Dream On! The LIG Special

I'm going to introduce you to my first product offering! This will be called "The Life is Good Special". When you order this, it will entail the custom framing of one LIG t-shirt and will be offered for $25 plus S&H. Shipping will be charged at actual cost to mail directly from me to you. This is my favorite frame - it's an 8X8 square frame, in black - with a slightly distressed edge to it. I think it goes very well with the LIG logo and the distressed appearance of the tee's. This black frame will be standard - but please feel free to request another color and I will see what I can do.

Before I go any further, I want to make sure that I clarify one little thing. I am not framing the entire LIG t-shirt. I am removing the main graphic from the front of the shirt, plus any tags and other graphics and disposing of the rest. Essentially I will be cutting up your shirt and creating a memorable keepsake and an original piece of art. After all - this is done after you have worn the thing out and we don't want a dresser full of stuff we don't wear.

So - this particular LIG t-shirt was a birthday gift from my sister a few years ago. I don't know if she realized what this particular graphic meant to me at the time, but I would like to share my memory with you. When we were little, our parents gave us a beautiful golden retriever/cocker spaniel mixed breed puppy for Christmas. My Mom named her Francesca and we nicknamed her Cheska for short. She was our best friend and if you've ever had a dog as a child, you can imagine that we were inseparable. When she got older, she would lay with us on the living room floor and watch movies with us. We would pop a bowl of popcorn and share it with Cheska. She was very good at catching popcorn on the fly and boy did she love the stuff! After popcorn time was over, she would lay down and I would rest my head on her during the movie. I doubt it was very comfortable for her, but she loved us and she took the job of being the pillow very well. So when my sister gave me this shirt, that memory is the first thing I thought of. Every time this shirt was clean, it was the first one I reached for - and it didn't matter if I had already worn it three times in the same week. (I'm a stay at home Mom, remember - I can get away with that kind of thing!) Needless to say I wore it out very fast. It didn't help that the shirt was white to begin with and I like to use a little bleach in my whites when I wash. LIG specifies on their tags - NO bleach. Not even color safe bleach. You would think as cheif laundress I would know better. Alas, I'm very hard on clothes, especially white shirts! Well, it wasn't going to work just stuffing this shirt in the dresser and forgetting about it. How could I? It means something to me - it's a precious memory and a precious gift from my sister. Cheska has long since passed on and now that this is framed - I can enjoy it and I cherish the memories every day. It's actually very uplifting.

So - the LIG special is here! I used the colors of the clothes Jake is wearing, plus the color of Rocket to choose the colors for framing this graphic and that is what I'll do for your special t-shirt as well. Please feel free to specify what colors you would like to focus on - or you can simply let me choose. I will put as much love into your T-shirt keepsake as I do my own. I want you to be proud to hang your keepsake in your home so I'm not going to make something for you that I wouldn't want in my own home.

When LIG first offered their t-shirts, they didn't have the little extra tag at the bottom hem - so the first one I did for my hubby didn't have this. However, this one did and I LOVE what it says and what it means so I had to find a way to include it. It says "Do what you like. Like what you do". Isn't that the best? I love it! Of course, this one has the signature circle logo attached to my favorite little scalloped circle. I also removed the graphic from the back of the shirt, but couldn't work it into the frame so I used it to make a card.

I kept the same colors in mind so it would match - and this would make a very nice to way to present someone's worn out LIG shirt to them as a gift. Of course, I had to color in some of the black to make it show up. Darn that bleach :o)

Thank you for visiting today and sticking with me to the end of this post! I would love the opportunity to frame your T-shirt and turn something worn out into something new again. Something you can enjoy long after you've worn your favorite t-shirt out. Email me today and let's get started!