BIG BOX SALE 2017 Info...

YAY!!! It is finally (almost) here....Our BIG annual box sale is THIS coming Saturday, Feb 11th from 7:30am-11am in West Monroe, LA. The location is the same as last year- at Ark La Tex Window & Door.  Why do we have it here?? This is Brent's (Mr P's Co Owners) "Real" job location. He and his dad have this business and it has the most covered space we can find (plus parking) and not have to rent a building.

The actual address is 2804 North 7th Street~ down the road from Trenton Street Golf Course and Hot Tots Consignment. Hope these little maps help....





We are opening up the doors a little earlier than last year. Start time is 7:30AM.

Here is some basic info for ya that we get asked a lot.....
"What time should we get there?" As early as possible-especially if you are wanting to snag youth shirts. The 2t's,4t's and 6t's seem to be what goes the fastest. Next would be the Adult mediums. Here are some of the front of the line troopers from last year :)

"What kind of payment are you guys taking?"- Cash and Debit/Credit only. No checks at all. We will have 3-4 check out lines. Some will be cash only and others with be debit/credit only.  Please note that there are NO exchanges after this event. All sales final. 

"Will you still have the sale if it rains?"- YES! The sale will happen rain or shine. The weather forecast as of today says 40% chance of rain on Saturday. We are banking that the rain will come Saturday evening. Please note that shoppers will be standing outside while they wait to come in. If you think it might start raining, please bring an umbrella.

"How do you get in the Door?"- You just wait in line. First come, first serve. It doesn't cost anything to come shop. We try to get around 15 or so shoppers in the door at a time (due to fire marshal). We ask that people try to take 15 minutes or less so everyone can get a chance to look. Our "bouncers" at the event try to keep the line moving.

"How are the clothes organized?" They will all be in boxes labeled by what size they are. There will be everything from baby sizes on up to Adult XXL. Please note that our youth shirts run Small- So... if your child normally wears a 3t in Carter's, you will want to look at a 4t in our shirts.


"Will you put anything for sale online?" YES! After the box sale is over, we will start posting as soon as we get the sale items on our website (www.mrpstees.com). They will be listed for the same exact prices that were at the box sale.

"What are the Prices??" 

We appreciate all the excitement over this sale!!!  We are also gearing up for the big PAWS of NELA Pet Parade on Sat. Feb 18th on Antique Alley in West Monroe. We are sponsoring the "River the Raccoon" float and will be throwing lots of koozies, stickers and orange beads to everyone.

Also- stay tuned for our big Mr P's Tees Brand Rep 2017 Search which will begin on Instagram on Monday, Feb 13th.

Open to males or females ages 6 month -30 years. We will be posting rules on it later this week.


Thanks for reading-
Love
Lissy

River the Raccoon Mardi Gras Tees

It started as a simple text.....

My good friend and fellow running buddy, Leslie Albritton, had sent me this message one day out of the blue. I had seen her hysterical posts and photos of her pet raccoon and knew as soon as I read her text that he needed to be on one of our shirts. 

 I was leaving the next day to go on an art retreat in Vicksburg to work on designs. One of these, would be our new Mardi Gras.... and it all just fell into place!! We had a quick conversation on the phone and I asked her to send me some clear photos of him. She obliged! 

I especially loved this one of him hanging from their bathroom towel rack. This little fur person had quite the personality!!! So, I got to drawing and came up with this design and sent a text to Leslie with the image to see what she thought.

Then, we got to add the color to it!!! Whoop Whoop!! This is one of my favorite parts...

My friend Jeff Smith helped tweak all the colors and spent an extra amount of time on his fur so it looked perfect!! 

Let me back track....

How did River become Leslie's pet?? 

The short version....His mother was getting in the trash cans and bothering some folks. The man of the house shot and killed her.... Then, he sees that she has two babies and he thinks "Well, I've got to shoot them too!" It is my understanding, that River and his brother were about 6 weeks old. So, the man goes out to now shoot the babies and he looks at their little faces and he just can't pull the trigger. (Thank God!) He ends up taking them to the local vet in Farmerville, LA where Leslie's daughter Nicole works. She falls in love and brings one of them home. They affectionately name him "River Rat". He has been trained, given rabies vac and has even been fixed!!. He is truly their pet that they love and adore. 

And now he is quite famous!!!!

So, we get the shirt in and it is just awesome (If I do say so myself :)) And Brent has said for quite some time now that he would love to have Rob and Sara Brewer in a photo shoot with their twin grand sons. We had actually wanted to get them all in our Warhawk Plane shirts earlier this Fall and the timing never really worked out. Then, like it always does, it all just fell into place to photograph this funny raccoon with the Brewer Family at the newest coolest brewery in town...Flying Tiger!!!I love that sign they have out front.

DRINK HEROIC BEER!!!!!! 

The Brewers are one of the owners of this hot spot located at 506 North 2nd in Monroe.

www.flying-tiger-brewery.com

Photographer Heather Land was all on board and very excited to do this funny shoot with us....Only she could handle a Raccoon, twin 3 year old boys and a brewery all in one shoot!!! 

We met up at 3pm and Leslie brought him inside in his cage.

The boys were so funny checking him out. Wren and Ward are freaking adorable. Sweet little smiles, tons of energy and great hair!!! hahaha

And then we had Rob and Sara.

They are the epitome of cool (and they have some amazing hair too!!!!)... We giggled that Sara looked like the twins Hot Baby Sitter....def not their grandmother.

River was a tad nervous and very curious about the whole place. Leslie and her friend Jessica Jones kept him happy with marshmallows.

He walked around and checked out every inch go the place.

While he was walking around,

Heather snapped pics of these two generations. Loved seeing them all dance around together. So Sweet!!

I know how much joy our two little ones have brought our two families and know these two little boys have done the same. Little kids truly are a blessing!!!

Heather went back and photographer River a few more times. He seemed most comfortable perched up on this little shelf. 

We realized the Bar area was opening for business and it was time to get the Raccoon out of the place!!! HAHAHA

 If you haven't tried Flying Tiger yet, put it on your To Do list for 2017. I promise you won't be disappointed!!!  Hours of operation are Thur-Fri 4:30pm-10pm and Sat-Sun 12pm-10pm

Big THANK YOU to everyone who made this photo shoot possible. I can't tell you guys how cool it is for me to see our shirts come to life!!!

Want one of these raglans from the shoot.....

Check out our website at www.mrpstees.com. We got hit pretty hard with the first batch  (no adult mediums for the moment) but we will have more in stock in about a week. 

Thanks for reading-

Love

Lissy