Hair Bows

My sister-in-law, Jamie, has been making hair bows for her daughter for as long as I can remember. I always love seeing her creations and at the same time wished I had a girl so I could do the same. Two boys later, making hair bows seems illogical.

 Around the time I started my etsy shop, we stopped by to visit Jake's brother and Jamie. She had all of her ribbon materials laid out and was making hair bows to sell at her mom's work. I asked if I could help and that is when I learned  how to make hair bows. Here are the pictures of the first two hair bows I ever made. The best part was that they sold!!

Since then I have been trying to figure out how to stock for bow making. She had gathered so many ribbons over the years that the sky was the limit for bow designs. After months of trying to figure out how to get started I finally just jumped in and bought some ribbon...and then left the material unopened as I worked on other projects...oops.

 Not long after that I was at Michaels and saw some great Halloween ribbons. I sat there and matched ribbon for a while and was happy when I walked out the store. This time I actually made the bows fairly close to when I bought the ribbon. Here are the results of that shopping trip.

My favorite happens to be the Purple Halloween bow and I thought that may be the one everyone likes most, as well. But the Trick-or-Treat bow became the clear favorite within a short amount of time.

 Not long after, I bought more ribbon and donated some bows to the Antelope Valley Church of Christ's Women's Day raffle. I didn't think they went over well, especially since there were some great items being raffled off. But soon after the event I had many women come up to me and tell me how much they liked the bows. I even had some come up and order some from me. It really was such a great encouragement. And out of the bows I had made so far, these happened to be my favorite.

 As with anything, the more I make, the better they get. I really am grateful for having been taught how to make hair bows and I feel it gives Becca's Back to Basics some variety and personality. It also gives me hope that I can learn other crafts that people will like. Fortunately, I have been given the opportunity to pay it forward and will be teaching someone soon how to make hair bows!

Thank-you to all those who have bought bows from me, to those who have showed interest in my products, and for those who have given me such great encouraging words.