I found this informative clip on Youtube, via The Daily Tee. It seems like a simple sleight of hand, but I dare all of you out there to give it a whirl.
Good thing the FIC shirts come pre-bagged.
Chime in: travis@founditemclothing.com
With this post, I thought I’d spread some Turkey Day cheer. To this end, look at a pair of holi-tees I found over at Spreadshirt.
Gorge yourself on my scraps and leftovers: travis@founditemclothing.com.
Good morning friends. Today’s post is a round-up of some exciting FIC-related developments, as reported by other tee sites on the web.
First off, Andy at Thunderfrogs — an informative U.K.-based tee blog that focuses on movies, t.v. programs, and other sci-fi properties — gave our Green Skeleton top a nice plug here. We like his site so much that we’ve decided to return the favor and co-sponsor Thunderfrogs’ 1st Anniversary Competition.
You can get all the details at his site, but to enter, you must provide a fairly simple nugget of 80’s trivia. Respond with the correct answer and you’ll be eligible to take home the FIC garment of their choice — for free! As Andy notes on his site, the contest “closes 28th November - [and] two winners will be drawn at random from all correct entries.”
Thanks again, Andy.
In another positive development, the peeps at troundup had effusive praise for our Bushwood shirt:
“There are a bunch of Caddyshack shirts out there, but this is the best quality one I could find. It’s from the awesome guys over at Found Item Clothing, who’ve got some great pop culture shirts. It’s also on American Apparel, compared to many of the other companies who print on low quality shirts.”
We couldn’t agree more.
Finally, we’ve had It Goes to 11 added to teereader, a t-blog aggregator that collects and centralizes posts from around the Internet. This site functions as a one-stop clearinghouse for reviews, news, designs, and designers; it also proffers a wealth of practical information for aspiring t-shirt entrepreneurs. It has simplified my job and I can’t recommended it enough. Naturally, we’re stoked to join this online t-community.
Input? Share it in the comments below or e-mail me: travis@founditemclothing.com.
Lost in the white hot glow of Obama’s election night victory was news that United States Senator Ted Stevens (R, Alaska) was locked in an exceedingly tight contest with his Democratic challenger, Mark Begich, the Mayor of Anchorage. Even now, more than one week after the election, no winner has been named in what is shaping up as a crucial race that will help determine control of the Senate.
Stevens, an icon in his state who has held federal office since 1968, was convicted on federal ethics charges the week before the election, having failed to disclose a number of lavish gifts bestowed upon him by friends, lobbyists and contractors. This development prompted the majority of political pundits to write him off and other politicians to call for his resignation.
On the weekend before the election, Stevens returned to Alaska and addressed his followers in an airplane hanger. Ever the pugilist, the Senator defended his record and defiantly proclaimed his innocence (”our founding fathers knew that mistakes could be made and innocent men could be wrongly convicted…this is one of those times”) which provided some red meat for his Luddite supporters. As the New York Times reported, Stevens spent more than half of his 8-minute speech besmirching the prosecutors in his case.
With the Presidential election now less than a day away (thankfully), t-shirt entrepreneurs on both sides of the political spectrum are scrambling to milk the Obama cash cow for every last drop of cream.
Urban Outfitters, for example, peddles no less than 11 Barack-related designs. As it is, I’m rather partial to this one and its cute word play:
(The irony, you ask? The company’s leadership is rumored to shower politicians on the extreme Right with financial $upport. Commerce and politics have always been strange bedfellows.)
More examples of shirts in this playful vein are plentiful. Take these two, which riff on the same pun.
Still not convinced of Barack’s commercial potential? Take a peek then at Zazzle.com, which offers more than 30,000 Obama-related items that encompasses everything from t-shirts to skateboard decks. Not to be outdone, Cafepress.com also features a seemingly infinite number — 87,500, to be approximate — of user-submitted designs that can be individually customized with regards to color, size, text and image placement. As you might imagine, they range from creative to crass, stupid to smart and inspired to insipid.
