Friday, May 30, 2008

Springleap t-shirt competition.Think U have a Tshirt design that EVERYONE will LOVE & want 2 wear?

Think U have a Tshirt design that EVERYONE will LOVE & want 2 wear? If your thinking is right you'll walk away with HUGE CASH & PRIZES.
You should check out Springleap!

Springleap took on the massive task of empowering designers and the South African garment manufacturing trade, which has been suffering for ages.

They launched a new site that is really making HUGE waves : www.springleap.com

Users can submit designs for tshirts and vote - every month we have 20 winners, 1 celeb/blogger challenge and 3 featured SA designers.

In the competition for the 20 winners, the designer with the most amount of votes for that month gets a cash prize and loads more, not to mention recurring revenue on every tshirt sold.

The 19 runners up also get shirts, recurring revenue and bunches more. The real kicker that sets us apart is the massive EXPOSURE we give the artists : they put the name of the designer on the back of their shirt, and those shirts are to be sold in almost 20 stores across SA, as well as the springleap website both locally and abroad.This means that the artist always retains VISIBLE and OBVIOUS credit and exposure for their hard work.

Check out http://www.springleap.com/

Pink Diva Golf


Pink Diva Golf.com offers fun, hip and trendy women's golf t-shirts, hats, tote bags, jewelry and accessories for the golf fashionista. Our golf designs are being worn by women golfers all across the country on the hometown links to the pro players. We also support the fight against breast cancer and offer a selection of shirts and gifts to show your support for breast cancer awareness.
Besides the designs available from Pink Diva Golf through Café Press, we also offer jewelry from the Pink Diva Golf jewelry shop. The diva jewelry shop has golf and breast cancer awareness jewelry including bracelets, earrings, and necklaces. We mix jewelry elements with sterling silver golf charms, gemstones, and Swarovski crystals to create handmade original golf jewelry designs.
We asked Pink Diva:
What do you do for a living? Is this your job, a hobby?"
I am a Marketing Consulting in the high tech world and the President/Founder of Pink Diva Golf – I do both full-time!

Why did you start Cafepress shop about this topic?
I started playing golf again in the summer of 2007 and I wasn’t able to find fun, trendy women’s golf t-shits, and golf accessories so I founded Pink Diva Golf in November 2007. Most of the golf shirts for women are plain, conservative polo’s without much personality. Pink Diva offers one-of-a-kind, unique designs that won’t break your budget and appeal to the golf fashionista. Our designs were created with the pink golfer in mind and you’ll see the pink theme throughout the designs.


How long have you been working on this Cafepress shop? I started working on creating Pink Diva Golf in the summer of 2007 and officially launched the site of November 2007.

What kind of person would be interested in your shop?
Women golfers, junior golfers and we even have golf designs for kids! Since we also carry breast cancer awareness t-shits and accessories anyone looking for shirts to wear for the Breast Cancer Walks or charity golf tournaments might also be interested in my shirts and gifts.

For more golf apparel go to PINK DIVA GOLF

T-shirts to die for from Retro God

RetroGod is a collection of retro classics in the making. Strong conceptual design with a retro flavor, unique and original artwork dealing with social commentary and cultural misconceptions in an amusing and stylish way. Over 100 designs by UK designer Paul Baines.

Paul Baines has an arts background. He graduated at Brighton University UK in Conceptual Arts and Media before beginning a career as a designer. He spent ten years working as web and print-based graphic designer before taking on more and more corporate branding projects.

He started to feel he lost his own way, he neither had the space or time to return to his original love of painting and print, installation work and video. Therefore he chose t-shirts as a quick and convenient outlet for his art.

"Eventually the sales began to pick up, I started a blog about t-shirts and am working on a global t-shirt printer's directory. I hope to eventually have my own independent online store and screen-printing equipment so I can have far greater control over the creative process - including larger designs and over-the-hem printing.

I have a decent-sized customer base, I seem to sell to women mainly, although men do love 'Ninjas' and 'Crowd Surfer'. The most popular item with women is 'Speak to the Hand'. I think my work has a broad appeal, especially with retro enthusiasts?

The name Retro God probably came to me on the way back from the pub one Weekend, it sounded good at the time, it isn't religious, perhaps a tad blasphemous, still a catchy name!"

To see more retro designs go to RETROGOD.

Friday, May 23, 2008

Attention nerd standing near you needs a hug!

Are you a nerd sympathizer? A nerd empathizer? Nerds make the world go round! Our unique t-shirts, hats, stickers, magnets, and other special gift items let the nerds of the world know you care! Support your local nerd and display your nerd appreciation with these unique gift items. Hug a nerd today. Go ahead, give 'em a hug, you ol' nerdhugger you! They'll thank you for it!

Thursday, May 22, 2008

Stop! You need to see Brev 87's artwork!

When I joined Cafepress, I noticed Brev87 on CP forum. I clicked on his link and was amazed by quality and colours (I'm mad about bright colours) of his designs... no hold on ... its more ARTWORK.

Brev 87 explained "Brev 87 is funky overtop and in your face designs. I try to push the limits to your imagination. This is definitely my hobby. I've been into art and design since I was 5 years old. I started my Cafepress shop as a creative outlet. I've been working on my Cafepress shop seriously, for about 2 years now. What kind of person would be interested in his shop? Someone that wants something different, out of the normal everyday design."
Go to see more of his designs at BREV87

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Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Make Money With Your Photos

Make Money With Your Photos
By: Diana Cooper

So you learned to take a great picture and now you would like to make some cash from them (and of course, share your artwork with the world). Here are three ways you can go about this without costing you a fortune.

Create your own products using your photos, such as framed prints, greeting cards or t-shirts, and sell them on Ebay. Ebay receives millions of visitors eager to buy, provides easy step by step instructions on getting you set up (their website also offers advice and tips on selling) and costs are very minimal. You have the choice to auction your product or let your customer "buy now". Your biggest investment in this is producing your products.

Sell products on Cafepress. They provide the products (framed prints, t-shirts, coasters, mousepads, clocks, teddy bears and much more) which you will apply your photos to (just upload and add to the product you choose) and they provide complete service (orders, delivery, complaints). You build your store (through their website) either using one of their templates or you can customize your own using HTML. They have a base price for each product and you set the price above that. You are paid the price above the base price. You can open a free store or you can pay a small fee each month and receive more benefits. Thou your products will appear in their Marketplace (which they receive millions of customers) so will millions of other products. So your biggest investment here is to advertise your store.

I am not going into advertising here but there are free and low cost ways of doing this (read articles regarding this matter).--Submit your photos to online stock agencies such as Shutterstock, Fotosearch or iStockphoto. Stock agencies house large files of images and markets the photos to potential clients. You are paid a percentage or a set price of each sale. You give these clients permission to use your photo (such as in their magazine or on their personal website) but they can not resell to profit from.

Whichever way you decide to sell your photos, the better the resolution your pictures are, the better the quality. To achieve this, first you must have a high megapixel digital camera. This does not mean you need to buy the top of the line. A 5 megapixel is quite sufficient. Second, your picture should have a high DPI (dots per inch) such as 300. If you want a high quality 8x10 inch picture, you will multiply the DPI by the inch. For instance, 8x300=2400 and 10x300=3000 so you want your picture size (resolution) to be 2400x3000 pixels. You can always decrease the size of your picture but never increase the original size.Before joining any program, be sure to read their terms carefully. I wish you much success!

About the Author: Diana Cooper specializes in nature and wildlife photography. Visit http://www.dianasphotography.com/ for photography tips and articles.
To visit her cafepress store, go to Dianasphotos

Saturday, May 17, 2008

Funny and original t-shirt designs by Revelever

I wouldn't mind having t-shirt "Pour Some Sugar On Me". It's definitely a stopper!

The word REVEL is defined as "to take great pleasure or delight", while the word EVER is defined "at all times, always". Combining 2 words into Revelever makes a new definition of " taking great pleasure or delight at all times, always"

This is the philosophy behind REVELEVER, which specializes in funny original t-shirts and apparel !

Q: What are the two dirtiest animals on a farm?

A: Brown chicken, brown cow! Now you can proudly wear a punchline on your clothing, while people looking at you will think of the 70's porn soundtrack music like "BowChikaBowBow!". These humorous apparel items are exclusive to REVELEVER!



Friday, May 16, 2008

Lady Bug attack on Cafepress

Shop now for fun ladybug wear! Designs are made for bloggers and mompreneurs in mind and make great gifts! Tees, bags and accessories have our exclusive ladybug print and sayings like "Don't bug me. Or I'll Blog about it.", "LadyBloggers get Lucky" and "LadyBoss".

In many cultures of the world Ladybugs are believed to bring luck, money or even a future spouse or a baby. Ladybugs land briefly, and your life will never be the same.

"I am a Mompreneur, and I recently had amazing Ladybug Luck. A product from my store Lady bug landings was on Oprah show. The product was Suri Cruise's ladybug shoes, showed to Oprah by Tom Cruise. Many forms of media have covered my story and I wanted to pay my luck forward.
I am offering other mompreneurs free PR consulting and helping designers, retailers and mommy bloggers to get together in a way beneficial to all. 100% of the proceeds of these Ladybug products will go to support this venture.
I'm ready to spread some luck - are you?"

Katja Presnal Skimbaco Inc

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Look what i've found. The art of the band t-shirt


Art of the Band T-shirt

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Look what I have found. The art of the band t-shirt book. Once, t-shirts were just unadorned garments. But with the evolution of screen-printing and the birth of band merchandising, t-shirts became much cooler. Now every band with an ounce of savvy knows the importance of a shirt not only as a lucrative sideline but also as a means of self-promotion and a way for fans to show their allegiance.

THE ART OF THE BAND T-SHIRT is an informative and stylish showcase of the most noteworthy shirts of the past five decades. It includes t-shirts from artists as diverse as Led Zeppelin, the Ramones, Madonna, Morrissey, Public Enemy and the Flaming Lips, each with an explanation of historical background, little-known facts, or artist's comments about the design. A fascinating, beautifully illustrated archive for hipsters, serious collectors and all music fans, THE ART OF THE BAND T-SHIRT is an indispensable as the perfect tee.
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To buy click here Art of the Band T-shirt

Saturday, May 10, 2008

So I'm an internet enterpreneur now

So I'm An Internet Entrepreneur Now
Author: Chris J Wright

So I'm in online business now. A while ago, I was reading a comedy website, and spotted a little advertisement down in the corner telling me that I could buy t-shirts from the site if I wanted to. I really liked the site, so I was interested, and went to take a look.

Life was never quite the same again!

It turned out that this website owner was something of a shrewd businessperson, and had set up an online shop to sell t-shirts, mugs, hats and a whole bunch of other stuff bearing their website's name and logo. I bought a t-shirt, and was pleased with the quality and so on, and it got me thinking.

At first, I assumed that this must be someone with either a lot of money to risk, or an awful lot of know-how and business contacts. I mailed the site owner to ask for some pointers, and discovered that it was possible for me to sell the same kind of things remarkably easily, and, more importantly, for little or no investment.

Having received more than my fair share of attempted scam emails in the past, I looked into this carefully, and was pleasantly surprised at what I found out.

Anyone can have an online shop selling t-shirts, hats, mugs, framed prints, posters, greetings cards.... The list goes on and it is extensive. Even more surprising was when I discovered that musicians and writers can also release professionally printed and bound CDs and books this way.

Still wary of the "too good to be true" element of this new knowledge, I started up a free shop with a site called Cafepress and set to work on the frighteningly simple process of setting up designs and products. A little improvised web marketing (heaven knows I'm no marketing expert) and a few emails later, and I received an email with this pleasing subject...

"You made a sale at Cafepress.com!"

Eagerly opening that mail, I discovered that someone I had never heard of, somewhere far away, liked one of my designs enough to spend their money on it. You can imagine how good that felt. Suddenly I was earning money as an online retailer!

Encouraged by this, I upgraded to a "premium shop", which enabled me to add more products and designs, and take more control over how my shop looked and so on. Knowing what I know now, I wish I had done this in the first place, but it doesn't hurt to test the water, so to speak.

Those "You made a sale!" emails continued to trickle in. Then the trickle became a stream, and I discovered that the small monthly payment for the premium shop was being taken care of by my own sales. The shop was effectively still free! Further encouraged by this development, I set to work on more designs, and learned a little about making sure my shop appeared in the various search engines (tip: basically just make sure you have plenty of good text in there). The stream of sales became a river.

I discovered that Cafepress.com has a forum, where "shopkeepers" discuss tactics and ideas, and soon I was really cooking with gas, with a great shop, great sales, and feeling pretty great myself. Sales continue to grow, and I'm about to find out what the Christmas sales boom is like as we approach the later part of the year. It's a good time to get into it, actually, because with millions of people out there scouring the web for unique and original gifts to give to people, the chances of making a positive start for your shop are very good.

Well, that's my story. There are people out there making a lot more than I am, and I guess that it's a case of finding the right niche, the right designs, and getting your shop just right.

If you feel like giving it a go, Cafepress is at... www.cafepress.com/cp/info/storeref.aspx?refby=tshirtypoo and if you fancy having a look at my shop, it's at www.cafepress.com/tshirtypoo

Friday, May 9, 2008

Artwear and Artworks by Kristen Stein

Artwear and Artworks by Kristen Stein

Welcome to my new online store! Here you will find a variety of artwork and artwear emblazoned with my original artwork. Some of the designs are created from my original paintings, some are designs that were originally created for tshirt design contests. If you don't see the perfect product for you, please email me and let me know, I'd be happy to customize a product for you. Please visit my website at http://www.studioartworks.com/ for more original art. New designs will be added to this store on a weekly basis.

If you would like to be notified when I add a new design to this store, please subscribe to my Art blog at http://www.kristensteinfineart.blogspot.com/

I am an full-time, professional artist. I normally work with acrylic on canvas and have just started experimenting with graphic design and tshirt designs. Cafepress is a nice way to showcase several of the tshirt designs that I've created and it allows the customer to buy more than just a tshirt as cafepress has a wide-range of printable merchandise.

I have amassed quite a collection of digital images of my paintings and graphic designs and thought that Cafepress would be a nice site to showcase my artwork so that customers could buy more than just posters or prints featuring my artwork. I had looked into several online sites, but Cafepress was one of the few that could work with some of my more intricate details in some of my designs.

I've been a member of Cafepress since 2003. Back then, I primarily used cafepress to set up stores with merchandise featuring some of my customer's paintings. This allowed them to purchase their painting on gift merchandise.

My premier store : Artwear and Artworks by Kristen Stein at Kristen Designs was created in April 2008 and is relatively new. I plan to update it weekly as some of my tshirt designs are released to me.

I think my artwork appeals to a large audience. Everything is family friendly. I have sections with an organic, garden, floral, nature theme. I have a sections of art-based designs and graffiti designs. I also feature whimsical pet portraits, holiday-themed designs and have special designs showcasing peacocks, koi fish and golfing. I currently have 109 designs in 12 different sections that I believe appeal to all different types of buyers.

Visit Kristen at Ksteindesigns

Thursday, May 8, 2008

How to bring more traffic to your website?

Do you have Cafepress shop? Do you have your new blog? You are using Google analytics or statistic counter to track visitors but you want more customers?

From my personal experience I will include websites which helped me to generate traffic. It might work for you or it might not... but you have to try definitely and remember to be patient!

Here I will list the sites which helped me to bring traffic to my Cafepress shop and my blogs without spending any money on marketing.

  1. Google and yahoo organic traffic ( I mean with keyword search)
  2. http://www.stumbleupon.com/ (is a great website - suggested to anyone)
  3. my personal blog (50% of my traffic is from here)
  4. http://www.blogger.com/
  5. http://www.digg.com/
  6. http://www.technorati.com/
  7. http://www.google.com/
  8. http://www.facebook.com/
  9. http://www.myspace.com/
  10. forums.cafepress.com
  11. http://www.sikhpal.com/ (social network website for sikh)
  12. http://www.squidoo.com/
  13. referrals from other websites
I can add more of them but it's really depends on type of the shop you have...I believe you have to do your own research to succeed... and main thing that you won't be successful unless you have a great content. Content is a king of success!

P.S. Use any chance to promote your business. Click here to advertise for free on T-shirt Legends!

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Safety and Warning Signs Apparel and Gifts

This Cafepress shopkeeper writes "after working in chemistry R&D for so many years, I've come across countless safety and warning signs alerting me to a serious hazard. But the time has come to remove those signs from the lab and stick 'em on fun apparel and gifts!" Great chemistry and warning t-shirts available from GEEKY SECTION.

I thought these are quite simple but nice designs. If you like chemistry and geeky humor visit this Cafepress shop. Great t-shirts!

Friday, May 2, 2008

Michael Trafford - animal photography

The first Cafepress owner to be featured on T-shirt Legends is Michael Trafford.

He is an animal photographer since 1975. Dogs and horses are his speciality. He is based in the Scottish Borders, UK.

"I've been a professional photographer since 1975, specialising in dogs but taking other subjects too. I've been published worldwide in books and magazines and the time has come to use the resources on hand - several hundred thousand photos - so I started my Cafepress shop. So far it is attracting steady interest and a pleasing amount of buyers, making me confident of increasing future sales as the designs grow in number. I'm based in the Scottish Borders and travel overseas regularly. I'm currently in Australia and expect to be in Russia sometime in September. Eventually, I can see that my Cafepress shop will be a major source of income, that is my plan. The current shop has been built up over the past few months, since February, and there is much more to do over the coming months and years. My feeling is that the time required to do the designs and take the photos is an excellent investment and the resulting designs should be of interest to anyone interested in animals of any kind. The most recent additions are in the Bird section, of Cockatoos, Galahs and other parrots photographed just last week. One or two cry out for captions, so if anyone has any caption suggestions I'd be interested to hear them".

Thursday, May 1, 2008

Promote Cafepress t-shirt shop here!

Here is your chance! You can promote your Cafepress t-shirt shop here!

T-shirt Legends is your chance to let the world know about your shop! Maximise your sale potential here! Do you want to get more visitors ? get more potential customers to your site?

If you want to be featured here please send me mail to 1st.desilegend@gmail.com or comment. Here is your chance to promote yourself and your art!

-write amazing description of your shop
-include 2 best images with description or give me a link
-provide url
-include keywords for the article

See you on T-shirt Legends!
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