Recycle Old T-Shirts
By Mark | November 24, 2009
This shirt is made entirely from a previous shirt. It’s fashionable but eco-friendly (the best kind of shirt there is!). I love the idea of cutting t-shirts to make new designs. It’s a great way to flex your creative muscles and try something new. Plus, if you have all those promotional t-shirts laying around but nothing to do with them, here’s the solution!
For directions and projects check out CutOutandKeep. If anyone has done their own, I’d love to see them!
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ObaMao
By Mark | November 19, 2009
Oba-Mao shirts were recently printed, and then banned, during Obama’s visit to China. As Obama arrived, the Chinese government banned the sale of the shirts that showed Obama’s face turned in the typical position of the Chinese leader.
A CNN reporter was able to sneak one out of a store and get it on camera before being swarmed and detained by Chinese officials. She managed to keep the shirt but almost lost her passport in the process.
Most of the shirts were printed on a white t with “Serve the People” written on the front in Chinese and “Oba-Mao” written in English on the back.
Of course, small US companies are scrambling to manufacture the shirts while the Oba-Mao craze is still happening.
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The Ugly Sweater Strikes Back
By Mark | November 17, 2009
They may not be t-shirts… in fact, I’m not even sure they classify as sweaters when they’re this ugly! But they are just that cool, so on the blog they go. These two are some of the most hideous I’ve ever seen! The Daily Green features some unbelievably awful pictures of Ugly Christmas Sweater parties from all over the country, complete with ornaments, bells and tinsle.
You have to love a hideous sweater.
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Michael Jackson Shirt
By Mark | November 12, 2009
I’m not sure what I like more, the guy’s glasses in this photo, or the Michael Jackson shirt he’s sporting?
For the sake of this blog, I’m going to go with the shirt. Let’s face it, that’s one awesome piece of MJ merchandise. While I haven’t gotten out to see the movie, I’ve heard it’s wonderful. Everyone says he was headed for a celebrity rebirth. The middle aged Michael who still had the moves of a twenty something.
So of course designers everywhere have found inspiration in his life to create a billion different t shirt designs. Most of which are surprisingly good. Now I just need to grab a silver glove and rock the MJ outfit.
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Phillies Lose but Children Win
By Mark | November 5, 2009
Sorry for the influx in sports posts as of late! I just can’t help a few sneaking into this blog every now and then, especially during World Series season (Yay Yankees!).
Well, the other day I got to thinking. What happens to the losing team’s swag? Think about it, the MLB prints up shirts and hats proclaiming both teams to be the World Series champs prior to the final game. That way stores are sure to be stocked no matter who takes the title.
Unfortunately, up until this year the MLB threw misprinted shrits in the trash after the big game. They were destroyed immediately. What a waste of materials, right?
The good news is that World Vision jumped in and asked for donations from sports associations. The MLB agreed and now misprinted shirts are donated to impoverished children in third world countries.
So if your favorite team never took home the cup, rest easy knowing that someone in Indonesia thinks they did.
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Hand-Made
By Mark | November 3, 2009
Some of my favorite promotional t-shirts are the ones that combine creativity and a little craftiness. After all, a do-it-yourself shirt is always fun considering it’s the only one of its kind.
This guy had the right idea when he showed up to the Packers game last week wearing his homemade outfit:
All it took was a plain yellow t-shirt plus some stick on letters and Voila! Instant sports swag! Adding the poster was a great idea; it definitely got his opinion across (Favre, your move to the Vikings was a big disappointment). Not to mention, it got him tons of press!
Does any one else know of some great homemade shirts? I’d love to see some other suggestions (I make tons of my own!).
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Hello, I have Sweaty Pits.
By Mark | October 29, 2009
I’m not sure how I feel about these color changing shirts. They are basically big, wearable mood rings. When your body shifts in temperature your shirt changes color.
Sounds super cool at first, right?
But think about it for a second. Do you really want the material under your armpits to be bright white and everything else to stay a dull blue? It seems to me that you’re just emphasizing something we all hate- pit stains.
Although it is a cool idea for a promotional t-shirt (it’d definitely get the buzz flowing), I think I’ll stick to mood changing beer steins and pens because -to me!- those seem much more fun.
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Pimp the Obama
By Mark | October 27, 2009
A little late as far as election time goes, but I just stumbled across this shirt and had to post it. As far as Obama shirts go, this has to be my favorite. I love that they put comically large glasses and a chain on Obama, all while he’s wearing his dorky little smile.
Adorable.
It’s amazing what can be accomplished with a white t and a little creativity.
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Twitter Giveaways
By Mark | October 22, 2009
Good news! T-shirts have become the new favorite giveaway item on twitter. Companies are scrambling to attract the most twitter followers and found promotional shrits are an inexpensive but desireable giveaway. Hundreds of people flock to companies’ twitter pages just to follow their ‘tweets’, all in hopes of winning a free t-shirt.
This one was used in a contest by Serious Eats. All followers had to do was post a reply to the question “What is your favorite way to make lemonade”. The best answer got a shirt. Serious Eats had a series of food related questions and shirts following this one but I just adore this cute Lemon Aid design!
I love that it served it’s purpose as a promotional item, but isn’t emblazoned with a company name. Free but logo-less, the best kind of t shirt ever!
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My T-shirt is Tolerant
By Mark | October 20, 2009
The National Equality March took Washington D.C. by storm October 11th. More than 200,000 people came out for the March, all sporting rainbow hats, buttons and signs in support of the LGBT community.
There are hundreds of shirts out there supporting the cause, including the thousands on sale around D.C. over the last week. However, this is has always stood out as one of my favorites. It’s non-defensive and happy, unlike some designs that seem to cross the ‘judgmental’ line (in my opinion only).
Among the issues discussed this year were Obama’s failure to repeal the ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Policy’, gay marriage and LGBT adoption. Of course, the most important theme was tolerance, love and respect.
For all people. All the time.
So I’ll wear my shirt, sport my bumper sticker and enjoy the progress being made!
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