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Janis Carleton Allen
April 3rd 2010

Jewelled Butterfly Princess costume

Quality designer fancy dress costume.

Jewelled Butterfly Princess costume in pretty colours of gold, white & purple, featuring a delightful little crown charm & embellished jewelled wings.
The costume is ready for play and dress-ups in a pretend Castle or maybe in a beautiful Fragrant Garden where you could make some flower chain necklaces.


My costumes have been sold in Australia, Canada, United Kingdom & United States of America.

Quality Handmade Designer range of Fancy dress Photo costumes for your cavy/guinea pig or Hamster.
These costumes are carefully designed are & non restrictive, made with the pets comfort & safety in mind. Featuring a contoured adjustable fit around the neck & belly, fastened with press studs. Cotton fabric on the body & the themed top design could be of various fabrics & embellishments such as felt, satin, velvet etc. 
All of my costumes are brand new & have not been used on any other animals.


IMPORTANT:- For all costumes for Hamsters, you will need to give me the neck, belly & length of back from neck, thankyou, as we do not have Hamsters in Australia.


*Please note that it is the users responsibility when using the Costume for your Photos, to provide supervision at all times for the safety of the pet. Materials may vary slightly and no two costumes are exactly the same due to items being handmade.

"Designer Range"
I have a range of Costume designs which are not limited to but include themes such as Princess costumes in Egyptian, Fairytale, Rainbow, Butterfly styles. Medieval,Medieval King & Queen, Strawberry Patch, Gypsy,Cute baby Rabbit, Zebra, Goldfish, Tiger, Cheetah, Reindeer, Pirate,Grandma & Grandpa Cavy, Mexican,Camouflage, Viking , Skunk, Pixie,Dinosaur. The list goes on .............I have as many costumes as my imagination permits however I do not make facial features etc. We welcome suggestions for personal designs for your Photo taking, please contact me for these orders.

Thankyou for visiting us please come back again soon for the latest in cavy/guinea pig or Hamster Designer Wear!

All my items are posted gift wrapped.

How to make clothes, costumes & coats for guinea pigs, cavies & hamsters

Janis Carleton Allen
March 20th 2010, 6:50pm
Updated June 11th 2010, 11:37pm

The very first thing to do before you start designing your pet costume is ensuring that your pet is going to be comfortable. When trying the clothes on or measuring make sure that you have your pet in a coolish area as not to overheat. These are delicate little creatures which can overheat & even die suddenly from heat stroke. By observation of them in the heat you will notice that they will lay on their bellies fully stretched out to cool down, this is even on a day when it is not overly hot to us. Always use a cotton fabric for the underneath of the clothing, this will help to keep them more comfortable, do not make the costumes that cover the pets legs as this is very restricting for them, it may look cute, but it's not fun for them.  Allow yourself alot of spare time to begin the task of dressing your pet, if your guinea pig/cavy/hamster does not like to have clothing on do not become frustrated with your pet. Only allow short periods of wearing their costumes for photo taking.
 Our cavies enjoy the attention of being dressed up, they will wait patiently.
We give our cavies lots of fruit & vegies including treats of bananas, apples, they especially love celery.

I will be adding to this article shortly as time permits.


Designer: Janis Carleton Allen

Price: $29.99 each.

Available: 4.

Item number: 1002

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