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Monday, April 22, 2013

Merchandising Monday!

Kitties!

Sheebie here.

My husband loves tie dye.  I mean, he REALLY loves it.  Buying shirts was gonna put us in the poor house, so he started dying his own, and one thing led to another, and now he's started another business, selling his work.  I'd post a bunch of photos, but I'd rather you pop over to his new Etsy store and look at his creations there!

Go on, I'll wait...



You're back?

What didja think?  Cool, huh?  
Did you see that he names each shirt?  Just like art!  What a nut.

He has at least a hundred more items to list, and he does custom work as well, so please "follow" us and check back!  As I'm typing this he's creating tote bags, scarves, and aprons...and they look fabulous.
  
Now, I must eat some humble pie.  I, the Tech Queen of the Lounge, was unable to link a FB page to our store.  Sad but true.  So that link will be a few days in coming...should I add Twitter and Pinterest, too?  Anything else?  We're open for suggestions.

And I think I *may* have mentioned a contest yesterday...here's the scoop:  leave a comment (by midnight PST 4/24/13) and tell us which store item really caught your eye--and I'll do a random drawing for a Mystery Prize!  One comment per blog, and we ship internationally so everyone can participate.

Happy Monday, and Thanks for Looking!
(and maybe buying, fingers crossed)

XX  Sheebie  XX

52 comments:

  1. ::thud:: Our Mommy is the QUEEN of tie-dye. She loves the stuff! Matter of fact, all the women in her family do and they usually all wear it for the holidays! His stuff is great!

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  2. Those are awesome! He's really gotten good at this in such a short time! And as long as he does not make stuff for kitties to wear (since it would undoubtedly mean another Photo Session of Annoyance), he will remain on my good side.

    One suggestion for a t-shirt: have him do the cute, sorta cropped girl tees. My human loves those, since regular tees usually don't fit her well. And since summer is coming, I bet they would be popular. And I can't wait to see the totes!

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  3. Woo hoo! Mom Linda is so gonna need one of those for Blog Paws!

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  4. Very nice stuff! I especially like the pattern on the golf towel - dark around the outside with the "eye" in the middle - some scoop necked plus sized ladies shirts would be good. T.

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  5. Our first choice would be the "Red, White & Blue Electric" and the second would be "Purple Trains Tracks" :)

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  6. Wow, such talent! We have been forced...by Grete to let you know that the dog bandana rocks.

    We're relieved that there are no kitty clothes!

    Cory

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  7. THIGH HIGH STOCKINGS?!
    How shocking. Nothing like dueling muffin tops on one's legs.

    Aprons? Aprons?
    How wonderful. Matching kitchen towels to go with would be spiffy!

    Be sure to check out Prissy's blog when it loads today.....

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  8. totally pawsome! ok, we noticed the dog bandanas right away :)

    Pip, Smidgen, Minnie, Hollie

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  9. Awesome store! Scott is a very talented dyer.

    If I was forced to choose one fave, or maybe two, it would be Purple Electric Thunderstorm and Rainbow Sunshine Meteor.

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  10. Wow! We got google eyes now just looking at them! Yoga cases?? How awesome are those!! The reddish one would be our fav!
    Someone said aprons? I didn't see aprons! Those would be awesome! (is a throwback, wears aprons a lot!)

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  11. Where? Where is the link to the Dye-Tied Heavenly Shop of the Lounge?!! LOL!! We don't know where to go to see the fabulous things!! Nevermind, we'll put our paws and heads together and figure it all out! Yay! We are silly!!

    Dad is soooooooooo creative! Yay! Take care
    x

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  12. I "Favorited" mine by buying it! It won't fir me now... but it will, Precious! Yes, it will!

    Yes, Facebook. Yes, Pinterest. Yes, Twitter. They're all free resources that give you more exposure.

    Awesome idea and wonderful artistry, Scott!

    Break a proverbial hippy dippy psychedelic leg, dude!

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  13. #1 says her eyes are still recovering... but she did rather like the Dragon Feather Detour!

    Purrs,
    The Chans

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  14. Very fun! Those are indeed works of art.
    Good luck with your Etsy store!
    xo Catherine

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  15. 'Patriotic Armpit Vortex' *giggle* and 'Purple Trains Tracks... Going South' caught my eye... but then again all the other items are GORGEOUSLY COLOURFUL too!

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  16. 50 shades of color extra large - wow!

    Wonderful stuff - they are incredible.

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  17. I like the Jerry Garcia and the Valentine's one, under the large. Have to ask: How "large" is large? Do they run big or small?

    Can't wait to see the totes!

    Shipping fees out of country?

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  18. WOW, his stuff is fabulous--so brilliant and detailed! I love the "train tracks goin' south" one. Great work!

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  19. I love the names!! The Star Trek one caught my eye, but some of the others were really great too! I wish you so much luck you don't need "Good luck"s.. :)

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  20. My Dad hasn't had one of those since back in the day! We all liked Off to see the wizard!!!

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  21. They are all really really colorful! We kitties are partial to the shirts with the bulls eye on them. (Hee hee, we'll know just where to bed down.) The human really likes the Cosmic Tribal X.

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  22. whoa...groovy guys...R mom bee trippin.....down memoree lane...her iz lovin shirt "dragon feather side arrow" coz it looks like four leef clovers bee in de middle...

    due ya think yur dad can tye dye sum pants...like loungin pantz....knot for uz cats.. coz we wont wear pants...but for de food service peepulz everee wear..

    yur shop iz rockin :)

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  23. Wow how cool! They all look so great! Tie dye dog bandana sure caught my eye. I think woofies will enjoy these bandanas!

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  24. Wowsers! Those are super great. My best girlfriend is a tie dye freak and I might just have to order her one. My favorite is the Patriotic Armpit Vortex...yes i'm kinda girly girl and this one caught my eye!! I too say yes to FB, Twitter, Pinterest! go for it!
    hugs, Linda

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  25. Just like to say, thanks for visiting my blog. It takes time to visit and I appreciate it.
    You cansee I adore my cats and your lot are just wonderful.
    As for tie dye, it takes me back a bit, maybe that indicates my age, lol
    I love them all but think I might turn a few heads if I dare to wear one around here.
    Briony
    u.k.
    xxx

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  26. Triple Rainbow Cosmic Bullseye! :-) Love the shirt and love the creative names. Looks to me like somehuman is having waaay too much fun. Hope this really takes off for him as he is quite talented.

    He needs to do a tie-dyed May ling shirt for sure. ;-)

    Tammy

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  27. love the purple train tracks!!

    great job Katnip Lounge Daddy - we are very proud of you. can't wait to see the tote bags....

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  28. Those are wonderful shirts-he does a great job of it!

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  29. I think this is the best tie dye I've ever seen. Extraordinary art.
    Too bad he missed Coachella this year.

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  30. The Valentines Day Radiant Heart catches Meowms eye. We don't much care as we will sit on her no matter what she is wearing! And the thigh high stockings made Meowm chuckle!!!

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  31. The mom checked out your store and said there are so many designs that she liked. All the bulls-eye ones are some of her favorites. Good luck to Daddy Crazypants.

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  32. What a brilliant range of colours and designs. I especially like "Confused Zebra Stripes" as the pattern isn't symmetrical (I'm not following a mastectomy late last year) and I named my cat Zebby because of the zebra stripes on his hind leggies.

    A suggestion - make some using women's shirts that don't come right up to the neck (I find them "gagging" to wear). And tie died kitty-cat cushion covers would be cool.

    Well done Scott!!!

    Zebby Cat's human, Michelle.

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  33. I am in awe of Scrotchy's fractal tie-dyes!!! ;) Scarlet O'Hara's Electric Bullseye got me :) Austin would look great in it! ;)

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  34. Pretty cool shop! Glad he's enjoying it and we wish him many, many sales! Tell him to space out his listings so that he's at the top of the Etsy search more often and not all at once and then gone for a bit. It's so hard to get seen over there that FB and Twitter would be a great way to spread the word too. Also make sure he uses every single tag and to use terms that buyers might use since again, it's that hard to get seen thing.

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  35. Forgot to say, LOVE the totes!

    One more thing, there's a lot of buyers from the U.K. so he might want to add that to the shipping list. Postage rates went up big time recently but they're still buying thankfully.

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  36. great job. our mama loves all of them but particularly enamored with the patriotic armpit vortex (love the name) and jerry garcia's pet nautilus.

    again, she loves them all. she's been aching to have a tie dye shirt for the longest time, but she's having second thoughts. she said she's too tight to wear something this cool.

    Emma and Buster

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  37. We like Dripping Dragon Feather. Our Mom is about 95 pounds, but loves to wear xtra large tees, and this pattern is cool :)

    We like the bags, too!!

    Great work :)
    ~ The Bunch

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  38. I did take a look and those shirts are terrific. Love all the colors. Hope they sell like crazy. Good job.

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  39. Brilliant! In every way! I like the thigh-high socks.

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  40. He really has a talent for this! I have always LOVED tie-dye!!! I never stopped loving it! Thrilled to see that you have XXL sizes too!
    I love this one http://www.etsy.com/listing/129374177/rainbow-ribs-xxl?ref=shop_home_active

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  41. Looking great!! I like the purple train tracks and the ones with white more than color. Really unusual.

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  42. Wow, this awesome. My favorite is purple electric thunderstorm. While doing research before opening my Etsy shop, I came across two valuable books on succeeding on Etsy. So good I got waylaid from all the work (it's a full time job) and haven't opened yet. Google Etsy books and follow the advice. Good luck!

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  43. That is totally psychedelic stuff way cool. And the names are important or else there would be no way to tell the shirts purrsonality.

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  44. hi kitties! Patches skin is white from what w can tell. He is still setup thin. On the weight scale of 1 -10 with 5 as normal hes a 4, so still thin.hes practically weightless to pick u up. Love all the designs on the site! Between that and the landscaping he really has a good eye!




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  45. God! I LOVE Tie Dye!
    Our local art gallery is having a 70's exhibit and I was there today in my Cheech and Chong Tie Dye!
    Rock on!
    Nellie's Mom

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  46. These are so incredible with exquisite and intricate colors and designs. I tie-dyed my bed sheets when I was in college, but they sure didn't look like this. I particularly like the Patriotic Armpit Vortex. And the price is great! Janet

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  47. Hey, he's really GOOD at it too! I love the bandanna you sent Pricilla the goat--it's really sharp.

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  48. Holy Cwap, would you believe that, I have just bought my son a tie die kit, as he wants to make T-shirts and sell them to his friends.LOL Know where to come for some tips. Love yours, they are fantastic :) xxooxx

    Mollie and Alfie

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  49. Pee-esss We know what you ware..Tie Die Stockings..bawahhaaawaa Love em xx0xx

    Mollie and Alfie

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  50. I am LOVING the tie dye! The dragon feather t-shirt is my favorite, I think. I really enjoy the tie dye process but my stuff is nowhere near that cool. I bow before the master!

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  51. Tie-dyed yoga mat carrying bag!! I have never before seen such a magnificent array of tie-dyed items. He's so creative.

    Don't you love Etsy?

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  52. What caught momma's eye was the dye book tote. That could be something she could use to put stuff in.

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Oh Boy...this is gonna be GREAT!