We are getting closer!

The Calendar is done.

So what does that mean? and how long before you can have it in your warm, little hands?

Pre-orders start Monday October 19th, and run for the rest of that month. We're working out some special things for the pre-orders to make the calendar even more of a hot commodity.

I can't tell you how proud I am of the team that worked on this little puppy. It shows through in the photography and the packaging. This is just a wonderful piece, and I can't share in words how happy I am with the finished product.

What else?

Well, October on through the end of the year looks to be a busy time for us here at Toi. Our first cut and sew piece (limited to just 150) is coming along swimmingly and is on schedule for its late October/Early November release.

There's some other things coming along the pipeline as well, but I can't say much more than that.

So as always ...

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Clovis

The Process: photo edition

A few months ago- Toi did a photo shoot for some assorted things, least being some designs for new shirts.

Anywho, over the course of six hours and over three hundred shots later, we came up with some good photos and some great ideas for some future designs.

Plus it doesn't hurt to have good looking models scantily clad in your studio.

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Clovis

What's new with you?

So what's been going on in the world of TOI?

• New fabric just came in for our limited edition wallets. 150 total, with supremely cool packaging.
• First introductions and meetings on "Fat Monster"
• Finishing up decisions on the line for the rest of the year.
• Welcoming our new PR Person
• Saying goodbye to our intern
• Looking for a new intern

I've been trying to figure out how to share the process of running a small business a little bit better on this blog.

In the last few months I've kind of focused a lot more on our pet projects, movies, girlfriends and cartoons. and less on what goes on behind the scenes of the day to day growth of our little empire that could.

As we move forward there will be continual tweaking in what I think the blog should be, and as that happens I hope to make it more of what I personally envision it to be.

With that said below are two of our shirts coming out towards the end of next month. Hope you likes.



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coming down the pipeline

For the release of next year's shirts we're looking at having more of an illustrative feel to them. Drawing a lot of inspiration from old children's packaging, movie posters and some french prints thrown in for good flavor. It becomes very interesting to see what you can mix and match to come up with ideas.

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Where does the time go?

I gotta say with summer kicking in full steam, time has become something of a hot commodity - Two events, new TOI apparel and work/real life are making me miss winter just a little bit.



First, just a heads up and something that we'll be talking about some more, is our TOI campus tour, the first being at my good ole' alma mater, Western Michigan University, in September. I'm really excited about it, since it will be a really good time getting to know new broncos, and watching their reaction to the new shirts - speaking of -



I love the classic monsters, Especially the wolfman, since, being a hairy bastard with canine like teeth, he was the one I related to the most, - this also carries into my love of beast from the x-man.

and finally something I'm still working on and trying to get right. the image below started out as a homeless man with the term "F*$#K you pay me" screened in glow ink and has eventually morphed into tattooed lady maybe or maybe not saying the same thing - I'm still working on it and am not sure if I'm getting it right yet. but right now still a pretty good image.



And also a prayer goes out to both Tim Russert and Stan Winstons' families. I love news and right now I'm addicted to MSNBC, Mr. Russert was a major reason for that. and Stan Winston helped to create iconic images - Terminator, Aliens, Iron Man, even the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park. His amazing creativity will be missed.

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Clovis