Follow Friday

Since Pandora Apparel became involved with this online t-shirt extravaganza we have received a warm welcome from many solidly established t-shirt companies. For this we are very grateful and as such, wish to do what we can to say a very big thanks to them and everyone who has helped us thus far. To say thanks we plan to release a list of people who helped us, dig us and who we dig every friday in the form of a follow friday list! I know this is only a small thank you and we hope to do more to give back to the tee community as and when we can. So here I am taking a break between World Cup matches to give you our first list!

@ladyumbrellaltd - A ladies designer tee company run by the walking ball of charisma Rob Ryan and the lovely, talented Spanish designer Elena Montes Casado. These guys know how to create a great tee and are experts online. They recently opened a shop in Dublin which should definitely be on your list of places to visit. You can check out their tees here!

@saucewear - This tee company specialises in unique and custom order tees which are random and funny. Saucewear is run by Kelly Murphy, who is an expert on WWF (before it changed to WWE) and Saved by the Bell and their website is located here!

@naturecreations - Amanda Ryan is the operator of nature creations, known also as Creature Creations, a company which makes awesome personalised photo gifts. Amanda obviously has great taste as she nominated Jamie of Pandora Apparel as Fan of the Month on the Creature Creations facebook fanpage! Go visit the Creature Creations website here and don't forget to get your follow on.

@Teesinapod - A wonderful resource for anyone who wants to know about promoting their brand on social media and entertaining to boot. Well worth a follow methinks and check out their blog for further information!

@LeftySwag - If you like your tees with a political twist then LeftSwag is your one stop resource! Very friendly and witty to talk to also! Good times all round. Give them a follow and check out their facebook fanpage here. Their website is coming this summer.

So there you have it, our first attempt to give a little back to the community. Hope you like our recommendations and don't forget to vote for the tee design that Monika submitted to Threadless which you can find here. Hoot Hoot!

Wheels Within Wheels

There has been lots of ins and outs for Pandora Apparel recently. As of writing we stand at 359 fans on our Facebook fanpage, which we are very excited about and also very inspired by the support! We will announce the 2 winners of our super cool awesome give away on Friday after we draw the winning names from over 150 entrants and we hope the winners will enjoy their free gift! Our Twitter account is also coming along nicely with currently 140 followers. We at Pandora Apparel had never used Twitter before embarking on our adventure and so there has been growing pains involved in our usage of the medium. At first we didn't understand it, then we thought it was nonsense but now we've come to love it!

Our quest to find a supplier continues daily. This has proven quite a journey. First we needed to learn what kind of t shirts we wanted. Did we want them screen printed? Did we want our own tags? And just what is origination? But after visiting a number of websites and getting some quotes we settled into the jargon of the process and decided what we wanted in a t shirt printer. Namely, we want quality! The best quality we can afford so you can have a long lasting t shirt and one with a design that doesn't fade or crack after a few washes resulting from spilled pints and curries. In pursuit of this goal we investigated a number of suppliers and the ones that have stood out for us so far are Storenvy and Bar One. We're currently in discussions with both suppliers to see which one will give us the better deal!

We also looking into the possibility of getting bags made for our more discerning fans. The supplier for these bags is in Poland so Monika has been taking care of things on that end. They are organic and the designs Monika has concocted for them are pretty awesome if I do say so myself. Once we finalise the design of the bags we just might give you a sneak pick on our Facebook page. Pandora Apparel bags; perfect for putting all your Pandora Apparel tees in!

Remember to stay tuned to our Facebook page for more giveaways in the future and more t shirt designs! Hoot Hoot!

One Winner and a Give Away!

We only got one correct answer to our question so there's only one winner! Congratulations to Lais Thatiany Nepomuceno! Hope you'll enjoy your little plush Pandora and bookmark! Go to Pandora's fanpage to find out how YOU could get your hands on more free stuff or keep on reading below the picture!

Because we had only one winner in our last competition we still have two prizes to give away! Our goal is to reach 300 fans by next friday the 11th of June! Help us with this by getting your friends to become fans of the Pandora facebook page! Leave a comment to let us know you suggested the page to your friends. If we reach 300 fans by next friday we'll give away the two prizes!