Our Lady of Perpetual Confusion, REVENGE OF THE ORANGE SHIRT. 2011!

[Suu]

For those that missed the insanity the first time around:




I want to do another shirt run, this time with other colors and maybe a different design.

The OLPC logo will be offered again, as she seemed very popular (and attracts A LOT OF attention!) and either I do the Homegirl one again, or try something else. Also going to see about the option for girly-size tees from my printer.

Also: Patches. I've had a request for patches, and I'm going to see how much that will run too, and how many I could actually sell to make it worth it.

Totebags: Storebrand is an owner of one of my custom-drawn totes, but what about screen-printed ones? I'll still do custom ones for those that want them of course.

Anything else?



ALSO: I WILL BE TURNING A PROFIT THIS TIME. PRICES WILL BE HIGHER, BUT NOT MUCH.

[Richter]

What did you have in mind for a patch design?

[Suu]

LMNO wants OLPC screenprinted on black twill all punk rawk I believe. Drew should be able to knock those out for me no prob, but he'll have to make a different screen size, which will probably cost me. If not, I may be able to order embroidered patches, but those typically require a minimum of 100, and payment in advance. I think the patch run I did for Kamino Base actually cost me over $300 between setup fees and 100 patches.

[Suu]

Yeah, embroidered patches won't be cheap unless I have 50 committed purchases. (That's patches sold, not people buying.)

So if I order 50 3" diameter patches, I'd have to sell them at $6 each for me to actually profit. It will cost me about $3 each to get them made. If I have enough interest for people to purchase 100, then the price will be lower...but I'd still have to sell a great deal of them to make it worth it, even if I take, say, 50% profit, on 50 patches, the price on each would be $4.50, plus shipping (which would be cheap, I can send 2 them in normal envelopes, even overseas, and 3 or more in 4x9" manilas.)

So if it's something the spags can commit to...then yes. I'll do it, but if not, I can't really afford to make the investment.

[LMNO]

If it's just for my benefit, don't worry about it -- I can go even more punk, and get a T-Shirt then cut out the design and saftey pin it onto the back of my jacket.

Incidentally, what colors are you thinking of this time?

[Suu]

Blue was suggested. Maybe red...Maybe red ON blue!

[LMNO]

I've always been a fan of the classics: Black on white, white on black, black on red, black on brown, etc.


I know the bright dayglow colors are appealing to some, but I've tended to be more of an Autumn, if you know what I mean.


Although, yellow on blue could be pretty cool.

[Sir Squid Diddimus]

I like the screen printed patch idea.
I would buy some.

[Sir Squid Diddimus]

Oooh, specially if they're like black on coal or something

[LMNO]

Oooh, specially if they're like black on coal or something

Oh, man.  The really cool/badass combinations.  Black on rough hewn/natural brown, black on coal, silver on black, you know the score.

[Triple Zero]

Black on Coal?

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't coal also black?

(obviously I am exposing myself as really uncool and good-ass, and pretty much if not completely oblivious to the score)

[LMNO]

When you put it like that...




I was thinking more like "Black1" on "Black2", or, "Less Black" on "More Black"... Because there are a lot of varitions when you combine "black" with "fabric".


LMNO
-knows the Goth's wardrobe dilemma.

[Triple Zero]

Hm yeah, I know what you mean now.

- 000,
used to date one.

makes it as good as impossible to discern black shirts from black underwear and black socks and pants if they're discarded in a heap of semi-clean laundry.

[LMNO]

More like, You put on a black shirt with black pants and a black jacket, and you suddenly realize you're wearing three distinctly different colors, and it looks tacky*.













*That is, tackier than it is supposed to look.

[Sir Squid Diddimus]

This is my hell.


I meant black on medium-ish to dark-ish grey sorta.