{"id":2391,"date":"2011-04-04T04:52:07","date_gmt":"2011-04-04T09:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=2391"},"modified":"2019-11-25T16:48:26","modified_gmt":"2019-11-25T21:48:26","slug":"tie-me-kangaroo-down-sport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2011\/04\/04\/tie-me-kangaroo-down-sport\/","title":{"rendered":"Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nFrustrated by an anemic selection in local haberdashers, Tina decided to fashion a tie for the light of her eye.<\/p>\n

The three of us were invited to my niece’s wedding. We all had to look presentable obviously, but that usually proves to be a challenge for our boy or any boy. Decent duds are hard to find, and we weren’t going to dress him comfortably. Saints preserve us, he would look like a hobo!<\/em><\/p>\n

Tina took on the task of finding a tasteful ensemble but she found herself vexed by the lack of likable neck-wear. Not only were the ties she found for boys and slight men overpriced, they were boring! This would not stand!<\/p>\n

Tina did a little research on the internet and created the bow-tie pictured above. It’s a funky<\/em> pattern, but once she had it all together, she didn’t feel the colors were quite right for the rest of the outfit so she made another one!<\/p>\n

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This was the one we went with as you can see from the photo of our photogenic son.<\/p>\n

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Frustrated by an anemic selection in local haberdashers, Tina decided to fashion a tie for the light of her eye.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"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":false,"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":[303,305,20,3665,6,304],"class_list":["post-2391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-sewing","tag-bow-tie","tag-clothes","tag-handmade","tag-sewing","tag-tina-garceau","tag-wedding"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-Cz","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":25208,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2019\/04\/16\/bow-tie-for-the-boy\/","url_meta":{"origin":2391,"position":0},"title":"Bow Tie for the Boy","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"April 16, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Every year at Easter, I make a bow tie for The Boy. 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