Archive for ‘Gifts’
FizzyT, January 25th, 2012
Big news today is that Mickey Mouse has hijacked Joy Division’s beautiful (if a little weird) artwork from their ”Unknown Pleasures” album. Naughty little rodent. Anyway, Joy Division purists are up in arms at the alleged theft at the pinching of their special wiggly lines, and drummer Stephen Morris has weighed into the argument saying “I was quite angry when I first saw it. No one asked us. They’re trading off the band and our album cover. I don’t like the design at all. It’s horrible.” And indeed he has a point. What’s Mickey doing looking all pimply?
Originally, the blurb on the Disney tee gave reference to it’s inspiration, stating that”…..inspired by the iconic sleeve of Joy Division’s ‘Unknown Pleasures’ album, this Waves Mickey Mouse Tee incorporates Mickey’s image within the graphic of the pulse of a star. That’s appropriate given few stars have made bigger waves than Mickey!” however, this has now been removed from the website, as too many grumpy fans complained, presumably. And maybe they thought it would be better all round if they didn’t draw attention to the ripped offness of the design.
The t-shirts have now sold out, making Disney very joyful indeed. They might be taking the Mickey is it a joyful decision?
Tags: Disney Joy division t-shirts, Disney t-shirts, Joy Division t-shirts, Mickey Mouse t-shirts, Music T-Shirts, Unknown pleasures t-shirts
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FizzyT, January 20th, 2012
Following yesterday’s post about how Italians are going mad for t-shirts with “Keep Calm and Vada a Bordo, Cazzo!” and other slogans, I thought I would just show how easy it is with our template to create your own “Keep Calm” t-shirt, mug, hoody or other product from our extensive range.
Go to the tab that says “Designs” at the top of the front page, choose your item, and then try out your slogan and our preview option will show you how your item will look. Have a go at using different spacing or writing less words on a line to keep the text larger.
It really is the easiest way to create a brilliant slogan, which will work brilliantly as either a gift, or your own statement piece. Have a go, and have fun!
Tags: Funny T-Shirts, keep calm and carry on t-shirts, personalised gifts, personalised hoodies, personalised mugs, personalised t-shirts, T Shirt Studio
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FizzyT, January 17th, 2012
An article in the Guardian today told how designer Ali Miller has seen sales of her teapot soar due to what can only be known as ‘The Sherlock Effect’.
The pot, quite a beautiful piece as it goes, was featured at a key moment in the series when the sleuth was pouring a brew for his arch enemy. Miller’s website went into overdrive, and is now frantically trying to keep up with the demand for the range.
Sherlock aside, the cups, saucers mugs and tea pots are really lovely. The famous teapot is depicted with a map of the British Isles, and around the tea cups, various scenes are printed.
These are the must have items of crockery right now, so go snooping!
Tags: Ali Miller mugs, Ali Miller teapots, bone china teapots, Sherlock Holmes teapots
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FizzyT, January 16th, 2012

Inspiring!
Beyonce has been busy popping out the mini Jay-Zee of late, but the multi-tasking mega diva managed to produce a t-shirt together with her mother to help raise funds for President Obama’s re-election campaign.
The singer has hopped (and popped) on board an a project spearheaded by the Editor of American Vogue, Anna Wintour. Along with other celebrities and designers, the endevour, called “Runway to Win” aims to sell as much merchandise as possible for the president, and includes amongst other things, a t-shirt by Marc Jacobs with the slogan ‘I Vote Obama’, and various bags, scarves and wristlets. There are also pieces by Diane von Furstenberg, Tory Burch, Derek Lam, Jason Wu, Alexander Wang, you name it, they’re there, behind the scenes, squirrelling away, like er…sartorial campaign squirrels. With an army like that how can he possibly fail!
Tags: Alexander Wang, beyonce t-shirts, Jason Wu, Marc Jacobs t-shirts, Obama t-shirts, political t-shirts, Runway to win t-shirts
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FizzyT, January 7th, 2012
I love this selection of bone china mugs and bowls with fine line designs of London attractions and places. Really, truly beautiful, and with the Olympics coming up, a fantastic way to celebrate all things great and British-y without resorting to Union Jacks, which quite frankly, we will be sick of come the end. These are by Martha Mitchell Design and are available from Contemporary Lab. Each mug is is little bit different, and all the designs are individually applied by hand. None too pricey either at £12 a pop.
Tags: bone china mugs, illustrated mugs, Martha Mitchell Design mugs, Olympic mugs, printed mugs
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FizzyT, December 27th, 2011
I’ve been having a little sneaky look around the online sales. I’m still far to stuffed to actually walk around any shops, let along barge through great throngs of shoppers who have been cooped up for three days and are raring to go a bargain-ing. Net a Porter and sister site (or is that brother?) Mr Porter are possibly my favourite places for window shopping, so when things get somewhere close to affordable I am constantly chanting a little mantra reminding me of how poor I am after Christmas. I have to forcibly restrain myself from clicking on the add to basket button as I see picture upon thumbnail of things I simply MUST have. James Perse t-shirts, an absolute bargain, and such great quality. I can’t just get one, need more so they will see me through the year. Ought to start buying next year’s Christmas presents; could make a whole present cupboard with handy items that are ready to go and save myself a fortune in the coming months. D&G t-shirts, definitely must stock up on those before they dissolve that side of their label forever so that they can pay their taxes. Aubin and Wills tees a steal at under twenty quid. And the list goes on. But no. I must resist, as my bank account is still groaning under the weight of Christmas and I’m not even allowed to go food shopping until January. Leftovers are so so boring. The cold turkey is not just on my plate. It is also my shopping habit. Surely I must be able to squeeze one little McQueen tee in there……….pleeeeaseeeeee!!!!!
Tags: Aubin & Wills t-shirts, D&G t-shirts, James Perse t-shirts, McQueen t-shirts, Mr Porter, net-a-porter t-shirts
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FizzyT, December 25th, 2011
Hopefully, you will have survived Christmas much as I have…with extra padding to get you through the new year. Happily, I am full of presents, brussels sprouts and stuffed to within an inch of my waistline, thus I’m not expecting to achieve much more today, and the Zzzzz’s are looming.
The T-shirt Studio team is having a rare day off and revelling in the Christmas Spirit. Armed with festive t-shirts and personalised gifts, they have been Santa’s little helpers and are now having a well earned Yuletide rest.
A Merry Christmas one and all, and I hope your presents were as good as mine!!!
Tags: Christmas t-shirts, Funny T-Shirts, personalised t-shirts
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FizzyT, December 23rd, 2011
The sales have started and shoppers are buzzing around like a host of demented bees in the hope of getting a pre Christmas bargain. So it’s time to have a little look around at those things you always want, but can’t afford until a big chunk has been knocked off the price. I love this t-shirt by the wonderful Elvis Jesus, available from ASOS for the reduced price of £54 (from £90). Featuring a relaxed round neck with a huge and gorgeous piece of embroidery on the front, this is one tee you will want to own for ever.
Tags: ASOS, ASOS T-shirts, Elvis Jesus t-shirts, Fashion
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FizzyT, December 21st, 2011
After many years of present giving, it has come to my attention that with any gift, be it Christmas, birthday, christening or something else, it’s all about the wrapping paper. I have seen many a perfectly good gift almost totally ignored whilst the glitzy ribbon around it is praised to high heaven. Likewise, many rubbish gifts are shunted a notch or two up the generosity scale, because they are so beautifully wrapped. So my Christmas mantra, is this: buy tat and gift wrap. Even the smallest bar of soap or pair of socks is transformed by a sparkly ribbon or great swathe of raffia. Take a look at East of India for amazing ribbons that go brilliantly with brown paper, or bulk buy gardeners raffia from your local hardware store. People will think you’ve shopped for hours and be well and truly grateful, that you’ve given such beautiful gifts. And you will reap the rewards when they buy you lovely presents back. Well, that’s the plan anyway!
Tags: Christmas Gifts, East of India, personalised gifts
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FizzyT, December 20th, 2011
I love our t-shirt templates. So much fun to play around with and far easier than actually having to come up with any ideas yourself. A good thing at this time of year, when the little grey cells are severely compromised by trying to come up with interesting gifts for under a tenner.
I love this snowflake print. Full of festive cheer and great fun to come up with little slogans or names to go in the middle. It looks as though you spent ages coming up with something creative, stylish and fun. In reality it took two seconds and was as easy as overdoing it with the mince pies. We really are Santa’s little helpers, aren’t we!
Tags: Christmas t-shirts, custom gifts, custom t-shirts, personalised mugs, personalised t-shirts, printed t-shirts, T Shirt Studio
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