communion dresses

First Communion Shopping starts in January. Most Communion Sacraments are held in early spring, although there is no set schedule and churches do follow their ceremonies on their schedules, so summer and fall does bring in some communion shoppers. This year the Sweet Kids communion dress collection has rolled out a bit early. Being such a high quality popular brand we anticipate the highest volume to come from the company. As usual, Sweet Kids does not disappoint.

Gold Flower Girl Dress

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Style 303, seen below, is a brighter taffeta dress with a change in texture but maintains the holiday sequin embroidery for the festive shimmer. Natural tones will be bright and warm this season. Expect no lack in shine weather it be embroidery or the actual fabric.

SK251 – This is a beautiful sweet kids design with another drop waist and ruffle trim. Black is a solid shade this season. Ruffles mixed with lace are a common mixture.

Style 252 , seen above, is nearly identical with  a higher waist and a wider skirt for a younger look.

Style 272 is all about ruffles! A chic style that still keeps the sparkle.

STYLE 301 has come out in white, ivory, and black. It has a more subtle ruffle across the bodice while still keeping a traditional cut.

The new CC1100

This style has been flying off the walls at flowergirlprincess.

Lets start with the little ones. For smaller children the princess look is all about fantasy and play. Disney styles have always brought the bright happy cartoon colors to the land of dress up. This years looks are a cross between the Disney cartoon and the glamour of the pageant world.  Of course, the most popular of these styles will be the Cinderella dress in bright crayola colors.

Complete with Cinderellas head band, cuff sleeves, and satin choker, this style has been insanely popular for the toddler to 8 year old style . This style is of course not the exact dress Cinderella wore in her debut. Popular for pageants and birthday parties. Little girls don’t necessarily want to be Cinderella. They want to be their own princess that happens to be like Cinderella, or Belle….yes the bright yellow dress is for the Beauty and the Beast lovers…

Great dress, but what does it look like in real life…if you’re like me the picture looks like candy, but going too Disney might end up looking like its time to trick or treat, right?

Actually, a reader sent us a dress bought from our mother store at FlowerGirlPrincess.com  just to let us know the dress was prettier in person than the original stock photo,

of course this little girl already looked like she belonged on top of a Christmas tree, but you can’t deny this looked like the type of birthday party that the second grade will talk about all year.

When I work with a little one in a photo session I’m not only looking at the lighting and fabric of the dress. I’m looking at the future of the image in my imagination. One over all goal is to say, lets make sure the little girl all dressed and dazzled still looks like a little girl. The miniature lux bride is not a pageant contestant and although there is a place for make up and jewelry it is a careful ballance. Blush and lipstick can be not only unnatural to the eye on a little face, but it can also invoke feelings that can make an adult woman feel alarmed and defensive.

One example of this would be an article recently published in Time magazine about a 10 year old french Vogue model who has created a little buzz about her all too grown up look.

Here one sees a perfect face,  perfect make up in neutral tones, perfect hair, casual fashion wear on a little girl stretched out on a tiger skin. This is hardly scandalous, but has invoked a lot of feeling from french women, because she looks too grown up.

One can only imagine what a pr disaster if her lipstick was unnaturally bright red or blue glitter eyeshadow highlighted her brow.

Now we take this little tid bit lesson and apply it to the real world. How much is too much when we dress a little girl to be a mini me. When going with the miniature bride look for your flower girls, make sure her dress is age appropriate. Strapless dresses may be fine in your oppinion, but consider should her dress slip and she have an embarrasing accident while standing in front of many eyes it may be over just too whelming for a little girl. Even a spaghetti strap dress may need a little jacket covering.

Make up is perfectly appropriate, but too much color may look more like a television performer and not a little girl. Shoes are another this to take into consideration. If she has never walked in a shoe more than an inch high. Stumbling,tripping, and a nervous  little girl again becomes a performer.

One great way to create the mini bride look, is to create a full long dress with a large petticoat for a full formal look. Sparkle and glamorous looks best on a child when it is on the dress. Beads, sequins, and embroidery can beautiful accessories. Embellishments can be done with an up do and a small tiara in the hair or a flowy veil.  Too much jewelry is not necessary, pearls work perfectly. Make sure your jewelry is LEAD FREE! Find American made accessories if possible, especially anything that goes into your child ears! Shoes need not be high, ballet flats are perfect. And of course, a matching bouquet is the most important accessory

Snap shots while we wait for the photographer

Princess Jalea made an impressive flower girl.  Being small, and allowed to roam during the wait, we got a sneak peak at the small wedding party and their classic black and white attire. Dressed in Poly- Dupioni dresses the fabric was a breathable lightweight design. Perfect for the 104 degree weather this Saturday produced.

Flower Girl Princess Jalea

Jalea wears SK3002 in white with a black satin sash

Although, the dress is full and fluffy. The day is hot and no under layers were needed to create this full look. The attached under crinoline is easily fluffed and starched. This little trick will keep the light airy fabric further away from her skin for a more comfortable feel on a scorcher of a day.  The bride was clever in customising a black 2 piece satin sash with the dress to match her wedding dress.

Jalea wears a customized 2 piece black satin sash over white Dupioni

Happy Wedding Family

For details on the white Dupioni Dress found at FlowergirlPrincess.com . Follow this flower girl dress link . Although the white dress comes with over a dozen sash colors to choose from in the matching fabric. Our bride opted for a different style to create her own look. Perfectly clever.

For more information and ideas on how to get the perfect black and white flower girl dresses visit our additional pages for details.

Taffeta is a glamorous fabric it catches the light in a romantic visual, sometimes in two tones. The most common taffeta in formal wear is called ‘party taffeta’ this is the soft shiny silky version. It can be lightweight, crisp, stiff and sometimes described as feeling like paper. Don’t be fooled by the texture, sometimes the more expensive bulks feel more like paper. It can be made of silk, but in respect to children’s wear you want the poly-blend, or just synthetic material. This is not a cheaper version, but it is the washable version, which is the only choice when the occupant is 9.

The most important thing to remember when choosing your flower girl dresses, second to a complimantary color, is the fabric. Not all fabrics match. White is an arbitrary word. A white silk dress is not the same color as a white satin dress. Usually, natural fibers hold dye a little less than synthetic fibers. If your brides dress is a natural silk taffeta you don’t want to choose a wedding quality matte satin dress for your flower girls. When your bride looks at her wedding photos she might be bummed if her beautiful dress , although white, looks dingy against her attendants.

Point being, if your brides dress is taffeta. You MUST put your flower girls and bridesmaids in taffeta, or silk. Matching fabric can be just as important as matching dye lots!

Other bright contrasting colors can be acesorized with a taffeta dress. One popular combination is a bright organza sash over a taffeta dress

MB119 White Taffeta Pick Up Dress from Flowergirlprincess.com

Here you can clearly see just how white these dresses can pop in the photos. These are a poly blend taffeta, and they are NOT as white as Wedding Satin. Now, if your bride is wearing a wedding quality satin dress her figure will pop just a bit brighter, and this may be a desired quality in her wedding photos.

MB119 White Taffeta Flower Girl Dress from Flowergirlprincess.com

Another neat quality about this fabric is the light fluffy quality. These pick up gathers will stay light and fluffy through the entire time its worn. A heavy satin will start to pull toward the ground after a while, but taffeta will look like fresh whipped cream and still keep its ‘high end’ look.

MB119 White Taffeta Flower Girld Dress from Flowergirlprincess.com

All in all, taffeta, comes highly recommended from both formal wear and children’s wear.  One of the biggest benefits is the easy cleaning score. We give it an 8 out of 10. Care instructions always say hand wash, or professionally clean only. Those instructions are put there assuming your washing machine has teeth and you’ve never actually washed clothes in a machine. Taffeta can be carefully washed in a GOOD washing machine by itself and hung to air dry. You will find the white fabric looks as bright as new sans cake icing stains. Do be thoughtful to remove any colored sashes, new bright fabrics will bleed no matter what they are.