Do You Think My Stepdad Would Like a Cat Bed For Father's Day?
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In searching for a Father’s Day present for my stepdad, I hit up all the best sites: Amazon.com, google: “father’s day”, HomeDepot.com, and finally Etsy. While my returns on the first three were lackluster—what’s he going to do with another grill spatula with a light wood handle?—I was surprised to learn that Etsy really came through for a gal in need.
I don’t often visit Etsy. In fact, my order history makes me out to be a very crazy and very lonely woman: a single stream of candles, purchased individually at a rate of one every few months. So shoot me! These are good candles!
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Perhaps it’s because I rarely visit Etsy.com that this happened—after all, I’m merely a writer and do not particularly understand how targeted online advertising works—but when I visited the site looking for a present for my stepdad, I was immediately taken to what can only be described as a photorealistic image of a cat stuffed into a slipper-sock cocoon. The link to this particular Etsy store was the most prominent thing on my homepage. Surely, I should take this as a sign: a cat bed is what I’d be buying my stepdad for Father’s Day.
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Etsy user Storow—based out of Castrovillari, Italy—hand makes each and every cat bed she advertises. They are made of Merino wool and look very soft and fun to stuff a cat into. They can also be custom-designed. Should I request that Storow make a cat bed big enough to fit my stepdad?
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Imagine—my stepdad in a Merino wool cocoon! He’d love it, don’t you think?
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“..hey. I’m over here...hey...come find me...if you dare...”
I am no longer at a loss for what to buy my stepdad for Father’s Day. I have a feeling a cat cocoon would be right up his alley. Do you agree?
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Glamorous!
All images via Storow’s beloved Etsy page. Contact the author at dayna.evans@gawker.com.