Bow Ties and Hair Flowers

I have told people “I’m declaring this the year of the Bow Tie” and was it ever!  I finally was able to be on-trend (usually I’m a good year behind the times).  Several families at church had their boys topped off with a bow tie – it was so cute!  I mean really, can boys in bow ties be any cuter??

I made Trevor’s a little bigger, but I think I still could have sized it up.  But he was nice enough to join in the fun and wear it anyway.  He was not the only dude at church in a bow tie.  Like I said, all the rage.

My mom likes to take the girls shopping every year for Easter dresses, so those and the boys white shirts are courtesy of her.  I thought it’d be fun to make myself a matching dress – tutorial on that to come!

With the silky scraps from the lining of my dress, I made the girls some hair flowers.  Maybe it’s just me, but I’ve never loved those circle burned-edge flowers that people make.  I know that you can cut a flower shape and then burn the edges, but I didn’t want to invest that kind of time in cutting.  So I came across this awesome tutorial from Simply Vintagegirl – it was perfect!  You just cut circles (I use my GoBaby die cutter and cut stacks at a time, so this goes really fast) and then you cut 4 slits into the circle and burn it.  It makes the shape more “flowerish” without the work.  So be sure to check out that tutorial.  Her picture:

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I made about 3 large layers and 3 small layers and then put a circle of tulle between each layer – they’re so cute.  I also hand-sewed a few seed beads into the middle for that extra touch.  Fuchsia is the hardest color to take a picture of – but they’re awesome in real life.

A quick snapshot family picture after church:

 Yes, I ended up getting the shoes (I posted about them on the FB Page and wondered if they were too matronly, but everyone loved them so I bought them and they’re awesome!) and I was even shoe twins with Ashley at church:

So, like I mentioned, tutorial on my dress to come (it’s SUPER easy – – just an adult pillowcase dress – how about that!)

And just to share, I don’t even know what’s going on in this picture – – I’m pretty sure all family picture times have these moments, right?!

 Did you sew anything for Easter?  If you posted about it somewhere, leave a link – I’d love to check it out!