the public enemy t-shirt that i lost moving from florida to cali...

http://www.cafepress.com/LeftM

i changed the font of "S1W" and i made it available for males and females! a couple of different colors although i'm getting mine in black!

aha. now i know what you look like

lol... that's pretty close... i have a buzzed head though!

That would be pretty ironic if you designed a "word... indeed!" t-shirt. I would buy one for sure.

  On 9/17/2009 at 7:15 AM, Enter a new display name said:

That would be pretty ironic if you designed a "word... indeed!" t-shirt. I would buy one for sure.

i'll do that next!

how does cafe press work? i've bought from there before but never thought about how things get made. do you submit design and they print it?

  On 9/17/2009 at 8:03 PM, Benedict Cumberbatch said:

how does cafe press work? i've bought from there before but never thought about how things get made. do you submit design and they print it?

i really don't know. i don't know if they create it when ordered or make a bunch and hold them until peeps order them. i'm going to order one in a few days!

but you submit the design and at some point they print them up? do you specify the tshirt? do you profit at all? i should probably read their website

  On 9/18/2009 at 5:19 PM, Benedict Cumberbatch said:

but you submit the design and at some point they print them up? do you specify the tshirt? do you profit at all? i should probably read their website

this is my first time trying it. i submitted the design then chose what t-shirt to get them printed on. i chose the american apparel one because i like the way it fits. i also chose a less expensive one, but those don't come in black. and of course i chose a couple for the ladies. i happen to love spaghetti tank tops on ladies so i chose that one!

the shirts are a base price and you add mark up for your profit (i added $5 to $8 since i'm just starting)!

you can have them printed on other stuff as well. stickers, hats, bottles, all kinds of shit!

CafePress is "on demand" printing - they use laser presses rather than silk screen or offset printing to create the items cheaply. One unfortunate side effect is shirts there tend not to last long (the printing on them) through repeated washings. I've gotten some posters from there and the quality is decent - it's a good way to do one-off items cheaply without having to spend a lot of up-front money or buy multiple quantities.

They even do CD and book publishing as well, although the rules for those are somewhat different.

werd

cool imma try it out

i have a california republic flag tshirt from cafepress and its been through the wash many times. i also bought a tank for my wife from there and that washed off pretty quickly so...

  On 9/18/2009 at 6:05 PM, Benedict Cumberbatch said:

i have a california republic flag tshirt from cafepress and its been through the wash many times. i also bought a tank for my wife from there and that washed off pretty quickly so...

how did the california shirt hold up... and your wife's tank top, did it fade or wash away completely?

Here's a review of CafePress' shirts from a few years ago:

http://blog.moertel.com/articles/2006/07/05/mini-review-of-cafepresss-direct-printed-t-shirts

  On 9/18/2009 at 10:34 PM, Joyrex said:

Here's a review of CafePress' shirts from a few years ago:

 

http://blog.moertel.com/articles/2006/07/05/mini-review-of-cafepresss-direct-printed-t-shirts

cool... thanks for that link!

  On 9/18/2009 at 10:01 PM, asymmetrical head said:

  On 9/18/2009 at 6:05 PM, Benedict Cumberbatch said:

i have a california republic flag tshirt from cafepress and its been through the wash many times. i also bought a tank for my wife from there and that washed off pretty quickly so...

 

how did the california shirt hold up... and your wife's tank top, did it fade or wash away completely?

actually i got 2 california tees. one was horrible material and kinda earthy coloured. i never wear that. the other is white and on american apparel and is awesome. i've washed it 50times and its fine still no fading no peeling

the wifes tank was ribbed i think and the text started peeling pretty badly.

seems like potluck on cafepress. but with american apparel you should be fine

yeah... i used american apparel for the mens. i personally like the way AA fits me... i also chose a thicker one incase people are more into that!