PD Cafe T-shirt Design

[DeanGreen]

Due to PD issues, it is difficult for me to keep a clean shirt. Therefore I designed a shirt with food stains all over it so when I spill something on it it would be less noticeable.

[Bolt_Upright]

That is a very cool idea and good execution. Good Job Dean!

[DeanGreen in reply to Bolt_Upright]

Thx. Bolt. Warning: I have many more!

[Zella23]

Brilliant idea! Love it!

[LAJ12345]

Cool. Can I get one for my kids😁

[DeanGreen in reply to LAJ12345]

I guess another "target group" are parents with messy kids?

[LAJ12345 in reply to DeanGreen]

yes, I have a messy 18 year old who never seems to be able to eat without at least one blob landing on the shirt.

[Ardbeg28]

What a great, creative idea, maybe you should go into business and try selling them online.

[DeanGreen in reply to Ardbeg28]

If I get enough folks interested, I just might do that!

[Ponieboy]

Ok.. I love it... thanks for keeping your sense of humor..

[Bocabarby]

great idea! Start printing the shirts, I’ll buy one!

[DeanGreen in reply to Bocabarby]

Thanks Boca! How much should I sell them for? I really don't want to exploit PD by making a profit but enough to cover production costs and bring more awareness to the disease.

[Lookingforhealing in reply to DeanGreen]

What a great idea for bringing more awareness to the disease. Nice design. There's nothing wrong with making a reasonable profit after you figure out the cost of making them and mailing them out.

[Ardbeg28 in reply to DeanGreen]

Are you screen printing or hand painting them? It looks like screen printed, I'd say charge at least between £15-20, you have to buy the t-shirts (in bulk), cost of inks, screen etc plus time and P&P. Awaiting where to order, I'm small female size!

[Ardbeg28 in reply to Ardbeg28]

P.S. Hope you don't mind a bit of design advice. Maybe change the black stain to brown as it looks a bit severe. Also the lettering style, but it's a wonderful design and a great idea (I am a retired art teacher, artist and designer BTW). Oh and don't forget the copyright symbol: © or someone might copy your design. All the best.

[DeanGreen in reply to Ardbeg28]

Thanks Ardbeg, for the helpful advice. They are silk screen I made myself. For me this method is very labor intensive. I found out a nearby company makes silk-screen shirts using a computerized contraption, but it is rather expensive, unless I have them produced in bulk quantities.

[Ardbeg28 in reply to DeanGreen]

Always tricky to do too many in bulk in case you don't get the demand for them. Better doing a small run but it may be more expensive. Investigate where you could sell them first and find out computer generated costs. I'm sure you'll know to do all this.

[Manypony]

Got any rug ideas?

Got any rug ideas?

[DeanGreen in reply to Manypony]

Just dye the rug purple...like the stain.

[Manypony in reply to DeanGreen]

lol! If it wasn’t such a chunky spill!!

[bbc680]

This is excellent, DeanGreen. I saw this in action when we had a five year anniversary at Rock Steady Boxing last week. After roughly 60 people were done with lunch it looked like the Animal House food fight. My thought for a shirt "I'm not pissed off, I'm not bored, I just have bad brainz.

[Marcia123]

great idea much better than a bib

[LindaP50]

But not a white background, maybe a tannish color. Love the idea!!! I give hubby a kitchen towel to use at mealtime as a bib. Then, I use a hand vacuum to clean up the food around his chair. We just laugh. He loves your idea!

[gomelgo]

How can we order one!?

[Godiv]

I just saw this. Great idea! I love it. (kind of sad, but kind of funny also. I just the other day threw a giant glob of toothpaste from my toothbrush onto the bathroom wall. LOL.)

[DeanGreen]

If there is still any interest in the PD Cafe t-shirts, I have a limited amount of sizes M, L, XL available on (ebay.com/itm/285301338840). Shipping to UK seems fairly expensive. Does anyone have any ideas on cheaper shipping to UK ?