The One Where I Talk About All of The Bows

If you have read my blog for any length of time then you know I love a big bow. Emma Claire rarely goes without a bow to match her outfit. I get asked about Emma Claire's bows often so I thought I would do a little blog post dedicated to them.

When I was pregnant I knew that if I had a girl I wanted to put bows on her pretty little head. Well when I found out that I was having a girl I was tickled pink and couldn't wait to start on her bow collection. Before I knew it I had assembled quite the little collections of bows. Some made by me and some purchased. I was all set to adorn Emma Claire's head with any type of bow.

Emma Claire started wearing bows at birth...

Her hospital hat was special ordered with the bow on it. We had to start off right!

Her newborn photo shoot included several different styles and sizes of bows.

When she was itty bitty she wore a few "big" bows. 

She wore these smaller bows for the first few months of her life. 

Then we graduated to mostly BIG bows! They're our favorite. 

Just recently we "downsized" and bought some small bows for ponytail and pigtail purposes!

I mean come on, how cute is this?!

We have a rainbow assortment of bows. 

As you can tell we LOVE our bows! And so do most people. We get some of the funniest comments and most are positive, although some aren't. You wouldn't believe some of the things people have said to me about Emma Claire's bows.

- "Oh my goodness..that bow ATE your baby!" 

{My personal favorite}

- "It takes a certain personality to be able to pull off that look." 

{I didn't even know how to respond to this one...}

- "She is just going to hate you for putting that on her head when she grows up." 

{I've heard this one about 100 times and it is by far my LEAST favorite comment. It's a BOW people. On a BABY. Get over it.}

- "Wow...she doesn't try to rip that off as soon as you put it on her? I would..."

{yes. Seriously.}

-  "Why would you put a bow on a boy?"

{Yes someone honestly said this to me. I couldn't tell if he was joking or not...}

- "If you don't stop putting bows on her head she won't have any hair, or she will have a bald spot from the bow."

{I can honestly report that there is nothing wrong with Emma Claire's hairline and she has a full head of fluffy blonde hair.}

I usually don't mind getting comments about her bows but I never thought that I would get SO MANY. We cannot go anywhere without being approached. Sometimes we feel like we're with a little celebrity from the amount of chatter we cause. As for the negative comments they don't bother me and never have. What does bother me is that people choose to have such a negative outlook on something that doesn't affect their life at all. I mean seriously, it's a bow on a BABY people. If you don't have anything nice to say don't say anything at all. And it's not just strangers that have said negative things to me. I have had family say somewhat rude things as well.

All in all I love our bows, the Mr. loves our bows, and I'm pretty sure Emma Claire loves her bows and that's all that matters!

I mean how cool does she look in her big bow? ;-)

So you want to know where we buy our bows?

"Tiny" Ponytail Bows- Polkadot Posies 3" Pinwheel

"Small" Bows- Pokladot Posies 4.5" Solids

"Big" Bows- Polkadot Posies 6.5" ABC

As you can see we LOVE Polkadot Posies! Their prices can't be beat and shipping is incredibly fast. Erin, the owner, is a mommy to two and an awesome lady! She has a cute little video you can find HERE if you want to know a little more about her. I also follow her on twitter and facebook. She holds sales often and sometimes announces special deals!

Polkadot Posies did not compensate me in any way for this post. I just love them and get asked where we buy our bows so often I wanted to share! 

SO there you have it! A little bow background. What about you, do you put big bows on your little ladies?