Toddlers in Tutus

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I love tutus...obviously. I haven't given up on my own tutu dress dreams but I am now also obsessed with flower girl tutus. I know its pretty cheesy but adorably-so... in my opinion. Over Thanksgiving while, I was in Manhattan Beach I saw this Manhattan Beach wedding on Style Me Pretty.

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As per my modius operandi, I first looked for all the flower girl tutu wedding porn I could find:

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After looking at dozens of flower girls in tutus I realize that for itty bitty flower girls (less than 6-ish), I prefer the poofier tutus that stick straight out as opposed to the ones that look more like skirts. With this in mind, I started to do a little bit or research about where I could pick up a tutu for my own flower girl. It looks like tutus cost between $20 and $40. Tutu Girl has a great selection of solid colored Tutus for $34.99. Tutu Cute Baby also has a great selection of tutus in solid colors and mixed colors. Their tutus start at $24 but go all the way up to $114 for the red santa baby tutu dress (which is adorable by the way, but also a little sexy for a two year old...in my opinion. A cute black cardigan could fix that though!). Sweetie Pie Tutus also has a great selection of tutus for the youngest flower girls and their tutus start at just $19.

If you prefer the longer tutus check out Miss Priss Tutus. At $30 a piece the have a fabulous selection and a pretty cute website.

To be honest, I think that the longer tutus are totally adorable for flower girls who are a little older... or even brides for day after photos???? hehe.

Too old for a tutu?... say it ain't so!?

A few months ago I discovered Ouma's etsy shop and fell in love. It doesn't hurt that her styling is crazy amazing. It's so ethereal and romantic...almost bridal even.






So for a couple weeks I was totally obsessed with the idea of having a tutu inspired reception dress... I knew I couldn't afford to spend $200 but I could certainly spend $100, right? Turns out reasonably priced tutus are hard to come by... le sigh.

Basically anything you can get for $100 doesn't have the volume of a $200 tutu. I was defeated. I was disappointed but able to convince myself that a tutu was ridiculous for a woman my age any way. Then I saw this post on Southern Wedding Magazine today and felt that tutu-longing ache in the pit of my stomach.

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So I am just putting it out in the universe. If it works out, it works out. If it doesn't it was never meant to be. We'll see what happens!