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Re: Need advice on sister holiday dresses.

Lilac♥ — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:23:36 GMT

Well, my girls are all young. My DD1 is 5 1/2, my DD2 is gonna be 4 before Christmas, and DD3 is 2.

Anyways, I decided I didn't want to use any of those dresses I posted since they were a little too pricey and they didn't have the right sizes in the one I wanted.

I have a lot better idea of what I want, but I still have to find ones I want. Since I'm trying to get them cheap off ebay, it's kind of pick and choose. I would love them to all match but since those are hard to come by I'd settle for just looking similar. But I've decided I'm either going to go with white and black or white and burgundy. These are some examples I've what I'm thinking:

Now I just have to find matching/similar in the right sizes for all my girls. I'll be sure to post on what I finally decide. Good thing it's still 2 months until Chritmas and before I have to have them.

Re: Need advice on sister holiday dresses.

AirForceWife&MommyX4 — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 19:26:35 GMT

if the blessing dress for your newborn is white then I would put the older girls in a dress that had atleast a little white, I like the white and black because that would also be okay for Xmas where pink looks off at xmas to me.

I can't wait to dress my girls the same, i'm already plotting out what sizes my dd will wear next xmas i'm guessing it's going to be 3T and 6-9 months, do they make coordinating sizes that little or will it only work when the youngest is in 1t? I know alot of people hate dressing kids alike but i've always wanted to but my DH thought matching boys looked "gay" so the best I ever got was matching plaid shirts for a picture one time.

you are so lucky to have 4 little princesses to dress up!

Re: Need advice on sister holiday dresses.

All4Girls4Me — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 18:32:30 GMT

Ok, honest opinion here. My mom LOVED to dress my sister and I (3 years apart) in the same exact thing. I hated it. Couldn't stand it! What I started doing with my girls was, buy dresses that color wise match but not the same exact dress.

If your girls are young, like junior primary (I'm assuming you are LDS, when you mention blessing the baby), I would say go with the 1st dress. Senior primary I love the 3rd dress, but may have too much white if the baby wearing white in the pictures..Pink dress is cute, but to floofy for me.

Re: Need advice on sister holiday dresses.

Lillylolly — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:57:08 GMT

I like the idea of the colours co-ordinating, not necessarily the same dress. I would love to hear what you have decided upon!

Re: Need advice on sister holiday dresses.

cassieandmy2boys — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:13:02 GMT

I think that matching is always super cute!

Re: Need advice on sister holiday dresses.

Hopefullforpink — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 21:15:53 GMT

you've got me dress shopping now...what about putting this on 2 of them

http://www.gymboree.com/shop/dept_item.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=845524445976822&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374303981667&bmUID=1222809173611&productSizeSelected=0

this on the other one...

http://www.gymboree.com/shop/dept_item.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=845524445976844&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374303981667&bmUID=1222809173611&productSizeSelected=0

i thought those would be good since the littlest one will be in white...

Re: Need advice on sister holiday dresses.

Hopefullforpink — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 21:02:51 GMT

i think matching is nice, while you can still get away with it! i like really festive dresses for Xmas, but not sure if that would work for your blessing stuff....

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=sr_gallery_7&listing_id=15740391

Or maybe...

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=sr_gallery_1&listing_id=15636279

Re: Need advice on sister holiday dresses.

Chloe&kids — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 20:37:42 GMT

I love the last dress, but I would want them to dress the same. So, I would go with whatever dress came in all their sizes.

Re: Need advice on sister holiday dresses.

Maureen — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 01:21:00 GMT

I like using the different dresses, but I don't think the 3rd coordinates as well as the first two becasue no pink on that one. they're all adorable!

Re: Need advice on sister holiday dresses.

Eden — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 00:19:43 GMT

I like both matching and coordinating. i have done both. Lately i lean more toward the coordinating outfits with my boys.

I like all three dresses

Re: Need advice on sister holiday dresses.

pink~princess — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 21:19:04 GMT

Okay, I'm going to say the opposite. I think that different but coordinating would look really cute with those dresses especially #1 and #2. I am a big fan of matching also but in this case I love how those dresses coordinate with each other and complement each other. Good luck those are pretty dresses either way.

Re: Need advice on sister holiday dresses.

lovemy4 — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 21:16:23 GMT

I think matching is so cute! I match my boys sometimes and I love it! Have you thought about having dresses made for them? A friend of mine is making dd's Christmas outfit (we are doing a swap).

Re: Need advice on sister holiday dresses.

Melpomene — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 21:00:56 GMT

I think they would be adorable in matching dresses. You probably won't get to do it much longer so why not?

I like the one in the middle the best , the one on the end second.

I have terrible luck with the George brand it always falls apart.

Re: Need advice on sister holiday dresses.

alldone — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 20:54:28 GMT

Well my mom used to make me and my sister wear matching outfits (we were 18 months apart) and I hated it so I vowed that if I ever had 2 daughters I'd NEVER dress them alike like that....so I'd get them each their own separate dress that tie in nicely together.

Re: Need advice on sister holiday dresses.

Lilac♥ — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 20:42:05 GMT

I actually love blue the most, but am not finding anything I love. There's this store in our mall here that sells nothing but little girl dresses in sizes newborn to like 12 years old, so you can have little girls all matching for weddings and holidays and stuff. But their dresses are like $20-$50 a piece and I've discovered the quality is crappy. If anyone remembers my girls' Easter pictures with the white dresses with the pink bodices with the flowers all over them. Anyways, there's a pic in my bio. But the girls only got to wear them 2x and they were already falling apart because of the way the toil fabric is sewn to the regular fabric is horrible, they just barely step or pull on their dress and it rips. But they have these gorgeous blue dresses there that I love, I've been trying to find something similar to them to use but haven't had any luck. I've already done pink a few times and am getting sick of it. I was also looking at these ones on ebay that are cream and burgundy that people have listed a lot of them were George brand, but the girls wouldn't have exact matching dresses just the same colors since that's all I can find. I'm just worried to use cream with the white blessing dress Isabelle will be wearing in the pictures.