Final Print

My blank shirts arrived a day early. My wife suggested that I print the design in brown ink. I think it looks much better than the red in the test print. I plan to list these in my shop tomorrow.

My son refuses to stand for photos unless I promise to not show his face. 

I don't know if anybody read the comments on my last post about the Tour of Flanders, but Ian from the U.K. rode the course on Saturday and watched the race from the side of the road on Sunday. Here's a link to his photos. Keep checking his blog, I'm sure he'll be posting a report soon.

Thanks Ian!

Now this is completely random. Me and my 12 year old son and 16 year old daughter watched the Woodstock documentary on VH1 last night. My kids have been interested in classic rock since they started playing Guitar Hero. I had watched the documentary before but I had completely forgotten that Sly and the Family Stone performed. Awesome!

Test Print

I've dealt with one roadblock after another trying to get my shop up and running again. This is the first screen I've been able to expose with my new ghetto exposure setup. Now I just need shirts to print on.

New bike design

The screen is taped up and ready for the ink.

The first test print on a spare gray American Aparel t shirt left over from another job. I'm going to print this on a "natural" colored t shirt. Natural is kind of an off-white color.

This Weekend's Project

I've finally gotten around to printing this design in white ink on a dark shirt. The design was meticulously hand drawn from an old catalog by Texas artist Jackie Barefield. Check out her Myspace page. She's listed in my top friends

The Front Page

Monday evening during a break in the hockey game I checked my email and was bombarded with messages and purchases from my Etsy shop. This is highly unusual. I went to Etsy.com to log in and was amazed to see one of my shirts on the front page. Its the orange one in the photo below.

The number of views on this shirt went from about sixty to over seven hundred in under an hour. At 9:00 PM, it was gone, well at least from the front page. It's in the Storque Spotlight under the title "Dudes need shirts". We're really happy with the positive comments we've received from some really cool people. I'm also hoping that Justin, the artist who created the design received an increase in traffic as well. Here's a link to his shop, Triplemilled.etsy.com.

2nd Design

This is the second design from Justin at Triplemilled. Its a three color print on a light navy Alternative Apparel t shirt. I printed this one and only one after work last night. The set up, registering of the screens, and mixing the inks took forever. I'll be printing the women's version soon.

New Men's Shirt

This is the men's version of the design by Justin at Triplemilled.com. Ultra blue print on a tangerine Alternative Apparel t shirt. I should have these shirts listed for sale in my Etsy shop this weekend.



I guess it's time to take photos somewhere other than my front porch. By the way, that's my son. He appears in all the photos in my Etsy shop. He cringes every time he sees me walking down the hall holding a t shirt.