big and cute

The weekend is drawing near and Easter is around the corner. We are going to Waco tomorrow to celebrate Easter with my side of the fam on Saturday. On Sunday we'll be heading back home to have Easter with some of Sean's side. It's definitely going to be a busy busy weekend. I'm looking forward to it though. We'll get to see people we haven't seen in quite sometime. I'm excited for AK to wear her Easter dress too.

On Friday I'm hoping to FINALLY get some bluebonnet pics of AK and hope the weather stays nice. How sad would it be if it was raining. If it is, I guess the pics weren't meant to be. After that, I'm rushing over to my sister's house to get some maternity pics of her. HOW FUN!

Today I made a big 6 loop hair bow. The hubs was like, "that's way too big". I said, "people like big". He so doesn't get it. Good thing husbands don't shop for hair bows or a lot of people wouldn't have a business. Men.

I think it's cute! Definitely big, but cute and some folks like big and cute! I do, but I'm not allowed to like big. Hahaha. They've been banned from our collection...even though I've snuck a few in here and there. Daddy has a say too, I guess.

If you don't hear from me before the weekend, HAPPY EASTER. But, chances are you will.

wordful wednesday

Okay, I've completed my wordless wednesday post, now onto a wordful wednesday.

I have been busy busy busy making hair bow after hair bow. I'm addicted. I've never done something that I enjoy so much. I guess I love doing this because I can see the product of my work immediately which spurs me on to do more. Even though my fingers are beyond sore I just can't stop. I bought a pack of 12 clips yesterday and used them all before I went to bed so today I went and bought a box of 100 :). That should last me a while! As I was leaving Sally's with the clips today I was passing by Michael's and I saw a bin in front of the store full of ribbon for a dollar! I only got three because I had a toddler in tow whom was determined to walk around with as many spools of ribbon her little body could hold. One in the mouth and about 6 in the hands. She's so talented :).

Below are some bows from today. I'm seriously considering selling them but I have to figure out just how to go about it. Tell me, what would you pay for them? Should they be singles, pairs or both and let me know if you have any advice. THANKS!

wordless wednesday

BOWS

Well, I worked quite a while on hair bows today. In the beginning, I was quite frustrated because I couldn't get my fingers around the ribbon right and then I kept burning my fingers with the hot glue gun. NO BUENO. But after a couple of screw ups funky looking bows, I started getting the hang of it. It definitely took awhile though, for sure!

After a couple of hours of hardcore work, I managed to complete about 10 bows. Hopefully with time I’ll get faster. I really did enjoy it though and intend on continuing my quest in bow making. Maybe one day they’ll be good enough to sell. Any buyers?

a little princess bow for my niece

I made four of these Easter bows for AK and some little family members





P.S. For some reason, all but one of the pics wouldn't upload the correct way...which is why you see them sideways.

homemade? TIA? noooo!

BUT YES!!!

Last night I was on a mission...I was going to make my child some homemade leg warmers! A friend of mine found this website Everything Your Mama Made and More and it has very flat out instructions on how to make them yourself and many other homemade things. I was SO excited about this discovery that I made them at around 11pm. I found my only and FAVORITE pair of tube socks, you know, for those coooold winter days, and I made leg warmers for my daughter. The things you do for your kids.

I'm happy to say that it was a GREAT success and I LOVE them!!! And it helps that they were just flat out cute socks. I hope you're inspired to do something crafty today. Now I'm off to buy hair bow supplies because I'm gonna make some HAIR BOWS!


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Aren't they CUTE?! Come on, it's time, go dig out your favorite pair of socks and make some leg warmers!