I’m not exactly a fashion person. I wore the same pair of shorts every day in third grade.[1] I wear jeans until they are literally falling apart. The closest I get to Avant-garde is watching Project Runway reruns.[2]
But, I do love a good t-shirt.
Growing up, I had some real classics:
One with all the letters of the alphabet next to an animal whose name begins with that letter.
One with the Ben and Jerry’s cow that that matched those favorite green shorts perfectly.[3]
A number of tye-dyed ones I’d made myself at camp or birthday parties.
One that promoted the World Lumberjack Days in Hayward, Wisconsin.[4]
A really awesome one from the North Carolina zoo that compared the head sizes of the Indian elephant and the African elephant.
Long story short, I’m kind of a t-shirt aficionado.
That’s just one reason I’m so pumped about the progressive carnival at TakeAction’s Annual Meeting on Saturday, February 15th. We’re going to screen print our own progressive t-shirts!
We’ll have 100 t-shirts for the first 100 folks who want to screen-print. After that, we’ll have poster paper to make your own poster. We’ll have a bunch of different patterns to choose from, and you’ll be able to mix and match. Maybe you want a “Raise the Wage” shirt to wear to the Capitol for the big actions during the early days of the legislative session. Maybe you want to proclaim your love for MinnesotaCare. Maybe you want to add to your Justice 4 All t-shirt collection.
Or, maybe you’ve got a better idea. Which I great, because I need your help.
What do YOU want us to screen print on t-shirts and posters? What simple picture or phrase do YOU want to be wearing during 2014? Submit your ideas for screen printing designs here on our facebook wall, and you just may get to see your pattern in print!
[1] They looked almost exactly like this and went down to my knee.
[2] I love the one where Tim Gunn rode a tandem bicycle.
[3] It was exactly like this except green.
[4] Who knows why I had that one since I grew up 1,208 miles away from Hayward, Wisconsin.
