the Wry Baby Blog

Wry Baby Dave’s got a killer Handlebar Mustache situation happening. He’s betting it all on the Handlebar comeback this year. All the kids’ll be rocking it at Spring Break. Wearing their wool bathing suits and battling with fisticuffs for the ladies’ attention. There’s a long history of dashing HB action in the Wry Baby Family that dates back to the Civil War Era (thanks for the archival assistance, Josh). Gentlemen, it’s not too late to get nice and mustachioed.

Oh yes. Although spoiled children are my bread and butter, I offer some simple alternatives to going broke in order to give your kids a fun childhood. If you have access to Charlotte Magazine, check it out. Rachel Sutherland did a great job on this touchy topic. Also, my boy and I are pictured wearing Lucha Libre masks for some reason (see below).

Watch your sugar intake. It’ll mess up your teefs!

The New York International Gift Fair is finally over, the Wry Baby booth is tucked away into it’s spankin’ new, customized  rock-star Roadie case and we’re back in the saddle here at Wry Baby HQ. It was great to see all our fun store friends and show off all the new goods we launched. Seven new Snapsuits will be coming to a store near you this week! Once we get that squared away, we’ll share all the newness with you! For now, here’s some snaps of our time in NY! Enjoy!

Our new custom case for the Wry Baby booth. Believe it or not, we could have had a dressing room built into it. Along with a big screen TV. No joke.

The whole shebang, all lined up and ready to go. Check out the new POP! Coming to stores soon!

Our Pirate Hooded Towels and Pirate Washcloths were a big hit this show!

See anything new? Someday I’ll Have a Hairy Chest and Someday I’ll Demand a Pony are coming joining the Snapsuit lineup this Spring.

All done! Wry Baby Kelly did all the heavy lifting. Dave just showed up to pose in this photo. Loser!

We had a photoshoot a few weeks ago with all sorts of cute little babinskis. While working on the selects we came across this photo and it so captured what Wry Baby is all about that we had to share it with y’alls. Un-retouched joy and fun in our Super Snapsuit. It’s seeing stuff like this that convinces us we’re doing something worthwhile!

Can you picture some-little-one you know in a Super Snapsuit? You can fly over to wrybaby.com and capture yourself one for just $30!

And if you’re looking for a photographer who can really bring out the fun (in camera and from behind it) give a looky at Cole Rodger Photographics. She’s awesome.

Safe Baby Handling Tips, by Wry Baby, is a pretty funny baby shower gift. Duh. But can it POSSIBLY be as funny as this lovely young woman thinks it is? Astonishingly, the answer is YES. And we think you’ll enjoy this candid footage of a first time reader.

Safe Baby Handling Tips available here for the hilariously low price of $9.95.

It’s mid-January, which means it’s time for us to go nuts getting ready for the big New York International Gift Fair (Jan. 30-Feb. 4). We’ll have a ton of new fun stuff to launch (more Snapsuits™!). For weeks we’ve been designing our brains out. Below are some snaps we took of some sketches & doodles. Super rough, but that’s how we roll until final ink hits paper and paper hits scanner. Did you know all our designs are hand-drawn by Wry Baby artisans? True!

2009 sucked, right? We’re not just waving chickens around the office while Mysterio shouts incantations in a weird voice. For a limited time we’re offering our classic “NEW” Snapsuit™ for 50% OFF the SALE PRICE. That’s right. $8.50! Now THAT’S starting 2010 right, no? See details below.

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From an end-cap display of cakes at my local grocery store comes this last Christmas item. I don’t know whether it’s the clearly shocked look on Santa’s decapitated cakey head that’s so disturbing or if it’s just the whole darn concept. I should also add that it was REALLY heavy, which added to it’s grossness.