https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 13 Apr 2026 13:47:36 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-girlify-this-stocking#post-2376612 Thu, 03 Dec 2015 10:59:11 +0000 psw27 2376612@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Leave it! So cute! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-girlify-this-stocking#post-2376598 Thu, 03 Dec 2015 10:39:22 +0000 rattles 2376598@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think the little touches you've made are enough, and it looks beautiful! In full disclosure though, I don't worry about girlifying things. I'm finishing a really similar one for DD2! I chose it while TG, and it never occurred to me to try and make it more gender specific. </p> <p>[attach=2013/15/nysgtm.384x600.image.jpg] </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-girlify-this-stocking#post-2376571 Thu, 03 Dec 2015 10:20:00 +0000 raspberries 2376571@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ditto what @MaryM: said - as a little girl, I would have preferred this one because it has candy on it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-girlify-this-stocking#post-2376561 Thu, 03 Dec 2015 10:12:02 +0000 MaryM 2376561@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Have you done the holly across the top yet? Maybe you could use some eyelash yarn in a girly color to make it more fun. or do the big lollipops in more girly colors? Maybe the candy cane too?</p> <p>Overall, I actually prefer this stocking to the other one though. I had a stocking with bears on it when I was little and when I hit pre-teen, I thought it was really babyish. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-girlify-this-stocking#post-2376544 Thu, 03 Dec 2015 10:00:35 +0000 ElbieKay 2376544@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I never liked girly stuff as a kid. Who knows what your daughter will eventually like. You can always get her a different stocking later if she doesn't like it. I would just leave it as-is. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-girlify-this-stocking#post-2376449 Thu, 03 Dec 2015 08:52:04 +0000 mrsrain 2376449@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I like it as is! Fwiw, I would have preferred the new one over the purple one. If your daughter really wants it more frilly, I agree that changing the hat to a bonnet with a big bow on it would probably take care of that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-girlify-this-stocking#post-2376394 Thu, 03 Dec 2015 07:10:01 +0000 Pancakes 2376394@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think it's fine the way it is! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-girlify-this-stocking#post-2376388 Thu, 03 Dec 2015 06:50:42 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2376388@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Both stockings look great. Leave DD2's alone. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-girlify-this-stocking#post-2376374 Thu, 03 Dec 2015 06:00:05 +0000 Ree723 2376374@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Leave it as is! It looks great the way it is and not everything needs to be gender specific. Christmas stuff should be Christmas colours in my opinion so I think it's perfect the way it is. I cannot imagine kids picking up on this and making an issue of it, even as they get older and notice differences! If anything, I think your DD1 might wonder why she doesn't have a Christmassy stocking when her little sister does.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-girlify-this-stocking#post-2376372 Thu, 03 Dec 2015 05:33:45 +0000 runnerd 2376372@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No purple, it really doesn't go with the design. I'd leave it alone, or do more pink/red candy, like the two pieces at the bottom of orig design </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-girlify-this-stocking#post-2376363 Thu, 03 Dec 2015 02:25:12 +0000 gingerbebe 2376363@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Can you do a girlier hat like a bonnet instead of a top hat? Add a bead or sequin to the coal buttons? I wouldn't throw purple in the mix because I think it clashes with the red and green you already have in the scarf, but more pink in the candy mixed with red and white might be good. Throw a tutu on the snowman for good measure? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-girlify-this-stocking#post-2376362 Thu, 03 Dec 2015 02:21:28 +0000 littleblessings 2376362@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>if you are really concerned about it being to masculine then I would change the top hat to like a sun hat or something.</p> <p>Edited to add maybe add a bow to the top hat instead of the holly? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-girlify-this-stocking#post-2376360 Thu, 03 Dec 2015 02:15:18 +0000 PawPrints 2376360@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Leave it as it is, it's so cute. I've never seen or heard of a Christmas stocking with pink or purple on it, or even the idea of gendered stockings. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-girlify-this-stocking#post-2376334 Thu, 03 Dec 2015 00:01:37 +0000 PinkElephant 2376334@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD1 has this one, so there is already lots of purple in the mix, if that matters. </p> <p>Thanks for your ideas!! </p> [attach=2883/15/nyrnap.338x600.image.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-girlify-this-stocking#post-2376333 Thu, 03 Dec 2015 00:00:07 +0000 PinkElephant 2376333@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've made Bucilla stockings for our whole family, and as I scramble to finish DD2's stockibg for the holidays, I'm not overly thrilled with the design I picked...I'm worried she will be jealous (as they get older) that DD1's stocking is a lot "girlier" than hers. I don't want to start from scratch, but am trying to add some girlier touches....I already gave the snowman pink cheeks and eyelashes. I'm thinking of swapping some of the red/green in the Candy pieces for more pink and purple. I wish I'd thought of this in time to do the scarf in pink/purple, but I've finished all the pueces already and they took forevER with all the beading/embroidery/fringe.</p> <p>Creative Bees, WWYD? Add pink and purple to the candy? Suck it up and redo the scarf? Or go with the original design and not mess with the Christmassy colors? </p> [attach=2883/15/nyrn88.338x600.image.jpg] [attach=2883/15/nyrn89.450x600.image.jpg]