No, this is not how I normally store my bows...
What she had found was a bag of my "prototypes"...
Bows made before she was even born...
Bows that NO one should have bought...
But my sweet friends supported me and bought them... man do I owe them some free bows!!
How it all began...
On October 19th, 2007... I was put on strict bed rest for signs of pre-eclampsia after a trip to the hospital at 30 weeks pregnant (read about the journey here)...
On November 1st, 2007... I had posted my first bows online for sale... So much for bed rest!
Here are my first bows... looking back at them now they look HORRIBLE to me! The loops are bad, the proportions are off, I didn't know my "secret fold" technique back then... NOT GOOD!
But fun to look back and laugh at...
My first model... (life before Milla)
My second model (my sorority little sis' baby daughter Teaghan) the first day I met her on November 17th (getting a little better)...
The first picture I can locate of Milla wearing a bow - Dec 20th (I don't have her hospital pics) and life was WAY too busy to locate a bow those first few days after coming home...
By February, I was turning out a few products that I would still use today...
In March , I launched the official Cupcake Clips & Bows website and in April I mastered the large loopy bow... (Whoa that's HUGE!)...
It's amazing how far my little bow business has come...I never thought I would get text messages asking for me to bring bows to my Little Gym class or to playgroup that day...
I never thought people would stop me at the mall and ask me where I got Milla's bows...
I never thought I would be asked to make birthday bows that are so personal and special that they make me swell with pride...
I stand amazed by my supportive friends and wonderfully supportive husband (I need to post about the bow organizational system he bought me for Christmas)...
I can't wait to see where this journey leads me next!
1 comment:
You are doing such a great job, we sure enjoy the bows you made for the girls!
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