Nicole and I are taking off soon for California for Vacation! Our Etsy and eBay stores will be closed on 4/19 and reopening 4/25. Our website will be open (unless I can find a way to close it!) but please be advised that if you order from the site, the package will not be mailed out until we return. I will send an email to you alerting you of this. I get all of your emails, so if you have any questions feel free to contact me!
Things have been ridiculously hectic as of late. My wife is pregnant, we are headed to San Diego in one week, I’m pounding out all your orders, and I’m transforming out entire stock, That’s right, things are changing big time. My goal with the Super Sweet Shirt Co. was to have a company that I ran with pride. I have put out amazing shirts out for 5 years, selling thousands of shirts on my eBay, Etsy, and home site, every year improving more and more. We have 100% feedback in all of our stores, which doesn’t mean we haven’t made mistakes, but have had the kind of customer service that made people glad we made a mistake. I’ve reached a point were I need more. Not more business, but more personal gratification. That is why we are slowly replacing our inventory with American Apparel. The entire process was a total pain in the ass, but totally worth it. This was a big decision. The reason being is that there would be a price increase. American Apparel is top notch American made clothing made in L.A. California. For years we have been using standard 100% cotton shirts made by Gildan or Fruit of the Loom , which are common brands used by a majority of screen printers. American Apparel is flat out better. Our shirts will flat out be better than our competition. If your are unfamiliar with American Apparel, please visit the site below:
http://www.americanapparel.net/aboutus/
These shirts are made with the best quality cotton, the best stitching, and a way better fit than your standard shirts.
For the next few months we will be replacing our inventory with these shirts. I have decided to continue offering a “Standard Shirt” option in all of our designs for the rest of the year in case there are people who don’t want to pay for a better quality shirt. Our Toddler Shirts and our womens shirts will not have the “standard option” and are changing over to 100% American Apparel. The men’s shirts will have the option to purchase a cheaper “standard” version. After a year, we will take a look at what we sold, and decide if we need to continue offering the “standard shirt”.
So far the feedback has been awesome, especially from the women. I’m hoping that eventually we won’t need to offer anything but American Apparel Shirts.
A few posts back, I posted the picture that was sent to me by the folks over at “Daytime” in Tampa. In case you missed it, they contacted me to send them our “Slater Onesie“, because they wanted to give him a little gift for the baby that he and his wife are expecting. To sum it up quick, I figured it was a scam, but went with it anyways. Boy was I wrong. They sent me a picture of him holding the onesie, and this week the video has been posted. I took the video and cut it down because he was on there for 15 minutes.
I gotta say, it’s a surreal experience to watch A.C. Slater receive a gift from me, not only just to receive it, but to visibly see that he loved it! My favorite part of this video is watching him show someone off camera in excitement while the show is wrapping up.
Sometimes it can be tough trying to figure out things to write about in this blog. I could easily just post shirt related things every day, but that would get boring. I like to mix it up. Today I’ll throw this into the mix:
Yup! My wife and I are having a baby! The room we have been working on is actually going to be the nursery. The last update I had on that room was drywall work and the removal of the ancient wallpaper. I’ll have some pictures of the progress in there this week, along with some updates on some of the things we want to do in there. Now that this news has been announced, it will be a little easier to communicate plans and ideas. This blog has been a little slow lately, that’s about to change!
I am excited to start doing black toddler shirts. The focus for the first part of 2013 has been expanding our toddler shirts section. What a way to kick it off by adding a bad ass straight edge toddler shirt. I still chuckle at little kids wearing straight edge shirts. I mean, of course they are drug free, otherwise their parents should be arrested! With all of that said, I present to you:
These are now available in our Etsy and eBay stores and will be up on the main site in a few days. Don’t let your little one leave the house without looking super intense!
We dropped a bunch of items in our Etsy store in the SALE section, check it out. These items are limited to the size in the description, so be sure to check that section out first because supplies are limited and they go fast! I’ll be adding new items all week until I clear some of this stuff out of here!
Its been a while since my last post, things have been busy and sort of hectic. A little over a week ago, I was contacted by the producer of a TV show down in Florida called, “Daytime”. I was a bit skeptical of the call due to the nature of the request. They informed me that Mario Lopez was going to be coming on their show and that they wanted me to send them our “Slater Onesie” because he was expecting a baby soon. I was pretty excited. I grew up watching that show and I was a pretty big fan.
The producer told met that they would be taping the show ahead of time and then it would air in April. I sucked it up and mailed out the onesie, hoping that it wasn’t some prank or scam. Days later…it totally paid off!
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| Thanks to “Daytime” in Tampa! |
This had has pretty much been the ultimate highlight so far since I started screenprinting. I mean look at this….
The other day I was doing some work, and all of a sudden I started laughing randomly, by myself. Random thoughts sometimes pop into my head, this time that thought was from “The Jerk”. This scene in particular is what I am referring to:
I decided it was time to pay tribute to Steve Martin with this shirt!
This shirt is now available in our Etsy and eBay shops and should be up on the site sometime next week.
I was pretty excited to hear this album, after really only being introduced to them last year in my quest to broaden my music listening horizon. What I loved about this band is that they were fearless in combining brutal metalcore with some really progressive electronics, really setting them apart from other bands. Their album, “There Is a Hell, Believe Me I’ve Seen It. There Is a Heaven, Let’s Keep It a Secret” was brilliant, bordering on insane. With that being said, I’ve listened to “Sempiternal” about three times in a row, uninterrupted, and I can’t tell if I like it. I can’t tell if its a step back, or a huge step forward. The composition is brilliant as per usual, the music as well, however if the brutal edge was what drew you to this band, this album lacks that element. Some of the songs almost mirror 30 seconds to Mars….I’m not joking. Not that it’s a bad thing, its just not what you would expect. You can hear what I mean in “Sleepwalkers”. There are even songs where they sound just like Linkin Park. If you were to play me “Go To Hell For Heaven’s Sake” without me knowing who it was, I’d probably guess it was a new Linkin Park song. I won’t say the album is terrible because its far from that. It’s just not something I’d probably seek out. Definitely worth a listen to.
I’m interested in hearing peoples thoughts/comments on this album. Feel free!
I’m not sure why it took so long to put this one out, I should almost be ashamed of myself. Whatever the reason may be, I bring you the new Mad Max shirt. This shirt rules. Printed on a green t-shirt, this shirt will be a total conversation starter. This is currently available in our Etsy store and eBay store and will be up on the main site sometime this week.
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