A Few Tidbits of Fun

Here’s a few fun items I found this week:

For the Holiday season, The Gap has launched a fun Christmas carole interactive website.  At the Merry Mix it site you can view celebrities singing traditional carols with a new flavor to them.  You can also mix and match the celebrities performances to create your very own fun filled clip.  I found the site a bit slow to load but had a good laugh at Freddy Rodriquez and Jason Biggs attempted to rap. Participating celebrities include: Sandra Bernhard, Flo Rida, Trey Songz, Jon Heder, Selma Blair, Rain Wilson and more.  You can also mix and match their winter line to see which pieces you like together.  Check it out here.

Converse sneakers has teamed with Product (Red) called 1HUN(RED) where you can personalize any style of Converse shoe with part of the proceeds going to the charity. There are many, many choices and you can even personlize the shoes.  The cost is a bit more than in the store but your Chucks will be one of a kind.   Converse.

Equal Rights –

I got this email from a friend and decided to pass it along….

 

Hi Friends!

I hope you all made it out to the Chicago chapter of the national protest this past Saturday against Prop 8. Over 300 cities across the world joined in the simultaneous demonstration for equal rights. If you couldn’t make it, like me, you probably couldn’t help but be moved by the show of solidarity in and for our community. 

As the protest was taking shape this week, I submitted a flyer design for the Chicago protest (A US map with participating cities). 

Over the course of the weekend, I’ve had several requests for t-shirts with the design.  As a way to keep the momentum going, I thought it would be neat to create an online store selling these t-shirts, both for fun and to support the growing movement ( http://createdequal.onlineshirtstores.com/ ).  I have it set up so that 80% of the t-shirt proceeds will go to different organizations serving and advocating for the LGBT community.  In the spirit of Join the Impact, the idea is to create funds for grassroots-y organizations that have smaller budgets than, say, HRC.  During these economic times and after many people have already given money, it may be easier to get people to continue donating towards the cause if they get something cool in return.

Currently, Equality California will receive the proceeds.  But the organization will change periodically, and people can recommend that different organizations receive donations.

Anyway, I would appreciate it if you would consider visiting and sharing the link to “First Class Tees”:  http://createdequal.onlineshirtstores.com/  . 

Sincerely,

Schwendi

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