Introducing our Snowy Night Puppy and Christmas Tree card sets just in time for the holidays. Each set includes 8 fold-over cards with matching white envelopes. Cards measure 6 1/2″ x 4 3/4″ and are blank inside, perfect for you to add your own special message.
Christmas card sets are available for purchase from our Etsy store at: www.etsy.com/shop/lello
A big thanks to the bands, Elisabeth Clay, Jamie Ross and all of the organizers who rocked us at this year’s Maplewoodstock! We had a blast chatting with all of our Maplewood neighbors and chilling to good tunes. We can’t wait to see you all again next year!
Cheers.
We’ll be hangin’ out at this year’s Maplewoodstock on Saturday, July 12th from 1 - 7pm listening to cool tunes and showing our wears. If you’re in the neighborhood, stop on by our booth and say hi.
Maplewoodstock is held in Maplewood’s Memorial Park all weekend and celebrates local artists and musicians like Starfish, 3rd Gear and Aztec Two-Step (just to name a few). To learn more about the festival and get a schedule of acts, visit the Maplewoodstock Website at: http://www.maplewoodstock.com
Hope you see you there!
That’s right, we’re selling our kid’s t-shirts online at etsy. Visit our store at: http://lello.etsy.com to snag your very own butterfly, zebra, monkey and/or maplewood tee available in infant, toddler and youth sizes. All tees were designed by us and screen printed by hand to 100% cotton t-shirts. We hope you dig them as much as we do!
xoxo
Well, this year’s Mayfest - which is the event that launched our whole business one year ago - was a bit of a washout. They’d been predicting rain, but we were hoping for the best, and we got off to such a great start. We met some awesome neighbors, sold more shirts than we anticipated off the bat, ate some sausage (and Jamaican patties and stuffed cabbage and key lime margarita cupcakes) and really got into a groove. Then… it started to pour. We were one of the stragglers that tried to ride it out for a while, but once our fold-up chairs started to float away, we packed it in and headed home. Too bad… Beth and the volunteers from the Springfield Avenue Partnership worked so hard to pull it all together, our son Jackson and his friends had a blast getting their faces painted like pirates by the Three Sisters Face Painting team, and… I think my wife might’ve developed a crush on Mr. Ray after he did a show for all of the kids. So… maybe it’s not such a bad thing that it ended early!
Seriously though… thanks again to everyone who came by, checked us out, encouraged us, and jumped in a few puddles along the way.
Be the first to get your very own pink butterfly, brown monkey and yellow zebra tee this Sunday, May 18th when we debut the shirts at this year’s Maplewood Mayfest. The fest starts at 11am and continues to 5pm on Springfield Avenue right here in good’o Maplewood, New Jersey. Tees will be available in infant and toddler sizes.
Can’t make it and really, really want a tee? Don’t worry… they’ll be available for purchase online following the fest.
Hope to see you there!
We’re a visual bunch here at lello. Trying to get the feel for a t-shirt design from a computer screen just doesn’t cut it. Right or wrong, part of our design process is to create rough mock-ups of the final tee designs by printing, cutting and taping our art to the intended toddler t-shirt. We’ll play with colors, size and positioning on different tees until we get something we think works. Then we’ll talk about it, revise the art and print, cut and tape again.
What we finally arrive at is something we really like… and hope you will too. Stay tuned… our 2008 spring/summer of kids tees will be dropping very soon!
Yep, the t-shirts arrive the other day and I spent a good chunk of this past Saturday morning checking inventory with Jackson. A rather unpleasant task made pleasant by a very upbeat and driven 3 year old. It’s pretty clear that he’s got solid project management skills just like his mama.
For this round of tees we’ve decided to use Rabbit Skins which are manufactured by a company called L.A.T. Sportswear. We sampled a variety of shirts and decided on RS for a bunch of reasons, the primary ones being fit, comfort and color choices. Their customer service also rocks, which in this day and age, is a big selling factor for me.
The art and shirts have been delivered to the screen printer and it looks like the first run will happen towards the end of next week. We’re all pretty excited around here.
One of my New Year’s resolutions was a promise to myself to post more frequent updates to the lello Website. We’ll… it’s now the beginning of April and looking at the Website and number of times I’ve posted, it’s pretty obvious, that like my well-intentioned-work-out-regime, this resolution is also out the window.
That said, I would like to take a quick minute to mention that we’re busily working on new toddler t-shirt designs that should be ready for sale in May (May of this year… for those skeptics out there). In-fact, I’ve been working like a possessed man lately trying to get everything lined up and to the screen printer by (ahem) today… which is now looking like Monday (doh).
Aaannnnyhooo… once I deliver the art and have a minute to breathe, I’ll circle back and give you enthusiasts a sneak peek at the t-shirt designs, etc. I promise.
As promised, we’ve updated the website to include a Clothing section, featuring our very first t-shirt, the Maplewood, NJ Tee. Limited sizes are available, and once they’re gone, they’re gone forever. A more extensive online store is still on its way as additional designs become available, but for now, take a look and give us your thoughts!
