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Prep Sportswear: Spirit Wear for Schools, Colleges, Military, and More!

May 6, 2013 by The Mom Jen 1 Comment

I remember being in college on orientation day and the one thing I really wanted to do was to buy that first spirit sweatshirt to wear proudly! It was a symbol of unity with my fellow classmates that we graduated high school and made it to college and well…GO US! Oh and of course, GO AGGIES, the mascot for UC Davis, my alma mater!

To this day, I have about a half dozen college sweatshirts that still wear with pride and more importantly my daughter has taken over. It thrills me to know end that she is college bound both in mind and academics and that wearing my old college tees to high school means something to her! In fact, every Wednesday at her high school is College Day and they encourage students to wear apparel from their future school or their parents college.

My daughter may not go to UC Davis, but I’ve told her about Prep Sportswear, and online store that offers the largest array of school spirit wear and custom fan apparel! Here you can choose from endless logo possibilities of t-shirts, hoodies, iPad, iPhone, Kindle skin – to backpacks, blankets, and beyond to support your school and show your spirit. You can also get your school sport/club added to it!

You can find just about any elementary school, your local high schools, community colleges, military, vintage teams, Greek fraternities and sororities, government, adventure and MORE! Simply select a category, choose your logo, pick a color, size and personalize. From start to finish, your guaranteed a look made just for you! I even found mom wear!

Now we live in a small town, but I thought, I’ll try it out and punched in our high school and found that it too is listed! I ordered for my daughter a Embroidered Unisex 7.8 oz Lightweight Hooded Sweatshirt for those cool mornings, and evening school activities. The fit was great and true to size. She liked the length and the hood wasn’t too tight. I was impressed by the stitching and the professional look of the sweatshirt.

Check out Prep Sportswear for your custom fan apparel and school spirit wear, I bet they have the school you’re looking for http://www.prepsportswear.com/!

We selected product to facilitate our review. All opinions are ours.

Snap Totes: Personalized Photo Purses, Bags, and Totes

April 28, 2010 by The Mom Jen Leave a Comment

My mom is a purse-aholic. She has the weakness to buy one everytime she is shopping, at garage sales, and on vacation! I didn’t get that gene. I am a one-purse kinda gal and I use it until it falls apart or I lose all my coins into one of those secret (torn) pockets! 😉 I was introduced to SnapTotes.com and knew I’d find my next bag that will last me a long, long time!

When I’m out and about, I often run into friends that want to see photos of my 3 children. I don’t typically carry pictures with me anymore now that the kids are older and the first thing I thought of when I saw these bags was, “now I’ll always have a photo to show off!” as well as having a unique, fabulous bag!

How do you order? It’s easy!

Choose a bag.
We offer more than 2 dozen handbag styles with your choice of strap, liner, color and more. Browse through our gallery to get an idea of you style, then zoom in to choose design elements.

Add your photo.
It’s easier than you think. All of our bags are designed to work best with standard 4×6 photos. So just find a snapshot you love and send it in. We’ll do the rest.

Or, spend about 15 minutes and we’ll walk you through the process step by step. Just upload your photo (or file), use the tools to position, crop, edit and color correct, and get a first look at your new bag.

Order and Enjoy!
Once you have designed your bag and supplied an image, provide us with your payment information and place your order. You will receive an order confirmation within 2 hours and your custom photo bag, wallet, or pillow should arrive within 3 weeks.

My Take: I cried happy tears when I opened my package from SnapTotes! The picture I chose is one of my recent very favorites that we actually used on our Christmas cards in ’09. I saw the bag and was overjoyed how amazing it was. The photo was so crisp and clear and the bag was enormous!

I received The New Gigi bag ($135):

Zipper closure top
3 Compartment with Center Divider Pocket
13.5″W x 10″H x 4.75″D
7″ zipper pocket and two interior pockets
Top grain leather trim and handles
Metal feet

A bonus feature that is so smart is a clip for your keys sewn into the bag! How many times do you lose your keys in your purse? Me, about 3 times a day.

I chose the red floral panels on each side for some added color since I used a black and white picture.

There are two fabulous pockets perfect for my phone and my iTouch. Two zippered pockets and two LARGE sections for taking everything you need including your wallet, makeup bag, water bottle (juice cup for the littles), snacks, and more!

I’m above and beyond impressed by SnapTotes. I’ve gotten fabulous compliments and also get to show off my beautiful children to boot. It exceeded my expectation for custom photo bags!

SnapTotes recently introduced a design service. We are hoping this feature will be helpful for those who do not feel artistically inclined to create a bag from scratch. Please check this out at http://www.snaptotes.com.

I was sent a custom product to facilitate this review. The opinions are my tried-and-true experience and were not influenced by any source.

Fibers.com Offers Customized Apparel

March 11, 2010 by The Mom Jen Leave a Comment

I love personalized items. Whether it been with names or images, making something for me or my kids that we had a hand in creating is fun and unique. We also have 3 kids with names that we’ll never find pre-made personalized products for like I did as a child (being a “Jennifer”).

Creating your own custom t-shirts and products has never been easier. Fibers.com offers advanced technology where you can customize ANY design on the site to personalize it with text or images.

Why Fibers.com?

No minimum order
Complete freedom in customization
Top-quality products
Unlimited printing colors
Quick turnaround, usually within 3 days
40+ products in over 200 color combinations
Apparel sizes from Infant to 5X

Offering trendy graphics and sayings, you can make shirts to wear to movie premieres…(click to enlarge)

Or personalize matching t-shirts for an upcoming girl’s event, mom t-shirts, and much, much more!

My Take: With my son’s upcoming baseball season, I decided to design a sweatshirt with a baseball theme. Here are a few photos of my sweatshirt depicting my own text and a few graphics provided by Fibers.com. (click to enlarge)

I was a bit disappointed by the printing job done. Unlike silk screening, the images on my sweatshirt were printed directly into the fabric absorbing the color. The text was done in a navy blue on the website and when received, the color looked faded and washed, not crisp. It gave me the sense of a used/washed/old garment, not a brand new one as I expected. I informed the company and were very helpful in wanting to rectify screen shots on their site to reflect a more accurate color after printing. I appreciate that. The sweatshirt itself fit nicely to size and they have a huge variety of fonts/graphics and ideas to choose from.

I was sent a sweatshirt to facilitate this review. The opinions are my tried-and-true experience and were not influenced by any source. Understand, you may have a different experience as I have had. I was not monetarily compensated in any way for this post.

Hopscotch Tees: Custom Children’s Shirts

January 11, 2010 by The Mom Jen Leave a Comment

When I was younger I loved having so many options for personalization. That’s the positive side of having such a common name. Pencils, jewelry, cups, bookmarks, anything you can fathom. Now I have 3 children with unique names and they can never find anything pre-made that showcases their special moniker.

With my youngest’s birthday coming up in a few weeks, I have in the past found t-shirts for her to wear on her special day that are personalized. Last year it was a tv character theme with her name below. This year I was looking for something more feminine and found a great Princess tee at Hopscotch Tees!

With 12 different designs for boys and girls (men and women’s sizes too!), your child can have an adorable personalized shirt–long or short sleeve and onesies for the infants–made for their special occasion, or just everyday!

Our take: Ordering is easy. Choose a style and size then add in your child’s name, year of birth and hometown and you’re done. My daughter’s princess tee came adorned with Swarovski crystals in the crown and the extra touch was just precious, it was the femininity and personal shirt I was looking for. Being in preschool (and almost 4) she loves having “her letter” on her shirt and can’t wait to show her friends tomorrow! The shirt is smooth cotton and I purchased a size larger than she wears (bought a 6, wears a 4) and only the sleeves are a tad long, the shirt fits nicely and will last a bit longer! A bonus, the tee came with a rainbow lollipop that put the biggest grin on this sweet face!

The tees start at $22 (a few dollars extra for crystals) and are an adorable unique gift for someone you love, or for yourself!

I was sent a tee in exchange for an honest review. The opinions were our tried-and-true experience and were not influenced by any source. I was not monetarily compensated in any way.