These are definitely a few of my favourite things right now!
So recently I finally made my first dickie bow! You know how there are certain things you want to try but just never get round to it..... well, a friend posted on facebook looking for one. Her super stylish son needed a red spotty one to finish off his outfit for a wedding.
Now this lad is one seriously funky little boy and I hated to think of him heading out without his accessory of choice so I took the opportunity to finally try a bowtie and help him sort out his outfit! It worked out grand........ a bit rough around the edges as "firsts" usually are but he fairly ROCKED it judging by the pictures I saw.
I got an opportunity to fine tune my method however as having seen Jacks one my twins decided they loved bowties all of a sudden! They've always loved accessories - hats and shoes are big items in our house but now it was...
"I want a green bowtie"
"I want a red bowtie"
Since I have nothing to do all day, every day (tongue in cheek, I promise) I went for it and indulged them! They were thrilled, especially when everyone told them how smart they looked in them. In fact, a couple of grown men were a little jealous of the red car fabric and the green animal fabric. There is definitely something fun about bow-ties, even though they are mostly seen with formal tuxes, they someone seem a little less formal than ties and allow your inner child to pop out!
As we had a weekend coming up where they got to dress-up nice and smart each day, it meant that I got a good bit of practice in but it was well worth it as they were nicely turned out and looked darn cute alongside their buddies in Dublin! I'm not done yet though........ I picked up a few orders from other little boys while we were away so it's back to the sewing machine for me. Next time the boys meet their friends, they'll have even more in common!I've just realised that these two are like little Ant & Dec, they always seem to stand to the same side of each other! I still don't know which is which though.......... Ant and/or Dec, I mean......... I know these two, obviously!
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