Flashback--80s Commercials

It's easy to get lost on YouTube for hours. Today instead of packing, I spent the better part of two hours watching 80s commercials. I'll be in trouble once my wife gets home, but I sure had fun. I think you will too. This video is just Vol. 2 of 20 plus. Be careful....

Elijah's Story

Click on the photo to read Elijah's Story, forward it, or if you can, help.

Thank you.

iPhone Painted New Yorker Cover

This is pretty darn cool. This week's New Yorker cover was drawn on an iPhone. You can watch the video above, or read the Cover Story about the painting. Good stuff, but call you really call it a "painting" if didn't actually use paint?

Anyway, I may have to go buy this app now. Who knows, the next Sandbox Threads design may be painted on my iPhone.

Bono Headlines Baby Shower

My sister-in-law is having a baby. She's the same sis-in-law whose gift to Ben led to the brain child that is Sandbox Threads. She's also a huge Bono fan (as is my wife). This past weekend my sis-in-law had a baby shower, and to surprise her, I have been holding back this Bono design for about six weeks. While I wasn't at the shower, I am told the surprise received the type of response I was hoping for, and now that the baby shower is over, I am thrilled to share our latest design with all of you. All you U2 fans, enjoy!

Earnshaw's Magazine

Taking a break in FL this week, but wanted to share some news. We made Earnshaw's Magazine, the leading business-to-business publication for the children's apparel market. The magazine will introduce SBT to retailers, boutiques, and be GREAT exposure for Sandbox Threads. Yippie, now time for a dip in the pool.

New Colors for Spring (and Summer)

For some time now, you guys have been asking for new shirt colors. Well, we have obliged and the new shirts have arrived. I'm picky when it comes to adding styles. I want to offer colors and styles that you can't find everyday. I think we've done just that with our two new colors.

The new colors are a Gold with Grey stitching and a Eco-Red Heather Crew (Made with a unique blend of organic cotton, recycled polyester, and naturally occurring rayon knitted imperfectly for authentic vintage look and feel). Yeah, I thought that was pretty cool too. And as always, ALL of our shirts and onesies come from sweatshop-free knitting mills.

The Most Amazing Mashup Video I've Ever Seen

Don't know the whole story behind this video, but some dude (with TONS of time on his hands and apparently no children), put together or "mash(ed)up" MANY different individual music clips into one amazing song.

Enjoy!

New (and Improved) Facebook Fan Pages--BOLOGNA!

First a few weeks ago, Faceboook tried to say they "owned" the stuff we wrote on our walls, or posted on Facebook. After some very public coverage and outrage, they backed down.

Now, Facebook is claiming to have a new and improved redesign of fan pages. I'll use a kid friendly word to describe how I feel about it, BOLOGNA! If by new and improved, they mean making every fan page look the same, and blend in with every other page on Facebook, then yes, it is new and improved.

But I run a business, and I want my business to stand out. I worked hard on making the Sandbox Threads' Fan Page different than other pages by adding unique features and ways to learn about Sandbox Threads, but now Facebook has taken that option away. Until I publish the "new" page or once Facebook decides to pull the trigger on all fan pages, you can see the "old" page. After that happen, generic will soon be king.

Why? And for what reason? My bet is that if you look down the right side of the "new" page you'll see advertisements, and what was missing on the old page? Yeah, advertisements. Facebook will never admit ad money being the reason for the changes, but I think most of us can read between the lines here.

Who clicks on those ads anyway? And why would I want my business displaying ads for other businesses. Come on Facebook! Don't make this change.

Journey--Pre-Game at the Super Bowl

I wanted to write about this when it happened, but I forgot about it until I heard the song on the radio this morning.

I like Journey. I have their Greatest Hits CD (crazy that saying "CD" dates me), but I'm not a huge fan and I haven't followed them closely enough to know the comings and goings of band members. I knew "Don't Stop Believing" ended the Sopranos. And I knew Steve Perry (the former lead singer) was no longer with the band. At least, I thought so.

During the Super Bowl pregame, I was working on the computer with the TV on in the background. When Journey came on stage, I was surprised to hear Journey sound like the "real" Journey. And I immediately thought Steve Perry was back with the band, so I looked up at the TV to discover a most unusual site, Arnel Pineda.

Filipino native Arnel Pineda looks nothing like Steve Perry, but sounds JUST LIKE him. After several double takes, yelling to Elizabeth to come see, and a quick search, I found out that Arnel was discovered on a YouTube singing covers of, you guessed it, Journey songs. Amazing! We really do live in a shrinking world.

Have a great weekend.

Adult Shirts Video

I suppose that this "Adult Shirts" Video is better than "Adult Video" shirts. I'm not sure those would be a big seller at Sandbox Threads. Get these and all many other designs at the Sandbox Threads' Big Kids Store.

By the way, you can make your own video like the above for free. You get to pick the photos and the music. Really, pretty darn cool.