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To Mess or Not To Mess With Texas?

Brad — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 18:13:01 +0000

So here’s a story of a t-shirt hunt with an almost-perfect ending. The other day I got an email from Liz, check this out:

Hello!
Stumbled across your blog, loved it, realized I had found a shirt a week ago that I loved but, unfortunately, it was too small (I was thrift-store hopping, they only had one). So I was wondering if you couldn’t hunt it down seeing as you seem to enjoy that sort of thing.

I looked for it online because the brand of the shirt itself was on the tag but it turned out that someone had simply silk screened it after buying plain shirts in bulk from that company.

Anyways, the shirt was black and it had an outline of Texas on it with the words, “Let’s Mess With Texas” written over top. It was pretty funny at the time.

Thanks in advance if you can find it. If you can’t, no worries, just thought I’d give it a shot.

Liz

This sounded like a tall order simply because of the sheer number of items you can buy with “Don’t Mess With Texas” plastered all over them. I also wanted to weed out as many print on demand (POD) items as possible, since Liz indicated in her email that the had been silk-screened by someone.

I got lucky, and I think I found the shirt:

Hopefully that’s the shirt you were talking about, Liz. I found it on Storyville Times, from a post dated Oct 1, 2007. The post tells me that the shirt was designed by a group called “Metro Three.” Some Googling brought me what looks to be their homepage and Twitter account:

Metro Three Homepage

Metro Three Twitter

I half-expect a tumbleweed to roll across that Twitter profile, it’s been deserted for so long. Nevertheless, Metro Three seems to be active, though that shirt doesn’t appear to be for sale right now. I’m thinking your best bet, Liz, is to contact them and see if they can’t make one appear in your mailbox one way or another.

If they can’t, here are some alternatives:

That’s Mess With Texas from Threadless, currently sold out but you can request an email notification for a reprint.

Here’s "Please Mess With Texas" from Protoculture Apparel. It’s a bit pricy IMO for the amount of print that’s on it, but it’s available in blue and green.

I also found this one on Cotton Factory, "I Messed With Texas." This one’s more reasonably priced at $16.

Hopefully you found something here you can run with with, Liz! Thanks for shooting me a message about this shirt you’re looking for. If anyone else has a shirt they’d like to see, hit the submit button up there on the right and let me know about it!

Print on Demand T-shirts: Do it the right way

Brad — Sat, 15 May 2010 15:32:15 +0000

If there’s one thing we should all know by now, it’s to shop around. The first place you find what you want is rarely the best place to get it, and with a little legwork you can comparison-shop your way to t-shirt nirvana.

While this has always applied for those looking to buy shirts, what about those looking to print? I think there’s been considerably less attention on the idea of shopping around when you’re looking to make your own shirts. There’s certainly a lot of selection out there, so which one do you choose? How do you know which print on demand (POD) company is right for your shirts?

Tees in a Pod has put together a comprehensive guide to the major print on demand services and breaks down everything from print area and cost to print methods, shop customization and affiliate commissions. It’s really a fantastic read.

While you’re there, check out their podcasts and hit subscribe, it’s good stuff!

10% off Orders at DBH

Brad — Wed, 12 May 2010 13:43:30 +0000

Just wanted to give you all a heads-up, you can get 10% off at Design by Humans now through May 16 by using the coupon code WEHRTDBH. Zip over there and take a look, it’s been a particularly good week for new designs.

Ballon Boy T-shirts Already

Brad — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 03:39:45 +0000

You may have heard that authorities in Colorado spent the better part of the day tracking down a 6 year old boy they thought floated away in a homemade hot air balloon that looked like a flying saucer. I can’t make this stuff up, folks. After rescue teams tethered the balloon to the ground and pitchforked it like a…uh, like a thing you stab with a pitchfork, they opened the hatch to find (gasp!) no boy inside.

Eventually they locate the boy in the house at home, safe and sound. At least there’s a happy ending. People wasted no time drafting up t-shirts, so I just thought I’d point them out. Found via Mashable.

Read the Mashable article on Balloon Boy tees and stuff
Make yourself cooler than everyone by being first on the meme bandwagon for once

USB Port T-Shirt on Conan

Brad — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 23:16:19 +0000

Conan O’Brien recently talked with the co-creator of the USB port on The Tonight Show. It’s a hilarious interview and Ajay Bhatt is a great sport through the whole thing. There’s a t-shirt in the final minute of the video that had me cracking up. I wonder how long until we see this one online?

The Odds of Owning T-Shirts

Brad — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:35:18 +0000

As a reader here there is little doubt that you own at the very least, a single t-shirt. It sort of goes without saying, really…as common as our classic tee has become. How many people out there don’t own a t-shirt though? I mean not even one; not even a plain white tee? There’s an answer for that (and thousands of other probability questions) at Book of Odds.

Book of Odds is a really interesting read and is probably an insurance estimator’s dream. As I starting fumbling around the site, I of course thought I’d see what came up for “t-shirt.” Hmmm…nothing. This isn’t very promising. A search for “shirt” yields what I’m looking for though! Have a peek:

See the little icon at the right of each odds statement, that looks like a little list? It turns out that you can hover over that and have any odds statement printed on a t-shirt through Zazzle. Pretty sweet! The tees have the Book of Odds logo on the left breast and your odds statement of choice on the back. If you’re a trivia nut (I know I am) you’ll probably find some pretty interesting nuggets on this site.

Check out the Book of Odds search results for “shirt”
Have a peek at the rest of Book of Odds

Threadless Classics Sale

Brad — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 02:53:54 +0000

What a great Monday this is! (I honestly never thought I’d say something like that)

Threadless has a ton of their best tees on sale for (get this) 12 bucks! That’s right, they’ve got 30 t-shirts for just 12 bones each. If you’re at all familiar with Threadless, you know that the quality of their shirts is second to none.

All of these shirts have been a huge hit for Threadless, so if you were on the fence about picking one of these up, now is the time. At $12 it’s hard to go wrong, it’s a steal. If you’re new to Threadless, this is your chance to dip your toes in the pool. Trust me, you’ll be glad you did.

The sale only lasts until this Friday (October 9) at 10 AM Central though, so you’ve gotta be fast. Like, Quick Draw McGraw fast!

Head over to Threadless and check out their Classics Sale

Hide Your Arms T-Shirt Blog List

Brad — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 23:33:45 +0000

I’m sure many of the regular readers here also read Hide Your Arms. In case you don’t though, I wanted to point out the exhaustive list of t-shirt blogs recently posted there. The original list was 133 (!!!) and has since grown to 149 through reader submissions.

The list must have taken forever to compile, and a round of applause is certainly due to Andy for his efforts. I was happy to see that this site was included, despite the recent lack of updates.

Be sure to check it out if you haven’t already.

BustedTees Sale – Today Only

Brad — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 04:43:37 +0000

BustedTees is having a 24 hour sale today, ending at midnight. All tees are on sale for $12. Head on over there and pick out a few you like, they’re regularly priced at $18. That’s roughly 33% off, for those of you counting on your fingers! Go, go go!

DeezTeez Sale

Brad — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:05:21 +0000

DeezTeez is having a sale through tomorrow. Enter TAXESSUCK into the coupon code box at checkout to get 25% off.

I’ve always loved Happy Gilmore, so here’s a shirt I found through TShirtReview.com (not to be confused with this site). Chris has featured some pretty sweet tees in the past there, check him out.

The Chubbs Peterson Golf Lessons shirt is $14.99 ($11.24 if you get it today or tomorrow) and is available from DeezTeez.