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CafePress T-Shirt Review

I had a wonderful chance to review something from CafePress. I found it to be a challenge to pick something out. They have so much to choose from!

I decided to go with creating custom t-shirts.

Since Mica will be eight in a few months, and Isaak just turned five I made them age appropriate shirts.

Here are my designs that I created in Illustrator. I made their ages in the g of each shirt. I love personalized gifts for any holiday; like for Father's Day, it's coming up soon! They have a lot of different t-shirts and sizes to pick from. I love that they have many sizes to choose from. Many of the age t-shirts that are out there already are too small for my long torso kids.

Create your own (t-shirt) - I chose to create their organic t-shirt. It was a little more cost wise, but on sale. I love how soft they are!

Here's a few things about CarePress' organic t-shirts:

When I uploaded the designs I had a hard time getting a teal color. Instead I went with green and blue. The boys like both of those colors. Uploading images on CafePress was super easy. I had no problems at all. They take high resolution jpgs.

Isaak giving a high 5. Mica wouldn't smile. He would however act like a crazy 8. I was given a $40 gift code. I did have a difficult time getting the code to go through. It showed that I had a code, but only for a $0 amount. I tell you what though, I called them on a Saturday and their customer service was wonderful! She totally took care of it for me. I just love that their was someone to talk to on a Saturday!

They also didn't tax anyone living in Nebraska, which was nice!

The shirts came much faster than I anticipated. I was thinking it would take awhile considering they were a special order. Nope I had them in less than two weeks!

Like CafePress on Facebook.
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Check out CafePress on their site. They sell all kinds of things!

Disclaimer: The opinions on the post are my personal take on the product. This blog is a personal blog written and edited by me. I did receive a $40 gift certificate to help with this review. Posted by alissa apel at 5:35 PM Labels: CafePress, orgainic, Review, shirts 
Nice shirts! I've gotten a couple of things from CafePress and was impressed. Glad to hear they have such good customer service.
 
I totally love a company that has great customer service.

June 3, 2013 at 5:25 AM 
They are both totally awesome! I am really diggin' the high 5!

June 3, 2013 at 5:39 AM 
Those are great, you could design your own line coming up with ideas like those. :)

June 3, 2013 at 9:38 AM 
Good to know that there is great customer service-that is oh so important and it shows that the company cares about its customers. I will check this place out!

June 3, 2013 at 1:53 PM Melinda Dunne said...

I LOVE LOVE LOVE CafePress! They have so many great items I could spend all day looking at their site. Your son looks very happy with his shirts.

June 3, 2013 at 2:27 PM April @Pixie Dust Savings said...

I love your t-shirts designs! So much creativity and those shorts will make excellent memories. Just think how personalized the t-shirt quilt will be years from now!

June 3, 2013 at 4:39 PM 
I love the designs that you used for these shirts - very cool! Glad to hear the customer service is on the ball - even on a Saturday.

June 3, 2013 at 5:37 PM 
Super cute shirts! I always love your designs Alissa! Glad to hear Cafe Press had great customer service available on a Saturday! It's frustrating when you have to wait until a weekday to get help!

June 3, 2013 at 5:58 PM 
those are so cute ;)
love it... i too have really enjoyed cafe press

June 3, 2013 at 9:36 PM 
Great job on the T-shirt design. They are really cute. Your boys are too.

I love Cafe Press too. Always find such neat things there.

June 4, 2013 at 8:42 AM 
Cafe Press has awesome customer service. I love how easy it is to find and create customized gifts on their stie. Your shirts turned out great!

June 4, 2013 at 12:11 PM 113tidbits said...

I like how you made the ages of the boys integrate into the design. That will give the friends that see these the " I gotta have one too" disease...lol.


June 4, 2013 at 4:47 PM