In addition to her many talents, one of my wife's hobbies is to make bead work jewelry. She has made several bracelets, necklaces and earring sets for both family and friends, as well as for gifts etc... She has even made, at my urging and as a challenge, a "man's" bead work necklace for me that I have never taken off since she gave it to me.
Below is a link for her Etsy shop...I would encourage you to check it out.
http://www.etsy.com/shop/babydragonflies?ref=ss_profile
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Saturday, December 24, 2011
Tie Dye Shirts
Not long ago, I came home from work for lunch and as I walked in the door, things were as I would have expected, Tiffany, my wife, was tending to our 2 year old daughter Gabby and our infant daughter Evie. However, it did not take long and my attention was drawn to a large green bucket sitting in the kitchen sink. My curiosity peaked, I looked inside the bucket and saw it was filled with dark colored liquid with what looked like towels or some kind of cloth bundled up, soaking conspicuously in the bucket. Pointing at the bucket, I asked Tiffany what was happening in our kitchen sink? She, without any hesitation or any type of indication that what was occurring was strange, matter of factly stated she was tie dyeing T-shirts for the kids.
As it turns out, every year my kids school has "theme days" where they have to wear certain themed clothing on different days. One day they have to wear camouflage. Another day they might have to wear mismatched socks. Apparently, there is also a tie dye shirt day, and that day was tomorrow.
So, I immediately started thinking about what I would do in a similar circumstance. I think a visit to Walmart would have sufficed to obtain the necessary tie dye attire for my kids. However, not my wife. It was easier in her mind to break out the Rit Dye and grab some older white T-shirts in the kid's drawers as opposed to gathering up our two year old and infant daughters and heading to Walmart to buy some tie dye apparel. Maybe it is just me, but that is one loving, dedicated, amazing mommy.
As it turns out, every year my kids school has "theme days" where they have to wear certain themed clothing on different days. One day they have to wear camouflage. Another day they might have to wear mismatched socks. Apparently, there is also a tie dye shirt day, and that day was tomorrow.
So, I immediately started thinking about what I would do in a similar circumstance. I think a visit to Walmart would have sufficed to obtain the necessary tie dye attire for my kids. However, not my wife. It was easier in her mind to break out the Rit Dye and grab some older white T-shirts in the kid's drawers as opposed to gathering up our two year old and infant daughters and heading to Walmart to buy some tie dye apparel. Maybe it is just me, but that is one loving, dedicated, amazing mommy.
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