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Plus Size Disney – Snow White

Today is the turn of Snow White to undergo a Plus Size makeover with products currently available online.

I went for a casual look as I’m loving wearing my chucks with pretty dresses during the warmer weather.

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Dress – Simply Be
Red Converse – Schuh
Blue Shrug – Yours Clothing
Saddle Bag – Zatchels
Snow White Bow – The Hair Necessities on Etsy

I love this look, it might even entice me into trying yellow!

How would you style your Snow?

Alyssa xx

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Plus Size Disney – Merida

I LOVE Brave.

It’s definitely my favourite of the more recent Disney films and I adore Merida as a character.

Passionate, fiery and Independent she stands for everything a strong woman should be and her anti-princess stance is super appealing to me.

Here is my take on an outfit for Merida using items that are on sale at the moment.

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Trousers – Simply Be
Top – Evans
Crossbow Necklace – Etsy
Dr Marten Boots – Office
Betty Jackson Bag – Debenhams

I already own the DMs and Top in this outfit and am totally crushing on the necklace & trousers, so I might actually end up recreating this!

Alyssa xx

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Plus Size Disney – Jasmine

The only way to go with Jasmine was GLAM!

Here’s how I would style Jasmine with what’s available for plus sized beauties online – Right Now!

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Dress – ASOS Curve
Shoes – Office
Gold and Blue Hair Chain – Etsy
XL Gold Clutch – ASOS

Isn’t the dress just beautiful?! I think I’m in love, sadly it only goes up to a 24 – but at least that’s progress from fat fashion a few years ago!

Things can only get better.

Alyssa xx

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Plus Size Disney – Belle

I saw this dress and it screamed Belle to me so I had to put together a Belle inspired look.

I love to mix up quirky with classical and the clutch bag made from a book made my heart melt when I saw it! I definitely need one of these in my life.

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Dress – Simply Be
Clutch Bag Made From a Vintage Book – Etsy
Shoes – Office
Rose Earrings – Etsy

Belle with a twist. I would totally wear this to a wedding or an event, I love it.

What do you think?

Alyssa xx

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Plus Size Disney – Pirates of the Caribbean

Who doesn’t love the Pirates of the Caribbean ride?

I’ve thrown together a little Plus Size fashion outfit inspiration based on Pirates of the Caribbean using products available in stores right now.

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Shirt – Yours Clothing
Pleather Trousers – Simply Be
Shoe Boots – Irregular Choice
Skull Bag – Kate’s Clothing
Compass Octopus Ring – Etsy
Hourglass necklace – Etsy

I would definitely wear this outfit and am especially in love with the bag!

What do you think?

Alyssa xx

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Ursula

When I grow up, I want to be Ursula.

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I have loved the Little Mermaid since it was released in the UK in 1989. Even way back then I had more of a love for the villains than the princesses and this is where my love affair with Ursula began. I’ve always been more drawn to strong and vibrant characters and for me, the princesses haven’t ever been that until recently.

When I visited Disneyland Paris recently I was fortunate enough to see the display of the concept art of Ursula in the Disneyland Paris Studios. The designs varied quite greatly between artists but both myself and the friend that I was with at the time agreed that the final character was by far the best of the options.

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I was pleased that the day we visited the studios was the day that I decided to wear my Ursula themed outfit with my fabulous Ursula ears from the Disney villain ear collection that was released a couple of years ago. I will do a separate post about my Disney outfits as they were a *bit* outrageous in comparison to the jeans and t shirts that majority of the other guests were wearing.

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I have attended one fancy dress party as Ursula and whilst I was relatively pleased with the results at the time, I have since started working on a costume for myself that will knock my initial attempt out of the water. I have no event to go to wearing this new costume, but it was something that I wanted to make for myself and has been a work in progress for some time. I am confident that the end result will be something spectacular, my dream would be to attend a Disneyland Halloween party in it – the opportunity to wear fancy dress into the park for an evening would be my dream come true …. Sadly I still need to find that millionaire ….

I think that Ursula is somewhat of an icon in the plus sized community, she’s a strong and powerful woman that definitely embraces her curves. Who can forget that iconic “and don’t underestimate the importance of body language” wiggle during ‘Poor Unfortunate Souls’ that certainly gets me cheering and wishing I had a large round voluptuous bottom instead of a thutt! She makes no apologies for who she is and is certainly a commanding presence in every scene she appears in.

I hope this goes a bit towards explaining why my Etsy store is called QueenUrsulaUK and that you can understand a bit more about my love for this amazing character.

Who is your favourite Disney Character?

Are you a Princess or Villain fan?

Until tomorrow Poopsies!

Alyssa xx

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Plus Size Disney – Tiana

Elegant, vivacious, determined, independant and hardworking – Tiana is a princess for the modern age.

I love the styling of the characters in The Princess and the frog so thought I’d have a bash at bringing Tiana up to date with what’s available in the plus size market, right now!

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Dress – Simply Be
Hair Ornament – Etsy
Shoes and Bag – ASOS

Is this how you would style Tiana with what’s available now?

Alyssa xx

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Inspiration

I go through phases creatively and can often flit from project to project when I am not wholeheartedly inspired. However, since visiting Disneyland Paris for the Swing into Spring festivities in April this year I have been overflowing with creativity and loving every minute of it.

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One of my favourite attractions at Disneyland Paris was the Alice in Wonderland Maze. Now, I know that this attraction isn’t for everyone and I know that it could do with some work and a lick of paint here and there, but I loved it. Alice in Wonderland has been one of my favourite books and films since I was young and I actually skipped around the maze singing ‘We’re painting the roses red’ and behaved like a giddy child which was fabulous!

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The Giant Cheshire Cat face with the spinning eyes in the flowerbed is so lovely, the mad hatters chairs for photos are awesome and the view from the top of the castle was pretty incredible too.

If you have taken the time to look at my Etsy store you will see that all of the items listed at the moment are Disney themed.

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The majority of these are hand painted silk designs from scarves to pillow cases and I am working on a few new bits at the moment that will be uploaded when I finish them. I am particularly proud of the Cheshire Cat silk cushion cover that I painted all by hand, it turned out way better than I expected it to and I just love the effect of the writing on the back of it as it means it can be displayed either way.

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When you are a creative person, being really inspired is like having a new love, you eat, sleep and drink ideas and probably bore your friends to tears with the fact that everything that comes out of your mouth is about what you’re working on currently or what you’re planning to do next. I find myself spamming all of my social media with pictures and links I’ve found that inspire me and though I know it’s boring to most people – I can’t stop!

The reason I actually started my Etsy store is to save the money to get back to Disneyland next year. It was such an amazing experience that I am hooked and want to do it again. Sadly, having not found a millionaire boyfriend yet, I need to make the money myself. I’m hoping that people with love what I’m doing as much as I love making it and help me find my way back to my inspirational home by buying what I’ve made.

What is your inspiration?

Alyssa xx

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Plus Size Disney – Ariel

Who doesn’t dream of being a mermaid?!

As part of my Plus Size Disney collection I have put together a casual Ariel outfit from clothes that are available online, right now!

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Trousers – ASOS Curve
Top – New Look
Purple Shell Necklace – Etsy
Rose Gold Sandals – Simply Be
Mermaid Bag – Zazzle

I think this would be a perfect festival look … What do you think?!

Alyssa xx

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For the love of Etsy …

Have you visited Etsy yet?

Are you as hooked as I am?

What is Etsy?

It is basically a marketplace for creative and imaginative minds that make the most bizarre and incredible designs and is my idea of heaven. I spend hours upon hours searching different key words and browsing through shops of wonder and have even brought myself some awesome pieces on there.

As a little introduction to those of you that may be new to Etsy, I thought that I would show you a few of my absolute favourite stores and sellers – I hope that you find this as useful as I do!!

The Hair Necessities

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This store sells the most amazing hand made Disney Inspired hair bows. The quality is second to none and I love the ones that I own.

It is owned by Shannon, who is super friendly and lovely and will work with you to design something if you can’t see what you’re looking for!

The Magical Slipper

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Can we all just take a moment to admire Courtney’s sensational talent?!

Look at the detail in those shoes ❤️

This store is currently closed due to the unsurprising high level of orders that she has, but is definitely worth following on Etsy for when she’s back!

Not only does Courtney sell shoes, she is an amazing artist too and has some beautiful prints for sale of work that she’s done.

TheMaddTeaParty

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These ears make me so happy!!

The attention to detail and creativity is just fabulous and makes me want to buy every single pair they list!

I will own the Cheshire Cat ones in the very near future!

Ok, so I probably shouldn’t shout out my own shop, but I’m going to …

QueenUrsulaUK

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I work really hard designing and creating items that I love in the hope that you guys will too.

It’s a relatively new store and as such there aren’t as many items in it yet as I’d like there to be – but bear with me, I’ll get there!!

I do offer a bespoke design service so if there is something that you want then please do get in touch and we can work together to create the item of your dreams!

I’ll revisit my love of Etsy at some point in the future as this is only the tip of the iceberg of shops I love!

What’s your favourite Etsy shop?

Alyssa xx

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