When I was a little girl, I loved to engage in pretend-play.  I would spend hours with my dolls making them talk to one another and act out all of the scenarios that I could think of.  Dressing up was a big part of these afternoons of imaginative time and I always enjoyed acting and looking like my favorite fairy princesses.      Every single day, I would read fairy tales with my grandmother and then incorporate the heroines in those stories into my creative sessions.  For some reason, the fairy princess Cinderella always was one of my favorites.  I have never had an evil stepmother but I think I could relate to her ability to keep going despite all of the adversity that she was faced with.     I was always very good at improvising with things I found around the house to create the outfits for my make-believe playtime.  Whether it was a silver spoon from the kitchen that I used for a scepter or an ornate towel that I … [Read more...]