A Twist on the Tie
Valentine’s Day means chocolates, Mother’s Day brings May flowers, and Father’s Day calls for neckties. Before you abandon the classics, consider this twist on traditional tie.
Bird Dog Bay Neckware makes ties that are 100% silk, handprinted and handmade. You’ll find playful repeating patterns and more traditional designs with a touch of whimsy.
My husband works in a more conservative office, so I selected the subtly fashionable Y-Knot in Blue. The interlocking pattern has a sophisticatedly jazzy feel.
Bird Dog Bay also has amusing themes for golf aficionados, new fathers, nature lovers, and more.
And the clever style names are sure to jump start the conversation at a cocktail party.
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WANT IT: Purchase these clever and sophisticated ties from Bird Dog Bay Neckware ($75) and receive 25% off with coupon code dadsday.
WIN IT: To enter, leave a comment with your choice of your favorite funky silk necktie design from Bird Dog Bay by June 9, 11:59 pm EST. US Shipping only for this contest.
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Monkey Tales in red, my husband would love it, wish they had a hippo one
My husband was born in the Year of the Monkey…so Monkey Tales is definitely for him.
Leaping Lizards in coral.
We love the Adirondacks chairs. I’m just about to order one for our nature loving “grandpa”.
For a new dad you can’t beat the stork ones though.
My husband would love “Hazard on Eight” in blue or the “Spring Fling” in red. Hope I win!
Reindeer games, dark blue, this would be great for my Dad.
Summer Wind, Green is amazing!
Fun! I like Peacock in Navy, or Frogger in orange, or Partridge in a Pear Tree in Yellow, so basically it’s hard to decide so maybe I’d give my husband a vote. Maybe.
I would love to give my father the Reindeer Games in red, thank you so much!
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They have some really fun ties! I would choose Windy City in blue. Thanks so much for the giveaway!
Poll position navy. Perfect representation of my husband’s and my political views. Love it.
Hazard On Eight, Yellow ;-) Thanks. Would love to win this for my older brother who is having a birthday June 20. Thanks.
love purple dots
Puddle dots in brown is my favorite. Thanks
I actually found myself laughing out loud when I saw the “A Frosty Joke” necktie. My husband would appreciate anything depicting a headless snowman. Thank you for the contest!
I love magic rings, gray for my husband. He would look so stylish! Thanks!
I think Peacock in Navy would suit my husband.
How cool are these?! My husnand would love any of these, but especially the Gus Blue. Keeping my fingers crossed that I can give him one of these for his first fathers day!
Thanks for the giveaway!
I love the green horseshoe ring tie – cute!
Hazard On Eight Red. Phenomenal!
I think hubby would like Gopher Golf in burgundy. Plus it would be a great conversation piece.
Wow, so many great ties to chose from. I like and I think my husband would like the Fleur De Lis in Navy – but it was really hard to chose just one!
I love the Just A Bit in red. I know my husband would like this one best. Thanks for this giveaway.
Maine course gray is my favorite
A fly tie, in purple is great. My husband loves to fish and this is subtle yet speaks to what he enjoys.
These are great! I like the Birds and the Bees green! The Poll Positions is great too! Wear to your favorite rally!
so cute! I love the dog park in black!
Leaping Lizards in blue…they’re all fantastic but I like this one best.
honeycomb navy
I love the fleu de lis in navy..cool
3beez at bellsouth dot net
puppy love!!
These are by far some of the cutest and most clever ties I have ever seen. I particularly like the “Black Diamond Penguin blue” for holiday wear.
Oh, I love the “Hazard on Eight” in blue. I would love to win this for my executive son – he loves to golf and keep the office staff entertained so this tie would be perfect for him for Father’s Day. He is the love of my life and so are his two adorable little girls. Great giveaway! Oh, I hope I win:)
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We love the: It’s a Girl tie, and we linked to ya’ll here : http://kristiniac.blogspot.com/2008/05/fathers-day-gift-guide-at-mamanista.html
We like the “1st Class Delivery Girl” tie and we linked to your gift guide here:
http://kristiniac.blogspot.com/2008/05/fathers-day-gift-guide-at-mamanista.html
Upstream Battle in Yellow for my pop!
I like gopher golf blue.
I like Dog Park, Orange or Brown. What fun designs!
Horseshoe Rings in Black, would look great on my hubby!
I linked your father’s day for extra credit. On my blog. Thanks!
Definitely a Frosty Joke in Green, he’s always wanting more Christmas ties!
I love the horseshoe (navy) necktie…my son would get a kick out of it and sport it EVERYWHERE.
This would be a great win to give to my son.
Magic Rings in Gray. Thanks so much for the opportunity.
Monkey tails RED is so cute. Those are so unique! But he loves red and he is a monkey man!
i love the dog park in green. thank you!
I’d love the Leaping Lizards, Blue for my hubby!
peacock in navy, super
Ringo Star, Green is cool!
Hazard on Eight in red!
These look great! I especially love the Aloha in Navy!
Darn it – the person above me picked the same tie!! BUt – I really did go look at the website. Aloha in Navy would be perfect for my husband. I love the pineapples on the tie – what a great “day before vacation” tie for work :)
Fantastic tie site! I would really enjoy winning this for my husband. He has to wear a tie to his job everyday! I really like the “Horseshoe Rings”
in black. Please enter me in your drawing. I appreciate it! Many thanks, Cindi
I really like the Spring Fling in Green! Very cool!!
puppy love in blue
Puddle dots in brown
LIzards!!!!!
Olive Horseshoe Rings
Gator Bait in Red!! I love these ties and I really love this site! Lots of fabulous links!
I love the Just A Bit in Green.
reindeer games
lizards
puppy love
I would get the Cobra in tan for my husband. Thanks!
I like the pink derby days print. great giveaway, thanks!
Crawedaddy red is real nice, I’d get that one for my husband.
reindeer games in navy or dark blue
Ringo Star, green is so cute!
I love the Dog Park
Green Summer Wind. Thanks for the chance.
I’m loving the Dog Park tie!
I love the Ringo Star design. I’d probably choose it in green.
Love Love Love Hazard on Eight! It’d be perfect for my husband in green.
I love these ties!! So fun! I would have to choose the Partridge in a Pear Tree in blue.
My favorite is definately the Ringo Star Orange!
I bet my hubby would really like the Fleur De Lis in gray.
My husband would love the hazard on 8 in blue. He wears a necktie to work and I’m sure this would be a great conversation piece amongst his many customers.
My husband would like Summer Wind in Taupe.
Thanks
Turtle Tag in blue.
Perfect links in Olive. Looks like something my man would love. :)
My husband would love the Horseshoe Rings in Green. Thank-you for a great giveaway!
I like “just a bit” in blue
Very cool ties…I like dog park, aloha, and the new leaf designs
Thinking about my husbands clothing, I think that the puddle dots, in the navy or green would work perfect.
I like THE GUS in Burgandy! Cute!
There were a lot I liked, but only a couple I thought ‘the man’ would wear to work… my favorite being honeycomb in yellow. Fun stuff!
The Magic Rings in Green would look so hot on my hubby!
LOVE the crawdaddy pink- great ties!
The Derby ties are awesome! Since hubby’s a horse racing fan, one of those would be perfect for him!
Hazard on Eight is my favorite
1st Class Delivery – Girl is most appropriate this year for my hubby! I think I like it in green best, altho the blue is also great. :)
I like the Just a bit – thanks for a chance to win!!
My favorite is “Crawdaddy” in gold.
I like the Frogger, Blue!
Ringo Star, orange
lizards
I love the hazard on eight in red for my Daddy for fathers day!
magic rings in gray please
I like the Ringo star in Red…it’s too bad that neither my dad nor my husband wear ties to work anymore. I kind of miss seeing them tying them. But there’s always other occasions to wear them.
I really like the summer wind tie in green… I would give it to my dad for Father’s Day!
i like the leaping lizards.
I’d love to have the red Leapin’ Lizards tie for my husband. Thanks!
one can toucan in green
Hazard on eight in red
First class delivery-boy.
My best friend and her man are having a son in July. I’d LOVE to get this for her to give to him. He works in an office and this would be a great tie fror him!
So adorable, I love these ties.
Orange, Ringo Star!!!!
My favorite is the Horseshoe Rings, Red
Snowbirds in Green sounds like the story of my life!
Reindeer Games, Dark Blue
i like just a bit red
Do I have to just pick one?! I really like the Fleur de Lis Gray, Turtle Tag Green and the Tulip Time Yellow. These ties are so great! I would love to win for my husband!!!
Love the Aloha!
Love Leaping Lizards in blue!
Gator Bait in red=soooo much fun!!!
This was a very tough choice, but I finally decided on A Bit Fishy in Violet. Thanks for introducing us to this fantastic site!
Leaping lizards in coral! My husband would love it!
love ringo star in green…my husband would love it!
I liked the Aloha in navy or the PuddleDots in black.
Please Enter Me! Thank you, bueatiful ties.
HORSEHOE RINGS IN BLACK
I love Hazard on 8 in blue.
These are the colors found in Hermes Ties.
Great tie for a golfer friend of mine.
New leaf blue, conservative
HORSEHOE RINGS IN BLACK
THANK YOU GOD BLESS
Hazard on eight in red
My favorite tie is the horseshoe rings in navy and black as well
Nice ties. I’d pick the Horseshoe Rings, Green
My husband would love the Monkey Tales in Green! Those are some cute designs.
liked a lot of them(spring fling, ringo star, magic rings), but frosty joke in either color is my favorite.
I love the Puddle Dots, Black. They have just about everything!
nice
I love Gator Bait in red.
Hazard on Eight is my choice
Hazard On Eight in blue
Everyone loves monkeys. I pick Monkey Tails.
These look great, I would have to go with either the monkeys or the gators. My hubby would love either one.
wow nice ties
My favorite is the Summer Wind in Taupe. These are great!
monkey tails in red because my husband calls me his cheeky little monkey
Reindeer Games, Dark Blue is my favorite
Gator Bait, Olive is the one my husband would love
Just a bit red
So many to choose from! I think I’d go with ‘New Leaf, Navy’.
Derby Days in green is the one I’d pick for my man.
love the poll position, in red
Honeycomb, Yellow. thanks!
Monkey Tales in red,this is too cute,an he loves to get a laugh with his ties,so please count us in too,thanks
vlbelk@hotmail.com
I like Just A Bit in blue.
The hazard on eight red is my favorite.
Gopher Golf
I love the blue chameleon tie!!
I blogged your contest on Prize-A-Tron!
http://www.prizeatron.com
I like Perfect Links in Navy
They’re all gorgeous but I love the Just A Bit tie in green. Thank you!
Go monkeys!
I like the gator bite brown! Cute, cute.. my hubby would look great for work.
Well, I don’t really care. Anything’s good, because I don’t have a lot of fashion sense. If you told me it looked good, I would believe you fully.
The perfect links, navy looks really nice!
dog park blue
I like the black diamond penguin in blue. Cute, great for the holidays, and I just love penguins!
The Fleur De Lis, in Red, very attractive.
I love New Leaf, Gray!
Thanks :)
One Can Toucan in green!
Do they have any penguins?
I like Puppy love, blue. Thanks!!
Loved the Gus Burgundy.Please enter me, thank you
Leaping Lizards/ Coral……..now that’s a cool tie !!!!!
Windy City blue!!
My dh would love the stock yard exchange tie!
Our favorite, looking way ahead to Christmas, is the Partridge in a Pear Tree in light blue.
The Yellow Derby Days is up my alley.
I like them all
I like the Horseshoe Rings in olive
The blue Y Knot is my favorite.
How natural is a green silk gift in the form of a tie? I absolutly adore the green silk tie. That’s why I hope I will win it!
These are great! I like the Birds and the Bees green
My favorite is the Three Bears, Burgundy
Summer Wind in taupe is our favorite! Thanks!
puppy love in blue
I really like the Gopher Golf Tie in Burgundy for my favorite golfer.
dog park blue
Ynot in red is my fav!
A Fly Tie in Green. It’s fab!
Black Diamond Penguin in Blue, though it was a hard choice!
Summer wind in blue is a great one!
the dog park
Hubby would love the fly tie, since he loves to fly fish!
Foxy Brown Orange
I love the Puppy Love style in green or blue!
They are all so cute it is hard to decide. Anything about golf!
dog park in black
Love the tie. I want them all
Love them all
The Raindeer Tie in Dark Blue!
Wow, it was hard to choose… but I think I like Summer Wind, in Taupe the best.
The Green Summer winds is a super looking one
Puppy Love in blue!
That was certainly a large collection to look from :).
My favorite would be the Snow Birds in Blue. Its just so adorable.
I like those. My husband would wear the Gray Magic Rings pattern.
Year of the monkey for me
Hazard on eight, yellow is my favorite
This will help me reach my one different tie per day goal. The kids will be excited.
Turtle Tag in blue
There are soooo many cute ones–but the snow birds in pink has to be the funkiest.
Just a Bit, Blue
I think my husband would like the magic rings in Burgundy. Thanks!
dog park
i have not worn a tie in a long time .they look very nice..
I think my husband would like Foxy Brown in orange. Thanks for the contest!
My favorite tie selection from Bird Dog Bay neckware would be the orange puppy love tie :)
I like frosty jake.
I like the Just a Bit, Red tie–my husband would love it!
Leaping Lizards, Blue
Just A Bit in red looks great!
Summer Wind-Coral
Reindeer games, dark blue, this would be the one for my Dad.
Purple dots
Frogger in orange or foxy brown…. would be dandy!
Derby days blue for my Dad!
jceko77@yahoo.com
How do I decide? Finally picked Pheasant Run Navy for the great hunter.
I love the Black Diamond Penguin. My husband wears a tie to work everyday and this one would be great for the winter months.
Great looking tie. Would love to be wearing one to the next birddog trials.
Leaping Lizards in coral – very nice ties!
This is “not just a tie” but the
I love the Puppy Love tie in blue.
Hazard On Eight in Red is hilarious, and appropriate for Florida. :-)
I like the Black Diamond Penguin in Blue
the dog park in green :)
i like monkey tales in orange, tortise & hare in purple, windy city in green and the birds and the bees in blue. i hope all of your days are blessed.
My favorite: Summer Wind – Taupe
I love the Fleur De Lis, Gray – very conservative. Thanks for the chance to win!
Tulip Time Blue because I think that tie is gorgeous…and my mom loves tulips.
Just a bit red
Dog Park, Navy is cute!
Puppy Love, Blue is so cute!
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