Late nights, neglected wives, freezing cold, and no weekends.

ParadeMaker is a product of our blood sweat and tears... actually that's a little too dramatic. But seriously much fun as it has been so far it's twice as much work. The title for this post is how I've felt this week. Every night this week, once school work is out of the way, has been devoted to some aspect of ParadeMaker. Whether it's working on designs until my wife makes me go to bed or burning screens at 2 in the morning in my brothers garage, night time seems to be the only time I have to get anything done. And my poor wife, who pushed me to do this to begin with (I'm sure she regrets it now), just wants to spend some quality time with me. But I haven't been able to slow down much. So to her I apologize, and say thank you for pushing me though. Then to top it all off I gladly got out of bed early on my Saturday so I could screen print in my freezing cold garage which is at least ten degrees colder than the already frigid 30 some degree weather outside. But despite all this we won't quit the whole experience is too rewarding. It feels good to be able to rock a freshly printed shirt to school and have people ask about it, or to feel somewhat official when admiring the new size labels we printed in the shirts (pictures coming soon). So to end this post, here are some pictures, I've been meaning to post for a while, to prove that ParadeMaker is down home and hand made with love.


You gotta make it fun.


That's Dallin the unpaid intern/Ipod DJ, as long as he keeps the music good the party keeps on going.


Flash dried with love.


Part of our well organized work space.


Jesse always works so hard.


EASTSIDE! I think?


By far my favorite picture, but I hope my mother never sees it.

-Big J

You look good.

Part of a new scheme to get anyone out there to buy/represent Parademaker, I would like to introduce you to "You look good". Mostly this will just be a photo album on our Facebook page for all the world to see. However if the pictures are funny or creative or you're super hot then they might just be used even more. I think it's kind of boring having the same pictures of the same model to sell the shirts all the time, so maybe the next model could be you (thanks to Jeremy Warner for that idea). Or if the pictures are really rad then maybe you'll get a sweet spotlight on this awesome blog that about 4 different people actually read(including my brother and I). Or if I need a break from actual schoolwork maybe I'll turn it into one of our adorable little ads. Anyways, you get the idea you'll seem cooler on Facebook when we tag you on our page and we can shamelessly peddle our products to your friends when they look at the pictures.

So without further bull I introduce the first installment of "You Look Good"!!!

So before the whole appendicitis episode our biggest fan and one of my best friends sent me these awesome photos. Thanks JC.

On the Job.


The Working Man's shirt.


Represent.

-Big J

ParadeMaker will give your loved ones appendicits!!!

Not quite as catchy as "PARADEMAKER WILL EAT YOUR FAMILY", but after the past week i'm convinced it may be just as scary.




At the beginning of last week I had surgery to get my infected appendix out. It should have been a quick in and out thing, but long story short it wasn't. Apparently parts of my body didn't feel like waking up after the surgery when I did.


For example, the caption for this photo should read "I can't pee!!"
But that was the least of my problems and after five days I finally was out of the hospital. Anyways I apologize for the lack of posts and hopefully I won't be sleeping the day away anymore.

-BIG J

Burger Time.

My best friend, our biggest fan, and only real customer came to town, so we had to celebrate. And What better way to celebrate than with a big freaking burger. I had heard through the grapevine that I needed to check out Joe's cafe, so we hit it up.



This picture alone is proof that Joe doesn't mess around.



A slight ketchup explosion may have ruined this shirt, but it wasn't enough to ruin the burger. It was still amazing.



Joe's the man, and thanks to him after a few more visits I'll have to start wearing XXL's.

Hopefully only the beginning...

Let's begin at the beginning....

For anyone who doesn't know, ParadeMaker is an attempt to do something I actually enjoy in life. I blame skateboarding for this creative tick that now runs my life. But no matter what the actual cause, it's like a disease I can't get rid of, so I it's best if I try to use it. PardadeMaker is an attempt to feed the disease.

I love t-shirts, and my wardrobe is proof of that. It probably drives my wife nuts when she wants to dress nice, but besides all of my t-shirts I only have one nice shirt. I can't help that I really enjoy the satisfaction of someone noticing and commenting on a unique shirt. Some of my best shirts seem to get noticed all the time, and that is the hope I have for ParadeMaker.

To me a "ParadeMaker" (despite what the urban dictionary has to say about the term, which I didn't find out until recently) is anyone or anything that catches people's attention for no one particular reason. I hope to achieve this with these shirts, and in the future whatever else comes. I hope people laugh at, gasp at, or even hate on these designs. I encourage everyone to go out and look good, and hopefully these shirts can help you do that.

I don't really expect to make any money, but that doesn't mean I'm opposed to it. The truth is I would be super pumped if I could just sell enough shirts to be able to quit my day job and be able to afford food from Wendy's more often. My brother and partner in crime, Jesse, on the other hand really doesn't want to go to medical school anymore, so he wouldn't mind selling shirts instead.

So help us live the dream, and look good doing it. Make a scene.

Sincerely,
Josh Storer