Once my mind was made up, I registered for the 2014 Princess Half, and I knew I had to dress up! I don't know how anyone runs Disney without showing their Disney side... My first princess was Aurora. I found my #teamsparkle Sparkle Athletic girls on Pinterest, ordered my first skirt, and searched for inspiration. That was where I first discovered @according2kelly. If you've not been living under a rock, I'm sure you've seen her awesome costumes on Pinterest! The trick was (and still is) finding just the right colors in athletic wear. Mom created Aurora-like accessory for the top, tacked it on, and I was good to go! Once I sparkled through my first 13.1 magical miles, I was hooked on the running and the sparkle!
Mom made two skirts for Whitney's Elsa. One was a sparkle silver skirt, and the other was a sheer blue fabric with swirly sparkles. She overlaid the same fabric over the top of Whitney's Elsa top and then hand sewed white snowflakes on the front. She used a similar sheer blue sparkly fabric for the Elsa cape and Whitney tied it to her top with attached ribbons. Whitney hand painted her opera gloves turned arm sleeves.
For my Anna outfit, Mom took a blue skirt she had made for the Peachtree Road Race and attached a sparkly blue fabric underneath. Then she gathered up ruffles of the top blue sparkly skirt to get the scalloped effect. I loved the way it turned out! We had seen many options on Pinterest where people had hand painted these features. I really liked having it truly scallops instead of painted. Mom had also found some green details and pink flowers that worked perfectly. The under layer also gave some princess poof, which I am a fan of! The cape she made out of pink sparkle fabric, black and gold piping, and a black closing mechanism. It was definitely a labor of love. Mom stiched the gold ribbon details to the Anna top, and I painted the detailed using fabric paint on both the top and the calf sleeves/faux boots. I found a pattern on Pinterest and did my best freehand. I had to wear the calf sleeves while I painted them since they are compression and are meant to stretch. It was fun to paint them upside down while wearing them.
These may be my favorite outfits to date. (Cinderella comes close) We wanted something cute and princess-y, but not something that would rub/irritate/be too much for 26.2 miles. NAILED IT!!! We even got a stamp of approval from the REAL Anna and Elsa at the castle! ❄️✨👑❄️