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Apparently everyone and their brother wants a bow tie this spring. It’s been a crazy April so far and we’re a mere 8 days in.
Actually, this week it seems like everyone and their SON wants a bow tie. We shipped out at least 5 or 6 father-and-son combos today. It’s been a while since one of my boys and I rocked the same bow tie to church or a wedding. After packing up all these apple-not-far-from-tree deals today, I’m thinking it’s time. All four of us guys in the same bow tie? Priceless. As they say somewhere, “you can hang THAT on the wall.”
Some of our hardcore dads insist on tie-it-yourself (“freestyle”) bow ties for their toddlers. Kudos. If that’s your thing, more power to you. If you’re lacking in dexterity or are perennially late like us, you’ll want to go with the majority report and get an already-tied, velcro-attaching one for the little guy. It’s got a nice elastic band, too, which allows it some ‘give’.
If you’re thinking of having us do your wedding bow ties, we always throw in a kiddie bow tie for the ring bearer gratis.
See all those bow ties there? We can make pretty much any of them in a kiddie bow tie, too. Why not have us make one for your kid with your next order?
Might I make one more selling point before I quit? If you’re a single dad, and don’t desire to be any longer, I challenge you to come up with a better way to woo a woman than going out to dinner with your little dude in a bow tie that matches yours. Next thing you know, we’ll be making wedding bow ties for your groomsmen. Mark my words.
Posted in Andy blogs, Bowties, sewing, the Mothering of Art
Before we begin:
Wycliffe is pronounced “WICK-liff”. As in the churchman. The churchman (John, c. 1328-1384) so cordial that he went to the great trouble of translating the Bible into English so that people could actually read it.
Wycliffe Number One:
This, of course, is the most important of the two. Our third child–another boy!–was born on Monday evening at 5:35pm, weighing 8 pounds and 12 ounces, and measuring 19.5 inches. All told, we had an incredible experience welcoming him into the world. And at the center of that incredible experience was this incredible human being:
I was a very proud dad from the moment I met him (even though he was so slimy at that moment). There was something different about this than our first two boys. I think it’s the fact that, since we’ d done all this before, the focus was much less on us and our new stage and roles in life. We weren’t worried about “parenting” or “adjustments” or anything so sociological as all that. Instead, it was all about this little dude.
Note: big picture of Wycliffe, small picture of Papa. Verbal and pictorial thematic unity sustained. Pat on back.
(Full disclosure: when we got home, we did have a “holy crap, what have we done?” moment when we realized that the chaos in our home was going to reach new levels of “aaaahhhhhh!!!!”. But then we sucked it up and started loving on our boys again, and especially enjoying the new one.)
We are happy people.
Wycliffe Number Two:
Some people put balloons on their mailboxes. Psssshhhhh. Check this.
The Wycliffe LaVeer (that’s his middle name there) Baby Blue Seersucker Limited Edition Special Celebratory Full-of-Awesomeness Bow Tie (that’s a long title, like books had back in the Middle Ages).
$20. That’s $6 less than normal.
While supplies last. Classic Butterfly shape only. Get ‘em while we’ve got em. If you don’t, you’ll have to wait an entire reproductive cycle for another shot at it.
For a small upcharge, we’ll rub it all over his new-baby-smell noggin for your olfactory satisfaction. (That isn’t a breach of child labor laws, is it?)
Head on over to the store and celebrate with us.
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We have big news. But that will have to wait. Momentarily.
For now, how about we welcome in the month of April with a celebration of the happy marriage of Spring and Romance? A fling with some Springy wedding bow ties that go good with sunny til-death-do-us-parts?
These are shipping out this afternoon for a smitten groom and his men. If you ask me, that candy-stripe green seersucker is just the ticket.
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