Hm. It seems that contracting things to be done by outside parties is not as wonderful a process as I would have hoped.
The byzoek shirts were mis-printed, with a real forehead-slap error. Nice, right? Well, it’s going to eat up some time to get these back, refunded, and then ordered again. I almost felt like I was getting caught up when the bacon shirts went out this week.
Back to the grind again. Silly vendors.
That’s alot of bacon.
The bacon shirts finally went out today, both the domestic and international. They are B-E-A-uuuuuuutiful. I’m really pleased. I hope those brave and patient people who ordered them find them to be as glorious. About ten of these were extras I ordered, just because. They’ll be up in the store, when the store is up. I’m hoping in the next week or so. Join the email list for updates and first access.
What I like most is when I came home yesterday wearing mine, and when I closed the front door behind me, before I flipped on the light, the fat was glowing there, on my chest.
Heh.
There’s something about fruition, and seeing an idea like this through that can be so satisfying.
“feelings are like tapeworms”
Michael Cianfrani
interpreting a quote by Lisa Slodki
design run of
05/27/2008 through 06/07/2008
This shirt consists of a patterned fabric which has been embroidered with the phrase ‘feelings are like tapeworms’ which has then been stitched to the chest of the shirt. This method of adornment is something I’ve tinkered with previously, but I think this is a new pinnacle. I love the fabric, thread color. It takes a bit of time and work to assemble, but I find the final result to be steeped in a sense of a little bit of “classy.”
I hope you like it. When I asked Lisa if I could quote her she said, “that’s awesome! i love it! i said it and i still agree with it. i’d stand by the statement and would even wear it on a shirt.”
[EDIT 6/04/2008] UPDATE! Here are some additional shots of the shirt. Actually being worn! Out in the sun, even. I thought it might be helpful to visualize, give a more accurate idea of what this one looks like…
Seriously, I’m working on it. Gimmie a second….
[EDIT MONDAY 10:30 PM] Ok, I needed more than a second. The shirt is done, need to take pictures and write button code, fix shipping and go do work in the morning. Everything should be done tomorrow afternoon? To those who are waiting, your patience is appreciated…
(BACON shirts will be shipped on Wednesday!)
I don’t think it’s a terrible overuse of pop culture to butcher a Pulp Fiction reference to serve my own ends. I think we can easily say, with emphasis, “now that’s some tasty looking bacon.”
I’m so pleased with this stitch out I received from the embroiderer, I can’t even describe it. All the samples I did on my own couldn’t touch this quality. I’m due to have the bacon shirts in two days. Two days. This combined with the arrival of the byzoek shirts, and the test buttons, I’m about to pee myself. I think we could call this a culmination point. A great conjunction? When you hold the bacon in your hand, you’ll have a glimmer what I’m talking about. It’s powerful. And then you remember it glows in the dark.
It is great. I’m really happy. How’s your telepathy? If it’s up to par, you can see this is true. But then you already knew that. Did you already know that the items I have planned, the stuff that is coming is even better? I thought that. Can I say that? I want to. I dare to. Good stuff, good people, good shirts.
If your telepathy is on the fritz, I will let you in on one little bit that’s mine. I’m planning a sequel to the bacon. It may not have the sheer power of embroidered bacon, but it signals the development of an entire series of embroidered breakfast related shirts, next installment maybe in July. It may not be pushing the boundaries of shirt the way I originally intended, or as far as I’d like…but have you seen what’s out there? And I’ve got some time in between, and some time afterward. Time and room to push. You’ll see what I’m talking about shortly.
I’m so happy.
I’ve received the sample stitchout of the bacon embroidery (last Friday, looks incredible), the button color tests (yesterday, needs tweaking), and the byzoek shirts (today, I believe “kawaii” would not be inappropriate for the ladies shirts).
Lots happening, lots to share, and I will have pictures of it all tonight!
The Dave shirts arrived in my hand and went out earlier this week. Look about.
Button set has one week left on it! And then maybe in the store? Possibly. Or I might give them away with future orders. I could send them out promotion-ally. I could sit on the box of them at my computer, or put my feet up on the box as I lean back and have further shirt musings?
I’m excited about the buttons, but I’m ready to get cooking on shirts again. The next shirt design will probably not be the batik that I had long planned, it’s taking longer than expected to finish. It may be another embroidery. It might be pure magic.
More soon, I promise.
Thanks again, everyone who has ever ordered, I well up with appreciation when I think about you, and hello new folk. Take a look around, if you will. Buttons?
