Pink Rose Vintage: Game Day in Florida (and Utah)

Well, it's September, and time for some football!

You might be surprised that a woman like me is a big fan of college football. I
am; most especially of my alma mater, BYU! I never missed a home game when I was there and attended as many away games as possible.

"Rise and shout, the Cougars are out!"

The team that is 2nd in my heart is Florida State, my husband's alma mater.

Undeniably, the coolest college mascot in the nation!

We're excited and hopeful, expecting a great season for our teams. You can be sure that we will be planning our Saturdays around the games. And, if you are anywhere near the house during the games, you will hear plenty of noise. Hopefully, cheering and celebrating - not shouting or tears.

Recently, our church had a college themed youth dance. I get to chaperone at these dances and wished to represent my school well but, all I had was a somewhat dilapidated t-shirt. There is not much BYU merchandise for sale in Florida stores. So, I decided to make my own --

I made some yo yo flowers out of white fabric...

I laid them out in a "Y" on a blue shirt...

stitched them together in sections...

then stitched the sections to the shirt.

The result was a little crooked but I love it.
Actually, this shade of blue was the right shade when I attended the "Y" but, now days they use a darker blue.

My 14 year old daughter is planning on going to BYU however, she decided to represent her father's team at the dance. She knew that there would be many dressed in orange and blue representing FSU's rival, UF and she wanted to support her favorite Florida team.

I made some garnet and gold accessories for her --

A bib necklace, hair clip and pin.


Here she is modeling her outfit just before the dance.

She did not think she would wear them again, so I put the set up for sale in my Etsy shop where it quickly sold. This inspired me to create more game day accessories to sell in my shop which have been selling pretty well! Here are some of my favorites: