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These hip sunglasses come with a cool zip case in the shape of a car.
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Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Holler Skateboards
Local skateboarder Chris Contesso contacted us to do some buttons for his new art/skate project Holler Skateboards. He hand paints custom art on blank skateboard decks and sells them to collectors and friends to either skate or just hang on the wall.
Chris told us he planned on selling some of these in packs of three, and others with the sale of each deck or shirt.
If interested in having one made you can also contact them at their Facebook page.
We support D.I.Y. skateboarding.
Chris told us he planned on selling some of these in packs of three, and others with the sale of each deck or shirt.
If interested in having one made you can also contact them at their Facebook page.
We support D.I.Y. skateboarding.
Monday, November 1, 2010
A Caring Teacher...
We were recently approached by a 5th Grade, Chicago Public School teacher who was tired of his kids not doing well on their tests. He came to us with an idea to help spark their unknowing craving to learn.
His idea was to give them an incentive to try harder. He mentioned that none of his kids were even getting over 25 out of 50. This bothered him, as he teaches them every day with no improvement.
He states, "I wanted to see if maybe I show them a prize, they might want that prize, and once one student has that prize the rest will want to have one also, wear them like a badges of honor." He also said that with two weeks they were doing just that, after the first student scored a 37.
He then had students coming up and telling him they were "going to study every night, and they were going to get that '50' button."
It's funny how just a tiny 1" pin back button can get a child to want to study and help improve a grade point average.
Congrats Mr. McCall.
His idea was to give them an incentive to try harder. He mentioned that none of his kids were even getting over 25 out of 50. This bothered him, as he teaches them every day with no improvement.
He states, "I wanted to see if maybe I show them a prize, they might want that prize, and once one student has that prize the rest will want to have one also, wear them like a badges of honor." He also said that with two weeks they were doing just that, after the first student scored a 37.
He then had students coming up and telling him they were "going to study every night, and they were going to get that '50' button."
It's funny how just a tiny 1" pin back button can get a child to want to study and help improve a grade point average.
Congrats Mr. McCall.
Saturday, October 9, 2010
Such Luck...
About a month ago Local Chicago Art and Skateboarding blog Such Luck got wind of our operation and asked us to do a series of buttons for them. The request was 33 each of 3 designs.
I was curious, and asked if there was some sort of Illuminati or Rolling Rock connection for the specific order of "33" pieces.
The answer was no. They just wanted 100 buttons, but only had 3 designs.
Fair enough. So we just made the order for 34 each, giving them 1 extra of each for a total of 102.
They're nice people over there, check them out.
This being a skateboard related post, I have enclosed this link to the Save The Turf website.
The Turf was a skate park that has been around since the 70's, but has been buried and unearthed several times, recently unearthed again, and the locals are trying to get it saved and make it an Historic landmark.
We have set up a Donate box on our site on the Left Hand side. If you are interested, you can donate on our site or on theirs.
Either way, all the money collected goes 100% to saving the park.
I was curious, and asked if there was some sort of Illuminati or Rolling Rock connection for the specific order of "33" pieces.
The answer was no. They just wanted 100 buttons, but only had 3 designs.
Fair enough. So we just made the order for 34 each, giving them 1 extra of each for a total of 102.
They're nice people over there, check them out.
This being a skateboard related post, I have enclosed this link to the Save The Turf website.
The Turf was a skate park that has been around since the 70's, but has been buried and unearthed several times, recently unearthed again, and the locals are trying to get it saved and make it an Historic landmark.
We have set up a Donate box on our site on the Left Hand side. If you are interested, you can donate on our site or on theirs.
Either way, all the money collected goes 100% to saving the park.
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Buster Bear Clothing...
About a month ago we got asked by local Chicago artist Alex Cohen, if we could make some buttons for the opening of his art show in the downtown loop area.
He drew a page of images and asked us to pick one, and that all we do is change the color of the BB logo. We took it a step further and made one of them pretty unique.
Alex goes by the name of Turbo for his artwork, and he makes a line of one-of-a-kind shirts each with a different image, called Buster Bear Clothing.
He drew a page of images and asked us to pick one, and that all we do is change the color of the BB logo. We took it a step further and made one of them pretty unique.
Alex goes by the name of Turbo for his artwork, and he makes a line of one-of-a-kind shirts each with a different image, called Buster Bear Clothing.
Friday, August 6, 2010
Mall Grabbers...
Here is a graphic that we came up with to take a stand against people who hold their skateboards by the trucks, and not like a real skater.
The buttons are available for $1 each or $4 for a 5 pack. Inquire for larger quantities if wanted.
We also have this image and many others available for sale at our Zazzle store.
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Outta My Hands...
Well, here we have one of our button images available on a shirt.
Some things are even out of the control of Jesus, you know like if it's an act of God, you follow a different religion, your own stupidity or something like that.
The above raglan jersey version is available for only $22.20 and is made from pre-shrunk, 5.5 oz 100% heavyweight cotton.
If you want it on a plain t-shirt it can be as low as $13.75
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