Jingle Bash-An Enjoyable Evening

Jingle Bash is over, so that means that my life can return to normal. No more late night printing sessions trying to get ready for the show. The Etsy Dallas leadership did an amazing job organizing this event and drawing crowds of shoppers.

This is our section of the building before the start of the show.


My lovely wife manning our booth. It's almost impossible to get a photo of her when she isn't blinking.


I screen printed these business cards at the last minute the night before the show. We got lots of compliments on them.



We finally had the chance to meet some other Etsy Dallas members. They are a great bunch of people but one of the couples really stood out, Emily and Omar of Backbone, they are super nice people and are a joy to talk to. They are photographers although Omar has a day job working at the Spiral Diner in Dallas. They live in Oak Cliff and Omar uses his bike as his primary means of transportation. Emily says that their place is small but packed full of bikes. We traded some of Emily's photos for a couple of our t shirts.

Emily and Omar


I was also surprised when Mister Pondero himself, Christopher Johnson and his wife showed up at our booth. I wish that we had more time to talk bikes and stuff but business started picking up at about that time. I'm glad you made it out to the show Christopher.

One thing we were asked over and over again was if we printed children's shirts. I haven't yet but I am going to start real soon. We sold lots of shirts but I believe we could have doubled our sales if we printed kids shirts also.

This was our first show and it was a great experience, we had much more business than I had expected plus we made money for our children's Christmas. We'll definitely be doing more shows. Now I need to get back on my bike.

I wanted to show off some of Emily's work. These photos are from her Etsy shop. You can see more of her work here. Support your fellow cyclists and buy a photo if you can.

Our New Shop

After dealing exclusively with people from Etsy for the past year or so, I came to the shocking realization that it's an inconvenience for non-Etsy people to have to create an account to purchase our shirts. To remedy this we've just opened a new shop on Big Cartel. Now, all our customers have to do is add the item they want to their basket and checkout. You can pay with Paypal or your major credit card. It's pretty quick and easy. That being said I would encourage you to take the time to sign up on Etsy. I'm sure you'll be surprised at some of the interesting stuff you'll find there. You'll also meet some really cool people.

Here are a couple of shirts we just put up for sale in our new shop. Click on the red square (to the right) to see our shop.

Light Blue Derailleur Shirt


Crankset T Shirt in Irish green