Father's Day Fun

This year is a double whammy for my husband in the "special" day department. Tomorrow (sat) is his birthday and of course Sunday is Father's Day.
We kind of have a rule in our house that Mother's and Father's Day/s are a day for presents that are recycled, upcycled or made so this year I have been screenprinting on some pre-worn blank tees... not just for hubby but for the kids as well...
On Sunday they will be wearing matching tees:

For the boys

and for Daddy.

I'm hoping they aren't too cheesy for my hubby! I have purposely designed them so they aren't immediately readable... the proof will be in the wearing I guess!

I must admit the birthday present is a tad boring, but it was requested, so I am looking forward to the giggles on Sunday morning when I put the boys in their tees and get them to present hubby's tee to him.

Happy Father's Day to all Dads!
x

Another Winner!

So it didn't take long to get our fan numbers up over on our Facebook page and when we reached the magic number of 115 I had a giveaway... YAY! I know, 115 isn't many but we'd been hovering below 100 for a while and it was really bugging me!!

Anyway I really love having giveaways! It always gives me warm fuzzies to make someone happy, especially if one of my tees makes them happy!

So thanks to random.org our winner was Sarah Tuck. Congrats again Sarah!
Sarah has chosen our girls skull and cross bones tee for her little one who turns one soon.



I hope she likes it!

We have a winner!

Congratulations to Maria Williamson who won our Tui Kids Tee for her son in the {KID} Independent World T-shirt Tour competition. This was such a fab promotion with 31 indie designers from all over the world being a part of it, we were amongst some pretty fine company!

I especially liked the super cute tees from mi cielo who are based in Hawaii.
Check out the coolest Mr T tee ever!!




And check out the Darth Vader Tee...


Here are some more star wars ones... so clever!




Anyway, thanks {KID} Independent for such a fab competition!

Sneak Peak: Kiwiana 4 Kids

I can't resist giving you a sneak peak of my newest designs. Leo and I had fun today taking some pics... I was amazed at how patient he was! I think the bribes of shortbread and chocolate buttons were his main motivation. We did this mini photoshoot so I could send some photos to an Australian blog who are doing a fab promotion next month... [not sure how much I can say so stay tuned to find out more in July].

Anyway my mind is always wizzing with new ideas for tee designs and given the popularity of my Born in NZ tee (see here and buy here) I thought some more kiwiana themed tees were the go.




These tees are screenprinted with applique elements that make them truly unique! Top in red is the Tui Tee (a native NZ bird) and bottom in yellow is the Jandal Tee. I will be loading these onto the website in the next couple of days.

Oh and did I mention I am also doing these in adult sizes too? Yay!!

Stay snuggly warm in our HALF PRICE HOODIES!!!

So who's feeling the cold? The sun is shining but it is still pretty chilly outside why not take advantage of our fantabulous HALFPRICE HOODIE SALE! These hoodies are end of line in our kiwiana range and all must go.



We have only 2 super cool mens Weta hoodies left... these have proved so popular expecially with expat kiwis and the odd bug freak! Also available are the Nature Chaos, My Aotearoa (pictured) hoods available in both mens and womens sizes and Kiwi hoods available in mens sizes.

Get yours now and stay warm with CC Tees!

And the winners are....

Congratulations to Amy Ross and Sarah Gauntlett, you have both won a $25 voucher to spend in the CC Tees store! Email me here to claim your prize.
Thank you to everyone who entered!

Win one of two $25 vouchers with CC Tees!!!!

This competition is open until Sunday 6th June 12 midnight... so enter now people!!

Check out how to enter here

Royal Oak Market

Come and check out the Royal Oak Market - Building Sustainable Communities, this Sunday, 23rd May, 10-2pm, 14 Erson Avenue, Royal Oak (CCS Disability Action).

from their website...
The Royal Oak Market brings together the ideas of community, culture, healthy living and sustainability.

The market features locally produced food, fresh fruit and vegetables, and the work of local independent designers, artists and crafts people . The market is unique in that it also has community stalls and free talks about gardening, eating green and living sustainably.

It provides a venue for the community to get together and purchase great products from local producers, while finding out what is happening in their local community.

The market is hosted by CCS Disability Action, a not-for-profit organistation that supports people with disabilities. The market is a practical and enjoyable way for us to demonstrate our committment to building sustainable communities.

Hope to see you there!

Handmade gifts

Some friends of ours have just welcomed a new baby girl into their family and well for me it was the perfect opportunity to make something!



This is one of my Merino/Jersey cot blankets (Merino one side, jersey the other), I am soo loving the red merino! I am hoping to get the time to make a few more blankets for the markets coming up in May. They make the perfect baby shower gift! They are super lightweight but so warm and cozy!

Alphabots.

Check out this cute design I put together for Ash based on an embroidered robot on some shorts he was given. Think I might make some more for sale...

See us at Ponsonby Rd Market this Saturday

We have secured a spot at the funky Ponsonby Rd Market this Saturday. Come rain or shine for some fab deals from CC Tees.
Where: Ponsonby Rd (20/20 Design Building opposite Santos and Burgerfuel)
When: 10-2pm Saturday 29th.

Ponsonby Road Market features quality vintage and retro gear, cool collectables, kiwiana, kids t-shirts, original fashion designers, accessories and other tasty treats....Every Saturday from 10-2......NEW STALLS EVERY WEEK!!!

Sneak Peak

Well it's a messy, time consuming process and I have a long way to go but here is a sneak peak of some of my new designs. They are a mixture of screen printing and applique. These are just 3 of the new 11 designs so keep a look out for more updates soon.







Also hopefully this weekend CC Tees will be available at a small high-end market in central Auckland, including our adult tees and hoodies at a hugely discounted rate. More details to come!

New designs coming soon...

Finally my new screens arrive next week, which means new designs! Yay! Plus a big box load of t-shirts. So next week I shall be elbow deep in ink.

These new designs will be a combination of screenprinted graphics with appliqued fabric and stitched details. So I will be busy for a while printing and stitching!! Hopefully it will all be worth it in the end.

If I get the chance I will put updates of my progress here. But in any case stay tuned to www.creative-current.com to see them for sale!

Here is a sneak preview of my elephant design.

MASSIVE SAVINGS @ CC TEES

Hi all,
To clear some stock we are having a massive clearance sale on all adult CC Tees t-shirts and hoodies. Get $20 off the normal price of CC Tees t-shirts and $35 off the normal price of CC Tees hoodies in both our Kiwiana and Revenge of the Geeks ranges!! Wow, get in fast while stocks last!!
Check it out here.