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The Tip is 'Teach Grandchildren' One day, while I was on the Made In America Secrets site my granddaughter noticed and asked me what I was doing. I told her about the Big Secret and as I explained, she began to ask me more questions. After several minutes she left my office to play with her little sister. Months had gone by and until recently, I had forgotten about that moment. She was visiting again and I was talking to her about buying a custom printed T-Shirt. She immediately told me about a website that I could use to buy one. Wow I thought, she is only eight years old and already teaching me. The most amazing thing then happened, she said "Pops they sell Made In America T-Shirts". Thanks to her I purchased six custom Made In USA T-Shirts. Her name is Britton, she understands the Big Secret and I love it when she tells me her Little Secrets! Now she is ten and writing a screenplay called Mertastic. It is a story about a mermaid. Recently, she was visiting our house again and using my computer. She called me to come into my office and of course I came to her because that is what grandparents love to do. One of the reasons I love to be with her is because it is always interesting to see what she is up to. This time, she needed a mermaid tail for her movie, so we began to look around using Google. Her mother is a talented seamstress and will make the tail so we were looking for fabric that would be satisfy my granddaughter's vision of her mermaid tail. Once again we began to talk about Made in America and therefore started to investigate the country of origin of the fabrics she was considering. Because of that experience Made in USA fabric is now one of Made in America Secrets products. Thank you, Britton. Buying Tip Continued - Read more on Made in America Products by Mile 44 Posters Mile 44 is the dynamic duo of Stacy Curtis and Dave Windisch. Dave and Stacy met as co-workers at a newspaper in Northwest Indiana. Dave wanted to create posters and Stacy wanted to explore other avenues for his illustrative abilities. As a need for a new creative outlet, Mile 44 was born. Dave and Stacy began making posters by creating labor-intensive linoleum block prints, several posters later, and a couple of non-life threatening wounds, they met Steve Walters and everything changed. Dave and Stacy took Steve's screenprinting class at the Screwball Press Academy and they have been screenprinting posters ever since. Our services: Single event posters Handbills Tour posters CD / DVD packaging Merchandise design: t-shirts, stickers, buttons, cd / dvd packaging etc. About our work: All of Mile 44's print products are hand-pulled, meaning each one is unique, no two products are exactly alike. Our clients: We have done work for Lollapalooza, Film School, Cowboy Mouth, Split Lip Rayfield, Anna Fermin's Trigger Gospel, The Alarm, Ronnie Spector, Smoking Kitten, Phil Rockrohr and The Lifters, Fourth of July and Favorite Saints. Venues in Chicago: Schuba's, The Double Door, Empty Bottle, The Bottom Lounge, Cubby Bear, Martyrs, The Abbey, The Elbo Room, Gunther Murphy's, Logan Square Auditorium and The Hideout. Venues in Indianapolis: The Music Mill Who's work do we admire? Steve Walters, Print Mafia, Jay Ryan, Hero Design Studios, Strawberryluna, Delicious Designs, Dan MacCarthy, Dan Grezca, Jim Pollock, Derek Hess, Ames Bros., Aesthetic Apparatus, Rick Griffin, Anton Kelly |
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