{"id":16665,"date":"2014-06-18T05:51:44","date_gmt":"2014-06-18T10:51:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=16665"},"modified":"2019-11-26T06:58:29","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T11:58:29","slug":"bow-tie-bonanza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2014\/06\/18\/bow-tie-bonanza\/","title":{"rendered":"Bow Tie Bonanza"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I went into assembly line mode this week and made graduation bow ties for Lloyd’s friends. I’ve been volunteering at the school for eight years, so I’ve spent a lot of time around these kids – and they’re graduating<\/em> this week! \u00a0I hope I don’t cry – nah, I won’t. Well, maybe I’ll wear waterproof mascara, you know – just to hedge my bets. Congratulations boys!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I went into assembly line mode this week and made graduation bow ties for Lloyd’s friends. I’ve been volunteering at the school for eight years, so I’ve spent a lot of time around these kids – and they’re graduating this … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4,19],"tags":[995],"class_list":["post-16665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-sewing","tag-bow-ties"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-4kN","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":40389,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2023\/04\/09\/a-bow-tie-for-easter\/","url_meta":{"origin":16665,"position":0},"title":"A Bow Tie for Easter","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"April 9, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"It\u2019s our annual tradition that I make a bow tie for the Boy to wear on Easter. 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