Getting T-Shirty …

We just love making bespoke, arty-farty T-shirts here at Trashcan Emporium. Lee had always wanted to design T-shirts and really enjoyed creating our Icon range – we have some available at the studio for immediate purchase or they can be ordered from us via social media message or email.

We can also make one-off T-shirts by individual request …

We also have our unique studio T-shirts …

And we can even ensure the family are wearing matching holiday T-shirts just like this cheesy lot (who I love to bits) …

We can turn the design in your head into a unique, personal, personalised T-shirt …

Orders being taken for Christmas NOW!!!

Icons Galore …

So … yesterday I was mostly creating little 6×4 greeting cards using Lee’s amazing Icon artwork. Originally the artwork was created for our Tshirts (£13)  but we realised that they are also pretty cool in mounts (£15 for a mounted 10 x 12) or on blank greetings cards (£3).  Each design has been hand drawn by Lee using an iconic image as inspiration, even the fonts on these have been hand drawn. My job is to trace and carefully vinyl cut each images.  I blinking love them … what do you think?

I believe in miracles …

I have just finished this super sweet Audrey Hepburn vintage inspired quote shoulder bag …  I used the unique design that Lee created for our Icon Range of Tshirts, so you can even have a gorgeous Tshirt to match this peachy bag.  ❤️

Oh and I must be honest since Lee and I found each other I really do believe in miracles …

Unique or un-Unique?

So I saw a little comment on Facebook that made me want to write this post. A lovely regular at our studio had shared a photo of our Two-Tone man T-Shirt that Lee had designed as a present for the son of our dear friend. The comment had been that our designs were not as unique as we were claiming.  So … I want to explain what we do …

Lee pulls an iconic image off the web, he then draws it out and shades it in a particular way so that it cuts well onto vinyl.  So as an example here is Neil Diamond under construction …  

Lee then passes his hand drawn design to me and I scan it into my design programme and trace it. I then feed it into my cutting machine, hand weed all the teeny bits of detail out and pass it back to Lee. Lee places it onto our high quality “Fruit of the Loom” Tshirts and places it under our huge heat press machine to embed our design into the Tshirt. 

The concept of our ‘Icon’ range of Tshirts is that the image is instantly recognisable, and so of course we use popular images. However,  I think,  that translating an idea from a photo image into scraps  of  vinyl that then emerge as the ‘icon’ is one helluva talent!  Soooooo … to clarify … our Tshirts  are ‘unique’ in that each vinyl image we  cut is Lee’s own artistic interpretation of the iconic  photo. 

Here is our collection … what do you think? 

Bags and bags and bags

So we have had a real crafty day today … we have been busy making handbags all day!

Lee has hand painted a gorgeous leather briefcase but I am keeping that under wraps for a little longer. 

In the meantime here are a couple that I finished today. 

What do you think? 

Icons for all …

So … today we have been mostly making Tshirts in our brand new and exciting Icon range. 

Lee has been busy drawing up the images of some really cool icons, that either we came up with ourselves or someone suggested to us. Lee’s images are simply wonderful … seriously I just want them all! 

Once each drawing is complete my task then is to scan them in to my design programme, cut them out,  and for the finishing touch I sew our Trashcan Emporium label onto the sleeve. 

These are Tshirts individually produced with love and care, with unique hand drawn images. None of your mass produced stuff but something pretty special for those who dare to be different. 

Reasonably priced and easy to order. 

We will even create a Bespoke Tshirt with a photo of your choice for just £25. 

What do you think? We make a good team huh?