Article Summary: Kelly Diels and I have started a T-Shirt store, and you need to buy our first shirt. We’re not sure if we’re going to be millionaires or artists yet, but I do hope Hugh MacLeod will see our backlink and be interested in a free t-shirt (on me Kelly!).

Mom and Dad: There’s an explanation. I swear.

But, before the explanation. There’s an offer and a call for help.

Graphic Designers (Offer): Here’s the deal. You spend 30 mins or so making one of our text ideas look all cool like the one above, you get a free t-shirt and a promo link/message of adoration on our respective blogs. Contact me or Kelly if you’re interested!

Readers (Call for Help): We need to pick the next t-shirt. Is there one in my t-shirt ideas vault that you want? Check out all the ideas and comment if there’s one you’re ready to see on cotton (and to purchase).

The Explanation

Once upon a time (a time known as October 3rd) I read a guest post by Kelly Diels on ProBlogger.

I thought, “Umm this chick rocks.”

So I subscribed to her posts. And commented on a bunch of them. And maybe added her on Twitter. And emailed her asking if I could put up a banner on my site for free because I liked her site so much (no response so I figured that her spam filter also eliminated creepers).

“Oh well,” I thought.

I kept writing my little posts that give weird views on pretty unimportant topics. Then, one day, I received an email from Kelly.

I thought, “HOLY SHIT. My fave blogger is emailing me!!”

We expressed our completely heterosexual love for the other’s site via email and I was given the opportunity to write a guest post. Life was good. Except that it was difficult for me to explain how exciting this really was to my non-blogging community friends.

I cruise through the week and into the weekend, arriving at the bar a little early Saturday night. I check the ol’ email to avoid talking to the 46-year-old English man next to me.

I see three comments from Kelly on T-shirt posts telling me to start the damn store already. I chuckle a little because a) I’ve already had two beers and b) the (Store Coming Soon) tag on those posts was really one of those things I wrote to make myself feel better even though I knew I’d prob never do it.

So I quickly write back, “Yah, yah.. def. need to do that!” Still thinking, “Maybe I can start it like next year or something?”

With my plan for further procrastination secretly tucked away, I sign on to Twitter Sunday evening and see a mention from Kelly that says something along the lines of “Kinda started a t-shirt store with @workinonaramp, but she doesn’t really know yet” and links to her latest post.

We start messaging and before the 2 a.m. hour, we have a sweet name (Girls Gone Mild T-Shirts), a new domain (www.GirlsGoneMildTShirts.com) and a quick startup store on Cafe Press.

We’re still in the beginning stages (artists), but we  plan to quickly expand the site/store (millionaires..thousandaires?). And fortunately, it has already been confirmed that both designer heels and billboards with pictures of us waving and saying “Hi!” are completely legitimate business expenses.

Stay tuned and voice your vote for the next shirt!

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