Oh no! Seems we had a little bug in the system regarding the $3 off sale (it would only take $3 off one shirt!), and for that we apologize as we wipe the egg off our faces.
So please allow us to offer a new Rotem Gear sale … maybe even greater than sliced bread! We’re offering 20% off $40 and up. Plus, if you only want one t-shirt you can still use the $3 off coupon. So here are the 2 promos:
1. Get $3 off any t-shirt (good choice for single tee purchases under $40) July 7-8, 2010
Use coupon code TMINUS3
OR
2. Get 20% off $40 (good choice for most products) July 7-9, 2010 – yep, that’s one extra day
What does sliced bread have to do with getting $3 off my-shirts? On July 7, 1928, sliced bread was sold for the first time by the Chillicothe Baking Company of
Sliced bread machine, 1930
Missouri. It was described as “the greatest forward step in the baking industry since bread was wrapped.”
I thought this 82nd anniversary was reason enough for a Greatest Thing Since Sliced Bread promo. So….
For 2 days, July 7-8, get $3 off all t-shirts in the Rotem Gear shop.
How? Well, that’s as easy as sliced bread too: Just use coupon code TMINUS3 when you checkout.*
Independence Day has come and gone, but let us all acknowledge and ponder the patriotism of the Meerkat.
Alas, the Meerkat did not celebrate safely. I don’t know what time the Meerkat came home from his meerkat merriment, but this is how we found him in the morning:
I’m grateful to publisher Anna Harris for the original and insightful questions — some of them really made me dig into my brain. I nearly got lost in there!
The first question especially threw me for a loop: If you were to create a graphic to describe your personality and personal style, what would it be? I had to think long and hard about that. Would it be one of my logos? No, because those are more connected to the output and marketing of either my graphic design studio or my apparel design.
I decided it would have to be something that expresses my ideal, something to strive for. Here’s what I replied:
This is a tough question — one I never thought of before. But if pressed I’d probably have to say the enso, a Zen brushwork symbol that that looks like a circle. If you look it up you’ll find all sort of esoteric meanings. To me, however, it embodies what I can only call “sublime simplicity” that is very difficult to attain despite how it looks.
Enso by Kanjuro Shibata XX
So that’s what I replied, but I continue to think about it. It’s really hard to get that circle right — calligraphy and Zen practitioners have been known to draw it daily. To me it speaks to the use of negative space, the beauty of minimalism (something I often cannot carry out commercially but which represents my ideal) , an all-inclusiveness (some enso are not fully closed – for some reason I am more drawn to those), and needless to say the Japanese Zen aesthetic appeals to me greatly. I also find it interesting that its universality has no end point; interestingly, in Judaism, the Kabbalah speaks of the “No End” or infinite, in Hebrew “Ein Sof” — and funnily, ein sof even sounds a little like ensoo, doesn’t it?
Now that Anna has made me think about this, I am going to have to ponder it further.
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I’ve added new tie cardigans to my Etsy shop. These are the perfect weight for summer, although I personally wear them year round.
Why am I apologizing? Because it’s only for 3 days.
OK, so I’m being silly. But still, even for 3 days it’s a great opportunity to get some awesome unique Rotem Gear gifts for that dad, that grad or just for your own summer wardrobe.
Maybe you’ve visited Rotem Gear online looking for something special. Maybe you met us in person at a festival or show or holiday boutique. Maybe you’re my friend on Facebook or Twitter. And maybe, just maybe, you’ve been waiting for a good time to grab something you saw and liked.
This is that time! Soooo….
Get 25% off your entire Rotem Gear order from right now through June 10. Yup, 25% on pretty much everything (ok, some restrictions apply… they’re below.) All you have to do is use the coupon code STORE25 when you check out. (And please verify that it gets applied! I want to make sure you get it!)
*Excludes shipping charges, gift wrap charges and applicable sales tax, Flip Minos, and SIGG bottles. Promotion starts on June 8, at 12:00 a.m. (PST) and ends on June 10, 2010, at 11:59 p.m. (PST). Offer cannot be combined with any other coupons or promotions and may change, be modified or cancelled at anytime without notice.
I’m always thinking of ways to improve my booth display. Sometimes at shows I don’t have time to do everything I want, but this time I was pleased with the result. I tested a new bamboo+strapping type of rigging to display t-shirts. It needs some fine-tuning but all in all I really like it and will probably make a second one. This inspiration came from my friend Becky O’Neill of Becky Oh! Handbags who is a display maven!
Next to the rigging is a carved Indonesian hanger from which I hung my hamsa scarves. At the entrance I placed a small display of two cookbooks by Pam Reiss, a friend I met on Twitter and who also bought one of my aprons. Pam’s two books, Soup – A Kosher Collection and Passover- A Kosher Collection, are beautifully designed and published. People wanted to buy them straight off, and I had to keep explaining that they were for display and hand out marketing material instead. But do check them out!
But back to the Jewish Food Festival. It was fun, had an enthusiastic volunteer staff and there were so many awesome visitors to my booth. Jewish network TV was there too and I hope they show the film soon.
Oh boy oh boy! I’ll be vending — and most probably eating — at the Santa Clarita Jewish Food Festival on Sunday (May 16)! This event promises to be both fun and filling:
Bubbie’s Pickles. Humus. Gourmet challah. Tabouli. Deli sandwiches. Kugel. Knishes. Falafel. Desserts like B&W cookies, Cream Puffs, Red Velvets, Lemon Bars & Free See’s samples. OH YEEAAH! (And that’s just for starters!)
PLUS – Music, Kids’ area with bounce house. Free photo booth where you can be as silly as you want. And vendors selling jewelry, crafts, Judaica, spa gifts and of course, my own Rotem Gear goodness!
I’ll be selling my always cool tees, apron gift sets, brand new limited edition artisan hamsa scarves and tie-tops. Also new this year: edgy Hebrew “angel” tees for the little ones and they’re really cute! Sorry, no photos yet but they are similar to this, exception those for babies, long sleeved.
>> BRING A NON-PERISHABLE FOOD ITEM FOR THE SCV FOOD PANTRY and you’ll receive 1 free admission with 1 paid adult. ($5 otherwise, kids under 12 free.)
I’m so looking forward to it and hope to see some friends stop by. Be sure and say hi — don’t worry about the pickle breath.
Below is a handy-dandy flyer and here’s link to a Google map, but first, a glimpse at last year’s event — this year’s will be twice the size! (video by DiningGuy,.com.)
Sigh. It’s so hard to find a good kraken these days. But I think I’ve done it. While Clash of the Titans might be punctuated with bellows to “Release the Kraken!” I think a stern warning may often suffice.
Hence this T-Shirt of Dark Admonishment that simply and helpfully advises “Don’t make me Release THE KRAKEN!” replete with a charming vintage illustration. An excellent choice for any parent, teacher, club leader or head of a condo board. Or, of course, people who *heart* krakens.**
Lilly was dark-eyed, vivacious and winsome but she couldn’t get a date. The 3 year-old meerkat living in at Twinlakes Park in Melton Mowbray, UK, was lonely after an arranged marriage fell through.
The BBC reports that staff at Twinlakes decided to set up a meerkat dating website for Lilly, and soon a suitor was found, described as “lovely” and “very nice mannered” and it was reported that “they’re getting on really well.” He has been named “Mr Darcy.”
Don’t you just love a happy ending, especially when it involves meerkats?
“Greatest Thing Since Sliced Bread” Promo Update 
