Last year I bought some Hanna Andersson Halloween playdresses and shirts/tights on clearance. I think the playdresses were $15 (usually $36 or $38?) and the tops were on sale for $10. Awesome sale. Especially since Hanna Andersson stuff is so well made. Really. The pieces I have for Daphne wash and wear so well and last multiple seasons/years. Anyway, by the time the orange playdresses went on sale, they didn’t have the orange and black striped tights in stock. So for the last few months I’ve been looking for toddler sized orange/black tights that would match the playdress, since I didn’t feel like paying a fortune for the HA tights on Ebay.

Enter welovecolors.com. They have over 50 shades of tights, all available in a black stripe. Yippee!! So then I just had to decide which shade of orange would be a match. On a whim, I followed them on Twitter and got the following DM “Thanks for Following We Love Colors! Now offering 50+ Colors!For Inquiries and Sample Request email welovepress@welovecolors.com, We Look forward seeing your tweets! www.welovecolors.com” Hmmmm.. sample request?! So I sent them an email and they offered to send me swatches of neon orange and orange. Score. They mailed them the next day and I had them within 2 days. Awesome. Turns out, the orange matched perfectly. And when I placed my order, I had them in hand the third day after my order. Woo hoo!! They aren’t the thick wide stripe of the Hanna Andersson tights, but that is OK. And they are generous enough in size that she’ll be able to wear them next year with the other orange playdress I got last year (size 90).

And just for the heck of it. Here’s Daphne in the same dress last year, with plain black leggings and with the sleeves down where they are supposed to be. I had to push the sleeves up for our recent photo shoot since it was 90 degrees outside. She’s gotten so big!!

And here’s the other set I got from last year. The Hanna Andersson tights are so lovely. And they should be since the retail price is $22.50. Ack!! I think I paid $8 for these. And again, she’ll be able to wear this top/tights combo next year, since it’s big on her now. This fashion show brought to you by Disney Princess gummy bites and a toy Elmo camera. Gotta have a bribe these days:

So, if you need an odd color or size of tights, check out welovecolors.com!!