Thursday, July 7, 2011

Watch God Work Apparel


Now that I have brought you all up to date, I just have a few more things to mention. Although I love making clothes, I haven't made many outside of what I have to make for school projects. I am constantly coming up with new ideas and often find myself sketching (gotta do it quickly, before I forget). I even keep a small sketch pad and pencil beside my bed because I see the flyest stuff in my dreams! Being that I have always been pretty tech savvy and artistic, ideas pop in my head all the time for tshirts. I remember when I left my career of 6 years and decided to step out on faith and focus on my business full time, God spoke a word of encouragement to me. I was single, had an apartment, and a son who was about 10 years old. I didn't know how I was going to keep my rent paid and keep us fed. BUT GOD! One morning, as I was ironing, He said not to worry. Just watch Him work. I was reminded that my life was in His hands and if I only trusted in Him, everything would work out. Then I said to myself..."I could put that on a tshirt!" That's how "Watch God Work" apparel was born! I immediately started working on ideas for tshirts that say "Watch God Work". I wanted people who were proud of what God was doing in their lives, who wanted to let the world know to keep an eye on God, and watch what He was doing in their lives, to have a way to get it out there without speaking. My initial design was great but I did it all by hand because I didn't have the resources to do anything highly technical. I designed the logo in MS Word, printed everything out on my parents' laser printer, cut everything out, and ironed them on shirts. I gave them out to my friends, who wore them at a church cookout. That was my way of launching my first tshirt line! I got great reviews and a few orders but I felt stuck after that because I wanted them to be made in a way that they would last longer, and not fade in washing. To this day I haven't had them printed the way I want to because I don't know where to go to get it done. However, I have revisited the idea and redesigned the logo. Anyway, if you are interested in purchasing a tee or tote bag, let me know! I would love to have you stand with me, as a living testimony of what God can and WILL do!

Be blessed!

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