Make Believe Week

Chelsea from GYCT Designs is hosting Make Believe Week. It's such a great idea and it has been so fun seeing the great things all the bloggers have come up with! We are big fans of playing make believe on many levels in our home. All of my kids have been known to wear a dress up outfit to Target on more than one occassion. And Halloween costumes are used year round and worn until seams burst because the kids refuse to believe they have out grown the item. LOL So needless to say, I jumped at the chance to play along.

I also love to tie in a good theme. ;) And luckily for me, this guy had a birthday on Sunday.

You see where this is going, don't you. ;)

Thomas is Lego obsessed. He builds every single day. He has sat at the kitchen table with his new sets the last two days straight barely stopping to eat.

The Pattern Exam

I am so happy to announce that The Pattern Exam is off and running! I have been working on this project with a great group of bloggers to help you decide which pattern is best for YOU. The Pattern Exam is not about telling you which pattern is best. Nope! What we do is the grunt work. We take a set of patterns and give you a list of the features of each pattern. It's all available on a cute handy chart so you can easily see which patterns have the features that are most important to you. We also give you a personal review of each pattern, what we liked and how the fit was for our child. We are not comparing the patterns to each other, but giving independent reviews of each. You can find out more about our process here.

Our first group of patterns is underwear. To see which ones we reviewed and what I and the other bloggers had to say about them, hop on over to our blog! You can find my review here.

I hope this helps you decide which pattern is best for you! Have a set of patterns you want reviewed? Let me know! Have some features you love in your patterns that we are missing? Let me know that, too! Next month is leggings!

Boys Can Wear Pink Winner!!!

Thank you again to everybody who participated in Boys Can Wear Pink! You can find the round up of all the bloggers who participating by clicking on the Boys Can Wear Pink button on the side bar.

The winner of the giveaway is

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Congratulations, Kari!!!

 I have sent you an email already. Please contact me within 48 hours to claim your prizes. :)

Thank you to all the wonderful sponsors! 

 

  

One yard of Stenzo Pit Stop Poplin in pink from Mabel Madison
$25 gift certificate, plus a surprise fat quarter from Phat Quarter Shop
One yard of solid cotton/lycra & one yard of coordinating fabric from Purple Seamstress
One pattern of choice from Paisley Roots
$20 store credit from Peek-a-Boo Pattern Shop
One pattern of choice from Patterns for Pirates
One pattern of choice from Mouse House Creations
Bottoms Up Pants Pattern from If Only They Would Nap
One Pattern of choice from Titchy Threads

Remember, #boyscanwearpink !!!

BCWP, Day 28

Today is the last day in our Boys Can Wear Pink series. It has been FANTASTIC!! I have truly enjoyed seeing all the great looks created by everybody. To wrap things up, Scary over at Shaffer Sisters made a gender rules breaking outfit for her little cuddle monster.

 Today I have one more look to share as well. Did you know I have a teenager? A big boy teenager. I do. He doesn't like to have the camera pointed at him often, so you won't see much of him. And because he is a teen, I try very hard to respect his space and coolness and not drag him around into the little world I live in here occasionally. But, my big old 17 year old thought this bow tie was pretty sweet and he asked if he could be the one who modeled it for me. (Really, I was teasing him one day with it and told him I was going to make him model it for me and he jump at the chance to do it. Cool, huh!) So here he is, making his blogging debut.

Isn't he handsome. :) I made this bow tie using Peek-a-Boo's Little Gentleman's Tie pattern. It's the child size, but other than the neckband being too small for an adult, the size of the bow tie looks nice. I made this for Thomas. Never in a million years did I think this guy would want a pink plaid bow tie. But he loves it and kept it. I need to make a new band for him. We safety pinned it on here. LOL

I know the vest is way cool also. I didn't make that. Though I have been challenged a bit to make a vest myself using this one as a guide. I love a challenge, so I may just do that. But for those interested, the vest is from The Buckle. I have no clue if they still have it. We got it back in December.

Today is also the last day to enter the giveaway! TONS of fabulous prizes are going to been given to one winner. I will announce the winner tomorrow and email the winner as well.

The prize package includes:
One yard of Stenzo Pit Stop Poplin in pink from Mabel Madison
$25 gift certificate, plus a surprise fat quarter from Phat Quarter Shop
One yard of solid cotton/lycra & one yard of coordinating fabric from Purple Seamstress
One pattern of choice from Paisley Roots
$20 store credit from Peek-a-Boo Pattern Shop
One pattern of choice from Patterns for Pirates
One pattern of choice from Mouse House Creations
Bottoms Up Pants Pattern from If Only They Would Nap
One Pattern of choice from Titchy Threads

Giveaway rules:

By entering into the giveaway, you are agreeing to the following rules:

International entries welcome, but winners outside of the US will be responsible for shipping of physical prizes.

You must be 18 or older to enter.

Winner will be notified via email within 24 hours of the end of the giveaway. If the winner does not respond within 48 hours, a new winner will be chosen. 

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Thank you to all the awesome sponsors and bloggers who participated!! If you want to see all the looks created for Boys Can Wear Pink, click the button on the sidebar, or go here.  This has been a fabulous first series and I plan to do more and to repeat this next February! 

 These two guys would like to remind you that boys of all ages can wear whatever color they like, be it black, red, blue or pink! Colors do not assign gender. Use whatever crayon in the box makes you happy. And if somebody dares to break your crayon, just pull out a marker and go to town.

BCWP, Day 27

Today I am going to share with some something that I have already shared, but it is worth bringing back for this series. This shirt.

I adore this shirt. Everything about it. I love this fabric so much. And seeing everybody use it for girl's items made me want to use it for Thomas even more to prove that it is gender neutral. But because of the little pink flowers, it was being used pretty exclusively for girls. 

As you can see, it is very much a "boy's shirt" on Thomas. He loves lighting bugs so this shirt is one of his favorites. :)

And did you know that boys can wear pink underwear too? They can. ;) I'll spare you the model shots, but I can assure you that they are freaking adorable on him and he thinks they are the funniest underwear in is collection.

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Excuse how terribly wrinkled they are. He actually does use these. They are clean, I promise. But really, who irons underwear? 

There is still time to entire the giveaway! It ends tomorrow and I will share the winner on Sunday, March 1. It's a pretty amazing prize package, so you don't want to miss your chance to win it.

The prize package includes:
One yard of Stenzo Pit Stop Poplin in pink from Mabel Madison
$25 gift certificate, plus a surprise fat quarter from Phat Quarter Shop
One yard of solid cotton/lycra & one yard of coordinating fabric from Purple Seamstress
One pattern of choice from Paisley Roots
$20 store credit from Peek-a-Boo Pattern Shop
One pattern of choice from Patterns for Pirates
One pattern of choice from Mouse House Creations
Bottoms Up Pants Pattern from If Only They Would Nap
One Pattern of choice from Titchy Threads

Thank you to our amazing sponsors! And there is still time to save 15% at Mabel Madison using the coupon code "PINKBOYS"! That deal ends tomorrow as well. And you can share your pink creations on facebook using the #boyscanwearpink. We would love to see them!!