Content is Queen

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I added a new design today. I thought it would be fun to do a “Content is Queen” line and advertise it by saying, “Content may be King on the Internet, but when it comes to filling t-shirts content is Queen!”

http://www.givitup.com and click on Truly Unique Gifts

givitup’s latest press release

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Here’s the entire press release I sent out yesterday:

Hickory, NC January 9, 2007 Christian online clothing and gift store helps believers make a positive statement

Online store, givitup, is full of positive Christian apparel and gifts. The storeowner, Nancy Geiger, feels there are enough negative and crude t-shirts out there. Christians need to present a positive view. The store challenges Christians to be a light in the darkness by sharing their faith.

givitup opened a year ago focusing on giving up whatever it is that keeps you from being the best person you can possibly be, whether it's regrets, excuses, smoking, road rage or anything else. "Now that we've gotten people to get rid of the bad things it's only logical we offer them good things to replace them with." Geiger said. “Then the next step is to inspire others.”

The store has over 2400 items. Shoppers may choose from dozens of designs: including a line that states either Team Jesus or Team God on the front and “show the world whose side you’re on” on the back to simply “Believe” “I Believe” “Blessed” or something from the Fruits of the Spirit line. Each Fruit of the Spirit: Love, Peace, Joy, Kindness, Self-Control, Faithfulness, Goodness, Kindness and Gentleness comes in a choice of 6 jewel tone colors.

Geiger says, “We have dozens of products to choose from: t-shirts, sweatshirts, hats, aprons, buttons, magnets, stickers, postage stamps, journals, greeting cards, postcards, teddy bears, mugs and more. One of our biggest sellers is Amazing Grace written in the shape of a cross. These are meaningful gifts for those you love and who love the Lord.”

givitup is part of CafePress.com. Since 1999, CafePress has empowered people to create, buy and sell customized merchandise through CafePress.com on-demand manufacturing and e-commerce services. Powering a network of more than one million independently-run CafeShops™ as well as syndicated and corporate stores, the company offers online retail services for storefront web development, order management, fulfillment, secure payment processing, and quality customer service.

Today, CafePress.com is a global and growing community of merchants who have unleashed their creativity to transform their artwork and ideas into new revenue streams and diverse products.

givitup is located at http://www.givitup.com

Artists should be selling on CafePress!

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We went to an Art Crawl downtown tonight and all I could think about was, “All these artists could have their stuff on CafePress!” They try so hard to find markets for it and it’s tough to do. I told a couple about it. They’ve already got lots of designs, prints, photographs etc. This would open up the world to them!

I also started reading those cocktail napkins in some of the gift shops. You know, like; “Men are all the same, they just have different heads so you can tell them apart.” And “You never know how many friends you have til you have an open house.” Of course, now I read them and think, “t-shirts!” I’m hopeless!

All about t-shirts

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John and I went out to dinner and shopping tonight. Everywhere I looked in the clothing store (at least in the Junior and Men sections) were t-shirts with sayings on them! I need to figure out how to get the word out that I can print anything people can think of too.
It is certainly a popular trend! It’s also like reading cards in a store; you gravitate toward the clever and funny ones.

I majored in Textiles & Clothing in college with a concentration in Fashion Merchandising. I remember when studying the history of fashion we talked about t-shirts. How they both made people “belong” and “stand out.” The first written t-shirts were usually sports names. Then of course there are the school names and place names, all giving people a feeling of belonging to a group. Later came the “statements” which set them a part. Their view of the world or opinion about something. The hip joke that made them cool. The rebellion against the establishment.

Now, while they are popular still for both of those reasons, the casual life style of the 21st century also plays a big part in their popularity.

And a lot of them do make you laugh!

Someone affiliated me!

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Googled myself and found quite a few of my press releases! Then I tried givitup and got quite a scare! Saw “givitup for your New Year’s Resolution” – but someone else’s website! Apparently someone has created a blog about t-shirts on the web and he featured mine! He’s probably affiliated himself to my site – with it going through CafePress you never really know if anyone is doing that. Hope he sells!