Looking Your Best During the Holidays

This Holiday season for sure will be filled with many parties, get togethers, reunions, etc. and for sure we all have to look our best. Because of the many parties and get togethers, we might find it hard to keep on looking our best, and it might get costly for us. And as mother, it is important for our children to look their best too. But mix and matching clothing and finding great deals online is the best way to look great this season without spending an arm and a leg. Here at EliteDresses, we want to help you with that.

We have come up with a great collection of holiday dress styles that are great looking but not heavy on the pocket. Here are some dresses you can mix and match:

				Burgundy Flower Girl Dress with Organza Overlay Skirt
				List Price: $110.00  Our Price: $47.99  You save $62.01!
				Lovely flower accent Organza overlay skirt Sizes 2-12 Perfectly tailored for your daughter

• Burgundy Flower girl dress with organza overlay (DKC1215BR) or Red Girls' Party Dress with Lace bodice – these are two of our new dresses. This dress alone is great for Thanksgiving or Christmas, but if you want to use it for both, a few small changes will or additions will make it new. Use this dress first for Thanksgiving, you can add a cornucopia brooch or you can replace the lovely ribbon belt nice sash in burnt orange or reddish brown color. And then when Christmas comes, you can add a nice holiday brooch with a sash in green or a Sliver Christmas brooch and a sash in silver. Gold would also be a great combination for Christmas.

 

				Girl's beautiful Ivory sleeveless formal dress with colorful sash and flower
				List Price: $80.00  Our Price: $39.99  You save $40.01!     (6 reviews)
				Raw Silk Look and you choose the Sash Color! 20 Sash Colors Available!  Available in Baby Sizes and Girl's Sizes 2-14 Perfect for Flower Girls and other occasions where the perfect dress is needed!

• Girls' Beautiful White or Ivory Sleeveless Formal Dress With Colorful Sash And Flower (D059, D060) – this is one of our favorite dresses, one dress with many different looks. These dresses can be purchased with the choice of sash color you want. You can even purchase other colored sashes, we have 22 colors to choose from. For the holidays, you can choose a chocolate brown sash with a lovely bronze colored flower perfect Thanksgiving and a sage colored sash and just a nice red Christmas flower (poinsettia), preferably artificial. This dress is so versatile you can use it even after the holidays.

				Tiered Organza Flower girl Dress with Sash
				List Price: $85.00  Our Price: $59.95  You save $25.05!     (1 review)
				The dress features high quality organza fabric Colorful satin sash that uses Velcro and hook for easy attachment Sizes available: girls sizes 2 to 14 Functionality at its best!

 

• Tiered Organza Flower girl dress with Sash (D129) – like D059 and D060, this is one dress with many different looks. This dress has 19 different shiny sash colors to choose from. For the Thanksgiving, you can choose Chocolate brown or orange. Just a nice Thanksgiving themed brooch and you are set. For Christmas, you can choose either a red or burgundy shiny sash, just add a Christmas themed brooch or pin to complete the Holiday look.

You can even match these dresses with our lovely Girls' Fleece Bolero in White (B002). It will not only look great, but it will keep your daughter warm.

These are just a few examples of what you can do with our dresses this holiday season. Not only do they look great, they are affordable too. They won't put a hole in your wallet. Get your daughter a dress from EliteDresses today!

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Family Picture Tips for the Holidays

Holiday Family Portraits are usually used for holiday greeting cards. When your family is still young, it's easy for you to get everyone together for the picture. But as everyone grows, sometimes taking them is hassle because you can't get everyone together. This leads to so many families opting to not taking one at all.

• Take the picture during a major family gathering, like a family reunion, birthday, or even Thanksgiving.  At least you have every one there.

• Family pictures, doesn't have to be a negative or frustrating experience. You don't even need to be a photography hobbyist or need expensive cameras to get that great holiday shot. I have seen great family portraits taken from a simple digital camera and even on a mobile phone or smart phone. Just follow some simple step to make your Holiday Photo Session a breeze.

• If possible, take the picture in the afternoon. Better to have natural light than the artificial lighting. 

• Keep everything simple. You don't need themes. You don't need everyone to dress up in formal attire. You don't everyone wearing heavy makeup or having their hair styled. I have seen some terrible holiday pictures were everyone was in heavy makeup, even the men. I am pretty sure they wanted to have the best looking photo. But you can tell the kids weren't happy, even the husband. There was even one photo where everyone in the family wore Christmas costumes. That’s a bit overboard for me. I couldn't recognize anyone in the photo.

• Don't stress out, it's just a picture not a masterpiece, it doesn't have to be perfect.

• Having everyone wear something “Christmasy” won't work either. Just use what everyone is wearing. Just have them gather for a comfortable shot, and the magic will show in the picture. Most Thanksgiving clothing like thanksgiving dresses forgirls already some in colors that can be used during the Christmas holidays.

• Don't have a camera tripod? Don't worry about it. You can use a chair a some old books or boxes. You would be surprised what my photographer friends used in absence of a camera tripod, and still the pictures came out great!

• Don't have a DSLR Camera? A decent digital camera will do. Most digital cameras now-a-days come in high megapixel count that the quality of pictures they take are amazing. Even some mobile phones and smart phone take decent pictures.

• Change up the background. Holiday family pictures are usually taken in front of the fireplace or dining area. Sometimes, if you are part of a big family, sometimes those areas are a bit small. Try using the front porch or the back yard as your background. They are great for big families.

• Sort by height. This an old but great photography rule to follow. The taller members of the family stay at the back while the not so tall one stay in the front, usually seated. One of my friends actually made the really tall members of her family sit on the ground in front. It made the picture look really nice, no one was seen as the tallest. Just play around with it, like I said, it doesn't have to be perfect.

• If you can't have the picture during a scheduled family get together like Thanksgiving, then make your own. Organize a small get together on a lovely afternoon on a weekend and serve some tea and snacks. Make it a festive occasion so everyone is happy during the shoot.

As I said, just keep it as simple as possible. The important thing is that everyone is having a good time taking the picture. I heard a lot of family picture disasters where everyone was starting to argue and get cranky. It even ruined the get together, and sadly, it was Thanksgiving

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Toddler Christening

Sometimes, some people put off having their children baptized for one reason or another. That’s completely ok, it’s never too late to have your child baptized.

White Beautiful Timeless Christening Gown List Price: $85.00  Our Price: $54.99  You save $30.01!     (4 reviews) Timeless Christening gown  Dupioni silk and French mesh overlay Available baby sizes XS-XL

Newborns and infant males and females usually can wear the same type of Baby Christening Gowns, but for toddlers (ages 1-5 years), the type of Christening attire changes. For boys, they can wear white short or long pants with a lovely white polo and vest (sometimes they can wear a coat). For girls, there are many lovely white or ivory Christening dresses to choose from. Majority of the length of the dresses are tea length, easier for a little girl to move around. You will find many of these dresses with a lot of lovely embroidery; some also have the image of “Our Lady of Guadalupe” embroidered on it.

				Adorable Organza Christening Gown
				List Price: $150.00  Our Price: $64.99  You save $85.01!
				lovely embroidered organza dress With matching cape Sleeveless cape is embroidered with "La Virgen De Guadalupe" Available in baby sizes 0-5 (6 months-5 years old)

Unlike the baby Christening gowns which only can be worn once by a child (usually it get passed on from one infant to another), a christening gown for a toddler can be worn on many different occasions, even the holidays.

 

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