Re: Cotton... the fabric of our shirts

The look, the feel of cotton.... the fabric of our lives....er... shirts.

Thanks for all the feedback in the pre-derby thread!

Re: Cotton... the fabric of our shirts

Saw several versions of this last night/this morning and they all looked good. Sometimes it seriously takes longer figuring out colors than drawing the design. Turned out nice.

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LOVE the grass green. Not enough of those around here.

CrescentDebris wrote:Saw several versions of this last night/this morning and they all looked good. Sometimes it seriously takes longer figuring out colors than drawing the design. Turned out nice.

Seriously... sometimes colors take forever! The bag derby felt like a breeze because we were limited. Thanks, glad you think it turned out nice!

supersonic213 wrote:LOVE the grass green. Not enough of those around here.

Oh good, glad you like the grass green!

jasneko wrote:Oh good, glad you like the grass green!

I recently found out that I like grass green too!

Re: Cotton... the fabric of our shirts

Good concept. Simple, but with a great flow. GMV.

imsochady wrote:I recently found out that I like grass green too!

Sweet. I don't have any, but I'd like one!

lkackman wrote:Good concept. Simple, but with a great flow. GMV.

Thanks. I spent a looong time working on the flow of the shirt, so that's really good to hear.
I had another cotton plant (with stem) in the design too (the first thing I drew for the design so I got attached to it) and much as I loved it I eventually sacrificed it for flow::sob::. So glad to hear it has great flow, and that first cotton plant did not get removed in vain!

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I saw this on the Discussion thread earlier today and I was happy to see your submission on the Grass Green! :D I really like the soft feel to it. gmv

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I hear Aaron Neville.

mikan36 wrote:I saw this on the Discussion thread earlier today and I was happy to see your submission on the Grass Green! :D I really like the soft feel to it. gmv

Sweet, glad you agree with the final choice. I like the softer feel too. Thank you!

Jestik wrote:I hear Aaron Neville.

What's he saying/singing?

Re: Cotton... the fabric of our shirts

Nice! GMV

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GMV so much

jasneko wrote:What's he saying/singing?

Janesko...Aaron Neville sings the cotton song!

Stellardig wrote:Nice! GMV

Thank you!

HotChocolate wrote:GMV so much

Sweet.

sugareeali wrote:Janesko...Aaron Neville sings the cotton song!

hehe oops. I've been hearing so many other versions recently! (anyone else seeing all the new the cotton ads?)

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I'm glad to see your shirt almost in the fog janesko. I really hope you finally get your first print. Gmv and good luck. =]

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I loved the blue, but the green is snazzy, too. GMV

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It's my goal to eventually own one of your designs, Jasneko. Good luck!

wootasourous wrote:I'm glad to see your shirt almost in the fog janesko. I really hope you finally get your first print. Gmv and good luck. =]

Thanks, I appreciate you noticing and hoping for it! Me too!=)

MissRebeccaF wrote:I loved the blue, but the green is snazzy, too. GMV

*phew*, glad the green is snazzy too. Thanks!

juicybaboon wrote:It's my goal to eventually own one of your designs, Jasneko. Good luck!

I like your goals juicybaboon! I hope it can be reached soon!!;) Thank you.

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Very nice, glad you went with the grass green. Not so kiddish XD

Mattman243 wrote:Very nice, glad you went with the grass green. Not so kiddish XD

Alright! Glad to oblige, and make it less kiddish for ya!=)

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i like it. wondering about the comments i'll get as a fairly political black woman wearing a shirt about cotton. kind of into it. I also like the grass green lots, but would also sport one in true black for the above mentioned commotion it could cause. hope you win.

chinaka wrote:i like it. wondering about the comments i'll get as a fairly political black woman wearing a shirt about cotton. kind of into it. I also like the grass green lots, but would also sport one in true black for the above mentioned commotion it could cause. hope you win.

Interesting! I didn't forsee this as a potential political talking piece, but now that you've mentioned it, it certainly could be! If it does print, I'd love to know what happens!
Glad you like the grass anyway, and thanks!

jasneko wrote:Thanks. I spent a looong time working on the flow of the shirt, so that's really good to hear.
I had another cotton plant (with stem) in the design too (the first thing I drew for the design so I got attached to it) and much as I loved it I eventually sacrificed it for flow::sob::. So glad to hear it has great flow, and that first cotton plant did not get removed in vain!

This is so beautiful in it's simplicity! Each placement is perfect and more would just clutter the shirt. So far in this derby, this is the only shirt I would actually wear. GMV Good Luck!

saturniid7462 wrote:This is so beautiful in it's simplicity! Each placement is perfect and more would just clutter the shirt. So far in this derby, this is the only shirt I would actually wear. GMV Good Luck!

The only shirt you would wear - wow! And I'm glad you find beauty in the simplicity - thank you. The comment about the placement/amount is also much appreciated because I spent a long time trying different placements (and trying to keep the first plant with stem), so it's nice to see you think it's perfect! Thank you: )

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OooOo, so I really like the cotton idea, that's neat. Also I agree that the placement is perfect, the cotton bits are very organically spaced. Gives it a very nicely shaped silhouette .

blammoed wrote:OooOo, so I really like the cotton idea, that's neat. Also I agree that the placement is perfect, the cotton bits are very organically spaced. Gives it a very nicely shaped silhouette .

Thanks blammoed!

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GMV! Clean looking design Jasneko (as always)

Hope it prints, I'm in for 3 if it does! (Got some cotton farmers in the family!)

jasneko wrote:The look, the feel of cotton.... the fabric of our lives....er... shirts.

Thanks for all the feedback in the pre-derby thread!

good to see you have 2 shirts in the top 10! still climbing! one day i will get my owls!

jasneko wrote:The look, the feel of cotton.... the fabric of our lives....er... shirts.

Thanks for all the feedback in the pre-derby thread!

scratch that! you have 3 in the top 10!!! i didn't realize the prickly one was your's too! soon your day will print....

jshrop wrote:GMV! Clean looking design Jasneko (as always)

Hope it prints, I'm in for 3 if it does! (Got some cotton farmers in the family!)

Thanks very much jshrop! That's neat to think about actual cotton farmers wearing the shirt!

jabberjaws13 wrote:good to see you have 2 shirts in the top 10! still climbing! one day i will get my owls!

hehe one day! I'm not sure how, but one day!;)

jabberjaws13 wrote:scratch that! you have 3 in the top 10!!! i didn't realize the prickly one was your's too! soon your day will print....

I know, right? I'm a little stunned myself that they really took off with the voters this derby - unusual, unexpected and fantastic! I do hope one climbs enough to print... thanks for the support jabberjaws!

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GMV!

supersonic213 wrote:LOVE the grass green. Not enough of those around here.

I ditto this sentiment. Totally want this shirt in this color.

And the title made me laugh.

yummypancake wrote:GMV!

Thanks - and I like your username!

FireMom wrote:I ditto this sentiment. Totally want this shirt in this color.

And the title made me laugh.

Oh good on both counts. I wasn't totally sure if I should change the word 'lives' to 'shirts', so glad it made you laugh!

Re: Cotton... the fabric of our shirts

I'm imaginging Woot's writup for this:

Wear this shirt: When you're eating popcorn. No one will know if you spill.

Don't wear this shirt: When other people are eating popcorn. They might start picking at your shirt.

Yeah, I know it's cotton, but it reminds me of popcorn. In a hungry kind of way.

HalfWheat wrote:I'm imaginging Woot's writup for this:

Wear this shirt: When you're eating popcorn. No one will know if you spill.

Don't wear this shirt: When other people are eating popcorn. They might start picking at your shirt.

Yeah, I know it's cotton, but it reminds me of popcorn. In a hungry kind of way.

I bought a big bag of Dilled Out popcorn from Kernels today. It sounds strange, but dill pickle flavoured popcorn is DELICIOUS.

eHalcyon wrote:I bought a big bag of Dilled Out popcorn from Kernels today. It sounds strange, but dill pickle flavoured popcorn is DELICIOUS.

That...your last comment...

It makes my mind twist in strange ways.

HalfWheat wrote:That...your last comment...

It makes my mind twist in strange ways.

Huh? You mean my comment about size? I was talking about basketball. You said "A short guy isn't going to be a professional basketball player." But I disagree - you don't have to be tall to handle the ball.

What? Those italics mean nothing. Nothing.

eHalcyon wrote:I bought a big bag of Dilled Out popcorn from Kernels today. It sounds strange, but dill pickle flavoured popcorn is DELICIOUS.

eHal i seriously might hate you right now! going on talkin bout dill popcorn makin my mouth water so i look up where kernels is (never heard of it) and it's in canada, but then i get excited because they have stores outside canada, and chicago is a big city and moderately close to canada so maybe they are here somewhere or at least the twin cities....

3 stores outside canada: friggen korea. blimey australia. california. fml.

dammit all.

eHalcyon wrote:Huh? You mean my comment about size? I was talking about basketball. You said "A short guy isn't going to be a professional basketball player." But I disagree - you don't have to be tall to handle the ball.

What? Those italics mean nothing. Nothing.

You're in a pesky mood, aren't you? The first comment was funny, but I wondered if you even noticed how well that DilledOut popcorn added to the humor when you posted that. And now I'm just giggling. It's gonna be a good day. Possibly not very productive, but there's humor in the forcast.

eHalcyon wrote:I bought a big bag of Dilled Out popcorn from Kernels today. It sounds strange, but dill pickle flavoured popcorn is DELICIOUS.

so i realized you can buy tins of it online, but of course no dill. damn. how is the jalapeno jack?

jabberjaws13 wrote:eHal i seriously might hate you right now! going on talkin bout dill popcorn makin my mouth water so i look up where kernels is (never heard of it) and it's in canada, but then i get excited because they have stores outside canada, and chicago is a big city and moderately close to canada so maybe they are here somewhere or at least the twin cities....

3 stores outside canada: friggen korea. blimey australia. california. fml.

dammit all.

Hmm, I just went to their website to check it out. There are two options that I see for you.

1. It's a franchise business - you could open your own Kernels! And given how it seems you don't have any comparable popcorn stores in Chicago, it wouldn't have any competition - you could make a killing.

2. It seems like you can order products from them directly. Strangely, the order form only lists four of their flavours (I can vouch that Jalapeno Jack is wonderful as well, and I'd guess that White Cheese is pretty good). You should email them and see if you could get your hands on some other flavours. You might also be interested in flavours like Cheesy Dill and Wild Buffalo Wings. If you have kids, they might like Superkid - the pieces are brightly coloured (red, blue, green, yellow) and, if I remember correctly, they're sweet.

The only issue is that shipping might getcha. And I'm not entirely sure if they'd send the popcorn to you pre-popped or if you'd have to figure that part out yourself.

Their FAQ says that the popcorn keeps fresh for 2 months so they might pre-pop it for you.

It also provides a toll free number for ordering at 1-888-267-6262, which might allow you to get Dilled Out or other flavours.

POPCORN!

Edit:

I thought of an Option 3. Kernels sells the flavouring itself in little shakers (like salt and pepper). If you can't do option 1 and option 2 doesn't work out, PM me and I could look into buying a few shakers and sending them to you. Then you could just add it onto regular microwave popcorn!

jabberjaws13 wrote:so i realized you can buy tins of it online, but of course no dill. damn. how is the jalapeno jack?

Ha, you ninja'd me. See my post above.

HalfWheat wrote:You're in a pesky mood, aren't you? The first comment was funny, but I wondered if you even noticed how well that DilledOut popcorn added to the humor when you posted that. And now I'm just giggling. It's gonna be a good day. Possibly not very productive, but there's humor in the forcast.

I didn't notice until you mentioned it.

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Ok halfwheat, jabberjaws, ehalycon... what's all this dill flavored popcorn chitchatting doing in here? Talk about COTTON in here people!;)

eHalcyon wrote:Ha, you ninja'd me. See my post above.

(Sorry jas!)


Option 4: see if there are any other distributors. I was just browsing other hits on Google and someone here mentioned that they get Kernels stuff at Walmart. Maybe only Canadian Walmarts have it, but you never know.

There are other people you could talk to about orders as well. I found This Ontario store (which I've never heard of) that sells Kernels products. Maybe they're willing to ship internationally.

Then again, this may be going to way too much trouble just for some tasty popcorn.

COTTON!

jasneko wrote:Ok halfwheat, jabberjaws, ehalycon... what's all this dill flavored popcorn chitchatting doing in here? Talk about COTTON in here people!;)

cotton bump.

[its eHal's fault for making me want something i can't get, not unlike shirts i want that never print...such as owls!!!
...also, eHal thanks for all the info, might need a canada trip anyway to see some polar bears]

jasneko wrote:Ok halfwheat, jabberjaws, ehalycon... what's all this dill flavored popcorn chitchatting doing in here? Talk about COTTON in here people!;)

Cotton floss is really good to use after you've gotten popcorn stuck in your teeth?

Cotton candy is nasty, though. Blech.

Oh, you mean the SHIRT? Yeah, well, that's just awesome. Now if only Woot could make the cotton a little bit fuzzy...

This shirt wins, for wearability. I love it.

hajile wrote:This shirt wins, for wearability. I love it.

Thank you! Wearbility is definitely something I was aiming for! Glad you love it!

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OooOOoo I don't have a green shirt yet, and I would actually wear this one! I haven't gotten a woot shirt in more than 6 months but if this wins that will no longer be a true statement

cheer4vols wrote:OooOOoo I don't have a green shirt yet, and I would actually wear this one! I haven't gotten a woot shirt in more than 6 months but if this wins that will no longer be a true statement

Wow, well that's nice to hear, thanks! Hope you get a chance to have a woot shirt again, but this needs to move up a few places for it do happen