Bow Madness

If anybody knows me well...then you know I like all things colorful, big and beautiful. The bigger the better...the more bling...the better. It doesn't matter what it is. I like big hair, huge pictures and I love big bows. I try and put one on Makenna everywhere we go. I want them to match perfect, be sparkly and have lovely detail. Sometimes this would make my search for bows really hard! I AM PICKY. If I found a bow I liked though, I was willing to pay a good price for them and I certainly have! Makenna rocks bows anywhere from the 10-15 dollar price range. Holy smokes! As many bows as that girl has...add it up people! Thats a crap load of money.  

Well, yesterday when Makenna was napping I was cleaning out some cabinets and came across an art box. I had purchased 3 or 4 rolls of ribbon around Easter time to decorate the kids Easter baskets with. Bryden isn't here to entertain me so I thought what the heck? Im gonna make a bow! I youtubed bow making videos and grabbed my ribbon and got to work! I was actually having a great time. The outcome makes you feel super accomplished. My first bow was hideous. Not only because the ribbon I had didn't go together what so ever but the left hand side was shorter and lopsided lol We all have to start somewhere right? Did I mention that bow making is addicting?! I wanted to make more and more! What did that mean? A WALMART RUN :)

Needless to say...I have found a hobby. I don't plan on selling them but I am tossing around the idea since I already have a buyer ineterested. The bow making buisness is too competitive for me. You have to have over the top wonderful bows for them to sell and I need lots of practice. People want big bows with amazing detail...not little bows with one or 2 colors that look like my 5 year old could have made in 10 seconds... that the people want to sell for way too much (which I have sadly seen). In the meantime though I will be enjoying making them for Makenna and also trying to figure out something I can do for Bryden as well. I can't do one thing for one and not the other. It's become bow madness around here and I have a feeling it's only gonna get worse!