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Tee Rex, T-shirts Not Dinosaurs

teerexAn added bonus to the First Friday’s on Penn Ave and the GA/GI festival is the Cotton Factory Studio Sale!

Calling all t-shirt lovers! The Cotton Factory is a nifty little website that has been selling t-shirts online for awhile now.  Their shirt designs have gained praise and fame from the t-shirt community and few people know that The Cotton Factory has recently located their headquarters to Friendship.  Check out this great post from the Pittsburgh blog Steel Town Anthem with lots of photos from The Cotton Factory’s headquarters. All of The Cotton Factory t-shirts are designed and printed here in Pittsburgh.

The Cotton Factory created some wonderful t-shirts in honor of the Parking Chair after the big snow in February.

photo from the Cotton Factory Facebook Page

photo from the Cotton Factory Facebook Page

This Friday, at their office, The Cotton Factory is setting up a pop up shop with special t-shirts that won’t be available online.  You can check out some of their unique designs – that will only be available at the shop – on their Facebook page here.

Tee Rex – The Cotton Factory Studio Sale
Friday, April 2, 2010 4-10 pm
5440 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15206
Link to Facebook Event – http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=104688009564534

The Best T-shirts in Town – Meet Commonweath Press and Get Your Own snOMGpgh t-shirts!

danrocksnomgA long time ago, before there were blogs and before IheartPGH – some friend and I used to screen print t-shirts in my basement.  The first t-shirt we every printed was an IheartPGH t-shirt (I think I still have one of the origonals).  After printing a ton of shirts and realizing that I wasn’t really able to do large orders – I picked up a flyer for Commonwealth Press and sent them an email.  Dan and I met for coffee and we have been talking t-shirts ever since.

Dan and Shannon started Commonwealth Press in the basement of their house – they do an awesome job of screen printing t-shirts – if you can dream it – they can print it.  They are fast and helpful and affordable – Iknow they have done a great job of large and small orders (I think they were once kind enough to print 8 t-shirt for me).  One of the first converstaions Dan and I had was about clean and green and I know they do their best to steer clear of some of the toxic elements that can be involved in screen printing. Continue reading →

Links Worth a Look – December 8th

Here are some links/articles/blog posts that are worth a look:

  • So Me – New Shop in Glenshaw – Check out this post from the Pittsburgh Craft Collective (with photos) of a new shop that has just opened in Glen Shaw. So Me features gifts from local artists and crafters.
  • A Safe Street in Pittsburgh: Interesting Times : The New Yorker – Pittsburgh's City of Asylum project and the North Side's Sampsonia Way are profiled in the New Yorker. "City of Asylum/Pittsburgh provides sanctuary to writers exiled under threat of death, imprisonment, or persecution in their native countries."
  • Rusty Waters Apparel – more awesome Pittsburgh t-shirts. Check out the one with the directional arrows – such an accurate depiction of our roadways.

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Links Worth a Look – February 24th

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Links Worth a Look – January 22nd

Here are some links/articles/blog posts that are worth a look:

  • Begginers Cross County Skiing – Saturday Jan. 25 – I think this should be a good weekend to get outdoors!
  • Welcome a new Bakery to Sq. Hill! – A new bakery is sweetening up Squirrel Hill’s bustling commercial district. Located in the heart of the thriving East End neighborhood at 2119 Murray Ave., Sweet Tammy’s opened its doors to lovers of homemade treats Dec. 1.
  • Pittsburgh leads campaign to bail out the troubled Hostess Twinkie – Pittsburgh-based Rose Stein Inc. has launched a national campaign to rescue the beloved Twinkie,
  • Pittsburgh's Tugboat Printshop gets inaugural treatment this week – Congratulations to Tugboat Printshop !!
    "The artists, Paul Roden and his wife Valerie Lueth, earned a coveted invitation to hang their work in the inaugural week exhibition, Manifest Hope: DC Gallery, a diverse gathering of the nation’s most talented visual artists who provided artistic inspiration to the Obama campaign, such as the now famous iconic blue and red image of Obama's face by Shepherd Ferry. "
  • I steel PGH t-shirt – Another great t-shirt in black and gold! Thanks for leaving a comment about this!

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