Thursday, July 2, 2009

Bike Love T-Shirts

I am a big fan of Etsy. For the past three years, I have bought the majority of my gifts on this site. I like supporting artisans and crafters doing their things and I enjoy being able to purchase unique items for my family and friends.   Recently I discovered these great bike-themed t-shirts and I asked Kate from lofty mornings if I might post them to this blog.  

Here are some of Kate's designs:









The shirts are organic cotton, super soft, and come in a variety of colors.  And I like that Kate's a bike commuter as well. 

Today I am wearing my new 'ride there' shirt and as I was shuttling two of my fellows to camp on the xtracycle Radish, C and S had a great time reading the back of the shirt and calling out all the places where one can ride her/his bike.  It made me particularly pleased when they got excited by the 'farmer's market' shout-out since this has become our Saturday morning ritual, riding over to Wooster Square to peruse the veggies, organic meats, breads, cheese, etc.  Many Saturdays, the guys have been somewhat grumbly about heading out to the farmer's market so their gleeful shouts this morning during the camp commute made me quite happy.  

Ahhhh, I feel the bikey love and am now wearing it proudly.  And plus, my new bright pink "peace, love & bike" shirt goes beautifully well with my new bright pink hair highlights.  Turning 40 is fun!

10 comments:

East said...

in love with these shirts. thanks for sharing. :)

Jen said...

The shirts are great:) Love the "ride there" with all the words. Very cool idea.

Jennifer said...

Being 40 is fun, that's the secret that no one tells you about until you're there and you find out!

José said...

I love the t-shirt. I´ll love we could find them here :)... of course being 40 is fun... nobody told you so???... in 11 days I´ll be 41. that´s even funiest :)... kisses from Spain

Dottie said...

Love these shirts! Especially the last one.

Kate said...

Love the post and mostly love the bit about your kids reading through the possible destinations. Cool!
By the way, I also ride my bike, every Saturday morning, to our local farmer's market. That mkt. is my favorite because they put out tables and chairs for us to munch on the already prepared goods, fruits and vegetables or whatever. I meet my friends there and we get caught up before starting our day. Oh, and to top it off, there is live music. Sounds like our lives run a parallel path.
Thanks for the post!
Kate
Loftymornings.com

Andrea said...

Great shirts! Can't wait to see the hightlights (post a picture??)...The great irony in my life is that things like Nature Camp and the Farmer's Market involve a lot of extra driving...ugh.

Lovely Bicycle! said...

These are nice! I have been thinking of making my own t-shirt design with a re-drawn image from one of the pics on Lovely Bicycle. If it's not too costly, I might go for it and get some of my screen-printing friends involved!

Trisha said...

Wonderful!

bikejuju said...

Wow those are awesome. I have perused Etsy before for bike shirts but I had missed several of those.