Bow-ties

Axel begged and begged me to make him a bow-tie. He wanted to come to the fabric store with me to pick out fabric. In my mind I was imagining all the fun fabrics we could use. He chose black.

All he wanted  was a plain black bow-tie. I tried a brown striped fabric, some black, blue and red fabric and just about every other fabric I saw. Just black. He was so excited about it though! And he was so proud to wear it.

I begged him to wear a pink polka dot one to match his sisters dresses. I even tried bribing him. He said he wouldn’t do it for a million dollars. He wouldn’t even do it for one hundred dollars. I finally talked him into just wearing it for five minutes so I could take pictures.

I love that he is excited about bow-ties. I just wish I could convince him to wear more than just a plain black one. I understand the no pink (even though I think this one was ok).

This bow-tie was made using this free tutorial. It can be made so that you tie it every time like a normal bow-tie, or you can put a hook or velcro in the back so that you just tie it once and then hook it on. Axel is patient enough to wait for me to tie it, but a little guy would be too wiggly.

Boy's Bow-tie $10 ~ You choose the Fabric

My ‘Secret’ Project

I posted a little teaser on Facebook a few days ago about a ‘secret’ project. There was really no reason that it was a secret other than it was just more fun for me that way. Last week I whipped up a new dress style (more on that later) and made… matching clothes for all the kiddos!

It was fun for me, fun for them… Ok, ok, Axel did not agree with the pink bow tie. Actually, he did not agree with any bow tie other than black. But he really, really, really wanted a black bow tie! (more on the bow ties later too)

So I got them all dressed up and took them out to get some good pictures.  Unfortunately it was hot, windy and nap time. I ended up taking almost 200 pics in 15 minutes and then calling it quits. Oh the joys of digital!

Andrew has been trying to convince me to use iPhoto for some time now, so I played around on it a bit and I have to admit it was pretty fun. I still think Andrew does better at it than me, but I’m sure he’ll just edit them again later anyway.