Ashley Wyatt Photography helping Mr P's Tees

This was a blog that should of been written a couple of months ago!!
  I met Ashley Wyatt a couple of years ago through my sister Holly. They were co workers in Ruston at the time, and she actually photographed our wedding back in 2011

 and some Christmas card pics with our dogs in 2010.

 I was super pleased to say the least....  This chic is very laid back and very sweet. She volunteered to come help with some photo shoots with the Sterlington and Neville girls. And let me tell you, It was so nice having a professional take the photos. All I did was hand out clothes!!! Her website is www.ashleywyatt.com.
  Here are some of the amazing shots she took. These first few are of Melissa, Cate, Selwyn, and Katie in our bulldawg sweatshirts. They were amongst the trees on the campus of Neville High.

Love the lighting!!! You cant even tell that it was 100 degrees outside in August and the girls were melting in the sweatshirts!!

The next couple feature friends Katelynn, Shea and Ashley in our Warhawk tanks on the Sterlington High School field.

To view more pics from both of these shoots- go to www.ashleywyatt.com  Click on "Website" and go to "Proofing". The password for the Sterlington photo shoot is "shs" and the password for the Neville photo shoot is "nhs".  These slideshows are wonderful!!!!

Thanks again Ashley!!!

Lions and Mustangs and Bearcats OH MY!

The latest three mascot tees are the Mustang, the Lion and the Bearcat. When creating the mustang design, I wanted to go back to the classic wild running horse.

 I think now adays, schools with the mustang mascot have gone to a more modern side profile of the horse head for their symbol like this...

I like that look, but just wanted the old school vintage horse. With that in mind, I decided it might be better to have the horse running more towards you so it wasn't exactly like the old mascot. We still gotta be original-right!!?

 I laid the design out in construction paper and sent the design over to Jeff at Tommy's Tees to finalize for me. Loved the finished product.

 Here is a pic of one of my favorite little people, Aden Antley, in her shirt.

 She is a student at River Oaks and loves horses. And another sweet mustang-Ella.

We feautured these on youth ($24) and adult ($28) tee and adult off the shoulder sweatshirts ($42). Here is also Kennon and Mariah in our sweatshirts.

These two pretty ladies are students at River Oaks.
  Next came the Lion design. I had some Ouachita alumni and friends send me some old pics of shirts that had that they liked. I noticed in all of them, the lion was always positioned differently. Sometimes full body, sometimes straight on. I ended up going with a tough looking Lion that was turned to the side and GROWLING.

 At first, I wasn't going to put the word "Lions" on the shirt. I don't really think it needed it (kind of like the tiger design)

 but I had some die hard Lion fans email me and ask for the wording. No problem guys!! ;). So, "Lions" was added and they were right, it looked better with it!!

Unfortunately, I didn't get to do any fancy photo shoots with these tees. I had a freak accident where I fell off a horse and broke my pelvis. I've been stuck in bed for awhile and can't drive until I heal.

I've been so thankful to those of you who have sent me pics. Got some great ones of fellow Ouachita students Macie, Kelsey and Tanner. Here is Macie..

And Kelsey..

 And Kelsey and Tanner

We printed our lion design on Adult color block sweatshirts ($42) and adult tees ($28).
  Lastly, my close friend and fellow college roommate Kelly really wanted a Bearcat shirt for her beloved Ruston High School. We had quite a few interesting Fri nights when Ruston and my Rebels played. My dad affectionatly refers to her "Bearcat Kelly"! Kelly told me that the actual bearcat had not been featured on many shirts in awhile. No prob here!! I drew this one out in pen and ink, then did a mock up layout with colored pencils and construction paper. Then, I handed it over to Jeff to work his magic.

The sweatshirts ($42)are super soft and comfy and the tees are in youth ($24)  and adult ($28) sizes. Here is Kelly and her beautiful sons Conner and Jackson.

We are also taking pre-orders only on the RAM design-perfect for Jesus Good Sheppard and Richwood High- (all orders must be in by TOMORROW (Friday Nov 1st)

and on the Drew Bobcat Design (due in Fri Nov 8th).

Our designs can be ordered at www.mrpstees.bigcartel.com. Because we are a small family owned company, our stock is limited. So....if you see a sweatshirt or tee you want, grab it now bc we aren't Walmart....thankfully  ;).

Happy Halloween!!!

Quack, Quack, Quack

Duck, duck, duck, goose!

  When we were planning out our fall designs earlier this summer, a duck was never in the cards. This funny little guy came a long as an accident. 

   Last Sept, I had gone to the beach with some girl friends-one of them was Jessica Stutts. We got to talking about a diabetes walk that was coming up that her son Tucker participated in with their friends and family. They would all wear matching t-shirts for the event.

I told her I'd be glad to help her with his next years design. Well, fast forward half a year.... Jessica called and said this year, Tucker wanted a Duck Dynasty themed shirt. "A Cure would make us Happy happy happy". So, I came up with this funny pen and ink duck with a beard and bandanna for them to use on their shirt.

  Here is how it turned out for the diabetes shirt.

 And they even made sure to put our logo on the back.
 So cute! And....The Team Tucker shirt ended up winning 1st place in the t-shirt contest!!! So cool ;)

  Everyone who saw our little duck loved it. I had posted a pic of the drawing on FB and Instagram. We then heard that the Duck Commander folks were helping sponsor a big Duck Commander Christmas on Dec 14th for the Downtown RiverMarket and money raised at the events for this day would all go to help the Food bank of NELA.

What a great idea!! We are so happy and proud of the duck guys and gals and all they have done to help the area. So, we decided we'd print  our little bearded guy and give 15%of the sale of each duck shirt to the Food Bank from Oct 1st-Dec 25th.  We've got him on a long sleeve light weight army colored American Apparel thermal shirt.  If u look closely, u will see that he is a banded duck with our "318" area code.

It's unisex, but a more fitted cut.  Youth sizes are 2,4,6,8 an 10. $26 each. Adult sizes are S-XXL. $31 each. Here is a cute pic of cute Maddox in his new youth tee.

  And here is WMHS student Gavin in his tee.

We love getting pics from all of you!!! This design will be a special limited print so if u want one, grab it quick! We have them available online (www.mrpstees.bigcartel.com) and at Miss Persnickety Joon's new store on Antique Alley by The Costume Shop. Store hours are Tues- Sat 10am-5pm. 

NEW Fall Designs

We have a few new designs we have been working on for Fall that aren't school mascots. On a side note, I've been shocked as to how popular all those mascot shirts have been.... If we haven't designed one for your school yet, it is because we have literally been running out if time, BUT, we will get to it.  

  Now, back to our new fall designs. These were all actually drawn before we had Phoebe.

Miss Phoebe in her Bayou Bandit Onesie

 I worked real hard to get these done before her summer arrival bc I didn't know how much time I'd have. The first one is our skull.

 

 I like to call it Tales from the Bayou. When I first started drawing it, having the swamp/cypress trees in his eyes was not in the plan.

It just kind of happened. Brent and I got to talking about that HBO show "Tales from the Crypt " and voila...Tales from the Bayou emerged.

Yes- I wanted this to be great for Halloween, but also wanted it to be just kind of rock in roll looking for a kid. Right now, it's only available in sizes 2,4,6 and 8. 

  Next we have the Big deer shirt. My hubs (and Kelly Jaubert) have been begging since last fall. FINALLY!!! This ole white tail buck took awhile.

It went thru some changes. At one point, he even had a hat on and a hunting vest.

But in the end, he came back down to reality.

 It's being printed as large as possible in a dark dark brown on a lighter coffee colored tri blend shirt. This one will be in youth (2,4,6) and adult (S,M,L,XL and XXL) shirts. Also going to print of few of them on the coolest looking color block sweatshirts. This shirt will be introduced at this Saturdays Downtown River Market  in Monroe. (Sept 14th from 10am-4pm).

  We also have an elephant shirt coming out that is a tribute to Shirley the Elephant. Do u guys remember her?? The crippled elephant that lived at our zoo (Louisiana Purchase gardens & Zoo) for many many years.

She had been in an accident during her younger years while performing with the circus.

Good news...She is still alive and doing very well up in an Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee. Do u guys remember hearing how she was reunited with an old friend, Jenny the Elephant, and the two were inseparable until Jenny's passing??

 Such an amazing story! I read that Shirley's favorite food were apples (my fav fruit!) so I had to make sure to include those in the design.

I have the best memories of taking art lessons at the zoo under Kathy Amman Vellard and being a junior zoo keeper for quite a few summers. Thanks Mom and Dad! Do they still offer things like that during the summer? Anyway, the design is being printed in youth and adult shirts in red and black on a tri blend light blue tee. Also printing a few on these vintage looking baby blue off the shoulder sweatshirts with pockets. 

  A wild hog is in the works too...to be continued on him!!

 

  Thanks as always for reading. To order online, www.mrpstees.bigcartel.com. If you want to save on shipping and pick it up your order at Miss Persnickety Joon's new store on Antique Alley, enter promo code PICKUP at checkout.

Thanks-
Lissy