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Water Buff by Michelle Mellem

Oh ya baby!!  We never thought this day would come at Collar Free, but the first neon water buffalo shirt in kelly green is here! You can find this shirt in select boutiques across the U.S and may be able to find it in your local Buffalo Exchange. I designed this shirt shortly after motorbiking through northeast Vietnam. The Vietnamese use the water buffalos for all of their heavy lifting and plowing the rice patties. I had to pay homage to the water buff! Hope you love it as much as we do.

waterbuffStay tuned, we may be giving a few of these limited edition prints away.
-Michelle

Collar Free Party Pics are in!

Collar Free celebrated their 1 year anniversary at Syrah downtown last month. See all the juicy party pics on our Facebook page. Become a fan and tag yourself!syrah2

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Thanks for celebrating with Collar Free!

Our Collar Free 1 yr anniversary party was a success! Thanks to everyone who had a chance to stop by and say hello. Thanks again to Syrah who provided us with excellent wine, wonderful cheese plates and a great atmosphere. I think Pat had a good 30th birthday too. :) We will be posting all the pics from the party later this week.

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Collar Free Inc. is always expanding. See our new projects at Artistic Hub.

25% OFF Collar Free Tees and Party TOMORROW

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It has been a while since we threw a killer party. We know you miss the fun and we do to and we have two reasons to party this summer. The first is the 1 year anniversary of Collar Free launching. The second is that Pat is turning 30!

Come join us for a night of food, wine, friends, and fun!
We are hosting the event this year at Syrah. Syrah is an awesome wine bar in downtown gaslamp with a cool atmosphere inspired by Alice in Wonderland. Syrahwineparlor.com

Hope to see you there!

And don’t forget about the awesome discounts at Collar Free! Use code: “anniversary” SHOP NOW

Collar Free Anniversary Party & Discount

Collar Free has been in business for 2 whole years! I remember when we didn’t even have a website or a product. I remember recruiting and selling and researching to find the best damn t-shirts blanks out there! (we did it) Now, 2 years later, we have an awesome team and some sweet t-shirts designed by artists across the US.

Come celebrate our 2 year anniversary on June 26 at the NEW Syrah wine parlor downtown. Hope to see you there!

Syrah_CollarFree_Emailer_v3As part of the celebration, we are offering a discount on all Collar Free tees!

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You can also find Collar Free in these San Deigo Boutiques:

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Social Media Workshops with Artistic Hub

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Our new company, Artistic Hub, is now putting on Social Media Workshops and we may be coming to a city near you! (YES, that’s our big hub family jumping above. Look at our company grow! :) )
We are proud to announce our second social media workshop is in SAN DIEGO. NBC: San Diego knows what’s up. – read their article about our workshops. OH – and The Daily Aztec Article. (If this was an audio blog, I would be playing “Get Around” by the Beach Boys RIGHT NOW)

The event will be April 11th at San Diego State and has been organized in conjunction with the SDSU Entrepreneur Society. We want to thank them for their involvement and 5% of all registrations go to support their event.

REGISTER HERE

Here is more about the event, what we believe, and who should attend.

We believe 2 things:

1. There are a lot of tools out there, but only a few necessary ones to get the biggest results
2. Success with social media is directly related to the idea of Social Capital

Our workshop is going to focus on these two things and give you tools you need to be successful. You will leave today with a new or improved blog, an impressive LinkedIn account, an understanding of Facebook ads, your own social community on Ning, an e-commerce store on Zazzle, and the knowledge to harness Twitter effectively.

Who should attend:
Small business owners who want to leverage social media to attract more customers
Students looking to use social media in business or to start a business
Professionals who want to use social media to monitor their competitors, attract more customers, or increase their social capital

REGISTER HERE

Conference Agenda:
9:00 – 9: 15 Introductions – Jimmy Hendricks, CEO of Collar Free Inc. and Artistic Hub

9:15 – 9:45 Opening Talk: Building Social Capital – Patrick Dillon, President of Collar Free Inc

10:00 – 12:00 Build a Foundation through Blogging – Jimmy Hendricks
· Purpose
· Power of blogging
· How to setup a blog on WordPress.com
· Writing
· Management and tracking analytics
· Reading and feeding (Using RSS feeds)
· Commenting and growing your traffic

12:00 – 1:00 Lunch is included

12:20 – 12:50 Facebook Lunch Steven Cox, CEO and Founder of Takelessons.com
· Overview of pages and groups
· Using Facebook advertising

1:00 – 2:00 Linkedin – Speaker being finalized
· The power of LinkedIn
· Using groups
· Building your network
· Using it effectively

2:00 – 3:00 Ning for your own social network – Jennifer Mitchell, Principal, JMPR Communication

3:00 – 3:15 Break

3:15 – 4:00 Zazzle.com for easy on-demand e-commerce, Patrick Dillon

4:00 – 4:30 Twitter – Ingrid Sanders, GM Online Advertising, The Active Network, @ingridsan
· What is it good for?
· How to use it?
· Brand monitoring
· Good tools

4:30 – 5:00 Wrap-up: The path to expert – Jimmy Hendricks

6:00 – ? Social and Networking Mixer at a local bar/restaurant – TBD

Additional workshop dates and cities include:
March 27 – Omaha, NE – Register Here
May TBD – LA
July TBD – Washington DC
September TBD – Chicago

PS- $50 discount for students! YAY

See you there – Mel

Celebrate fall with Collar Free!

Hey Everyone,

We are having our next big event that is sure to be as fun as our Ivy Launch party. We have several other events this month and with other companies but this one is headline by Collar Free so of course it is going to be out of control. Don’t miss it!

The party is at EXY Restaurant and Lounge, downtown San Diego, November 13 from 8-11 pm. Appetizers from EXY and U4rik vodka will be provided so come out for a crazy night and celebrate the holidays early-Collar Free Style

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Don’t miss Jimmy and Pat on Art Rocks! Radio tonight for a honest evening of art, sex, music, life & ambitions. Art rocks! Where Art, Fashion & Music Collide.
Tonight: November 5th 7-8pm Pacific Time
You can be their friend on Art Rocks! Myspace

Join us (this Thursday) for a Trunk Show Soiree hosted by mojopages and Collar Free. The entire evening will support The Keep-A-Breast Foundation, which raises funds and awareness for breast cancer. To learn more, visit: www.keep-a-breast.org.

Date: Thursday, Nov 6, 2008
Time: 6-9pm
Location: Arterra Restaurant-poolside
11966 El Camino Real, San Diego, CA Google Maps

mojopagesOh we almost forgot!! We hope everyone had an awesome Halloween. Mel (aka bettie page) and I sure did with the UNE-Obama, the awesomest basket ninja turtle and 5 sexy carebears running around hillcrest. We’d love to see what how creative you got for Halloween. Send us your pics!!!

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yes, that is my natural haircolor :)

peace,love & tees

michelle

Cash Prize paid WEEKLY!

Things have been changing fast here at Collar Free. We’re excited to announce that we are offering our winning designers a $200 cash prize every week for their design. The winning designer will will receive payment once the artwork is sent and approved for printing. This usually takes about 5 days. Royalties will still be paid at the end of the month.

Check out our sweet new hangtags. Mel and I are excited to announce that we have re-designed the new Collar Free hangtag for all our shirts. It will be a snazzy two-piece design, with a collar free tag hanging in front and an artist tag in the back. Check out the mocks below; we’d love to hear what you think.

We’re already stocked in two boutiques in San Diego, Station and Material. And plan on being stocked in six more by the end of this month. Stay tuned for more exciting news and updates.

-michelle



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