a great weekend:@)