T-Shirt Works

A Man With a Manly Willys Likes a Manly Willys Tee

2011-06-26T11:08:00.000-07:00

Moonlight strolls on the beach? I think not!

Among the manliest of manly old vehicles is the Willys Pickup, cousin of the honorable WW2 Willys Jeep. Shown above is a 1954 Willys Pickup ready to rip up some deserving stretch of sand.
One of these days we'll load up an old Willys Pickup (or maybe a Willys Panel) and roam to hills and dales of America peddling t-shirts. Like our Willys Script T-shirt shown below.
New Willys T-Shirt
This is the Willys T-Shirt .
RetroRanger is a CafePress-powered t-shirt and gift shop featuring vintage and retro images and art you're sure to like. Pictured here is the Willys T-Shirt . Great design for fans of vintage Willys automobiles...the original Jeeps and Jeepsters and Willys Pickups. Get this classic script Willys Logo on t-shirts, hoodies, coffee mugs, hats, and more.
At CafePress you can browse through thousands of T-Shirts on any subject or idea you can imagine. Many fun and humorous T Shirt ideas, unique styles and cool designs for men, women and children, like the Willys T-Shirt.

Think All Bees Are Busy? This Bee Is Not All That Busy

2011-06-23T10:20:00.000-07:00

This is new at the RowdyTease shop on CafePress...

Not That Busy Bee Shirt

Designer: T-Shirts,Sweatshirts,Hats,Buttons - RowdyTease
Product ID: 549480940
Date Created: June 22, 2011 at 3:27 PM

Let's get real. Some bees are busy. Busy, busy, busy. Busy bee got a lot going on. But some bees are not so busy. Bee got nothing going on. This is that bee. Not that busy bee.

Flapjacks. Bringing Joy Wherever They Go

2011-06-23T10:12:00.000-07:00

New Funny Flapjacks T-Shirt
This is the Funny Flapjacks T-Shirt .
RetroRanger is a CafePress-powered t-shirt and gift shop featuring vintage and retro images and art you're sure to like. Pictured here is the Funny Flapjacks T-Shirt . Pancakes, Hotcakes, Griddle Cakes or Flapjacks, nothing adds more joy to the campsite. Pass the syrup!
At CafePress you can browse through thousands of T-Shirts on any subject or idea you can imagine. Many fun and humorous T Shirt ideas, unique styles and cool designs for men, women and children, like the Funny Flapjacks T-Shirt.

Roundup: Trombone Lounge, Jump the Shark, Let Tim Smoke

2011-06-17T11:00:00.000-07:00

New Trombone Lounge T
This is the Trombone Lounge T .
RetroRanger is a CafePress-powered t-shirt and gift shop featuring vintage and retro images and art you're sure to like. Pictured here is the Trombone Lounge T . Hey you trombone guys and gals, come on down to the Trombone Lounge. Come on by after marching practice and we'll laugh about that trumpet twit who can't tell right from left.
At CafePress you can browse through thousands of T-Shirts on any subject or idea you can imagine. Many fun and humorous T Shirt ideas, unique styles and cool designs for men, women and children, like the Trombone Lounge T.

New Jump The Shark T-Shirt
This is the Jump The Shark T-Shirt .
RetroRanger is a CafePress-powered t-shirt and gift shop featuring vintage and retro images and art you're sure to like. Pictured here is the Jump The Shark T-Shirt . The Happy Days TV Show was worn out and tired by the time Fonzie jumped a live shark with his motorcycle. Sadly, Sooner Or Later We All Jump The Shark
At CafePress you can browse through thousands of T-Shirts on any subject or idea you can imagine. Many fun and humorous T Shirt ideas, unique styles and cool designs for men, women and children, like the Jump The Shark T-Shirt.

New Let Tim Smoke Jr.Spaghetti Strap
This is the Let Tim Smoke Jr.Spaghetti Strap .
RetroRanger is a CafePress-powered t-shirt and gift shop featuring vintage and retro images and art you're sure to like. Pictured here is the Let Tim Smoke Jr.Spaghetti Strap . Hey, all we are saying is, Let Tim Smoke. If you agree, then the Let Tim Smoke Shirt is for you
At CafePress you can browse through thousands of T-Shirts on any subject or idea you can imagine. Many fun and humorous T Shirt ideas, unique styles and cool designs for men, women and children, like the Let Tim Smoke Jr.Spaghetti Strap.

Cartoon Auctioneer Sold! T-Shirt

2011-06-16T10:14:00.000-07:00

New Auctioneer Ash Grey T-Shirt
This is the Auctioneer Ash Grey T-Shirt .
RetroRanger is a CafePress-powered t-shirt and gift shop featuring vintage and retro images and art you're sure to like. Pictured here is the Auctioneer Ash Grey T-Shirt . A wonderful little cartoon auctioneer from the early 20s. This vintage graphic is perfect for the auction buff.
At CafePress you can browse through thousands of T-Shirts on any subject or idea you can imagine. Many fun and humorous T Shirt ideas, unique styles and cool designs for men, women and children, like the Auctioneer Ash Grey T-Shirt.

When All the Skeletons Get Together to Dance

2011-06-14T15:23:00.001-07:00

New Dancing Skeleton Hoodie
This is the Dancing Skeleton Hoodie .
Stay warm with our Dancing Skeleton Hoodie Hanes Ultimate Cotton Pullover Hood. Constructed with a heavyweight 90/10 cotton/polyester blend. Thick (but not bulky), comfortable, durable and guaranteed. RetroRanger is a CafePress-powered t-shirt and gift shop featuring vintage and retro images and art you're sure to like. Pictured here is the Dancing Skeleton Hoodie . Skeleton T Shirt. This is the coolest of dancing skeletons and he's consented to grace the front of our shirts. Once again, the dead forced to do the will of the living. The Dancing Skeleton T Shirt
At CafePress you can browse through thousands of T-Shirts on any subject or idea you can imagine. Many fun and humorous T Shirt ideas, unique styles and cool designs for men, women and children, like the Dancing Skeleton Hoodie.

Mr Ferguson Made Some Tasty Tasty Beer

2011-06-14T11:53:00.000-07:00

New Ferguson Beer Shirt
This is the Ferguson Beer Shirt .
The most comfortable Ferguson Beer Shirt ever! Our 100% cotton, Hanes Authentic Tagless T-Shirt is preshrunk, durable and guaranteed. RetroRanger is a CafePress-powered t-shirt and gift shop featuring vintage and retro images and art you're sure to like. Pictured here is the Ferguson Beer Shirt . A special brew for the Fergusons of the world and the fans of Ferguson, of which there are legion! Fergusons unite and wear this shirt so you can recognize each other. A unique Ferguson gift item.
At CafePress you can browse through thousands of T-Shirts on any subject or idea you can imagine. Many fun and humorous T Shirt ideas, unique styles and cool designs for men, women and children, like the Ferguson Beer Shirt.

Sweet Jenny from Rochester and All Her Beery Goodness

2011-01-04T22:16:00.000-08:00

A pretty girl. Who brings you beer. That would be Jenny.
Of course that was 1955 and now Jenny is like 83 years old. Hey, this is a little video project in support of the Zazzle tshirt shop...Vintage Beer T-Shirts.
This video will give you an idea of the frothy goodness of the Genesee Beer "Always Ask For Jenny" shirt design, that was a classic advertising tagline for the historic Genesee Brewing Company of Rochester, New York. Vintage advertising art from the 1950s.
The modern Genesee Brewing sells a budget beer as "Genny." But this is our old favorite girl Jenny.
Vintage Beer T-Shirts has this design available on tshirts, sweatshirts, hoodies,tanks,and more.

WANG Computers T-Shirt Re-Issues

2009-07-02T23:10:00.000-07:00

When I was a young man I had two understatedly cool t-shirts, one said Head and the other said WANG. Giggle Giggle.
Head was (is?) a snow ski manufacturer, while WANG was one of the early biggies in computers, main frame brain machines and some of the early desktops. In the late 70s and early 80s you would see the classic WANG Computers t-shirt anywhere that geeks congregated.
Found a new reissue of the classic WANG Computers T-Shirt over a CafePress. Here's the basic white which is only 15 bucks, but they also have it in other colors and styles.

The MG Cars of Morris Garages

2009-06-23T15:42:00.000-07:00

Fans of MG sports cars will love the Morris Garages T-Shirt from RetroRanger. It's an historical footnote now that MG cars took their name from the original Morris Garages, founded in Oxford, England in 1924. Morris Garages was a retailer of Morris automobiles and began marketing customized versions of the cars. These customized Morris cars led directly to the founding of MG Motors.
The Morris Garages T-Shirt features a MG T-Series auto along with the establishment date of 1924. A fantasy design that the guys in the garage would have been proud to offer in the gift shop had they not been busy creating the classic British sports car.

Cute & Girly Happy Squiggle T-Shirt

2009-05-14T14:30:00.000-07:00

This is not much more than a squiggle, with a smile. That's why it's called the Happy Squiggle T-Shirt. Definitely cute and absolutely girly, the Happy Squiggle Tee from RowdyTease.

President of Clarinet Nation T-Shirt

2009-05-01T16:06:00.000-07:00

Here's the new President of Clarinet Nation t-shirt spotted over at Marching Band Shirts and their Amazon storefront. Is this an elected position, or is it more of a power grab? How does one get to be President of Clarinet Nation? You know what, I think I'd rather be Secretary of the Treasury at Clarinet Nation...at least at tax-time. All your taxes are belong to me!
Check out all the marching band t-shirts for tuba players, trombonists, trumpeters, sax players and yes, clarinets!

Bartholomay Brewing T-Shirt at RetroRanger

2008-10-16T16:45:00.000-07:00

If you lived in Rochester, New York in the early 1900s, then Bartholomay was your beer. Since there is a very good chance that you're dead now, we'll raise a toast in your memory. Here's a Bartholomay Beer T-Shirt we found over at RetroRanger.

Sexy Cockshutt Tractor Shirt

2008-09-20T17:05:00.000-07:00

New at RetroRanger is the "She thinks My Cockshutt is Sexy" shirt. The Cockshutt, for those who don't know, is a kind of tractor. A Canadian tractor at that. A sexy Canadian tractor.

Skull and Bones Trombone Shirt

2008-09-03T14:29:00.000-07:00

Pretty damn cool shirt for trombone players...who tend to be the coolest of the low brass (or is that lowest of the cool brass?).
This is the Skull & Bones Trombone Shirt available at RetroRanger, Cafepress tshirt shop.

Drunken Skeletons Flying a Trumpet

2008-08-17T02:46:00.001-07:00

OK, I'm not sure if the skeletons are drunk, but they sure are having fun. Also not certain whether the skeletons are actually flying a trumpet, or maybe they are just passengers on a flying trumpet. Whatever is going on, it makes for a very cool t-shirt. The Skeletons Flying A Trumpet Shirt is available at RetroRanger, or stop into the Teeblr listing and vote it up...Trumpet Flying Skeletons Shirt.

Seen Over at Teeblr - Guitars and Obama

2008-08-14T19:27:00.000-07:00

Couple of new t-shirts we spotted over at Teeblr.com. First is the black Eat Sleep Play Guitar shirt. Love the graphic of a Fender Stratocaster with the text Eat Sleep Play Guitar forming the neck of the guitar. See and vote for it at Teeblr...the Eat Sleep Play Guitar T-Shirt.

Also seen today at Teeblr is the Broccoli Obama T-Shirt with presidential wannabee Barack Obama as a man-broccoli hybrid. That's too funny.

Crumhorn T-Shirt

2008-08-10T16:28:00.000-07:00

If you were headed to a big music show back in Renaissance times, there's a pretty good chance you might be hearing some crumhorns. The crumhorn was a double-reed instrument, sort of like an oboe. We've just done up this Crumhorn T-Shirt for sale on Cafepress.

Happy Dancing Skeleton T-Shirt

2008-08-10T16:11:00.000-07:00

Brand new for the Cafepress sales, this is our happy dancing Skeleton T-Shirt. I'm not that knowledgeable about happiness among the dead, but would assume just the ability to dance would make most deceased entities happy. Just a guess. We'll find out when we're dead.

New Light Color Woodstock T-Shirt

2008-08-10T16:04:00.000-07:00

Added new light color t-shirts to the existing selection at the Woodstock T-Shirt shop. Gone with the design in blue, may add some pastels in the future. Let us know if you like that idea.

You're Craig, Just Not That Craig.

2008-05-29T17:33:00.001-07:00

Hey, are you the craigslist craig? I've got a lawnmower to sell, could I give the info to you? Oh, you're not that craig. I'm sorry. You should get a shirt or something.

Something like the Not That Craig Shirt I just uploaded to Cafepress.

Technorati Tags: craig, craigslist, craiglist, funny, tshirt

I'm Homo For Romo T-Shirt

2008-05-16T09:38:00.001-07:00

Hard to believe its almost mini-camp time. It won't be long before football season is back.
Here's the "I'm Homo for Romo T-Shirt" available over at Printfection. A favorite of Tony Romo fans everywhere. Funny, and available in 31 colors! WooHoo!!

Technorati Tags: dallas cowboys, tony romo, homo, football

New Trombone T-Shirt - Girlfriend Loves My Bone

2008-05-13T11:22:00.001-07:00

New trombone shirt design I uploaded to RetroRanger today. Your Girlfriend Loves My Bone. Well, duh.

Woodstock Peace & Love Lives Forever on T-Shirt

2008-05-06T09:58:00.001-07:00

I'm thinking this would be perfect for any summer music festival...maybe Bonnaroo or Coachella or even Warped Tour.
The Woodstock Dark T-Shirt from Woodstock_69
Beat it with a muddy rock for added authenticity.

Technorati Tags: woodstock, bonnaroo, lollapalooza, peace

Sherlock Holmes iDeduce T-Shirt

2008-04-10T20:30:00.001-07:00

Here's a cool t-shirt for the Sherlock Holmes fans. The great detective in the style of an iPod advert. Also available in iPod yellow, pink and purple. Find the Sherlock Holmes iDeduce T-shirt at Cafepress store, RetroRanger.

New Colors - iBone Trombone T-Shirts

2008-04-03T16:47:00.001-07:00

We've added some new colors to the iBone Trombone T-Shirts over at RetroRanger. Adding orange, purple and green to the magenta we already offered.

Duct Tape Tees

2008-04-01T12:03:00.001-07:00

Funny entry on the three coolest Duct Tape Tshirts over at Today's Coolest T-Shirts

Today's Coolest Duct Tape T-Shirts

Grizzlies Love Beer

2008-03-31T15:40:00.001-07:00

One of our RetroRanger shirts featured on Today's Coolest T-Shirts...our Do Not Feed the Grizzly Beers t-shirt. Huzzah!

New T-Shirt - Obama in Sin City

2008-03-30T13:21:00.001-07:00

New design blogged about at GnuMakins is this Barack Obama in Sin City Black T-Shirt

T-Shirts for Knights and their Ladies

2008-03-30T11:34:00.000-07:00

Just posted at Today's Coolest T-Shirts...Three Coolest Jousting T-shirts.

Morris Garages, est. 1924 T-Shirt

2008-03-29T18:35:00.001-07:00

Seen at RetroRanger, throwback MG t-shirt...Morris Garages, est 1924.

Frenchys Driving Academy T-Shirt

2008-03-28T15:50:00.001-07:00

just posted to Gnu Makins...The Red Car MG TC Shirt

I read a book when I was a kid that I just loved called "The Red Car" by Don Stanford. It was a story of a teen named Hap Adams who comes upon a beat-up MG TC sports car...

Carpenter T-Shirts

2008-03-25T13:57:00.001-07:00

This is a cool shirt that does a steady few sales every month at RetroRanger. Trades and Occupations of the 1800s in 1840 Woodcut Design. This design features the wood worker, the Carpenter. I should do more of these...but really have to wonder how many blacksmiths and wheelwrights there still are.

William Steinitz Chess Champion T-Shirt

2008-03-24T15:29:00.001-07:00

A new design I've just uploaded to RetroRanger...this is the William Steinitz t-shirt. Steinitz was the very first World's Chess Champion back in 1886 and he's the first in what will be an entire line of shirts featuring past Chess Champions and Grandmasters. Yes, I'm satisfying my inner geek.

Technorati Tags: chess, steinitz, t-shirt,

Old School Embry Riddle T-Shirt

2008-03-12T23:53:00.001-07:00

Seen over at GnuMakins...a really nifty t-shirt with an old Embry-Riddle graphic.

All We Are Saying, is Give Pizza Chance

2008-02-20T20:34:00.001-08:00

One of our favorite new shirts at RowdyTease is the "Give Pizza Chance" t-shirt. I know personally after a day on the Mall demonstrating for Peace in Our Time I am famished and can't wait to dive into a deep dish of love and happiness...hold the anchovy.

Technorati Tags: pizza, peace, moveon.org, iraq

Free Kosovo Funny T-Shirt

2008-02-17T14:27:00.001-08:00

The guys over at RowdyTease show their support for a Free Kosovo with this new Free Kosovo t-shirt design. Love the small print: "Get One Free Kosovo with Your Purchase of One Kosovo of Equal or Greater Value."

Womens Basketball - George Bellows Art

2007-12-25T10:53:00.001-08:00

Here's a design I've just uploaded to RetroRanger...its our Womens Basketball 1903 T-Shirt. I'm real excited to make this one available because it incorporates a woman basketball player as drawn for the 1903 Ohio State University yearbook by famous American artist George Bellows. Bellows was the art director for the Makio that one year but then dropped out of OSU to go be a baseball player. When that didn't work out he went to New York and art stardom. I was real lucky to get a hold of the 1903 Makio and found this drawing too cool to not put it on a shirt. Dig those quilted pants!

Classic Cat T-Shirt - Sunset Strip Strippers

2007-12-24T23:47:00.001-08:00

We've got a new storefront working over at Artsnow.com. Its a Chinese knock-off of Cafepress, but with some cool wrinkles, not the least of which is a free store with unlimited items and unlimited images. I've started a store called "Sixties Fashion" which I'm gonna fill up with Sixties stuff, duh.
This design is something I lifted off an old book of matches. I've been investigating old matchbook covers for graphics. There small size has meant for very basic graphics, perfect to make a transition onto a t-shirt.
Anyhoo, this design is for The Classic Cat, which was the top strip joint on Sunset Strip back in the sixties. The place was big with celebrities...actors like Bob Crane and musicians like Jim Morrison. Check out The Classic Cat T-Shirt at Sixties Fashion.

Technorati Tags: classic cat, sunset strip, hollywood, strippers

Taco T-Shirt - Show the Taco Love

2007-12-20T10:41:00.001-08:00

New at RetroRanger...Show your love for tacos with this iconic spice pack image. Get this
Taco design on a t-shirt, sweatshirt,hoodie, tote bag, or any of our
unique gift items.

Technorati Tags: tacos, spices, cooking, t shirt

Big Johnson T-Shirt

2007-12-19T18:40:00.001-08:00

I get a lot of Google traffic to RetroRanger from people searching for "Big Johnson." I imagine the searchers are disappointed to find that the match they think they've found is actually for my Walter "Big Train" Johnson t-shirt. I have no idea whether Walter had a big johnson or not, but he did have the greatest fastball of his time, which translated into 3508 career strike-outs and 110 shutouts pitched.

Y107 Nashville T-Shirt

2007-12-18T19:28:00.001-08:00

We're launching a new category of designs over at RetroRanger...we call it the Radio Graveyard. Through all my years in radio one thing that always astounded me was how radio management would make a format change and just toss away years of branding. As someone involved in programming and promotions, it was always a major bummer to see the hard efforts at community involvement (yes, bar promotions and car dealership remotes) go down the drain with any new format change.
Plus, great graphics and art that meant a lot to many people were chucked into the nearest dumpster. I just worked up our first entry in the Radio Graveyard...some excellent old art from Y107, which was a kick-ass fun CHR station in Nashville in the 80s and early 90s. Sadly killed by the corporate suits.

Technorati Tags: nashville, radio, y107, t shirt

Studebaker Hawk T-Shirt

2007-12-18T00:47:00.001-08:00

I seem to be on a car kick these days, having done new designs for IH Scout and Willys Jeep recently. Tonight I pulled together this Studebaker Hawk design for the Transportation Room at RetroRanger. The Hawk...fabulous car made by Studebaker in the late fifties and early sixties.

Technorati Tags: studebaker, hawk, classic car, t shirt

Willys T-Shirt for Mudders and Diggers

2007-12-17T21:39:00.001-08:00

We've had a few days solid rain around here and all the trails are good and muddy. Weather like this and thoughts naturally turn to four wheeling and the vehicles we love to get muddy. Here's a new design we just uploaded to RetroRanger...nothing particularly original but nobody else has it available. This is the classic Script Logo of Willys Motor Company...makers of the originally WW2 Jeep as well as the Jeepster and Willys Pickup and other uber-tough early four wheel drive vehicles.

Technorati Tags: willys, jeepster, t shirt

Robert Mitchum Film Noir Button

2007-12-17T20:12:00.001-08:00

A new design just up at RetroRanger...not a t shirt, but very cool on buttons and magnets is this image of Robert Mitchum as a hard-boiled detective.

Technorati Tags: robert mitchum, film noir, private eye,

Pirate Booty T-Shirt

2007-12-15T12:22:00.001-08:00

Just uploaded at RowdyTease is this cool new pirate pattern...Where's The Booty? asks the pirates trusty parrot. The proper pirate should always know where his booty is at all times.
Get this great pirate parrot design on a t-shirt, sweatshirt, tote bag,
or any of the other unique pirate items at RowdyTease.

Technorati Tags: pirate, booty, parrot, t shirt

International Scout T-Shirt

2007-12-13T20:27:00.001-08:00

Just unveiled at RetroRanger is our new International Scout design on t-shirts, sweatshirts, hoodies, mugs, buttons and other gift items. The International Harvester Scout was a hella tough 4WD in the Sixties and Seventies...rough and tough and way ahead of
its time. Gear for the International Scout fan at RetroRanger.

Technorati Tags: ih scout, international, scout, 4wd, t shirt

Trombone Players Love iBone T-Shirts

2007-12-12T14:46:00.000-08:00

Over at RetroRanger the iBone T-shirts have been a hot seller this Christmas season. We've been dabbling in Facebook advertising and this is one of the designs we've been pushing. Apparently some folks are liking the design. Hooray! iBoners Rock!

Woodstock T-Shirt - Peace and Music for All

2007-12-12T14:40:00.001-08:00

Our Woodstock T-Shirt at Woodstock_69 is selling at a pretty good clip this last week. We've been doing some Facebook advertising that has helped propel sales. And obviously, this evergreen design will never go out of style. Even after us old hippies have passed on the great commune in the sky.

Tuba is the New Sexy T-Shirt

2007-12-11T17:18:00.001-08:00

A new design just debuted today on RetroRanger...this is the Tuba is the New Sexy T-Shirt:

As in...
"Jessica Alba is so tuba," or,
"that new oboe player is very
tuba," or
"the trumpets only wish they were as tuba as the tuba tubas."

Technorati Tags: tuba, sexy.t shirt

Space Invaders T-Shirt

2007-12-08T18:35:00.001-08:00

Its all 8-bit fun and games until someone gets hit by a laser bomb.
Vintage old-school Space Invader graphics live on in this Space Invaders T-Shirt.
T-Shirts, Sweatshirts, Kids Shirts and gift items. Find this one at RetroRanger

Technorati Tags: space invaders, atari, video games, t shirt

Cool Boise T-Shirt at IdahoVille

2007-12-05T02:12:00.001-08:00

Just uploaded to IdahoVille is this new design we're calling Cool Boise...A clean and cool design with a Vanity Fair look. And yes, Idahoans do read Vanity Fair. We also worked this up for Moscow (Go Vandals!).

Technorati Tags: boise, moscow, idahoville,

Boise Idaho USA T-Shirt at IdahoVille

2007-12-05T00:50:00.001-08:00

Here's a design we just uploaded to IdahoVille, a Cafepress store with all-Idaho items. this is a good solid patriotic design...This is the Boise USA T-Shirt...An All-American Design for an All-American City. Get the Boise USA
design on a t shirt, sweatshirt, jersey, hoodie,hat, cap, mug or any of
the unique gift items. We also worked up the same design for Nampa.

Technorati Tags: boise, nampa, idaho, patriotic, idahoville

Vintage Woodsy Owl T-Shirt

2007-12-04T11:08:00.001-08:00

Give A Hoot with Woodsy Owl. This is the vintage Woodsy Owl from the early
1970s...before he lost weight and started wearing shoes. Give A Hoot,
Don't Pollute! Pick up this cool Woodsy Owl T-Shirt at RetroRanger

Woodstock Peace & Music T-Shirt

2007-12-04T10:45:00.001-08:00

Maybe you weren't at the Woodstock Music and Art Fair at Max Yasgur's
farm...you can still put on a cool Woodstock T-Shirt and do
the FISH Cheer.

Magic Valley Idaho T-Shirt

2007-12-02T19:30:00.001-08:00

Here's what we just uploaded to the IdahoVille site...the Magic Valley Map.

Technorati Tags: magic valley, idaho, twin falls

Base Jumping Idaho T-Shirt

2007-12-01T16:24:00.001-08:00

Adding designs to the IdahoVille inventory today. I was thinking about the late, great Evel Knievel, who took his final leap skyward yesterday, and was considering working up a design based on Knievel's rocket-bike try at jumping the Snake River Canyon at Twin Falls in the late 70s. My mind wandered though, a couple thousand feet west of Evel's jumpsite, to the Perrine Bridge which spans the canyon about 500 feet above the Snake River. The powers that be in Twin Falls actually allow base jumpers to use the bridge as a launch-point. I don't know of any other U. S. municipality that allows base jumping of their infrastructure. There may be one, but I don't know about it.
So, Evel lost out on a new design and instead I worked up a "Base Jump, Idaho" graphic and splattered it on some of the IdahoVille shirts.

Idaho Pixies - Idaho T-Shirt

2007-11-30T01:37:00.001-08:00

Here's a design I worked up for the crew at IdahoVille. I've had this set of pixies holding placards for some time, I lifted them from a 1930s children's music book and have been waiting for a chance to use them. So, it was a simple matter of plugging in some letters and adding some color.
These Idaho Pixies T-Shirts are cuter than all git-out, and I would immediately fall in love with any Idaho girl wearing this shirt.

Fishing in Idaho T-Shirt Design

2007-11-27T19:34:00.001-08:00

A new design we worked up for the folks at IdahoVille, a Cafepress shop that features Idaho-themed gift items. The basic design is some fabulous art pinched from a 1960s Idaho tourism brochure. We just cleaned it up and added the text...I'd Rather Be Fishin' In Idaho.

Sugar Beats Taters Anyday

2007-11-26T21:27:00.001-08:00

Just pickin' a fight. Here's a shirt we've worked up for IdahoVille..."Idaho, more than just potatoes. There's Also Sugar Beets."
For those who don't know, sugar beets grow wild in Idaho...usually in huge piles next to the railroad tracks.

Idaho Girl T-Shirt at IdahoVille

2007-11-26T17:00:00.001-08:00

The design consortium has opened a new Cafepress store...named "IdahoVille" because all the designs will have an Idaho theme. I worked up a few things over the weekend for IdahoVille, including this'n, the Idaho Girl T-Shirt. Used a posterboard font in a nice dark sage and the flower is the Syringa, which is Idaho's state flower. I made the Syringa a light-yellow, even though the variety that grows wild in Idaho is closer to white. I just like a little color and hopefully the Idaho Girls will agree.

Oboe Star T-Shirt

2007-11-24T00:11:00.001-08:00

This is a design I worked up for the band room over at RetroRanger. We needed something with an oboe-theme. The immediate thought I had was terrifying zombies with blood gushing from their ears....yea, zombies chasing down an oboe player and dragging him/her to the "lair of the double-reeds" and force feeding them hours and hours of their own ear-gashing sqwaks and screeches until they beg for mercy. Oh, sorry, I've never been an oboe fan.
Instead I cooked up this "Oboe Star" design...see, the five oboes make a star. No, I didn't work up a Jewish version with six oboes.

Lovin' Money T-Shirt

2007-11-23T21:39:00.001-08:00

Nothing better that have a little lovin' money to spread around. RowdyTease exclusive...the Lovin' Money T-Shirt.

Gene Vincent T-Shirt

2007-11-22T22:21:00.001-08:00

Over at RetroRanger we have a section of designs devoted to the early practioners of Rock and Roll. One of the best sellers there is the Gene Vincent T-shirt, which sells especially well in England.

X-Ray Specs on a T-Shirt

2007-11-21T10:24:00.000-08:00

I spent way too much time reading comic books when I was a kid, and this was something that always intrigued me...X-Ray Specs for seeing through walls or doors or, more importantly, women's clothing.
This is the X-Ray Specs Women's Tank Top at RetroRanger, but the design is available on a whole array of t-shirts, sweatshirts, tanks, jerseys...plus gift items as well. We've always figured it makes a great gift for an X-Ray Tech.

This One Time on the Band Bus...

2007-11-20T23:45:00.001-08:00

This is one of our bestsellers over in the Music Room at RetroRanger...the "What Happens on the Band Bus, Stays on the Band Bus" T-Shirt, or in this case, hoodie:

Dude, when I was in high school the Band Bus was the coolest place in the world. And not just because the cheerleaders rode with the band, although that was a contributing factor. No, what made the old Bluebird so Cool was that we would, oh wait, I almost lost my mind and divulged the eternal secrets. Tell you what, hitch a ride on the band bus to the next away game, and find out for yourself.

Cool T-Shirts Around the Chess Club

2007-11-20T18:05:00.001-08:00

This is the Chess Game T-Shirt at RetroRanger...vintage chess graphics wrapped with a great quote by Benjamin Franklin.

"The Game of Chess is not merely an idle amusement; several very valuable qualities of the mind, useful in the course of human life, are to be acquired and strengthened by it, so as to become habits ready on all occasions; for life is a kind of Chess."

Moby Dick T-Shirts

2007-11-18T23:02:00.001-08:00

fleshing out a new "Heroes of Literature" category at RetroRanger. So far we've done a Beowulf design, a Houyhnhnms design, and now adding a Moby Dick T-Shirt. If Captain Ahab is on your Christmas list you might want to check this out.

You'll always find cool t-shirts at RetroRanger

Auctioneer T-Shirt

2007-11-18T20:24:00.001-08:00

This is our Auctioneer T-Shirt at RetroRanger. This great graphic comes from a 1920s farm publication and we worked it
into this auction themed design. We figure this will make a great gift for an eBay seller, or even a good old-school auctioneer.

Lovin Tony Romo T-Shirts

2007-11-17T09:59:00.001-08:00

Sometimes you can slave for a couple of hours coming up with a great visual to put on a t-shirt, and not sell a one of the darn things. Other times you can get a quick thought, pop it on a shirt, and have a best seller.
Last week I was watching the Cowboys dismantle the Eagles with a couple buds, and Alan confessed that Tony Romo was the one man who could lure him to join the other side. That was good for a chuckle and gave birth to a new t-shirt.
Over at RowdyTease the "I'm Homo For Romo" t-shirts are flying out the door.

Okeh Records T-shirts on Craigslist

2007-11-16T16:57:00.001-08:00

Posted my Okeh Records T-shirts and other Okeh items on Craigslist. I've never used Craigslist much, but thought there might be some interest in the Memphis area for this grett old Blues and Jazz record label art. If not I'll try Chicago. Or St. Looey

or find them at RetroRanger

Old School Marching Band T-Shirt

2007-11-15T10:11:00.001-08:00

This is our Olde School Band Long Sleeve T-Shirt at RetroRanger

Back in the day, you getcha a drum and a baritone and a cornet and you got a marching band.

In case anybody wonders, the GHS in the bass drum stands for Gooding High School, where did my marching band time under the iron fist of Mr. Lonny Gunther.

Spud T-Shirt

2007-11-15T09:34:00.001-08:00

This is a design I came up with sometime back, actually the graphic
from a 1920's brand of cigarette. David in TX has bought one of the
toddler t-shirts for a little one. Sorry kids, we had to discontinue
the "free pack of smokes with every shirt sold" promotion.
via Spud Infant/Toddler T-Shirt > Spud > RetroRanger - Vintage T-Shirts Are New Again! | CafePress

Dancing Dogs and Scaredy Cats

2007-11-14T19:06:00.001-08:00

Love this new design just debuted on Cafepress on The Dancing Dogs store. Great Victorian art of a group of dogs dancing in a circle around their little cat friends...who aren't too happy about it.

Mozart's Mohawk T-Shirt

2007-11-13T01:38:00.001-08:00

The young, rebellious Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. But soon Wolfgang would outgrow his youthful insolence. And then he died.
I think there is a moral here for all of us. Check out the Mozart's Mohawk T-Shirt at Retroranger

Bluebird Records Chicago Blues T-Shirt

2007-11-12T18:09:00.001-08:00

New Bluebird Records T-Shirt just released at RetroRanger for 1930s-era Bluebird Records. Bluebird was the home of many Chicago blues musicians...Big Bill Broonzy, Roosevelt Sykes, Tampa Red, Washboard Sam and Sonny Boy Williamson.

Guitar Hero T-Shirt

2007-11-11T22:27:00.001-08:00

This is the Guitar Hero T-Shirt, a new design on RetroRanger. We've taken a classic Stratocaster guitar and teamed it with some cool fonts. A great t-shirt for any guitarist.

Cat's Eye Game T-Shirt

2007-11-11T15:23:00.001-08:00

"I Heart Cat's Eye"...New design in the Retro Games & Toys section at RetroRanger...this design for the game Cat's Eye. Cat's Eye was a great marbles game from the 1970s and 80s. This authentic graphic has the great mod-look of the period, and besides that, Cat-s Eye was alot of fun to play!

Handy Andy T-Shirt

2007-11-11T11:27:00.001-08:00

My Handy Andy Toolkit was awesome. A hammer and a pair of pliers and a little woodsaw. A kid could build atree house with such tools.

Find this cool Andy Handy design on t-shirts, sweatshirts, caps, mugs and more at Retroranger T-Shirts

International Order of Houyhnhnms

2007-11-11T10:48:00.001-08:00

A new design at RetroRanger T-Shirts...this is the "International Order of Houyhnhnms" design. The Houyhnhnms were the Horses of Reason that Lemuel Gulliver met on his travels. The enemies of the Houyhnhnms were the slothful Yahoos. Doesn't seems fair that the Yahoos, losers that they were, get a search engine named after them and the noble Houyhnhnms get nothing. Till now.

Free Burma T-Shirt

2007-10-27T01:00:00.000-07:00

Free Burma T-Shirt

A new design for Free Burma that we worked up for Rowdy Tease. Show your support for the freedom shoppers of Myanmar with the Free Burma T-Shirt.

Honest, The Finger Just Went Off

2007-07-29T22:09:00.001-07:00

Fingerbang T-Shirt

One minute we were goofing around, and then it just went off. The finger. It just started banging. Damndest thing, and the inspiration of this Fingerbang t-shirt design for Rowdy Tease.

My What A Huge Hard Drive You Have

2007-07-29T21:49:00.001-07:00

I knew that because of the tshirt you are wearing. Frankly, I probably wouldn't have noticed otherwise. sorry.
New design done for Rowdy Tease

clipped from www.cafepress.com

Bong Hits 4 Jesus

2007-06-26T18:48:00.000-07:00

Watching the news about some hooligan Alaskan kids who went looking for danger by unfurling a "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" banner during a school event. Those darn kids! Buy 'em nice shoes and send 'em to school and all they want to do is start trouble and keep the lawyers fat and happy.

Seems the case made it all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court which ruled that the school administration was justified in handing out spankings. Take that you little rabble-rousers.

Anyway, I love the banner, especially the duck tape font employed. Decided that it must be made into a t-shirt. I lifted the words from the hoodlum's actual banner, cleaned it up, and laid it onto an actual Aramaic scroll that I found in the garage.

This shirt is available at Cafepress, but we would warn you not to wear this shirt around Juneau-Douglas High School. Not unless you want to spend some quality time in detention.

All-Electric Tee

2007-04-30T09:50:00.000-07:00

Hard to believe now, but not that long ago there were still some folks who hadn't bought into this whole "electricity" concept. These Luddites would ask, "Why should I wire the barn for electricity when the kerosene lamps work just fine?" or "Why should I switch to electric heat when I got this big pile of coal?"
This is a shirt we've just worked up for RetroRanger at Cafepress. The "Live Better Electrically" campaign ran from 1956 to the late 1960s and was funded by some of the big electric manufacturers of the time...GE, Admiral, Phillips and Westinghouse. Ads appeared in national magazines extolling the wonders of electricity. And how about this...Ronald Reagan was the official TV spokeperson...a far cry from the wimp guy electricity is stuck with now. Big Ron could kick propane-guy's butt in a heartbeat.
Another aspect of the campaign was the "Medallion Home" plaques that homebuilders attached to all-electric new construction throughout the sixties. The 3-inch round brass-colored plaques used this same design and allowed homeowners to proudly proclaim that they were on the cutting edge of room lighting and bacon-frying technology.
I especially like this graphic because of the human figures. I don't know when these mod streamlined people made their first appearance, but I'd have to figure this logo was pretty early use. Just this morning I saw this man and woman on the restroom signs at Shopko. Yes, I did say hi.

Everlasting Gin-Joints

2007-04-28T09:37:00.000-07:00

Anybody involved in the creative process has got to see the importance of copyrights and its cousins...trademarks and patents. Copyrights protect the interests of the authors and creators by granting them a temporary monopoly, or ownership of exclusive rights for a specified length of time. That's cool.
What fries my bacon are the Copyright Fascists, usually immortal corporations, that hold tightly their ages-old copyrights with iron fists. Remember when the Disney people were suing a children's day-care center for painting Snow White designs on the walls. People like that are just dick-heads.Here's a t-shirt design I worked up for the Band Geek Section on my Retro Ranger Cafepress store.

This design lasted about 45 minutes on Cafepress before it got the boot. Unfortunately, Cafepress doesn't explain why a design gets tossed. Let's see, could be Warner Brothers, they probably hold the copyright on the movie "Casablanca" that the underlying art comes from. Suppose there could be an Ingrid Bergman estate protecting use of her image, same for Bogie.
But let's get real...this movie came out in 1942 and is embedded so deeply in the American culture that to exercise absolute control over every image seems heavy-handed. No skin off my nose, it was a good exercise in design and I'll just move on to something else.

Hey, Let's Go Water Skiing

2007-04-23T21:42:00.000-07:00

Its almost that time, almost warm enough to go water skiing, or wakeboarding if you prefer. Got to thinking about summer fun and put together a design for Retro Ranger at Cafepress.

Back in the early 1950s the Center of the Water Skiing World was Cypress Gardens, Florida, and Dick Pope Jr was the King of the Water Skiers. Besides competing and promoting the sport he manufactured the best skis of the day in his Cypress Gardens Skis factory. I think the shirt design came out pretty good, especially since all I had to work from was a rather small picture of a ski decal:

Now Where Is My Glock?

2007-04-09T09:04:00.000-07:00

Seems I never have my Glock handy when I need it. Course if I did happen to have it with me, I'd still have to get it out of the safe (note to self: memorize combination and take little reminder note out of wallet) and undo the trigger lock. By that time either my opportunity to strike has passed or I'm mortally wounded.

With that thought in mind came a new design for Rowdy Tease at Cafepress.

The saying, "It's better to have a gun and not need it, than to need a gun and not have it" has been around for ages. I remember my dear old daddy bouncing me on his one good knee and imparting those words of wisdom. Pairing those words with a sweet little Glock 19 was pure divine inspiration.

Pogo Sticker

2007-04-09T08:36:00.000-07:00

What great fun coming up with new t-shirt designs. I'm constantly seeing things and thinking, "Hey, that would look good on a shirt!"

I came across an old photo the other day of some old farty politician riding a pogo stick. Here's a valid piece of truthiness - Old men should not ride pogo sticks and kids should not make legislation.

So I took the stick rider and worked up a design for Rowdy Tease at Cafepress.

Rockem Sockem Robots

2007-03-29T15:26:00.000-07:00

Back in the day we used to love playing with our Rockem Sockem Robots. That's good fun. The guys are in a renaissance these days...Hasbro has a new edition of the game and the two robots are featured in that Dodge truck advert.
So we took some vintage artwork from the sixties and worked up a couple designs for RetroRanger at Cafepress.
This first is an adaptation of the Rockem Sockem Robots box and ringside art:

And we worked up an alternate design incorporating some art from the Rockem Sockem Robots instruction sheet...this is the classic "You Knocked My Block Off!"

Booty Hunter Hat

2007-03-29T14:47:00.000-07:00

Here's a design we've worked up for RetroRanger at Cafepress. This of course is inspired by Early Cuyler, leader of the Squidbilly clan. Design seems to work best on the cheesy spongy gimmie caps...the kind Early wears. Your thoughts?