Posts Tagged ‘christening gown’

Normal is Boring

My friend, Lady Euphoria, who blogs at Thoughts from an eclectic goth mind, sent a kind email this morning to let us know about a fuss caused by our Gothic Christening Gown. It seems the mommy blogger over at MomLogic found our little dress slightly upsetting.  At least that was the tone I gleaned from her post.  Never sure if the way I’m reading something is the way I should [emotions and intent often disappear online], I had a few friends check in.  Most of them agreed that the review wasn’t favorable, but one pointed out that we were categorized under ‘weird & fun’.  I suspect we fell specifically under ‘weird’, but there is a chance she was enjoying the creativity in the design and intended the ‘& fun’. Maybe?

Click the link, see what you think…

I did consider that this wasn’t an entirely mocking blog post, but the ‘funnies’ she included are the standard points made by anyone who has a real problem with us and the way we raise our kids.  The question of what will we do when the girls rebel and want to wear pink…  while I’m not a fan of pink, I don’t think it’s the symbol of my worst fears concerning my children – unlike what many of them seem to believe about the color black.

I absolutely LOVE this design.  I love making it, packing it, shipping it; I love knowing babies will be wearing it.  Heck, I even liked dressing up the non-creepy little doll and doing the photoshoot in the park.  I’m quite proud of it and the matching bonnet and have decided to enjoy this unintended promotion.

Thanks MomLogic!

EDIT: I should note that I don’t judge people who choose normal to be bad or inadequate; normal simply isn’t what I choose for my family 🙂