Prepping for Rivermarket

The very last Rivermarket is tomorrow (10am-4pm) until they start back up again in the Fall.  Our two booths will be across from the Courthouse at Sycamore Hall #29 and #30. We have been working hard to be ready for it. We really try hard to go all out when we do one of these things. I feel like if you are going to all the trouble to set up your designs, hire a baby sitter and be away from your kids for the day, it needs to look good. Like you care!! And WE DO!! I realize how important presentation is... I wouldn't call myself a detail person, but I do like to plan. I actually went and measured our booth spaces and then graphed the whole set up out on graphing paper....

My girlfriends who have helped us in the past always laugh at me bc I have a certain way I like the orange tissue paper to be folded when our shirts are wrapped up. ( I promise I'm actually really laid back!!) lol
  Our #1 Employee's mom (Marina Raborn) found these old wooden tshirt displays

that we are going to incorporate into our setup. Some were missing pieces so Jordan (the #1 employee) went to Hobby Lobby and worked her magic on them. This is her painting them gray.

She even got her sweet boyfriend Allan to come help.

  I got it in my head that we needed to incorporate fireworks into our mannequins since this was the July 4th weekend. I took sweet Phoebs down the road to the firework place

and got a few. She loves to ride in buggy's!

Can't wait for y'all to see how they turned out... This is me working on the little boy model. Yes- that is a plastic cup, oasis, and sparkers to start with.

Here is a pic of all the mannequin "heads". Have to pack them up separately  

We also made a trip to Office Depot to stock up on essentials (tape, pens, paper, Etc). Poor Phoebs gets drug everywhere-HA!

So, what will we have tomorrow? We will have the new kid designs (Bayou Bullfroggin

and the Hot Pink Dragonfly). Plus all the other popular kid designs. We will also have all of our tanks and dresses

(love this pic I saw on Instagram that one of our retailers took). As well as all of our adult tees, including the new Adult Bayou Bullfrog and Cowskull. Brent is shown wearing an adult large Cowskull.

So, we were quite busy on this 4th getting ready, but we did mange to have some fun at one of our neighbors pools. Thanks Beth and Rodney!! Here is Stuart and Lilya Jaubert with Phoebe and Pearson.

See ya tomorrow-

Love

Lissy

P.S. Our Half Off Mascot Tee sale is still going on until Sunday. This is online only www.mrpstees.bigcartel.com. Great time to stock up for school.

 

Pretty Little Rebels.....

We had a little photo shoot the other night with three of my favorite girls-Makenzie, Adrianna and Annmarie. All juniors at WMHS. The plan was to do the whole photo short at the site of the old Livestock/ Sale Barn on Cypress Street across from J & H Boots & Jeans. Sad to see this WM landmark being torn down.
The girls first met at our home and tried on the new Rebel Football Tee.

They all wore an adult small. These shirts are unisex and are available in S-XL ($34). Because Brent wasn't home yet with Pearson, and I had Phoebe with me, we ended up taking the first batch of pics in the wooded area near our home.

The girls looked so cute in their cut offs and cowboy boots!! Awe- to be young and tan and have long hair like that... :)

They are all three just gorgeous!!!!

Here is 

Annmarie...

 and Kenzie.....

And a few more...

Even got a few cute shots on Brent's Jeep!!

 And this is what Phoebe was dong the whole time...playing in her car (and eating mud!)

On a side note, these football tees look good on men too. And not just metrosexual men--real men!! 

Check out Brent in this pic that Heather Land took (Twosuez Photography). He is wearing an adult large.

After this, we went back inside to the "tshirt room" and the girls got their tanks.

The tanks are a slimmer fit made for woman. Annmarie and Adrianna had on smalls and Kenzie had on a medium for the pics. I normally wear the XL. They are available S-XL for $34 each too. They girls wore little white bandeaus underneath. I most of the time will wear a white sports bra with mine.

(Phoebe seemed to really like Annmarie!)

Finally, Brent got home and we headed off to the site...

This was the view looking back towards Cypress Street. It was about 6 in the evening. 

It was a mess out there, but so many cool textures and backgrounds to pick from.

The girls were troopers and climbed and got on anything I asked them. In the middle of all of this, some people came out and I think started taking pics of US taking pics!! Funny

On this concrete block.

And loved these with this old metal behind them.

Then got them on the last remaining standing metal gates

Pretty Adrianna...

Cool rusted metal everywhere!! texture,texture, texture....

Big Thank you to these three Pretty Little Rebels.....

Football Tees and Tanks can be ordered at www.mrpstees.bigcartel.com. Only $3 to ship!

Thanks for reading and supporting our little Rebel Family :)

Love

Lissy

Summer Update

Hadn't blogged in a month and wanted to update y'all on all of our latest for summer. First thing, We will be at the Saturday July 5th Rivermarket in Downtown Monroe.

This will be the same day as the big Firework show. Praying it doesn't rain and they cancel it like last time. Uggggg. So frustrating! We will be stocked and ready for everyone. Our woman's tanks have been a big success this summer. We introduced some new styles to wear like the Eco Ringer Racerback. Shown here with the Red and Blue Blue Heron

and on a Purple and Gold Tiger.

We just came out with a very cool Cowskull design that is featured on a Blue and Brown Ringer Tank.

I love these because they are dressy enough to wear out with some black or white pants or casual enough to put with your old fav boyfriend jeans.

The Cowskull originally had horns, but I decided to take those off so the face part could be larger on the tank. We also just printed a new Rebel Tank (works great for Ole Miss or West Monroe High) and a new Bulldawg tank.

Have u noticed we LOVE that red and blue ringer tank. Hahah. This particular tank is a slimmer fit so don't be surprised if u have to go up a size on it. I wear an XL in it. S-XL. $34 each.  If u prefer a looser fit tank that doesn't hug the middle section, stick to our triblend unisex tanks.
  For the kiddos, we just came out with a dragon fly printed on a beautiful bright pink tee.

Light weight and super soft.  It is available  online (www.mrpstees.bigcartel.com) or at KSera in West Monroe, And, we also have a Bayou Bullfrog coming out this week featured on green on green.

I know my buddy Brian Wade is happy~ he has been wanting a bullfrog for awhile now. Both of these are available in 2t, 4t, 6t, 8,10 and 12. $24 each.
 We also try to create some custom designs for people /businesses when we can squeeze them in. I had the privilege to work with the ladies of Gypsy Dust Photography (www.gypsydustphotographers.com) on a cool vintage style design. They are natural light photographers that specialize in Senior portraits. They wanted to have a cool tank to be able to give to their clients as a thank you for using their services.

Love how the "Chase the Light" design turned out with the sparkly gold ink on a teal colored tank. We have also been working on a design for the best Mexican restaurant in town...Iron Cactus!!

That place is always packed and delicious. Well worth the drive out to Calhoun. They didn't want to stray to far from their existing logo that everyone recognizes, so we just freshened it up a tad and have it with that cool old looking hand drawn feel that we are know for.  They are located at 1304 Hwy 80 East in Calhoun, LA. One more design we did for a group was a special maroon tank for the Hawkline of ULM.

The dance team got a cute tank for camp that features our new Flying Warhawk with the Hawkline name underneath. Can't wait to get a group pic of all the girls.

We also had a photo shoot with Heather Land and TwoSuez Photography. Working on updating our website. She is a dream to work with!! Can't wait for every one to see the end results. And, a BIG happy birthday to our daughter Phoebe :)

Time has really flown by....

Thanks for reading
Lissy