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Wednesday, June 6, 2012

A Bucket Hat Story


Mommy decides to make another extended-brim bucket hat, this time for Elsie, 13 months. 




She loves the way baby girl looks with the simple white outside and the fun Amy Butler Lark print framing her face around the brim. Mommy could spread that cuteness on a cracker and eat it up.




Elsie gives Mommy one last knowing smile, waving that lonely top tooth at her as if to say, "I know you really want me to wear this when I'm outside...




 ... but who are you kidding?" 

 Elsie goes back to her preferred squinty-in-the-sun face. 



Ah well, at least it's big enough that it will probably fit for a couple years. Maybe it can get 10-15 minutes of wear over that time period. 








20 comments:

  1. SO CUTE!!! I think I am going to have make some of these for our upcoming beach trip, that is to say...if i have enough time!! :) I totally know the feeling!! When I made Henry his Huck Finn hat for Easter he refused to put it on for more than two seconds at a time...Miraculously he put it on and wore it ALL day on Easter, but hasn't worn it since!! Hopefully in the fall...
    That Amy Butler print is PERFECT on that hat!!

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  2. adorable! love that lone tooth and the last face, too. i want to try your extend-the-brim method!

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  3. Thanks for the giggle, Elsie! If you only knew how cute you looked in that hat, though!!

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  4. Love the bold fabric playing peek-a-boo underneath! I want one like that for myself! Very classy and pretty. Would she freak out if you put chin straps on it? My Reid would have, but Owen would have eventually given in I think. :)

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  5. I think that this is a story as old as time. There were probably cave moms begging their kids to wear their cute little bearskin hats.

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  6. That is Nana's girl! So very adorable and hysterically funny, and I love the hat too, so perfect on her, too bad it won't be there much.

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  7. Cuteness!!! I just made my first bucket hat but I'm sure Yuki will not keep it on her head for more than 15 seconds also. Oh well, at least you got a couple adorable pics!

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  8. What a little stinker, that one! Maybe you need to threaten her with a tie-on bonnet. ;) Love that you made the hat white on the outside and fun on the inside. Very cute!

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  9. Oh I LOVE the solid exterior with the big funky Amy Butler print hiding underneath. The white is adorable (even though it would probably stay clean for all of 2 minutes around my kids :) )

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  10. O will wear his for a couple seconds, rip it off but keep holding onto it, then try to put it back on all wonky, saying "Haaa, haaa" over and over. Maybe it's just the "under 2's." She does look DARN cute in it, though, and I love that Lark print! Maybe she'll come around. I should post my bucket hats tomorrow...it'll be a bucket hat bonanza! :)

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  11. She looks adorable in it and I love the white and Lark print combination. We finally found an old hat Rowan was happy to wear but managed to lose it at the weekend so I'm going to be making bucket hats soon, and hoping he'll wear them.

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  12. She looks so adorable in it and I love the white and Lark print combination.Great for reflecting the sun too! We finally found a hat that Rowan would wear but managed to lose it at the weekend. I'm going to be making some bucket hats soon and hoping hell wear them.

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  13. That's hilarious! You have to be quick with those pictures :)

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  14. How absolutely adorable! She looks so sweet! I love the combination of fabric you used!

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  15. Great hat! My 13-month old likes to wear a hat, pull it right off, then give it to me to put back on him again. Over and over and over. It's a fun game :).

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  16. She's so darling! So's the hat, but she takes the cake!

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  17. ha ha ha! This is sooooo something that my daughter would do too! Gotta love their independent minds! :)

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