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Everything is an Experiment

A video posted by Stately Type (@statelytype) on Apr 19, 2016 at 12:01pm PDT This is probably my favorite lesson over the last two+ years of running a small business. I crashed and burned as an artist/entrepreneur for YEARS previous to this because I hadn’t figured out this truth yet....

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Kansas City Week - Design Vote

Vote for your favorite Kansas City t-shirt design! Only the winning design will be produced and sold. One vote per account. Each shirt you commit to buy counts as 10 votes. Tag like-minded friends to increase your chances. Voting ends tomorrow (Sunday, April 19) at noon MST. Colors are final. 

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Kansas City Week - Design 4

Here's my fourth and final KC t-shirt design of the week—it features a hand-lettered "Crown Town" in white over a hand-drawn crown, crossed bats, and a baseball on a heather lake blue poly/cotton crewneck. What do you guys think? Let me know on Instagram. A huge thank you to WonderBoy...

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Kansas City Week - Design 3

Here's my third KC t-shirt design of the week—a minimal, hand-lettered "KCMO, US of A" in gray on a black poly/cotton crewneck. What do you guys think? Let me know on Instagram.

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Kansas City Week - Design 2

Here's my second KC t-shirt design of the week—it's a tribute to Kansas City's world famous barbecue. It features a minimal, hand-lettered "KCBBQ" in white within an illustration of a pig on a navy blue poly/cotton crewneck. A big thanks to @simplegirlsimplelife for the design idea! What do you guys...

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Kansas City Week - Design 1

Sorry for the delay, guys! As you can see, I fell a little behind, so I'm starting Stately Type Kansas City Week now (instead of a week ago). Here's my first KC t-shirt design of the week. It features the city's famous nickname "City of Fountains" hand-lettered in white alongside...

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Kansas City Week - Kickoff

Welcome to Stately Type Kansas City Week! Over the next few days, I'll create and share 3-4 KC-themed t-shirt designs. At the end of the week, I'll put them up for a vote and only the winning t-shirt design will be produced and sold. Ok all you Kansas Citians—I need...

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Moda Week - Introducing the Stately Type Moda Collection!

Introducing the Stately Type Moda Collection! The response to the design vote was so HUGE and so positive that we decided to produce all four designs in both crewnecks and v-necks! Preorder and get 20% off with code MODA20 now through Wednesday (April 8) only. These tees will be in...

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Moda Week - Design Vote

Vote for your favorite Moda t-shirt design! Only the winning design will be produced and sold—crewnecks and v-necks. One vote per account (if you vote for more than one, your votes don't count). Each shirt you commit to buy counts as 10 votes. Tag like-minded friends to increase your favorite...

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Moda Week - Design 4

Here's our fourth and final Moda t-shirt design of the week—a hand-lettered "WIP it good" in yellow and white on a lemon 100% cotton tee. What do you guys think? Let me know on Instagram. This one almost didn't happen—@holly_inez had to explain WIPs to me first. …and thank you...

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Moda Week - Design 3

After our first two relatively safe designs, @holly_inez and I decided to take a risk on our third Moda t-shirt design of the week—a hand-lettered "Sew hard or go home" (with a hint of vintage tattoo vibe) around a hand-drawn spool and needles crossbones on a sea foam 100% cotton...

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Moda Week - Design 2

Here's our second Moda t-shirt design of the week—a collaborative effort between me and @holly_inez (thanks babe!). It features hand-drawn spools, needles, scissors, rotary cutters, seam rippers, quilt blocks, and other sewing symbols arranged to spell out the word "Maker" in white on an asphalt gray 100% cotton tee. What...

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Moda Week - Design 1

Here's our first Moda t-shirt design of the week—a hand-lettered "Sew, a needle pulling thread" intertwined with a hand-drawn needle, spool, and thread on a mint green 100% cotton v-neck. What do you guys think? Let me know on Instagram. Thanks, @holly_inez for the idea, color choices, and art direction!

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Moda Week - Kickoff

Big news! We're teaming up with the amazing Moda Fabrics this week to design a tee specifically for all the makers out there—the quilters, the sewists, the fabric junkies (*cough* My wife, @holly_inez *cough*). We'll be back to our regularly scheduled programming (city/state/country tees) next week, but for the next four...

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Tennessee Week - Design 3

Here's my third Tennessee t-shirt design of the week—a hand-lettered "Home" with the state's famous three stars in place of the "o" in white and navy blue on a red poly/cotton crewneck. What do you guys think? Let me know on Instagram.

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Tennessee Week - Design 2

Here's my second Tennessee t-shirt design of the week—a hand-lettered "Made in Tennessee, home sweet home to me" in red and navy blue on a heather gray tri-blend crewneck. What do you guys think? Let me know on Instagram.

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Tennessee Week - Design 1

Here's my first Tennessee t-shirt design of the week. It features the state's three famous "Grand Divisions"—East, Middle, and West Tennessee—and the music for which they are best known within the shape of the state in white and red on a navy blue poly/cotton crewneck. What do you guys think?...

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Tennessee Week - Kickoff

Welcome to Stately Type Tennessee Week! I've started working on Tennessee t-shirt designs and I'll share them here throughout the week. At the end of the week, I'll put them up for a vote. Only the winning design will be produced and sold. Ok, guys—I need ideas! What do you...

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