I would love, somehow, to inform the two nice folks who just bought T-shirts from Cafepress carrying my design of the De Zavala flag that they paid Cafepress, respectively, TEN and THIRTEEN dollars more than if they had bought it from me. PLUS I got $6.30 in profit as opposed to $10 if they’d bought [...]
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Dear Cafepress: Jump off a cliff
Posted in Ramblings on May 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The San Jacinto Flag
Posted in Texian Tees on May 22, 2010 | 1 Comment »
(Part of a series explaining the history behind my Texian Tees. Other entries: the De Zavala Flag; the Burnet Flag; the Gonzales Flag (Old Come and Take It); and the New Orleans Greys Flag. Click here to see and buy the shirts!) It’s with sheer glee that I introduce my latest design. I’ve been working [...]
What’s a British goddess like you doing on a Texas flag?
Posted in Anglophilia, Ramblings on May 8, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Compared to the stars, blocks of color and occasional cannon of other early Texas flags, the San Jacinto flag is a complex mass of symbolism. Here’s a reproduction (which I have kinda brightened up) of the image at the center of the actual, refurbished flag, from Robert Maberry’s 2001 book “Texas Flags”: It’s clear that [...]
Make any size hole in leather, without an awl
Posted in Workaround Sue on May 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Don’t have an awl? Make any size hole in leather –to tighten a belt, raise a stirrup, etc. — quickly with a drill bit. You don’t even necessarily need a drill.
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