Ann Arbor T-shirt Company® Blog

  • Two New Charities: Girls in Planes, Boys on Bikes

    By: Shannon, shannon@annarbortees.com

    almost 14 years

    As a t-shirt company, we get a lot of requests for favors by non-profits. We help whenever possible – and want to give a quick shout out to two of our favorites that we’ve donated to this month.


    Tags: #community, #local, #custom, #small business, #charity
  • Two Rad Facts + SuperRad T-Shirt Facts

    By: Shannon, shannon@annarbortees.com

    almost 14 years

    Rad Fact: Bull sharks, otherwise known as the shark most likely to attack humans, have been found as far as 2500 miles up freshwater rivers. One was found in the Mississippi River in the St. Louis harbor.

    SuperRad T-Shirt Fact: Bull sharks hate t-shirts. Scientists have never observed a single specimen wearing one, and it is speculated that a swimmer was attacked in Daytona Beach, FL in 1981 simply because he was wearing an ABBA t-shirt. It is also postulated that bull sharks, like the rest of nature, simply hate ABBA.

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    Tags: #funny
  • Know Your Shirt: What Does a Shirt’s Weight Have to Do with Its Quality?

    By: Shannon, shannon@annarbortees.com

    almost 14 years

    T-shirts aren’t rocket science, but there is a wide array of options available on the market, and anyone who has spent a minute looking at a screen printer’s catalog knows how overwhelming it can be. Fortunately, knowing a few key attributes can help determine whether your next one finds its way into the Goodwill bin or the bottom of the laundry basket. This post will focus on fabric weight and fiber (the material that makes up the threads). Odds are, you already have a favorite weight and fiber determining which shirts you reach for in the morning, even if you don’t know it!

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    Tags: #custom, #learn about printing
  • Ann Arbor T-Shirt Company Around Town

    By: Shannon, shannon@annarbortees.com

    almost 14 years

    The Ann Arbor T-shirt has had an outstanding springtime full of awesome new customers. Here’s a highlight of just a few of them.


    The 1960 Little League State Champion Baseball Team

    The 1960 Little League State Champion Baseball Team from Harper Woods, MI was invited to celebrate opening day for Harper Woods little league baseball this past month. The team decided to get shirts to commemorate the 50th anniversary of their feat.

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    Tags: #community, #local, #small business
  • Exodus Film's "Jinn" and the Firebreather

    By: Shannon, shannon@annarbortees.com

    about 14 years

    Michigan’s Own Exodus Film’s is producing the upcoming movie, “Jinn”. Featured in the movie is a modified 2010 Chevy Camaro called “The Firebreather”. The Firebreather was on display at Autorama last weekend, where it caused quite a splash.

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    Tags: #custom apparel
  • Meet a Client: Gillian and the 80s Birthday Barcrawl!

    By: Shannon, shannon@annarbortees.com

    about 14 years

    One of the most common questions we get from prospective client is "do you guys do art?" This question is usually asked in hope and fear – hope that we’ll say "yes we do!" and fear that we are going to charge an arm and a leg for it and end up delivering some crummy clip art we hobbled together. Well fear not! Not only are we happy to produce art for you, we rarely charge for it (and will always get your permission before doing so) and are just as concerned about how it looks as you are. We are proud of our work, and we don’t like attaching our names to bad looking clothes!

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    Tags: #barcrawl, #client, #custom
  • Kelley Cohort Shirts @ Indiana University

    By: Shannon, shannon@annarbortees.com

    about 14 years

    We were contacted by our friend at the Kelley School of Business at IU recently to produce a shirt for their section of the school’s 1st year class.

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    Tags: #university
  • We’ve Got Some Awesome Customers!

    By: Shannon, shannon@annarbortees.com

    over 14 years

    We received this e-mail from a customer last week, and it’s good enough that we want to share it!

    Good Evening Reader of my email… Per the “About The Company” section of your website, I am using this email address, hoping my words find the right people. I want to begin by saying thank you. I do not want this to be the ordinary “Thanks for the great shirts” email, (though I must say they are pretty great) but I want to thank you for being a friendly, accessible business. I am all too familiar with corporate America and it’s nice to walk into an establishment and know the people actually want to help you. Read more...


    Tags: #testimonial
  • Meet a Client: Nicole and the Power Ranger Parade

    By: Shannon, shannon@annarbortees.com

    over 14 years

    Nicole approached us last Halloween with an interesting proposition: she and her friends wanted to go out as the Power Rangers, but couldn’t get any costumes that weren’t intended for seven year olds a decade ago.

    The costume was going to be extremely expensive to screen print: each shirt was a different color print, there was a full color belt and phaser gun, and they were only purchasing five of them! If we were simply traditional screen printers, this would have run something like $60 per shirt.

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    Tags: #costume, #custom, #halloween