DRESS UP

Marcia Norwood
America's STORYTELLER
Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking

Do you like to dress up in costumes or your own creations?

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I remember going through my mother's closet when I was a little girl.  Trying on her clothes, jewelry and shoes felt almost like magic.  I pretended to act just like my mother, right down to puffing on my own candy-cigarettes.  

Seriously.  Candy cigarettes.  It was the 50's.  Both my parents smoked 3 packs of Camels a day.

My Dad (with cigarette) and Mom.  Copyright 1948 Marcia Norwood

My firstborn, Kristin, always dressed up as a teacher.  She dressed up her little brother, Ben, in both boy's and girl's clothing.  Ben was one of the students in her classroom, along with her dolls that she lined up beside him.    Ben complied for the longest time. 

Ben also liked to dress up. He requested capes, and I either bought capes, or made capes in every color for my son.  He dressed up as Batman, Captain America, Spider-man, Superman,  The Great American Hero, and Zorro.  

Angel Marcia?!  Copyright 2005 Marcia Norwood

My family 

and I 

love to 

dress up - 

and not 

just 

at 

Halloween.  

My daughters and granddaughters have always rummaged through my closets and jewelry boxes to play dress up.  

Granddaughter, Megan Jewell, 

layered 

one scarf 

upon another 

for her 

signature 

look...

which was somewhere 

between 

a bag lady 

and a  

garden 

nymph. 

 

Megan Jewell and Sarah ZK in their Chinese hats with long braids in the back.    Copyright 2001 Marcia Norwood

 

Princess Megan Jewell.  Copyright 2002  Marcia Norwood

 

Lion Megan Jewell.  Copyright 2003 Marcia Norwood

 

Megan Jewell, The Cutest Monster in the Woods.  Copyright 2012 Marcia Norwood

   
Megan couldn't resist dressing up in my sister, Gloria's high heels. 

Cinderella Megan in Aunt Gloria's High Heels.  Copyright 2009  Marcia Norwood

Aunt Glo's high heels didn't fit Megan, who was only  ten-years-old, but she strolled like Cinderella on her way to the ball in those heels.  

We even had a pumpkin for her fairy godmother to make into a golden coach.

Cinderella Megan in Aunt Gloria's High Heels.  Copyright 2009  Marcia Norwood

Remember the story of Cinderella?

 CLICK on the link or COPY & PASTE the link in your browser:

http://www.childrenstory.com/tales/1page/cinderella.html 

Megan, The Mouse.  Copyright 2011 Marcia Norwood

"I am your fairy godmother 

 and you shall go to the ball. 

But first you must 

go into the garden 

and pick a golden pumpkin,

 then bring me six mice from the mousetraps, 

 a whiskered rat from the rat trap, 

and six lizards. 

You'll find the lizards behind the watering can.

So Cinderella fetched a golden pumpkin, 

six grey mice, a whiskered rate, six lizards. 

The fairy godmother touched them with her wand 

and the pumpkin became a  

golden coach, 

the mice became six grey horses, 

the rat became a coachman with the most enormous moustache, 

and the lizards became six footmen dressed in green and yellow.

Carciature of Megan, or is it Cinderella?!

Then the fairy godmother touched Cinderella

 with the wand and her old dress

 became a golden dress sparkling with jewels...

 while on her feet was the prettiest pair of glass slippers ever seen.

 "Remember," said the fairy godmother, 

"You must leave the ball before the clock strikes twelve 

because at midnight the magic ends."

 "Thank you fairy godmother" said Cinderella 

and she climbed into the coach.

  

Cinderella

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http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks1/english/story_telling/cinderella/cinderella1.htm

 

Pumpkin Coach/Wagon.  Copyright 2011 Marcia Norwood

   

Cinderella Pumpkin Coach Crafts 

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http://www.ehow.com/info_7847621_cinderella-pumpkin-coach-crafts.html

Click on the link to see how I used recycled materials to make Square Pumpkins                                                  http://tellmeastory-marcia.blogspot.com/2013/08/recycle.html       Copyright  2010 Marcia Norwood

Cinderella Princess Party Ideas

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http://www.birthdaypartyideas.com/html/cinderella.html

Even our puppies like to dress up!

Izzy Belle, Our Rescued Schnoodle.  Copyright 2010 Marcia Norwood

Daisy Duke.  Our Rescued Chinese Crested/Chihuahua.  Copyright 2010 Marcia Norwood

  

Daisy Duke.  Our Rescued Chinese Crested/Chihuahua.  Copyright 2010 Marcia Norwood

Thanks for stopping by!

Come back often, and bring a friend!

Marcia Norwood

America's STORYTELLER

Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking