Make a Princess Tower Castle Piece - Upcycle Craft

No. Meet Princess Nadia.

She's in the process of getting a brand new Princess Power Tower, made just for her, or so she seems to think. Check out the photographs to see exactly how this tower addition to the castle came into being, or more correctly, is coming into being.

There is yet much to be done.

The idea for this evolving castle, that anybody could easily make for themselves, came about just a few days ago. My dear hubby challenged me to design a project that was not so girly, as most of my crafts tend to be.

Well, as you can see, I failed on that count. I set out with a castle in mind, one that would go through the entire holiday season from Halloween to Christmas with a changing out of the props. As I was building, I began to dwell on the idea that a sinister castle, which is what he had in mind, would not bode well at Christmas.

What to do? Girl it up!

Everything was running along as smoothly as could be expected.

I was jamming. Things were good. Then, life changed.

Enter the Princess. Princess Nadia was brought in to this little fantasy kingdom right around the time I was finishing up the main castle part, with the drawbridge.

She poo pooed this and nay sayed that, but let me tell you, the girl is all over this thing. She's totally taken over.

First, she insisted on blue wallpaper because it just had to match her dress. I wanted a nice neutral color. Then, she starts raising a discerning eye and tsk tsking construction. She's been up my glue gun, so to speak, for hours!

I understand wanting to get out. She's been hanging out on the bookcase with The Chronicles of Narnia for forever and a day, but still. She acts like this is a real building or something. Critical much? Oh, yea.

Scope out the gallery below to watch the building process. You will see that the Princess has a few quips to interject here and there. Notice, she might be critical, but she's not leaving is she? HM.

Between the captions and the photographs, you can't miss. Check it out.

I just have to take over to set the record straight.

Okay, listen up. I've got to be quick here before Vix snaps I'm chiming in.

The girl needs some serious help when it comes to making royal design choices. Don't get me wrong. She's a fun girl. I've known her since she was a kid. But, she has no idea of what makes for appropriate royal decorum.

Case in point, for years she's had me living by The Chronicles of Narnia. I love them. The lands are rich and beautiful. So, what does Vix decide to go do to the neighborhood? She moves The Black Dagger Brotherhood in on the shelf above me.

Seriously! Who does such things? And who did she go move in two shelves down? The entire Necroscope series. I'm surrounded by psychotic vampires! Help me, please. She has to get this right. I'm sick to death of late night partying fiends and blood baths. Do you know how hard it is to get blood out of silk?

Oops, she's back from the coffee pot. Got to run.

While Vix figures out how to get me a proper castle, this will suffice nicely.

See how the rooms are spacious enough that I can entertain. Go ahead, click it to see the interior views. This castle comes fully appointed. How on earth am I to go about my princess duties if I'm having to spend all of my time supervising Vix and her poor design choices?

This is my number one selection for vacation and strategic retreat property. There is no telling when those psycho vamps will decide to make a move on my kingdom. The bookshelves become more and more crowded every day thanks to Vix's insane refusal to buy a Kindle.

As you can see, there remains a good deal of finishing work to do. The roof must be sealed with Mod Podge, but at this point, is still too wet. The interior walls have yet to be sealed or decorated. Of course, the fact that all this takes time means naught to the princess. She's a bit demanding. I suppose all princesses are.

Imaginations must be nourished through creative play. Turn off the computer games. Craft a castle and watch Camelot come alive.Brought to you by the worlds of imagination.

Nadia picked this. :)

Major appologies, dear readers, for the misspellings in the picture sticky notes. Vix is dyslexic and lives by spell check which modern technology has yet to provide for Post Its.

Further blatant disregard for the English language can be seen in much of the slang terminology and shall we say colorful colloquial speech.

However, Vix feels colorful slang and common language often conveys ideas at a faster rate than high dollar jargon being bandied about.