I want to introduce my big, scary, dream come true.  Something decades in the making, something that I have stopped and started more times than I can count.  Something that seemed equally possible impossible.  It just took someone to look me in the eyes and ask why not just try?

So try I did.  I took the files that have been hiding in a folder on my desktop.  The ones that I have been dreaming of and working on for longer than I can remember, and I did something with them.  Then I added some more.  I bought a domain.  Set up an Instagram account and Facebook page.  I ordered business cards. I did a test run.  And now I have a t-shirt company.

Is this real life?

In case you are like me, who loves a good origin story, I designed my first t-shirt my sophomore year of high school.  Eons before Photoshop and really any useful graphic programs, it was just me and whatever art supplies I had on hand.  I took my design and drove it to the local screen printer in my 1979 Volvo station wagon.  A week later I picked them up, and the Trabuco Hills High School swim team had official shirts.

Fast forward a few years, I start dating a boy, who happened to be a drummer, who's band happened to need people to man the merchandise booth.  At the time the booth was actually not a booth, just shirts piled on whatever table the venue gave them.  I enlisted the help of my mom, and together we sketched out a plan, purchased PVC pipes and built the Supertones first merch booth.  My friends and I painted the banner, because free labor is way cheaper than a sign shop. 
Pretty much every weekend you could find us here.  It still holds some of my fondest memories.
And perhaps my least fond hair color.

Since then I have steered clear of the boxed hair dye at CVS, and designed the occasional shirt for church, for adoption fundraisers, etc.  Each time I would design one, the dream in my heart would be rekindled, and then pushed away.  One of the main factors was the fact that I had yet to find a soft, durable, flattering shirt, that washed well.  I knew that if I were to pursue this dream, I could only stand behind a shirt that I would actually wear. Know that I am extraordinarily picky.  I have too many shirts that started off soft, and then pilled after a wear or two.  Or even worse the kind that when you buy them they are portrait shaped, and after one wash they are landscape.  NO.  I finally came across the brand Bella+Canvas.  With that discovery I knew that this dream could finally happen.

So here I am, a girl standing in front of you with a bunch of t-shirts, asking you to love them.
Because I really, really do.

Tomorrow I will share where the name came from, and the heart of what I plan to do with this adventure.
Eeeeeek!


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  1. eeeekkk!!! i just bought the Chips and Salsa!!! Cant wait!!!

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  2. This is SOOOOO rad!!! I want them all!! This reminds me off the #doscarythings on Evy's Tree ��

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  3. You are my favorite. As are these tees. As is your current hair color 😘😘😘

    So proud of you, friend!

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  4. love that you're doing this, and they are beyond adorable!!

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  5. Congratulations! What a neat venture.

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  6. I am so excited for your dream come true! Yay dreams! All I have to do now is decide which one to get...or two to get....And where did you get the gold tipped converse?!?

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    1. I found them on Amazon. They are everything.

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  7. PTL! Julie your dreams are coming true and God is going to bless your socks off! I just know it! I love the style of the tees...its different more fitting for women and not generic and unisex like. I can for see hats, jewelry and kids clothing in the near future! When you need help...I am putting in an application to be your first employee!!!!!! Seriously don't forget me! ����✌

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    1. You truly are such a gift Sandy. Sunshine and encouragement. Thank you.

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  8. Woo Hoo Julie, you go girl !!! I've always known you would do great things ever since your mathematical equation re: the housekeeper/room cleaning delima at the BLI. Love you and your courageous spirit. I hope there are grown up sizes to come. My daughter would love the Taco bout Jesus one. Even in Madagascar !!!

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    1. You have the best memory!!!! And all of the sizes are for grown ups. How fun would it be to ship something to Madagascar!

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  9. Wow Julie! This is amazing!! So excited for you. Imma need that mama bear shirt. I am so inspired by all of this. Hosting does not come easily to me....but tacos, I can do. Thanks for the push. Now I want tacos at 10 pm. Xoxo

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  10. Congrats Julie on following your dream! I'm so excited for you!!

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  11. I am so, so, so excited for you! Congratulations!

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