Work with an expert designer to incorporate your photos and memories onto our premium bow ties.

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  • easy ordering and reordering with no minimum order size
  • mix any photo or custom bow tie designs to reach larger bulk pricing discounts
  • all custom design projects are subject to custom pricing, a $20+ set up fee per order, plus shipping
  • sizing options for all: men, women, boys, girls
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Custom Made

Work with a designer to perfect your custom designs. Get Started

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The Ideal Fabric

A perfectly soft, subtly textured, woven twill made from recycled plastics!

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Creating Impact

Products are built to create employment for resettled refugees in Denver, CO.

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Butterfly Style

We offer slim butterfly style bow ties for a classic yet modern look

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Slim Interlining

We use a fine interlining in our bow ties for easy tying

About This Design

Celebrate your cat’s playful hunting instincts with our Fish Bone Custom Photo Bow Tie! This cheeky design features a repeating fishbone pattern with your cat’s photo centered prominently on one side of the bow tie. The two-color pattern is fully customizable, allowing you to highlight your cat’s face, a full-body shot, or even a group photo of multiple feline friends. Made from premium recycled fabric and printed with advanced dye-sublimation techniques, the design wraps fully around the bow tie for a polished, high-quality look. Quirky, fun, and one-of-a-kind, this bow tie makes the perfect gift for cat lovers.

Helpful Design Notes:

  • Features a repeating fishbone pattern with a centered cat photo on one side of the bow

  • Background and fishbone colors can be customized

  • Works with headshots, full-body photos, or group photos

  • Playful, cheeky design ideal for fun gifting

Perfect For:

  • Cat parents and feline enthusiasts

  • Pet “adoptaversaries”

  • Holiday gag gifts

  • Birthday surprises

Also in the Custom fish bone photo Design:

Photo Pocket Square | Photo Suspenders

self-tie bow tie sizing

SizeNeck Strap LengthBow Dimensions
Adult Standard 14-18" ~2.25" x 4.5"
Adult Extra-Long 18-21" ~2.25" x 4.5"

pre-tied bow tie sizing

SizeNeck Strap LengthBow Dimensions
Adult 12-22" ~2.25" x 4.75"
Kids Adjustable Velcro 9.5"-12.5" ~2" x 4.25"
Baby Adjustable Velcro 9.5"-12.5" ~1.5" x 3.75"
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Printed Swatches

We offer swatches for your custom designs so you can verify you are happy with the photo print quality and colors.

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Fast Turnarounds

Our turnarounds depend on the size of your order, please see full turnaround information here.

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Packaging Options

Choose between individual kraft gift boxes for when you need it, or minimal packaging when you don't.

Pantone Matching

We can print hundreds of coated and uncoated Pantones for seamless color matching.

Swatches

Once you receive your custom design proofs, you can verify photo print quality and colors by ordering a test swatch to be shipped to you.

ColorMatch Chart

Overcome color differences from screen to print and monitor to monitor with our 500+ color swatches printed to fabric. Please verify your colors before ordering if exact colors are needed.

how it works

You can request custom designs easily here. We will ask you to upload your photo, select patterns you like, and choose the colors we use. You can also leave our designers additional notes about what you are looking for so they can hone in your designs to fit the look you are going for.

Once our designers have everything they need, you will receive free proofs in 1-2 business days. We will email you a link to your project page where you can view your proofs, request design changes, purchase test swatches, or place your order. You can also opt in to receive an SMS notification the moment your proofs are ready to view.

Your custom project page link will always remain active so you can order and reorder your designs whenever is convenient to you!

Once our designers have everything they need, you will receive your first proofs in 1-2 business days. If you request design revisions, those changes will be available to view in 1-2 business days.

We will email you once there are designs to review, and if you opt in, we can send you an SMS text message as well.

photo design requirements

You must have permission to use the photographs on custom designs with us. For more, see Knotty Tie Co. Terms of Service

In order for photographs to print well on our products, the photo must be high resolution (300 dpi or more).

We accept high resolution images that are at least 300 dpi in .JPEG, .TIFF, or .PNG formats.

Yes, if you are a designer and have access to design softwares such as Adobe Illustrator, we can provide design templates to you. Please email us and we are happy to provide you the template to complete.

Once you have the design template completed, you can send that back to us and we will provide free proofs in 1-2 business days.

confirming colors and print quality

If you are trying to match to a specific color, we offer a ColorMatch Chart printed with over 500 colors so you can confirm and select the colors you need in person. Colors can look different on screen to how they print.

For large and first-time orders, we highly recommend verifying your colors by ordering printed swatches.

Our designers will alert you if they suspect there may be issues with print clarity. Some common concerns are due to low contrast in the colors used in your design, thin lines or fine details in the photo, or low resolution photos.

We encourage you to provide us with high resolution images to prevent some of these issues.

In the case you see an alert about these potential issues on your proofs, we highly encourage you to order swatches of the design before proceeding with your final order.

Swatches are test prints of your custom designs. Bow tie swatches are 2.75 inch squares of our bow tie fabric printed with your custom designs.

Swatches help ensure that your printed photo is going to turn out clear and legible, and that the colors selected for your design are accurate in appearance.

You will be able to easily order custom swatches once we send you your first design proofs. We offer swatches at $3 per swatch. At checkout, you will be able to select between a photo swatch (free) and paid shipping options. If you select the photo option, a photograph of your printed swatches will be emailed to you. Once ordered, swatches are usually ready to photograph or ship in 3 business days.

Please note, to confirm colors you must have the swatch shipped to you as colors can look different from screen to screen.

turnarounds and shipping

We offer a variety of turnarounds to meet your needs.

Our standard turnarounds for products including custom bow ties are...

25 products or less: estimated to ship in 7-10 calendar days
26-49 products: estimated to ship in 15 calendar days
​50-999 products: estimated to ship in 30 calendar days

You can expect delivery to take an additional 2-5 days after shipment. We cannot guarantee an exact delivery date with our standard turnaround options.

Need a guaranteed delivery date? For an additional rush fee, we also offer expedited turnaround times for orders shipping to the USA which guarantee delivery in 30, 20, 15, 10, or 7 calendar days from date of purchase*. See details here.

*Limitations apply for higher quantities, subject to availability.

Yes, we ship custom photo bow ties internationally with UPS Expedited service. ​

We offer standard turnarounds based on order size. You can expect delivery to take an additional 3-7 days after shipment, but delays may occur and we cannot guarantee a specific delivery date for any international orders.

For an additional rush fee, we also offer expedited turnaround times. See details here.

Please note, Knotty Tie Co. is not responsible for any additional taxes, tariffs, duties, brokerage fees, or other charges that may arise during shipping.

sizing, quality and returns

Our photo bow ties are available in multiple sizes to fit a wide of range of people. While our bow ties are most popular with men and boys, they are versatile and unisex making them perfect for women, kids and anyone who wants to rock a bow tie.

Looking for different accessories to complete your order? We offer photo neck and hair scarves, photo pocket squares, photo neckties and photo suspenders to cover everyone.

Since these are custom bow ties, each is made to order in the colors, patterns and sizing you select. Please verify you are happy with your colors and print quality by ordering swatches of your designs first.

We always stand by our commitment to excellent product quality, however we cannot honor returns or exchanges for any reasons other than manufacturing defects because your products are custom made to your specifications.

If you need to reach out to us about your order, our friendly team is here to help!

If you have questions or concerns about the quality of your order, please contact us with photos of the issue and we'll do our best to make things right as quickly as possible.