Boys Can Wear Pink Season 2 WINNER!!!!!

Today we are announcing the winner of the Boys Can Wear Pink Giveaway!!

Congratulations, Jan!!!!!!!!!!

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You have won all these great prizes!!!

1 pattern of choice from Momma Quail Patterns
2 patterns of choice (excluding bundles) from Patterns for Pirates
3 digital designs of choice from Handmade Escapade
3 patterns of choice from Winter Wear Designs
Bartowski Slim Tie Pattern from Paraplu
$10 gift certificate from Mabel Madison

There will be one random winner. International entries welcome. Winner will be contacted via email and will have 48 hours to claim their prize before a new winner will be drawn at random.

  Thank you so much to our fabulous sponsors!!!

Thank you so much to all the wonderful bloggers who participated!! If you didn't get the chance to stop by during the tour, go check out their looks now. All the bloggers did a wonderful job!

February 22 Wild & Wanderful  Handcrafted by Red Made by Jack's Mum 

February 23 Friends Stitched Together Phatquarters Blog   Mae and K Free Notion 

February 24   Doodle Number 5 Pen Seb Rox Pattern Revolution 

February 25 Beri Bee Designs The Kisses Co Rebel and Malice 

February 26 Paisley Roots Max-California The Wholesome Mama

February 27  Squishy Face Collection Bunch o Berries Adventures with Bubba and Bug 

Boys Can Wear Pink 2, Day 6

It's the final day for our tour. I really hope you have enjoyed seeing these boys wear things that they love and not let gender rules tell them they can't wear certain colors or like certain things. Nobody bats an eye when a little girl wears a tee shirt from the boys department, but go try to find a tee for a boy with Elsa on it. Boys think she's pretty rocking just as much as the girls do. I mean come on, she has super powers and can make ice and snow!

Boys Can Wear Pink 2, Day 5

We are heading into our final two days of Boys Can Wear Pink Season 2. I have loved seeing all the great looks the bloggers have put together for this tour! I hope you have, too!

This past September, I made Thomas a cute raglan henley for a tutorial for Peek-a-Boo. It had coral accents on it that I just love still. I really love the color coral and how it looks with his blonde hair. I think it gives this pull over a bit of a beachy vibe, which is fun for me considering I am surrounded by cornfields and cows.

Boys Can Wear Pink 2, Day 4

It's Thursday and that means we are on day 4 of Boys Can Wear Pink and we have more boys rocking some pink in their wardrobe.

Boys Can Wear Pink 2, Day 3

My 18 year old told me something interesting over the weekend. Remember Blue's Clues? Blue the dog, is a girl. And I knew that, but never really thought about it. He said that it was done to help break up gender color stereotypes. Now, I can't find anything that supports this, but I do think it's an interesting observation. Many children and adults just assumed Blue was a boy because of the color. But Blue is in fact a girl. And, so is her pink friend, Magenta.

I started Boys Can Wear Pink because I can't stand gender stereotyping. Of any kind.

My son LOVES My Little Pony, which is seen by many as a "girls show." I don't really understand why boys and girls are suppose to like different things. Why do shows have to target one audience based on gender? Why can't girls and boys like the same shows?

Thomas sewed those pajama pants himself. Another activity that is seen as a girl's past time by many.

Boys Can Wear Pink 2, Day 2

It's day 2 for Boys Can Wear Pink and today we have more fun pink looks for boys!

 

If you missed last year's, you can find it above in the tab, or click on the button in the side bar. I can't believe how much my little guy has changed in just a year!

Now for today's bloggers!! 

Over at Mae & K, Maegen is sharing her handsome pink plaid shirt. Isn't her little guy so cute in it!

We also have Amy from Friends Stitched Together  with this super cool jacket. Look how happy her little guy looks!

Up next today is Becca over at Free Notion with this super fun look. My son declared his need of a shirt just like this when I showed him this picture.

"Gemia over at Phat Quarters Blog will be sharing her look tomorrow. Don't worry, it's going to be awesome!"

Don't forget to enter the giveaway! One lucky winner will receive:

1 pattern of choice from Momma Quail Patterns
2 patterns of choice (excluding bundles) from Patterns for Pirates
3 digital designs of choice from Handmade Escapade
3 patterns of choice from Winter Wear Designs
Bartowski Slim Tie Pattern from Paraplu
$10 gift certificate from Mabel Madison

I'm kinda jealous to tell you the truth. ;)

a Rafflecopter giveaway  

Thank you so much to all the sponsors!!

There will be one random winner. International entries welcome. Winner will be contacted via email and will have 48 hours to claim their prize before a new winner will be drawn at random.

And be sure to stop back by the rest of the week to follow along for the rest of the ways boys can sport pink!

February 22 Wild & Wanderful  Handcrafted by Red Made by Jack's Mum 

February 23 Friends Stitched Together Phatquarters Blog   Mae and K Free Notion 

February 24   Doodle Number 5 Pen Seb Rox Pattern Revolution 

February 25 Beri Bee Designs The Kisses Co Rebel and Malice 

February 26 Paisley Roots Max-California The Wholesome Mama

February 27  Squishy Face Collection Bunch o Berries Adventures with Bubba and Bug 

HattieLu Handmade

Boys Can Wear Pink 2, Day 1

 

 

It's here! It's time! And I am so excited!! It is officially Boys Can Wear Pink Season 2 here at Handmade Boy. Last year was such a success and so much fun that we just HAD to do it again! And once again, the bloggers are knocking it out of the park sewing up awesome and COOL pink for boys. And, we have another great giveaway thanks to our fab sponsors!

Now, I couldn't just sit back and host. I mean, I HAD to sew up something for Thomas as well. Mabel Madison has the most amazing poplin fabrics. They are seriously my new favs for button down shirts! I have been eyeing this sheep fabric for what feels like forever and finally ordered it and knew it was perfect for Thomas as soon as I had it in my hands.

Boys Can Wear Pink Season 2

It's ALMOST time for this year's Boys Can Wear Pink!! We officially kick off the fun tomorrow and run through February 27. Once again, we have a fantastic prize package that we will be giving away thanks to this amazing sponsors!

 You will have to come back tomorrow to find out what the prize package consists of. ;)

Sew Yourself Some Love

Welcome to my stop of the Sew Yourself Some Love tour! Over the last six months, I have been sewing more for myself. And as a result, I'm finding that I'll wearing less and less of the store bought clothes in my closet. Sewing for youRself means that you can get the PERFECT fit in the style and color YOU want. Ready to wear clothing is so blah after you start wearing clothes that fit in colors that flatter.

I have been crushing on this aqua/mint pastel for a while. I love the color and how it looks on me. When I picked some of this incredible french terry up from Joanns, I knew I wanted an oversized hoodie out of it. Omni Tempore by Sofilantjes Patterns was perfect!!

The Pink Underwear

Today while getting dressed, Thomas told me that he couldn't wear a certain pair of underwear if he wanted to play with a neighbor boy this afternoon. 

These underwear.

Color Me Fabric

Have you seen the awesome Michael Miller Color Me fabric designed by Hayley Crouse from Mouse House Creations? It's amazing. To continue the amazingness, Hayley is releasing a NEW line that plays into the adult coloring book trend. I was like a kid in a toy store when I was given the opportunity to sew something with it before it hits the shelves later this month! I could not choose which design I wanted to use! I went with the owls on white (officially called What a Hoot) and I knew it would be perfect for making a Divided Basket from Noodlehead.

I had so much fun with this project! I knew I wanted my colors to be bold and vibrant, so I painted my fabric with acrylic paints in a rainbow pallet.

Soup's on!

I'm over at Peek-a-Boo Pages today sharing my world famous Chicken Tortellini Soup recipe. Okay, so, it's not world famous, but this guy can't get enough of it!

Hop over and check it out!

Mabel Madison Valentine's Day Blog Tour

It's officially February and that means that it's time for all the PINK!! And to get my pink fix in today, I'm part of the Mabel Madison Valentine's Day Blog Tour. I'm sharing what I did with some AH-Mazing Stenzo Cats Poplin. Thomas got some wild, new pajamas!

Art Gallery Fabric Winner!!!

The winner has been drawn for the Art Gallery Fabric!

Congratulations, Kristin!!

I have sent you an email. :)

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Please email me (simonsenphotography@gmail.com) with your mailing address and I will ship your fabrics out this week.

Thanks to everybody who stopped by and commented! I truly appreciate it!  

Faux Layered Shirt Tutorial

I adore the look of layering. However, Thomas is rather hot blooded and can't stand to wear layers. (Any layered looks he wears are strictly photo shoot looks. LOL)

Thomas does like the look of layered tees though, so these faux layered shirts are a win win!