If you grew up in the 80’s you are familiar with the Smurfs.  Little blue men who wear white trousers, a hat, and sometimes a defining article based on their personality.  Smurfette with her ever so sweet personality was my favorite..her long blonde locks, cute white dress and heels were her trade mark look. 

I sometimes wished I lived in Smurf Village where houses were made from mushrooms, everyone helped each other and Papa Smurf’s word was law.  Occasionally, evil Gargamel and his cat would stir up some trouble. But in the end it was never anything a Smurf couldn’t handle. 

On July 29th, the Smurfs are sure to encounter some more adventures in this years release of The Smurfs movie!  How fun to relive our childhood through this 3d animation.  Since we can’t all pull off the topless and tight white trouser, here are some “smurftastic” looks from Zazzle.  Smurf ya later!

Whether speeding around a race track, compressed out of a t-shirt or with wood, race cars are awesome!  At Tee Compressed we offer a stock 3 dimensional race car (far left pic) which means it requires 3 insert cards; one on either side of the shape and a full wrap insert.  The insert cards are all completely customizable.  You can use our stock image of a car and add to it or create from scratch with our blank templates.  I was reminded of the race car, which happens to be one of our best shapes, when my co-worker showed me these pictures (shown below) of his daughter at a kids workshop this past Saturday.  She built a race car of her own complete with custom stickers.  Girl really knows how to swing a hammer!    

Can you find the cat in this picture? 

Hidden in this image is a cat.  Too cool, kinda like we hide a t-shirt under an insert card.

It’s opening day at the Del Mar Races!  Traditionally the ladies wear big brimmed fabulous hats on this day.  It makes a statement and is a real wow factor.  At Tee Compressed we are all about the wow factor.  So for this Wearable Wednesday we’ll look at some hats for the ladies and a few for men too.  Berkeley Hat has a variety of classic hats to offer that fit any individuals style needs.  They have over 30 years of “hat” experience and are located in beautiful San Francisco, Ca.  Here are a few images of what you can find from them.  For the ladies, don’t be shy, wearing a big brimmed hat compliments any look!

For the men, they offer traditional and a little eccentric for the man who wants to stand out!

If you don’t make it to the races today, don’t fret there are 7 weeks of glorious racing “Where the turf meet the Surf” at Del Mar!

All I have to do is type Seinfeld and I instantly laugh.  My husband and I are huge fans…huge!  We TIVO the re-runs daily to watch episodes we’ve seen countless times.  Some days are lives feel like episodes from the show.  We even tend to consistently quote it which draws out fans all around us who quickly catch the humor. Jerry Seinfeld.  Here is a man who states the obvious.  In my opinion that is what makes him so funny.  Pointing out the mundane life occurrences that happen to us all enables us to relate to him.  He makes light of situations that can sometimes be awkward, sad, or boring.  The key is that it’s what has happened to him. 

Today, I just ran across his website- Jerry Seinfeld.com.  I will check it out from time to time.  You know why?  Because he posts clips of his stand up that he’s archived over the years.  His ever changing website gives me a break from my daily life with laughter.  And, just by making me laugh, he has created value.  I want to see what he has to say next.  Can you say that about your business, your website, your emails, or even your voice mails?  What will draw people back to you? 

He also just started Tweeting.  Now, I am not big into Twitter.  I don’t follow anyone.  But, I’d like to see what he has to say.  So far he’s just written some one liners.  And, again staying true to himself, they make me chuckle and I move on with my day.  His newest TV creation is a reality show called the Marriage Ref.  This show was created from his daily life, when as he tells the story, he and his wife, Jessica, were arguing and thought we need a ref to help us battle this out.

The point to all this is that Jerry Seinfeld is worth about $750 million dollars because he is himself.  He is the brand.  His value is joke telling that is relatable; he entertains the masses.  When I need a laugh I turn to him. 

Here’s a short scene about Renting a Car…Enjoy!