OH for f**** sake

[Thea]

oooh... longsleeves sound good

[emilystrange]

usernames on them would be good..
my friend has a t shirt printing business and she is pretty good. if thats any help.

[6FeetOver]

usernames on them would be good...

I *swear* I suggested that last year... Hmmm...

[emilystrange]

i knew someone had..
obviously it had to be the coolest sister on the planet.

[6FeetOver]

Awwww, shucks.

[emilystrange]

tis just good to see you, sweets. *hugs*
xxx

[Quiff Boy]

nope, no usernames on tees. sorry.



to quote ferris: "i've said it before and i'll say it again"

having usernames on tee-shirts is not feasable unless you want those crappy iron-on prints that crack and come off in the 1st wash. and to be perfectly honest i'm not prepared to put the heartland "brand" against anything so shoddy

the reason for this that for tee-shirt prints to be good quality the ink needs to be applied via a process called silk-screening, whereby a "screen" is made up with the design on and a batch of tees are run through the process of having the ink squirted through the design on the screen onto the tee material underneath.

the end resut is much better quality and lasts much longer. iron-on designs are only really meant for those one-off cheesy stag/hen night teeshirts that pi$$ed up slappers in yates' wine lodge seem to like wearing.

screens cost about £15 each to make. i had to get 2 done - one for the front design & one for the back.

this is why it works out much cheaper to have a lot done at a time - once you have your screen made then its only cost of the tee that you have to worry about.

the good thing about silk-screens is that printers usually keep hold of them indefinitely (the people that did the HL tees certainly do), so that if i was to get a second batch made i could use the same screens, thus they'd be slightly cheaper (not much though - i didnt really take any margin on the 1st batch and 30 quid off the cost of getting, say, 30 done wont make a huge overall difference to the end price).

unless y'all want a completely different design this time, in which case i would want to get a similar quantity to last time done (~50) and it would cost about the same as the last one.

clear? good. phew.

so, no usernames on tees, ok?

unless emilystrange's friend wants to create 50 different screens for free

now usernames on mugs is a different thing altogether.

myself and mr blast are currently investigating the cost and practicality of printing off a stack of designs onto transfers that i can then apply to some bulk-purchased coffee mugs (thank god for asda! )

nothing definite is planned, but if i'm printing them off myself i can probably adapt each design to incorporate a username. note: thats a big IF

so now you know

[markfiend]

You could put people's avatars on the mugs too.

Only for those who don't change them every week, obviously.

[randdebiel²]

let me steal yours first then
my avatar is not suited for a mug....
let's see....hey now I know what to do today, thienks MR. Fiend

[markfiend]

"Absinthe makes the heart grow fonder"

[randdebiel²]

yup
but not funny enough is it..and for a mug

[James Blast]

didn't someone once say "Names Are For Tombstones Baby?

[Mrs. Snowey]

didn't someone once say "Names Are For Tombstones Baby?

You saying t'Mish are a bunch of mugs ?


I do like the idea of having my hourly cup of tea in a personalised Heartland mug tho'

And seeing as I broke Mr. Snowey's last week, and I did promise I'd get him another...

[James Blast]

Coming soon!
The official Heartland apron

Turn On
Tune In
Wash Up

[Quiff Boy]

hmmm, now then....

*thinks*



shouldnt it be "fill (sink) up, roll (sleeves) up, wash up"?

[Loki]

A Heartland branded mug I can live with. I'll pass on the apron though. And the HL branded furry dice and the windscreen caslon antique his'n'hers names sticker.

@ QB: You have created a monster. You should be marketing this in Japan and then you'd be in your des-res in Harrogate in no time.

[Quiff Boy]

A Heartland branded mug I can live with. I'll pass on the apron though. And the HL branded furry dice and the windscreen caslon antique his'n'hers names sticker.

@ QB: You have created a monster. You should be marketing this in Japan and then you'd be in your des-res in Harrogate in no time.

nah, i dont have the cheek required to make it that far. there are some publicity stunts that i just would not stoop so low as to try

[James Blast]

a special one off Heartland posing pouch for JB
Turn On
Tune In
Pop Out

[emilystrange]

QB, that reminds me, still waiting for the HL 'full monty' experience.

and you owe me a catsuit wearing competition, too.

[Loki]

a special one off Heartland posing pouch for JB
Turn On
Tune In
Pop Out

Surely the strict criteria for such a a HL branded item dictates that one actually has something (as you so eloquently put it) to actually 'pop out?'

New album release news:

JB & The Enuchs - 'Knobless And Happy'

[emilystrange]

hence reason for full monty, to find these things out

[Loki]

Oooh debate time: Why is it perfectly normal and above board for ladies to suggest full monty yet if the gents went for a HL wet-tee contest we would pillouried into subm!ssion by PC brigade?

[emilystrange]

i believe that both suggestions have been equally ignored

[Loki]

Which is why we need an emoticon for 'tumbleweed'.

[emilystrange]

where's marky when he's needed?