The final hoop in my childrens' name and birth date series was my oldest son's. His was very challenging, because nothing babyish would do. He's a Teenager, with a capital "T", so I had to come up with something that wouldn't make him roll his eyes, haha!
Each of my hoops represents my kids as I see them now: Eve's is soft, dreamy, and calming, using lavenders and purples. Madden's is bright and bold, using primary colors and thick lines. So Cameron's could never be anything but gaming-related, since as soon as my mom bought him a Game Boy Advance at 5 years old, that's been his love.
His initial was a labor of love, and easily the most complex of all of the hoops. It represents an old-school Game Boy, and cutting out each piece was...fun. After many attempts at getting a "start" and "select" button cut out, I simply stitched them on. I placed his initial on the "screen".
I stitched his name in green, because it's his favorite color and because it's like him—not too bold, but still edging toward bright. I outlined it in thin green/gray. His birth date is done in dark gray and is a thinner stitch.
I wanted a frame for the wording, and nothing but a tangled charger cord would do. This is so him.
The final detail is a nod to both his love for gaming, and the fact that he is my first, my "1" of 3 babies. I really love this detail.
And here it is, finished, and, to me, absolutely perfect. He loved it so much, and that's the best compliment.
And the 3 of them, all arranged together.
One last detail I worked in on these is to put each child's age when I stitched them on the back of the hoop. (Go easy on my stitching—I didn't write them out first, so it's true free-hand).
I wanted to be able to look back and remember how I saw them at that moment—like a picture of their personality. I hope these hoops mean as much to them many years from now as they do to me now.
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