belt giveaway *giveaway closed*
February 18th, 2010
Wow! There has been such an amazing response to the boy belt tutorial! I think there must be a lot of boys out there running around with their pants falling down–no more!
To thank you for all your kind words and links I thought I’d giveaway a few of the belts I made, because as you can see they are not keeping any pants up around here. The skinny plaid one and the wider wood grain belt are up for grabs (for a better picture look here). If you’d like to enter tell me a funny story about a little boy you know–a brother, a son, the crazy little boy down the street. There is always one who tried to fly from on top of the refrigerator or covered himself in crisco or skiied down the basement stairs. If you can’t think of a story, just tell me which one you’d like. And if you’d like to be entered twice you can subscribe to my blog (and tell me in your comment) or link to the belt tutorial on your blog or tweet it. Or all three if you’d like, but I’ll only love you more–just 2 entries max per person! I will pick two winners (pick a winner!) on Monday morning, February 22 CST. Good luck!
I can’t think of a funny story at the moment! but I would like the wood-grain one.
I’m following u!
p.s. where did u get ur snaps, i’m trying to find them.
Our little boy Soren is almost 2 and there are a lot of funny stories about him but one of my favorite stories so far…when he was only 3 weeks old and I was up with him in the middle of the night I was saying very softly ‘oooo’ and he copied me. I did it again and so did he. Nobody believed me and then he kept on doing it and finally my husband and mother heard it. We all thought he was a baby genius :)
I don’t know what is wrong with me, but I can’t think of a single funny story. so I will just say that I looooove the plaid belt.
Also! I blogged about the tutorial: http://noirbettie.com/blog/?p=7458
I subscribed to your blog :)
I a only now pregnant with our first son, so I don’t really have a funny story about him per sey. Except that his dad refers to him as Marshmallow, b/c I am only 20 weeks today(and look as though I have a basket ball in my belly) and at the ultra sound he was measuring 2 1/2 weeks ahead of schedule with estimated weight of already 1 lb. My husband says he’ll be between 10 & 12lbs. You know , like a Thanksgiving turkey! :)
Oh and I already do subscribe!
Thanks:)
my son saw my dogs drinking out of the toilet bowl and decided it was a good idea! I actually managed to get a picture of him with his head in the bowl. Ick, I know, but at least it was clean!
Both belts are wonderful and would be put to good use on my tall skinny 4 1/2 year old!
I am also a follower
My son is 20 months today (happy month day E!) and I’m due with another baby (gender?) in T-4weeks & counting but my “boy” story is about my cousin: he always climbed under the kitchen sink to sneak a dog bone as a treat. We girls (he was the only boy in the cousin bunch) though this was DISGUSTING!
Would love to win a belt for my 98% height 45% weight toddler as my sewing time will soon be taken by nursing & diaper time…
how do you do it with 3???
Would love to see one of those cute belts around my skinny boy’s middle!
this belt would look so cute on my two year old.
I am a subscriber
I love the woodgrain one, I’ve also subscribed through google reader. I thank Dana for introducing me to your fabulous blog!!
I am having a hard time coming up with a funny story about my own little boy, but I remember distinctly when my little brother went through an I’ll-only-pee-in-the backyard-phase. And he did, every time. His favorite spot was by the pepper tree, but my mom once caught him standing on top of our 6 foot tall privacy fence, peeing in a long arc into the backyard.
I can hardly wait to see what quirks my own son dreams up…:-)
I like both belts, but if I had to choose it would be the wood grain.
the wood grain one is great, but so is the plaid. Just today, my son warned me, with real concern in his voice, “Mama, don’t knit next to a wooden machine. You might catch on fire.” Words to live by, I tell you.
i like the wider wool boy belt.
funny story: well i have two boys who can’t keep their clothes on. they run around the house in just their underwear all the time. i am serious. doesn’t matter the temperature in or out of the house. as soon as they come home they strip out of their clothes. it’s hilarious. maybe if they had a cool belt to wear, they would keep their stuff on. probably not, they would just wear the belt with their undies.
aaaah floyd can use one! but i think i want to wear the wood one!! :)
funny stories: lots… but we (and his little sister and brother) always have a lot of fun when it is bedtime and we are making little stories to each other.
I love the belts – prefer plaid but the wood grain is charming.
Just the other night my 3 year old was pulling his pants down around his ankles and running around (he was walking like a penguin, duh!)….. I could sure use a belt to make sure this doesn’t happen outside of our house!!!
And, I just started following your blog – love it!
My 2 year old boy is obsessed with dress up because his older sister is. The other day she wanted to wear a tiara to the grocery store.
So did he.
We only have one tiara (they keep getting broken)
and since she asked first she got to wear it.
I told him he could wear something else from the dress up drawer, the lion costume, his robot hat, whatever.
what did he choose? a tutu.
He was so proud. I was in the bathroom and came out to him boots and coat on and pink tutu peeking out.
I didn’t have the heart to say no. you’re only 2 once!
Just yesterday I caught my 5 year old ready to ride down the stairs of his brothers bunk bed on his skateboard. I think they just like to make sure I’m on all the time ;)
Love these belts. I am definitely going to try to make one – hopefully some day soon!
Oh and I am subscribed – love your blog :)
There once was a 3 year old named Tyler. He’d rolled at 3m, crawled and climbed at 5m, walked at 7m and ran at 9m. By 3 he’d had three sets of staples, a near hanging and a few other near death experiences from his craziness and desire to move and climb. One morning he was climbing the headboard to his bunk bed (was a shelf-type headboard) and it fell over on top of him. His mom gave him the once over but he seemed ok other than not standing.
So off they went to open the gym’s daycare center, four miles away on their bike. When they got there Ty still wasn’t walking so as soon as mom checked in with someone else to cover the space they rode the other three miles or so to the doctor. Then across the street to the hospital. By then dad showed up so Ty was driven back to the doctor and then on to the Bone Dr’s office because he’d broken one of the bones in his right calf. Thankfully we were able to toss the bike in the car and all ride home together.
But the story doesn’t end there. Not three days later we were back at the bone doctor because there was no stopping Tyler from walking and he’d shredded the bottom of his cast running around outside. At one point we’d strapped a 1×2 to his cast to keep him from walking but even then he didn’t slow down much.
The Best Part: A week or so after breaking his leg he was climbing our 3 foot chain link fence again. We heard him hollering for us and found him hanging upside down on the fence with his cast stuck in it! Oh the memories!!!
Oh and I’m subscribed and shared and have a few friend’s who are making the belts.