Let us say that you are doing a giveaway, because you think giveaways are fun. And let us say that the first step of that giveaway is to take a photo of your one-year-old son Henry modeling a shirt. You are in luck, because I have photo tips customized for your EXACT SITUATION!
Do not use a location that by its very nature obscures the design of the shirt.
Remove distractions from the room.
Do not say, “Yay! Pretty shirt!”
Do not say, “Look at your SHIRT? What’s on your SHIRT?”
Do not suggest the child channel Kate Moss.
Do not schedule photo shoot too close to naptime.
Do not hire a child in the “everything goes in my mouth” stage of development.
Do not hire a child who appears to have crafty plans of his own for this session.
Improve your odds by taking 200 photos. You’re bound to get one usable one.
Now, for the giveaway part. The shirt is from Whimsical Walney, and it’s a “Use Your Words” shirt. Henry’s is the “Soy Bombero.” I took French and Latin, but Paul took Spanish and he says that means “I’m a firefighter”—a boy firefighter. That same picture is also available in “Soy Bombera,” which is “I’m a firefighter”–a girl firefighter.
I went back and forth about what size to order: the sizes up to 18 months are ringer-style (pretty colored trim) bodysuits, but Henry is long-torsoed and I wondered if the bodysuit style might not fit—but on the other hand he’s not quite in 2T for regular shirts. Well, it worked out great: the 2T is “room to grow in” and not “comically huge” as I’d feared. (For reference: he’s 23 pounds, 31 inches tall—with short legs.)
The shirt is SO YUMMY. You know how a lot of gorgeous-picture t-shirts are printed on icky shirts—like, 3-pack-for-$5 shirts? This is a thick, nice, soft t-shirt. And the weird thing is that you can’t FEEL the picture. Like, you might expect it to be a plasticky overlay or a stiff painty area, but if you just FEEL it you can’t tell where the picture is: it’s just as soft as the rest of the shirt.
If you would like to enter the contest for a free Use Your Words t-shirt from Whimsical Walney (if you don’t have kids, this would make an excellent baby gift for your childed friends), go look at the picture choices and then come back here and leave a comment saying which one you want. I’m afraid you’re going to have a tough time—or at least, I did. My favorite was the firefighter (duh), but it was a tough call between that and La Zanahoria (“carrot”). Or Soy Piloto (“I’m a pilot”). Or El Papalote (“kite”). Or La Sandia (“watermelon”) or Soy Pescador (“I’m a fisherman”). Well, or La Fresa (“strawberry”) or La Alcachofa (“artichoke”). I mean, GEEZ! How many opportunities have you had to get children’s shirts with artichokes on them? NONE, right?
The contest will run through Wednesday, June 11th, at 9:00 a.m. U.S. Pacific time. I’ll use a random number generator to choose one person, and that person will get the shirt they chose in their comment. Yay! (And good luck getting a photo of the child wearing it—SHEESH.)
Oh! I like the artichoke one. Too precious. And if I remember my high school Spanish correctly, it is a feminine noun and therefore perfect for my daughter. Right? RIGHT.
When you said “It’s weird that you can’t FEEL the picture” I thought you meant that we could not feel the shirt in the picture of Henry and wondered what was so weird about that.
I’m totally in for this one. If I can’t get my son to EAT vegetables, I can at least put on on his shirt, right? Artichoke is my vote, too.
I think the pilot shirt is SO cute… my BIL is a helicopter pilot, so it would be perfect for their future offspring!
Oh, and I like the watermelon one. I cannot remember the Spanish word for watermelon, and I can’t go back and look at it because I’m in the middle of leaving a comment and would lose it, so you’ll have to make do with the English.
I toyed briefly with the idea of saying I like “Soy Piloto” so that if I win, I could give it to my cousin whose husband is a pilot, but it turns out I am far too selfish.
i just love the green airplane (biplane!) piloto one. sooo cute!
CUTE! I would like the Soy Pescador if I were to win it and I would give it to a certain expecting couple in real-life that just learned their girl is now a boy, in the second U.S. :o)
My Mason would love a 3T I’m a pilot shirt. So pick me! No ME!!! Very cute. Especially the bits about the photo session. Too cute!
Carrot! in 12-18 months. Those are REALLY cute.
ohhhh… My girls are on a Strawberry binge this summer… La Fresa would be great! :) 2T….
ps… thanks for posting info about your pay it forward to Melessa, I won her PIF.. :) yay…
Strawberry 2T. So adorable!
La Fresa por favor! :) 2T. The twins can share it.
My little man would LOVE the “wee woo shirt” aka the fire fighter in a 3T :) They’re all SOO adorable!
Ack! I can’t decide between the strawberry and the watermelon! Which should I choose, which should I choose… I pick La Sandia (“watermelon”).
Oooh, La Fresa in a 3T.
You are quickly becoming a giveaway queen!
Swistle, you’re so cool! Giving a website a great plug by giving away their products. Genious!
I love the Soy Piloto and my 3 year old loves airplanes so it’s perfect. 3T
I would want the Pilot in a 3T, but honestly, the photo session was enough to make my day. I’m easy like that.
Thanks for the laugh when I was falling asleep at my desk.
I am partial to Soy Piloto.
LOVE!
I’d like El Papalote, please. In 2t, if you need the size also.
Ooohh…the artichoke one! My favorite veggie ever!
Tessie totally needs one of these for her Fake Hispanic daughter : )
It’s La Zanahoria for me! (or rather, for my son…)
GREAT shirts…and we love artichokes over here. Preferably marinated, then mixed with cream cheese, mayo and pesto for a nice, fat-free dip. Ha.
As tempted as I am by la fresa, my son would go crazy for the firehat!
I’d have to go with Soy Piloto because my mom is a flight attendant who majored in French and Spanish in college.
My daughter LOVES airplanes. Our vote would have to go for “Soy Pilota” for her; what a cute design.
Pick me, oh random number generator!
La Zanahoria is my fav because we are growing them in our garden this year.
Oh I LOVE this! I can just hear my little guy stretching his shirt to see the airplane (Soy piloto!)
I am voting for the pilot one…so adorable! And thanks for all the Henry pictures. I just can’t get enough Henry (and 23 pounds! go little dude!)
Have you ever wondered why sizes are labeled the way they are? I mean, what happened to 1T, anyway?
Those are definitely cute shirts. My fav is the La Fresa – I can just see my daughter running around shrieking about the strawberry on her shirt all day!
How cute! I would like the firefighter(boy) in a 3-6 month please!
I love the firefighter one but I would have to pick the pilot if I won. They are so cute.
I would like the Pilot one in size 2T. Thanks.
I love them all! Especially “Soy Piloto” though. Too cute.
Oh, I like all the fruit/veggie ones… I think I’d have to pick the carrot if I won.
(Come on, Random Number Generator!)
La Fresa in 3T would ROCK!
Oh, those are so cute! And so is Henry. I am debating whether I’d go for Piloto for my nephew or be be selfish and choose la fresa for a future baby girl that I may or may not ever have (I’m not even pregnant yet). Hmmmm…I choose La Fresa.
Ohh they are all so colorful and ugh it’s so hard to pick just one! If it was up to my son, it’s be the firefighter shir for sure. Sadly he is only 2 and can not type so Mommy gets to pick (hehe) and I’d go with the kite shirt!
Lol um it looks like Mommy cannot type all that well either. Excuse my typos in my previous post, perhaps I should proofread before I publish my comments? :-X
Know what I love? The Kate Moss photo. CLASSIC!
I love the artichoke one, if only because it would be so funny making my son say artichoke over and over again. I don’t know why, but it makes me giggle.
So hard to choose! My boy is on a major firefighter kick at the moment, though, so it’d have to be the super-cute Soy Bombero.
Soy Piloto, for sure! We neeeeed more airplane shirts for our collection.
I think Im the only one that would love the little fishing one!!
LOVE that crafty little expression!
I’d have to choose the artichoke.
It is so not possible that child in your photos is Henry. No way! That child is no longer a baby and surely Henry is still a chubby little cuddly bear.
The biplane is so cute and I love the green color. My son is on a flying machines kick right now, so it would be a great birthday present. Thanks for the great giveaways!
Bah! So cute! The shirts are cute, too. I dig the soy piloto one, size 2T. *crosses fingers*
My little airplane lover would love Soy Piloto :) You always find the cutest stuff!
I’m so in. I choose the artichoke in 6-12 or 12-18. Also, I’ll take your T-Shirt model. :)
So cute! I love the firefighter also!
So cute! I love the firefighter also!
So cute! I love the firefighter also!
I’d get the firefighter one too (for my nephew who’s daddy is a firefighter). Thanks for the chance to win!
Your Henry looks so cute in the Soy Bombero one that I think my Henry needs the same one (which I’m sure he will share with my Graham).
2T artichoke, please!
Soy Piloto for sure! Emmett is obsessed with airplanes.
My 14 month old could LIVE on Watermelon, so La Sandia would be perfect for her. Can we still enter the contest from Canada?
Cute! Soy Piloto, please.
Oooh…I like the flags actually. If I had to pick a shirt I’d pick the flag of Japan because our daughter is going to be born here (we’re US military). If I don’t win, I might just have to order it anyway!!
So cute!
I love the “soy piloto” one – too cute!
La alcochofa – spiny with a yummy heart. These are so cute, I kind of want them all.
I like the one all the way at the bottom: papalote (sp?) the kite, in a boys’ 4 please! Thank you for running the giveaway. I hope I win!
I love the crafty picture the best.
I would like La Zanahoria!
i don’t have any kids to give this to, but i did have to comment on how much i loved the henry photo shoot. HEE. ADORABLE.
I never win these sorts of things, but the shirts are so cute I have to try! I’d pick the “soy piloto”
I like the PILOT (boy) in 4 years. Very cute shirts.
And you took very cute pictures!
Seriously, how often *do* you see a kid’s shirt (or any shirt, for that matter) with an artichoke on it? That’s got to be my pick.
La Sandia, because Gabriel would die of happiness if I would just make that the ONLY thing he ate.
Watermelon, 2T. Totally gorgeous t-shirts!
Oh this is so exciting! Soy Bombero is definitely the cutest for a boy!
I love the Soy Bombero one as well! What a cute shirt idea! I love it!
I LOVE the very one Henry is wearing. That’s my first choice! I would love to see my lil guy in it, once he’s finally OUT of my belly. ;)
The shirt was probably made with a process called “sublimation,” where heat turns the ink into gas and the ink becomes part of the shirt. Which is why you can’t feel the picture. You know, just in case you were wondering.
Cute!! La Fresa!
La Fresa (“strawberry”) for sure! 2T
Yay Giveaway! I’m even delurking for this one. I choose the pescador because the illustration is too darn cute.
Gracious! I was all set to just buy the strawberry one for Mia, because that girl loves strawberries more than any person has ever loved any thing in the history of time, but then I saw the price and yowza but that’s a lot for a t-shirt.
I’ve been lurking for several months, but I can’t resist a giveaway! My little monster would love the ‘Soy Piloto’ tee in a size 4!
–Mary
I love the pilot one. They are all adorable though
I shall refrain from entering the contest as I am lacking the small child to put in it. However, I have to say that your small child is just really. Really. REALLY cute. And he looks just like his brother. Which makes the whole thing that much cuter.
Loving the soy bombera shirt for my little daughter!
I am going to need the soy bombero shirt, or soy piloto, or really anyone you want to give me. Please give me one so I don’t have to buy it, in a size 4.
Soy Bombero (2T please!), hands down! My boy would love love love it!
Ohmygosh I meant 3T!
The evolution of Henry totally cracked me up.
I NEED that Soy Piloto for Grayson … he is enamored of airplanes and helicopters these days. *sigh*
Love the Soy Piloto one! My little guy would love it in a 2t. He loves watching airplanes.
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I love love love the soy pescadora shirt, maybe it’s the mid-westerner in me! Henry is too adorable!
OMG, I love the artichoke one! Even if he doesn’t eat vegetables, chokes are my favorite – so there!
I’d go with the fire fighter one! I love it! Yummy!
soy pescador… my son carter is OBSESSED with going fishing! he is 21 months and wears a 2t, perfect right??? :)
I think I have to go with el papalote simply because that’s so much fun to say!
And the Kate Moss picture was actually my favorite. What a cutie!
Good Grief, Henry is ONE already?!
Love these shirts! The pilot shirt (3T or 4T) would be perfect for my son!
Henry is so stinkin’ cute! Dang.
I would pick the artichoke one for my 5 year old who was just introduced to the artichoke and is in love with them!
And did you see the Tell It Like It Is shirts??? So cute.
OMG, I love all of those shirts! Wish they came in my size too *sigh*
But seriously, my cousin’s daughter is obsessed with both watermellons and Dora (The Explorer),so giving her a lovely soft shirt with both a watermellon & spanish writing on it? Would totally blow her little 4 year old mind! La Sandia all the way!
I have to say I love the artichoke, or the plane, no the artichoke….definately the artichoke.
The kite shirt (couldn’t remember the Spanish!) in a 12-18 month. If we’re allowed to pick from the flags section, it has to be the Texas flag (DD, SIL and DGD are all Texans!)
Aha, it was tough alright. Couldn’t we choose three…. Just kidding! Soy pilota is the one I want – I know just the girl who is mad about planes. Age about 3, don’t know size though :)
Oh, I love it! My favorite is the artichoke.
Soy Piloto is my pick!
La Fresa, 2T please, please, please…
El Papalote is perfect for my little guy!
Would love Soy Piloto!
El Papalote, 2 year, boy. :) Awesome shirts–thanks for the link! (if I don’t win, I guess I can always BUY a shirt. . .)
The “fresa” one is cute! I’d give it as a gift :-)
3-6 months, La Pilota. Awesome.
definitely “Soy Piloto”
love love love.
do we need to say size? 4 years? girl?
Oh we need the Soy Pilota one, my girl loves airplanes and her adopted grandad is a pilot it would be perfect. She honestly beleives when he leaves (he is gone for months at a time) that he is flying Santa Clause around LOL!
I have a darling niece who would look adorable in artichoke, size 4 year old girl. (I am tempted to choose the firefighter instead, since her incredibly gender norm bound parents won’t even let her play soccer for goodness’ sake, and I want to be subversive, but if I want her to be allowed to actually WEAR the darn thing I should stick with artichoke.)
Ooh, me! I’m taking Spanish right now, and my nephew would look so adorable in any of these shirts!
Because I am a *fool*, I forgot the “pick the shirt you want” part of the whole deal. Sorry! I would like the “El Papalote” (the kite) in 12-18 months.
Those are too cute! I can hardly decide which I’d want… Hmmm, maybe the Soy Pescador for my son or La Fresa for my daughter.
The strawberry would be the CUTEST on my little red-haired girl!
Soy Piloto!
These are super cute.
They are all adorable, but not as cute as the model! I would choose La Zanahoria – thank you!
I like the Kite one – El Papalote, although the artichoke is too funny…hmm, maybe I have to switch to that. Especially since at age 2, they can’t say artichoke in English.
There’s something hilarious about artichokes. I don’t know why.
I love the Soy Pescador shirt!! Thanks for the chance to win one :)
The artichoke one is awesome. And since I’d probably best go with something gender neutral (even though I just know it’s a girl in there!), that’s the one I pick!
Oh, love your photo session! What a riot! My little girl just discovered how delicious watermelon is – she no longer thinks I’m trying to poison her with it! So to honor this new friend, my vote is for La Sandia!
I like the watermelon (la sandia) one. I found a fun shirt that says okey-dokey artichokey and has a picture of an artichoke on it here:
http://www.cafepress.com/BlissfullyD.262535891
Sorry I don’t know how to make it clickable, but its real cute! I bought one for all three of my nephews.
I don’t want a shirt AND I’m too lazy to go look but I love this post. Tres funny.
Love the soy piloto for my grandson. He lives by the airport and is always talking planes.
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Henry gets more adorable by the minute
aw, they’re all so cute! i’d go with the pilot one for my guy though. i love your giveaways! :)
Man, is your kid cute. Your comments were perfect.
I’m all about “Soy Pescador” in 18 mo. (M. is barely in 12 mo. stuff these days – he’s 19 lb., 30.5″. I’d love to see our kids next to each other.) (I think I’m hinting that we should get together.) (And I won’t mind if you don’t like my kid, as long as you don’t tell me and aren’t visibly hostile.)
soy piloto or soy pescadora. both (all) real cute.
i also like the strawberry one.
OooOooh! Soy sandia! Only because Princess Ava loves her “matermelon, please.” C’mon! Who could refuse her? She even asked when she saw the ziploc bag box because it had a photo of watermelon in a ziploc.
Soy Piloto in 12-18 months. What a great website!
Oooh, we all apparently love giveaways too. I like the kite shirt, for a girl, age six.
El Papalote – too cute!
So cute! The watermelon is great!
I have such a hard time getting my almost-3 year old to STAND STILL long enough to take any picture of her! She is always the blur in the picture!
I like the Soy Bombera one!
Also, he should be the official model. So. Cute!
soy piloto.. i got tickled when you mentioned henry’s long torso and short legs. my daughter is made the same way. sometimes., i swear she looks like an oompaloompa!
I like the firefighter one best. My little girl wants to be a firefighter when she grows up. At least for now.
La Fresa in 2T por favor! How cute! Gracias!
I think your model is JUST PERFECT!!
I like the strawberry – my dughter’s favorite summer snack is strawberries.
Artichoke!!!!