Made By Hippies Tie Dye Blog

Psychedelic Tie Dye Treasury

2011-04-29T23:05:00.000-07:00

Yo,

Check out the Psychedelic Tie Dye Treasury:

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4dbb93e4b8ce6d91ec206919/psychedelic-tie-dyes

Happy 420! 42% off Made By Hippies Tie Dyes, Today Only!

2011-04-20T14:17:00.000-07:00

I hope all hippies are having an IRIE day! Use coupon code FOURTWENTY in our http://www.etsy.com/shop/madebyhippiesand save 42% today only!

500 One of a Kind Handmade Items for Sale at Made By Hippies Etsy Shop

2011-03-14T18:53:00.000-07:00

We have 500 one of a kind handmade by hippies items for sale at our etsy shop right now: http://www.etsy.com/shop/madebyhippies

Our goal is to have 1,000 unique one of a kind items for sale so keep checking back as we get higher and higher to our goal!

PEACE and LOVE!

Erik

http://www.madebyhippies.com

Alien Tie Dye T-Shirts For Sale

2011-03-08T22:42:00.001-08:00

Hola, I just wanna let ya know about our Alien Tie Dye T-Shirts we have for sale at our Made By Hippies Etsy Shop. Check them out they are all one of a kind and gonna sell out fast.

Oh yeah, you can enter the coupon code "madeforhippies" at checkout to get 10% off your order from our etsy shop. As always free USA shipping. PEACE!

Check out a few of the Alien Tie Dye Photos below:

Made By Hippies Dot Com Updated!

2011-02-19T13:43:00.000-08:00

Hey Now! I've spent the last week updating all the pages on our website, http://www.madebyhippies.com so go visit and check it out. We updated a bunch of the photos, fixed up some old pages and tuned up the buttons and links on each page to get a clean quick loading website to our visitors. So check it out and let me know what you think by leaving a comment below, I would love to hear from you. I write all the code for www.madebyhippies.com myself using simple html code and notepad as my editor, then I ftp the files to my webserver and whalaa, a website! Check out the vending photos page to see photos of us selling our tie dyes in 2010. Also check out the updated about us page to see photos of our new home in Hippyland, Oregon and some of our neighbors.

So just for ole times sake I'm gonna check out the website rankings real fast...
On a basic google search for each search term here is how www.madebyhippies.com ranks:

tie dye, #9 on the first page
tie dye clothing, #3
how to tie dye #7, www.howtotiedye.net is #6 (our other website, check it out!)
tie dye t-shirts, #10 & #11 both on the first page

so that is all pretty sweet... gonna be a great tie dye year this 2011, it already is!

PEACE~!

Erik

Sandy Mountain Festival 2010

2011-02-15T18:38:00.000-08:00

Here is a photo of Amanda selling tie dyes from our booth at the Sandy Mountain Festival in July 2010. We had a great time and sold a lot of tie dyes. We will be back in 2011!

Tie Dye Disc Golfs

2010-12-29T13:27:00.000-08:00

Hiya Hippies,

Just thought I'd drop a line to let ya know about these groovy tie dye disc golf discs being made by DISCRAFT. Santa gave me a PhaZe 3 Supercolor Spectra 1 Maximum Distance Driver for Christmas and it looks pretty rad. Check one of these cool tie dye disc golf discs at http://www.discgolfstation.com

PEACE!

How To Tie a Peace Sign Tie Dye Pattern

2010-08-30T11:26:00.000-07:00

Hippy Advice #1

2010-05-24T00:08:00.000-07:00

This I say Verily unto you young hippies... Never ever get a job working for the Man. In the end it will just be a waste of your life with nothing to show for it. Even if ya can't think of someway to be in business for yourself, which is the way to be, then find someone cool to work for and do whatcha gotsta do ta survive. Oh yeah, and never cut ya hair either! Let's seize the time, let's make the system pay for it's crime. We surround them! There is no reason to slave ya life away in debt, that is no way to be a FREE MAN, an AMERICAN!

Tie Dye Aprons now for sale!

2010-02-26T20:02:00.000-08:00

Here are Made By Hippies we just finished making two cool patterns of tie dye aprons. We made a Rastaman Spiral Tie Dye Apron and a Rainbow Spiral Tie Dye Apron. Just $20 with free shipping, order yours today!

Rastaman Spiral Tie Dye Apron

Rainbow Spiral Tie Dye Apron

Tie Dyed Google Rankings

2010-01-31T14:33:00.001-08:00

So it's been a while since I checked in on the websites google rankings...

On a google search for just "tie dye" my website http://www.howtotiedye.net comes up #5 on the first page, not too shabby!!!

But for the search "tie dye t-shirts" http://www.madebyhippies.com does not show up until page 5 and is #58... But search for "tie dye t-shirts for sale" and Made By Hippies is #2!!!

Search for "How to Tie Dye" and our How To Tie Dye website is ranked #3! A search for "tie dye dresses" nets us the #6 spot and for "tie dye tank tops" the number 3 ranking!!!

For "baby tie dye" Made By Hippies is at the top of the second page at the #11 spot. The "wholesale tie dye" search finds Made By Hippies at the bottom of the first page at the #8 spot.

Our newest product, the Made By Hippies Tie Dye Kit is just starting to climb the google rankings. Right now a search for "tie dye kit" places Made By Hippies at #52, the second search item on the 5th page. But keep an eye for this search term to make it to the fist page of google in a month or two.

To top it all off is my favorite search right now, "how to tie dye a peace sign" finds How to Tie Dye dot net at the #1 spot!!!

So yeah, the hippies know how to type html. We don't pay for advertising or links or nothing like that. It's all just honest hard work typing away all day. PEACE!

Made By Hippies Tie Dye Kits For Sale

2010-01-21T11:35:00.000-08:00

Made By Hippies Tie Dye Kit

Made By Hippies Tie Dye Kit allows anyone to tie dye just like the hippies. Easy to follow instructions provide the tips and tricks of making colorful and colorfast hippie tie dyes. It's all about using high quality Procion dyes combined with tying up great patterns like the tie dye spiral, v-stripe or peace sign patterns. All that's needed is 6 100% cotton t-shirts, a place to tie dye and a washing machine. The Made By Hippies Tie Dye Kit provides everything else that's needed. American Apparel learned how to tie dye from Made By Hippies and now you can too!

The Made By Hippies Tie Dye Kit Includes:

How to Tie Dye Instructions
1 TBSP Golden Yellow Procion Dye
1 TBSP Lemon Yellow Procion Dye
1 TBSP Turquoise Blue Procion Dye
1 TBSP Electric Blue Procion Dye
1 TBSP Scarlet Red Procion Dye
1 TBSP Fuchsia Red Procion Dye
½ cup bag of Washing Soda
2oz Bottle of Wash Out Detergent
2 Pairs of Plastic Gloves
About 20 Rubber Bands
3 4oz Dye Bottles
½ Teaspoon Measuring Spoon
Washable Marker

Other Supplies You Will Need before Tie Dying:

6 White 100% Cotton T-Shirts
Tie Dye Workspace
Washing Machine

Buy a Made By Hippies Tie Dye Kit for $25 (Shipping Included)

Call 503-757-8558 to order using a credit card or pay order online at the Made By Hippies website: http://www.madebyhippies.com/tiedyekit/

Tie Dye Bedsheets

2010-01-10T17:07:00.000-08:00

I&I have two sets of handmade tie dye bed sheets for sale right now on our etsy site,http://madebyhippies.etsy.com

The first sheet set is a Blues and Greens Tie Dye Jersey Sheet Set. Dyed using procion yes using two blues and two greens in a spiral pattern this king size sheet set will look great on your bed.

The sheet set is Target Home brand and the label reads King Jersey Sheet Set, Spring Collection, 100" cotton, fits mattresses up to 14" deep, one set. Set Includes: One flat sheet 108 in x 106 in [274 cm x 269 cm] One fitted sheet 78 in x 80 in [198 cm x 203 cm] Two king pillowcases 21 in x 41 in [ 53 cm x 104 cm] Care: This sheet set is colorfast. Machine wash, tumble dry. This is a special sheet set, the only one around like it. Peace!

The second sheet set is tie dyed in red, gold and green in a spiral pattern onto a set of Jersey Bed Sheets. This set includes a fitted sheet, a flat sheet and two pillow cases made to fit a Full sized bed. They are dyed using Procion Dye and are colorfast so you can wash them with your regular laundry. Made of 100% cotton.

After you buy this item on etsy you can pay us using paypal or else give us a phone call to pay using your credit card. But even using paypal you can buy without signing up for a paypal account, just do a one time payment with your credit card. So yeah, these are a one of a kind Made By Hippies Tie Dye. You get the actual rastaman tie dye sheet set in the photo and it will ship out the next day after you pay. The cost on this one is $75 plus shipping. Sorry no free shipping on this one as the sheet set does weigh a bit and is more expensive to ship then just a t-shirt. So we hope you like this and buy it! PEACE!

How do I wash a tie dye t-shirt?

2009-12-09T01:12:00.000-08:00

How do I wash a tie dye t-shirt? This is a question we get a lot and a question that I have heard a lot of different answers for. Made By Hippies tie dyes are all colorfast. That means the Procion dye we use has permanently bonded with the cotton strands and become a new color. Any excess dye is washed out using super hot water. Later the tie dye can be washed just the same as any other laundry using regular laundry soap. No special care is required.

The reason some tie dyers say to wash separately using only cold water is usually because they used Rit dye for their tie dyes. That dye does not bond with the cotton fabric, more just painting over the top and some gets washed away every time it goes through the wash. Using cold water keeps the dye from rinsing out but eventually most of the dye will wash out and the tie dye shirt will be faded and sad.

That's why our tie dyes are good, because they stay nice and bright wash after wash. Don't worry man, cause these tie dyes are made by hippies!

One of a Kind Tie Dyes for sale at our etsy shop.

2009-11-05T16:23:00.001-08:00

Yeah Man! Be sure to check out all the great one of a kind tie dyes we have for sale at our etsy shop http://madebyhippies.etsy.com. We have lots of one of a kind fruit of the loom tie dye shirts on sale for just $15 with free shipping in the USA! Then we have all of our awesome American Apparel one of a kind tie dyes too. We have organic cotton baby onesies, organic cotton short sleeve shirts and organic cotton long sleeve tee shirts. All organic cotton, made in the USA by American Apparel and Tie Dyed in Oregon by Made By Hippies! The baby clothes are $20, the short sleeves $25 and the long sleeves are $30, all include free shipping of course. Then we have a few tie dyes on sale plus lots of cool tapestries and bandannas as well as some sweet handmade hemp jewelry. So we've got it all please come and check it out today at http://madebyhippies.etsy.com

Oh yeah and be sure to check our video out from our trip down to LA to teach American Apparel how to tie dye!

Time for our "Real Job"......

2009-10-10T13:52:00.001-07:00

Yeah so October is here and it's time for I&I to put the tie dye dreams on the back burner and concentrate on working hard at the Christmas Wreath Shop for another season!

We have had such a great tie dye year it's hard to stop but we still gotsta pay the bills! The wreath shop has been my families business for 25 years now and it's where I have learned lots of my business practices from, namely provide a great handmade product at a fair price along with great customer service!

We are still shipping out orders the next day and continuing so sell our tie dyes both on our website http://www.madebyhippies.com and on our etsy site http://madebyhippies.etsy.com so check those out and getchorself a new tie dye t-shirt!!!

And if ya need a Christmas Wreath head over to http://www.granstromevergreens.com

Peace, Love and Happiness!

Erik

Rastaman Tie Dye Bandanna Giveaway on Twitter

2009-09-05T16:47:00.001-07:00

Yeah Mon! I&I will be giving away three tie dye bandannas to anyone who follows me on twitter http://twitter.com/madebyhippies and Re Tweets the following message on thier own twitter account:

I&I entered the Labor Day "Rastaman Tie Dye Bandanna" Giveaway by following @madebyhippies & RTing this message http://www.madebyhippies.com

The contest ends Monday at midnight so it's a Labor Day Giveaway!!!

Be sure to check out http://www.madebyhippies.com for tie dyes!

Tie Dye Galaxy #1

2009-09-02T10:23:00.001-07:00

Here is my first Tie Dye Galaxy on a 48" x 72" cotton tapestry.

One Love!

July 2009 Made By Hippies Tie Dye Newsletter

2009-07-15T20:10:00.000-07:00

Made By Hippies Tie Dye Newsletter

July 15th, 2009The Summer Music Scene is here..... Grab a new tie dye to wear!
G'Day From Made By Hippies Dot Com!

Made By Hippies
Erik & Amanda
PO BOX #16162
Portland, Oregon 97292, U.S.A.
503-757-8558
erik@madebyhippies.com

Thanks for joining the Made By Hippies Tie Dye Newsletter. Our plan is to send out about one e-mail a month with some news about our tie dyes and where we will be vending as well as a special tie dye deal!

Made By Hippies busy Spring has now become our busy Summer. But busy in a great way because we are busy making and selling tie dyes. Our online sales have continued to roll in day after day and our vending sales at the Gresham Farmers Market here in Oregon have been going great! Last weekend we were at the Sandy Mountain Festival in Sandy, Oregon and broke last years record for all time tie dye sales in one day! So we are feeling pretty great as the rest of our summers plans unfold in front of us. This weekend we are going to be vending at the Gresham Farmers Market again but it's also the Gresham Art Walk so it's bound to be a busy day. Next week are are loading up the van and driving to Minnesota for the 10,000 Lakes Music Festival. We don't have a booth this year (we did in 2006!) but are planning on meeting up with old friends and partying and I'm sure we will end up selling a few tie dyes along the way!

Later on in August we are going to be rocking steady at the 5th Annual NW World Reggae Music Festival here in Oregon. This will be our third year vending there and we have a 10'x20' booth reserved in the stage area so if you make it to the festival be sure to come by and check us out!

This was in last months newsletter but in case you still have not seen our American Apparel Tie Dye video go to youtube.com and search for "made by hippies" the video can also be found on our website, www.madebyhippies.com - the video shows Made By Hippies working with American Apparel in April 2009 teaching them how to tie dye!

One Of A Kind Tie Dyes Now For Sale!
Made By Hippies is now offering one of a kind tie dyes in various sizes for sale for only $15 each including shipping. Each shirt is individually listed at etsy, which is like ebay for handmade goods. Our page can be found at http://madebyhippies.etsy.com

This is also where we have our American Apparel Organic Cotton Tie Dyes for sale for $25 for adult tie dyes and $20 for baby onesies.

We also have a selection of tie dye tapestries we have added to etsy as well as a section of "On Sale" tie dyes each priced to sell quickly.

Made By Hippies 2009 Vending Dates
NW World Reggae Festival - Friday - Saturday - Sunday August 7th-8th-9th, 2009
Gresham Farmers Market & Gresham Art Walk Saturday July 18th 2009
Relevant Links
www.MadeByHippies.com
www.MadeByHippies.etsy.com
www.CraftyCatJumpRings.com
www.RedEftShibori.com
www.HowToTieDye.net
Gresham Farmers Market
North West World Reggae Festival
Things to Note
All Made By Hippies products are handmade by Amanda & Erik in their Portland, Oregon home using renewable energy.

Made By Hippies Tie Dyes are 100% cotton, colorfast and preshrunk. For a looser fit order one size larger.

Tie dyes are safe to wash and dry with your regular laundry.

We wash all our tie dyes three times with hot water and super strength detergent during the Tie Dye process so you can wash them with your other clothes and they won't bleed dye - Guaranteed!!

How To Tie Dye Dot Net website updated!

2009-06-22T20:15:00.000-07:00

Yeah Mon! I&I have been working for a while on the www.howtotiedye.net website and I feel like I finally have it ready to go, only about a year after I made it so not too bad!

So there are two lessons online, one how to make a rasta spiral and the other on how to tie dye a camo peace sign shirt. But the great thing about tie dye is one pattern can be dyed many different ways for great unique results.

Yeah the site has been ranking on the first page of Google searches too!!

Let me know what you think about the site! PEace!

Made By Hippies 100th Tie Dye Sale on Etsy!

2009-06-15T15:17:00.000-07:00

Yeah Mon! I&I just got our 100th sale on etsy today. I joined etsy on Jan 20th, 2009. So that's just about 5 months so I am pretty happy. I have been making and selling tie dyes since 2006. Thanks to my wife Amanda for teaching me after we first met! I have really been working hard on my website since last fall and it has shown from the hits. On my website www.madebyhippies.com.I went from about 250 hits a month last summer to around 4,000 a month this year. It's all with my just writing my website using html code in my good old notepad program.

But yeah I am happy I joined etsy and I am happy to have made it to 100 sales. I would say until I got to about sale #20 or so things were kind of sporadic but ever since oh about the end of April I have had almost an order a day, I love it!!! Sales on my regular website have been picking up as well.

Peace!
Erik
http://madebyhippies.etsy.com

Made By Hippies Summer Tour - Oh Niner!

2009-06-12T13:24:00.001-07:00

NW World Reggae Festival - Friday - Saturday - Sunday August 7th-8th-9th, 2009
Gresham Farmers Market & Gresham Art Walk Saturday July 18th 2009
Sandy Mountain Festival - July 11th-12th, 2009
Gresham Farmers Market - June 27th, 2009
Tigard Hot Air Balloon Festival - June 19th-20th-21st 2009
Gresham Farmers Market - June 13th, 2009

I&I am sick of the new internet

2009-06-12T12:49:00.000-07:00

Yeah Mon! Just give me some notepad and good old HTML code. That I Overstand and Love. I have been making websites since 1999 and over the years have had a handful of sites that I worked on for years each and brought along the way from the early internet days to the new fangled internet junk of the year 2009.

I grew up in the NES generation. I was five when I got my Nintendo and loved it all my life. I always thought though that the kids who came after me would be even better at computers then me. Because I was good at them cause I grew up in the dawn of computers. From the first 286 computer we bought for like $2,000 when I was in the sixth grade to the various others along the years, the Pentium II, oh boy! But it seems in a way that for all the speed and performance that has been improved on (and of course the price of everything has dropped down) that what has suffered is the way people look at computers. They are no longer some cool thing that requires knowledge to use and understand but just a basic building block of life today. You can't even get a hamburger at McDonalds unless there are three computers involved in the process....

But what I am getting at is the new Internet just plain sucks. And what I mean by that is that the internet used to be a collection of websites that actual people made. There was some companies website or some tv shows website or a zillon billion fan sites for every topic around, Star Wars, Motorcyclces, Fraternity Life, whatever... But they all had a person behind them more or less... Then there was eBay back when you could actually find one of a kind things like at a garage sale.. now it seems like it's just stores selling stuff for a flat rate...

But what I am really getting at is that all these new Web 2.0 or Social Media websites are really dumbing down the internet and make people think that they are actually building a website or have a website of their own. But really you have no control over that crap... You uploaded your personal information to some central database of computers and gave them your email password so they could search your address book and find all your friends... index every human on the plant into a facebook profile... all data nicely lined up... but you are expressing yourself by choosing your own profile picture... and look your old college room mate that you didn't like then just invited you to join in on a mob raid with him... now that is bonding...

meanwhile there are all these websites that used to give people free websites, like angelfire or geocities or various others... you could make your own website from a blank slate and have it be any way you wanted... but you had to have a banner ad on the top, that sucked.. did it, how many banner ads are all over the websites now... and what the hell is with hotmail? everytime I go to check my email I have to look at ads of peoples big rolls of fat and trying to sell some diet pills... so don't tell me some crappy geocities top banner was crampin your style because internet ads have gotten out of hand now... well maybe those pop up ads that kept popping up two new ads for every one you closed, those did really suck...

but to prove me point here is the bottom line. if you make your own website and take a little time to actually learn a skill like writing some basic html code then you create it and it can be however you want. all those social sites are just full of crap and actual damage relationships with real friends more then anything... why ever write someone a real e-mail (much less a freakin letter) when you can just post it to their facebook wall...... but here is my case in point - so the last couple weeks I was trying to surf the wave and pull in some more hits for my tie dye website by promoting it on the social media websites. I was using the twitter to post updates about what I was working on tie dying and I had some feeds being posted there whenever I made a new blog post or posted an item on etsy. I was working on my twitter account for about a month and went from 3 followers to like 1300 in a few weeks... then bamn, twitter decided I was spamming people and suspended my account, bamn its gone. you don't own any of the content you work on to build on these social media websites, you think you own and account and have control, not so much. seriously I was not spamming people, I sent out like tops a dozen posts a day which if you have ever used the sites gets about 30 seconds of screen time I am sure... there are tons of scumbags trying to sell every pyramid scheme and adult program around on there and they boot the Swede for hustling some tie dyes?

Well screw twitter and facebook and all this shite.

I&I am rocking the web Oregon Gangsta style with a real website that I Erik typed all myself only using Notepad and html code.

So check it out at

Peace!http://www.madebyhippies.com

Daily digest for 12 Jun, 2009

2009-06-11T22:45:00.000-07:00

Multi Color Tie Dye Baby T-Shirt (Size 6-12 Months) (American Apparel Organic Cotton) (One of a Kind)
_{11 Jun, 2009 - Etsy Shop for madebyhippies}

$20.00
Here is a Made By Hippies Multi Color Tie Dye Baby T-Shirt. It is made on an American Apparel brand Organic Cotton Baby T-Shirt in a size 6-12 Months. This is colorfast and preshrunk.

This one is $20 and that includes the shipping. This is a one of a kind item, once it's gone, it's gone!

In April 2009 we were hired by American Apparel to teach them how to tie dye at their factory in L.A. It was a great time and they even made a video about our trip down there. To view it check out YouTube and search for "Made By Hippies In Downtown LA."

Peace!

Green Smiley Face on Brown Tie Dye T-Shirt (One of a Kind) (Size M)
_{11 Jun, 2009 - Etsy Shop for madebyhippies}

$15.00
Here is a Made By Hippies tie dye. The pattern is a smiley face in green on a rust brown shirt. This is handmade by Erik using Procion Dye for a colorfast shirt. This is a Fruit of the Loom T-Shirt, already preshrunk, in a size Medium.

Peace!

Multi Color Tie Dye Baby Onesie (Size 3-6 Months) (American Apparel Organic Cotton) (One of a Kind)
_{11 Jun, 2009 - Etsy Shop for madebyhippies}

$20.00
Here is a Made By Hippies Multi Color Tie Dye Baby Onesie. It is made on an American Apparel brand Organic Cotton Baby Onesie in a size 3-6 Months. This is colorfast and preshrunk.

This one is $20 and that includes the shipping. This is a one of a kind item, once it's gone, it's gone!

In April 2009 we were hired by American Apparel to teach them how to tie dye at their factory in L.A. It was a great time and they even made a video about our trip down there. To view it check out YouTube and search for "Made By Hippies In Downtown LA."

Peace!

Rainbow Side Stripes Tie Dye Baby Onesie (Size 3-6 Months) (American Apparel Organic Cotton) (One of a Kind)
_{11 Jun, 2009 - Etsy Shop for madebyhippies}

Multi Color Tie Dye Baby Onesie (Size 3-6 Months) (American Apparel Organic Cotton) (One of a Kind)
_{11 Jun, 2009 - Etsy Shop for madebyhippies}

Multi Color Tie Dye Baby T-Shirt (Size 6-12 Months) (American Apparel Organic Cotton) (One of a Kind)
_{11 Jun, 2009 - Etsy Shop for madebyhippies}

Multi Color Tie Dye Baby Onesie (Size 3-6 Months) (American Apparel Organic Cotton) (One of a Kind)
_{11 Jun, 2009 - Etsy Shop for madebyhippies}

Made In Oregon Rainbow Tie Dye Baby Onesie (Size 3-6 Months) (American Apparel Organic Cotton) (One of a Kind)
_{11 Jun, 2009 - Etsy Shop for madebyhippies}

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Backyard Tie Dye Photo Shoot

2009-06-07T01:10:00.001-07:00

My brother Lars and his girlfriend Jordan came over for dinner tonight and I pursuaded them into doing a tie dye photo shoot for me. The results turned out great, everything in the yard is nice and green now and the light was just right.

I have just started another kind of overhaul on the website, updating all the pages to the newest format and fixing and updating various parts as well as adding a few new pages.

I updated some of the photos too, so check them out!

Thanks for visiting http://www.madebyhippies.com

Gresham Farmers Market Gets Tie Dyed

2009-06-05T18:08:00.001-07:00

Hey Now Folks,

Made By Hippies is back at the Gresham Farmers Market for our fifth year in a row!

We have the best booth ever this year with a wide variety of awesome tie dyes. Everything from baby onesies to 4xl tie dye t-shirts with lots in between!

The Gresham Farmers Market is located in Downtown Gresham, Oregon and is open from 8:30am to 2pm every Saturday through the summer.

Come and check it out! Just look for our tie dye flags!

Peace,

Erik
www.madebyhippies.com

Made By Hippies Tie Dye Newsletter May, 2009

2009-05-31T12:38:00.000-07:00

Made By Hippies Tie Dye Newsletter

May 19th, 2009

Making Tie Dyes Everyday in Every Way!

G'Day From Made By Hippies Dot Com!

Made By Hippies
Erik & Amanda
PO BOX #16162
Portland, Oregon 97292, U.S.A.
503-757-8558
erik@madebyhippies.com

Thanks for joining the Made By Hippies Tie Dye Newsletter. Our plan is to send out about one e-mail a month with some news about our tie dyes and where we will be vending as well as a special tie dye deal!

This has been a busy spring for Erik and Amanda working away in the tie dye studio. We had a great and unique opportunity in April when American Apparel Clothing Company in LA hired us to teach them how to tie dye! A video can be found on Youtube by searching for "made by hippies" the video can also be found on our website, www.madebyhippies.com

In April 2009 American Apparel hired us to teach them how to tie dye!

One Of A Kind Tie Dyes Now For Sale!
Made By Hippies is now offering one of a kind tie dyes in various sizes for sale for only $15 each including shipping. Each shirt is individually listed at etsy, which is like ebay for handmade goods. Our page can be found at http://madebyhippies.etsy.com

Please check it out! We also have a few items on sale too!
Special Tie Dye Deal of the Month!!!
MAy/June Tie Dye Special of the month is our Rainbow Egg Tie Dye T-Shirt.

Purchase using the paypal link in this email and get one on sale for just $15, including shipping! Now you can't beat a deal like that because it's Made By Hippies!

Rainbow Egg Tie Dye T-Shirt
*Offer only good during May and June 2009 and only for the Rainbow Egg t-shirt.

Made By Hippies 2009 Vending Dates
NW World Reggae Festival - Friday - Saturday - Sunday August 7th-8th-9th, 2009
Gresham Farmers Market & Gresham Art Walk Saturday July 18th 2009
Sandy Mountain Festival - July 11th-12th, 2009
Gresham Farmers Market - June 27th, 2009
Gresham Farmers Market - June 20th, 2009
Gresham Farmers Market - June 13th, 2009
Gresham Farmers Market - June 6th, 2009
Gresham Farmers Market - May 30th, 2009
Gresham Farmers Market - May 23rd, 2009

Relevant Links
www.MadeByHippies.com
www.MadeByHippies.etsy.com
www.CraftyCatJumpRings.com
www.RedEftShibori.com
www.HowToTieDye.net
Gresham Farmers Market
North West World Reggae Festival

Things to Note
All Made By Hippies products are handmade by Amanda & Erik in their Portland, Oregon home using renewable energy.

Made By Hippies Tie Dyes are 100% cotton, colorfast and preshrunk. For a looser fit order one size larger.

Tie dyes are safe to wash and dry with your regular laundry.

We wash all our tie dyes three times with hot water and super strength detergent during the Tie Dye process so you can wash them with your other clothes and they won't bleed dye - Guaranteed!!

http://www.madebyhippies.com

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Reggae Music Links

2009-05-29T00:41:00.000-07:00

Yeah Mon! So a while back I built a quick one page website called Reggae Music Links as a sub domain on my website www.howtotiedye.net.

I was just doing it for fun at the time, since I enjoy reggae music and was looking around at various musicians websites.

Then I check out the site recently and low and behold it's getting all kinds of traffic! Actually it's #1 on google for a search on "reggae music links"

Check it out at reggaemusiclinks.howtotiedye.net

One of a Kind Tie Dyes Now For Sale!

2009-05-18T20:43:00.000-07:00

Made By Hippies now has many one of a kind tie dye t-shirts all posted to our etsy marketplace which can be found at http://madebyhippies.etsy.com. We will of course continue to have all of our in stock designs in sizes small to 4xl. The good thing about posting our tie dyes to etsy is now the customer can pick from many differant styles and colors by size.

Be sure to check it out!
Peace

http://madebyhippies.etsy.com.

Made By Hippies Tie Dye Fashion Show

2009-05-10T01:17:00.000-07:00

Check out this little slide show I put together to showcase the Made By Hippies Tie Dyes. It is just over 2 minutes long and features most of our in stock tie dyes. Thanks for checking it out. PEACE!

Tie Dyed in LA

2009-04-30T17:27:00.000-07:00

Man we have been busy this year and especially this April. We had two back to back road trips plus our internet sales on our website www.madebyhippies.com have really started to take off. So life is pretty sweet now. We start selling at the Sandy Mountain Market this Saturday and then at the Gresham Farmers Market the week after that.

Check out this video that American Apparel made of us working with them... I think they are still editing it but here is the rough draft anyways....

Peace!

New Item: Rainbow Bandolier Tie Dye Tank Top

2009-03-19T12:58:00.001-07:00

Rainbow Bandolier Tie Dye Tank Top for sale for $20, including shipping!

Check it out at http://www.madebyhippies.com/tiedye/tanktops/rainbowbandoliertiedyetanktop.html

Youth Sized Tie Dye T-Shirts For Sale!

2009-03-07T23:09:00.001-08:00

Yeah Mon! I&I finished making our youth sized tie dye t-shirts. Right now we have three designs ready to sell...

Buy them for $15 each (includes shipping!) at http://www.madebyhippies.com/tiedye/tshirts/youth/

Made By Hippies Dot Com is the #1 site on Yahoo for a "Tie Dye For Sale" Search!!!

2009-03-05T19:32:00.000-08:00

Man, the traffic for Made By Hippies Dot Com has been increasing steadaly ever since August 2008 but this latest push has been very impreasive. The last couple of weeks traffic has surged to well over 100 visitors a day. About half the traffic is from website links and the other half is from search engines. I have been reciveing more and more orders too, so that is great!

Today I noticed some extra traffic being generated from the Yahoo search engine. It caught my eye because so far I have been getting most of my search engine traffic from google. So I checked it out and the results are awesome!!!

This is definitly my biggest search engine accomplishment to date. For the search term "Tie Dye For Sale" on yahoo my site www.madebyhippies.com ranks #1!!!

Shaman Tie Dye T-Shirts for Sale

2009-03-05T14:10:00.000-08:00

The Tie Dye Sale Begins.....

Up for sale is this sweet example of Made By Hippies screenprinting.

We found this ancient design that was painted on a cave wall in China thousands of years ago by the ancient shamans of antiquity and applied it to a tie dyed t-shirt.

This is a one of a kind item. We sell them on our website for $25 and now we have some for sale on our etsy website for just $15!

Preshrunk and colorfast.

Buy it now and get in style!

Peace!

Check out the link to our etsy page on the sidebar of this blog.

Or go to http://www.madebyhippies.etsy.com

Made By Hippies Tie Dye Newsletter

2009-02-24T00:14:00.000-08:00

I just started a newsletter so I can send out a few updates to fans of our tie dyes. I plan on offering a monthly special on a specific shirt that will only be offered to members of the Made By Hippies Tie Dye Mailing List. So sign up and stay tuned!

Peace!

Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity Tie Dye T-Shirts For Sale

2009-02-22T11:49:00.000-08:00

Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity Tie Dye T-Shirts are now for sale at Made By Hippies Dot Com.

There are two styles to choose from, blue with a gold stripe or a gold shirt with a blue stripe.

They both have the greek letters PI KAPPA PHI screen printed onto the chest.

This shirt was made by Brother Erik "Swede" Granstrom of the Zeta Gamma Chapter (U of North Dakota) of the Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity.

It can be found for sale here: http://www.madebyhippies.com/pikappaphi/

The price is just $20, which is a special deal for my Pi Kappa Phi Brothers as my other Tie Dye T-Shirts with screenprinted designs are normally $25.

Wholesale prices are avaliable for the chapter that wants to buy over a dozen tie dyes.

Thanks for looking!

I'm damn proud to be a Pi Kappa Phi!

Swede ZG #244

On Wednesday Feb 18th, 2009 I launched the Pi Kappa Phi Tie Dye T-Shirt using the mailing list from my old Pi Kappa Phi Online Community website, www.nuphi.net and I got the most hits I have ever had in one day. It was pretty sweet! Thanks Pi Kapps!

Lampworking has started in our studio!

2009-01-27T17:58:00.000-08:00

We finally started our glass lampworking lessons this month and things are going well. It is a bit challenging at first just learning how to work and control the hot glass but we are learning quickly. We have begun to work on making some small pendants which are turning out really cool, even at these early stages.

So stay tuned for more, we will hopefully have some one of a kind glass pendents for sale on our etsy site soon.

Peace!

My first number one Google search ranking!! For Camo Peace Sign!

2009-01-22T01:17:00.000-08:00

I was checking some of the keywords used to find http://www.madebyhippies.com/ today and someone used Camo Peace Sign as a search term. So I checked it out on Google search and to my suprise and pleasure I found my website as the number one ranked site on google for the keyword "Camo Peace Sign" and then my other website http://www.howtotiedye.net/ as the number eight ranked website for the same search words. Man, my own hard work typing and typing html code and more pure html code is really paying off. It makes me happy!!!

Here is a screen shot I took. I have been working on the website a little too, cleaning up some of the copy and adding a bit to the menus, then I will propagate the changes through all the pages over the next few days.

A big photo shoot is in the works for the next week or so.... So stay tuned for lots more cool pictures to come!

Peace!!!

Tie Dye hustling at the Portland Gift Show

2009-01-06T16:08:00.001-08:00

I&I will be at the Portland Gift show this Saturday - Thursday Jan 10-13, 2009 at the Convention Center. We have a booth on the Artisan's Alley and are going to try to find a few shop keepers interested in our tie dye clothing and score a couple wholesale orders. This is our first time at anything like this, a non-retail event so we are excited to give it a try. The website if you want to check it out is: http://portlandgift.com.

No real website updates lately. We designed an awesome tri-fold Made By Hippies brochure last night and we are working hard making tie dyes and getting ready for this weekends show.

No more snow in Portland now, but it was crazy for a while.

Peace!

Tie Dye is for the whole world

2008-12-23T00:19:00.000-08:00

Hola,

I found a list that translates TIE DYE into a bunch of different languages...

direct link is here: http://www.madebyhippies.com/tiedye/tiedyetranslations.html

English
Tie Dye, Tie-Dye, Tye Dye

Dansk (Danish)
n. - tie-and-dye, knyttefarve, batikfarvning
v. tr. - farve med tie-and-dye, batikfarve

Nederlands (Dutch)
(het) knoopverven

Français (French)
n. - chinage par peinture
v. tr. - chiner par peinture

Deutsch (German)
v. - (durch Abbinden) unregelmäßig einfärben
n. - Bindenbatikverfahren

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - βάφω μπατίκ (έτσι ώστε το χρώμα να μην πάει παντού)

Italiano (Italian)
tintura a strisce

Português (Portuguese)
v. - criar desenhos através de tingir camisetas em nó

Русский (Russian)
покрасить ткань/одежду, крашенная ткань/одежда

Español (Spanish)
n. - método de teñido, batik
v. tr. - teñir

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - knytfärgning (textil)

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
扎染, 扎染织物, 将布扎紧使其染后形成白色花纹的一种染法, 以此染法染色

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 紮染, 紮染織物
v. tr. - 將布紮緊使其染後形成白色花紋的一種染法, 以此染法染色

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 홀치기 염색, 홀치기 염색을 한 옷
v. tr. - 홀치기 염색으로 한다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 絞り染め, 絞り染めした衣服
v. - 絞り染めする

العربيه(Arabic)
‏(فعل) طريقه لصبغ الأقمشه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮צביעת בד עם קשירת חוטים כדי להסתיר חלקים מהבד מהצבע‬
v. tr. - ‮צבע בתהליך זה‬

Crazy Snow all day in Portland!

2008-12-20T21:41:00.000-08:00

Yeah! I finished updating http://www.madebyhippies.com/! Check it out! All the pages should be updated to include a full menu on the left and a header and footer section to each page. So where ever a visitor is on the website they should be able to find their way to any other page on the website in two clicks. I have basically made my own unique html shopping cart website. Where each item has it's own page that describes it and has a payment/buy it now button. Then there are different levels of menus that show the smaller image and a link to each item and I can advertise each item and link to them from anywhere. And I can update pictures easy and just to one file location and it will update that photo everywhere throughout the system.

So now my next project is some photo shoots of all the tie dye t-shirts. I want to have each shirt being worn by a hippy model to show it off. I just think this looks way nicer in the end then having the ole t-shirt on the floor picture. Which works, but I&I am professional - given enough time :)

Then too I am going to keep making all the t-shirt patterns so I have some of each pattern in each size in stock all the time. Then the plan is to tackle all the odd ball items, dresses, towels, socks, bandannas, long sleeve t-shirts, hooded long sleeve t-shirts, hooded long sleeve sweatshirts, shoulder bags, underwear, tank tops and maybe a few more things. Our plan is to pick like two to four good design/color combinations for each item and make some of each design in all the available sizes of that item. Then we will always have those items in stock and be able to ship them out fast! We have the t-shirt plans all dialed in and are working on making them all. We love to tie Dye! Yes We do!

So go look at http://www.madebyhippies.com/ Thanks!

Man, snow all day long in Portland. I have been inside typing away html code all day. I am going to take a break from all this computerising and go tie dye. PEace! -Erik

Google Search Roll Call

2008-12-18T02:18:00.000-08:00

I have been working lots on http://www.madebyhippies.com/ and it is all coming along great. I am real happy with the overal look and accessability of my newest redesign. I want visitors to be able to find all the differant things we have in a easy way but at the same time show off our other goods...

So in a basic google search that I am doing right now on December 18th 2008 by search engine term.....

hippies

I rank 4th page, about #29

tie dye

I rank 3rd page, about #20

tie dye t-shirts

I rank about #46 (it's cause I don't have t-shirts in my main title...)

how to tie dye

#7!!!!!!!! First Page!

This is the keyword I have been focusing on. The new website I have been working on, http://www.howtotiedye.net/, has a search ranking of like #170 for "how to tie dye"

tie dye t-shirts for sale

about #48 (I just started working on promoting this keyword)

Overall I have been working on editing each product page to give it all personalized titles and such. So hopefully each page on my site can be geared towards a slightly differant keyword to real in all the differant search terms potential customers may be using. So when I started by search engine push in August I was getting about 5 - 10 website visitors a day. Lately I have been getting 40+ a day and growing stronger. Some of that is thanks to wikipedia and the links I have on the tie dye page and the macrame page. But the search engine rankings pulling through are part of it too. So when I started that push I emphisized "how to tie dye" now I am switching to cover a broader range of terms, more focused on tie dye t-shirts for sale. So we will see how it will affect my rankings. My idea on focusing on how to tie dye before was because that is one of the most used tie dye related search term after just "tie dye" which is pretty broad. All is well. G'nite!

MadeByHippies.Com Updated Some...

2008-12-14T18:16:00.000-08:00

I've been working like mad on my websites http://www.madebyhippies.com and http://www.howtotiedye.net over the weekend. I am really happy the results of the redesign on madebyhippies.com. My goal is to have basically every page very accesiable to the rest of the site and have all the best information on each page. Really to try to make it as easy as possible for customers to find the tie dyes they want. ideas keep flowing around, I like working on websites, it is rewarding when the project all comes together.

oh yeah, too, I am building all my websites only using html code and notepad to write the pages. No wysiwyg program to mess up my code. It all be ital html just the needed code, all nicely laid out so I can edit and organzie everything myself.

Jah man is a computer mon.

PEace!

Tie Dye Christmas Shopping

2008-11-27T08:08:00.000-08:00

Yeah Upfull Folks, Now is the time to be looking for tie dye for your Christmas Gifts. Just pick out some shirts for all your friends and we will make you a good deal on our tie dyes. We have lots of things in stock, tons of tie dye adult t-shirts, happy socks, tie dye sarongs, towels and baby tie dyes. We have baby tie dye onesies and baby tie dye t-shirts. Soon we will also have tie dye golf towels with a little clip to hook onto your bag. Disc Golf towels mon!

Happy Tie Dye Thanksgiving and a Merry Tie Dye Christmas!

Tie Dye For the Masses!

2008-11-07T13:21:00.000-08:00

Welcome to the Made By Hippies Tie Dye Blog!

Amanda taught me how to tie dye after we first met. Then I started dying all the time, it makes me feel good in my mind. We got married in 2007, now we live together everyday. Making some tie dyes the hippy way.

Tie Dyes is what we be making everyday. Tie Dyes is what we be selling in everyway. Check out I&I's website http://www.madebyhippies.com/ to view our tie dyes!

And here I&I stand at the beggining of time, With our feet hanging off the edge and feeling fine with peace of mind for all time...

Made By Hippies Tie Dye Blog

Psychedelic Tie Dye Treasury

Happy 420! 42% off Made By Hippies Tie Dyes, Today Only!

500 One of a Kind Handmade Items for Sale at Made By Hippies Etsy Shop

Alien Tie Dye T-Shirts For Sale

Made By Hippies Dot Com Updated!

Sandy Mountain Festival 2010

Tie Dye Disc Golfs

How To Tie a Peace Sign Tie Dye Pattern

Hippy Advice #1

Tie Dye Aprons now for sale!

Tie Dyed Google Rankings

Made By Hippies Tie Dye Kits For Sale

Tie Dye Bedsheets

How do I wash a tie dye t-shirt?

One of a Kind Tie Dyes for sale at our etsy shop.

Time for our "Real Job"......

Rastaman Tie Dye Bandanna Giveaway on Twitter

Tie Dye Galaxy #1

July 2009 Made By Hippies Tie Dye Newsletter

How To Tie Dye Dot Net website updated!

Made By Hippies 100th Tie Dye Sale on Etsy!

Made By Hippies Summer Tour - Oh Niner!

I&I am sick of the new internet

Daily digest for 12 Jun, 2009

Multi Color Tie Dye Baby T-Shirt (Size 6-12 Months) (American Apparel Organic Cotton) (One of a Kind) 11 Jun, 2009 - Etsy Shop for madebyhippies

Green Smiley Face on Brown Tie Dye T-Shirt (One of a Kind) (Size M) 11 Jun, 2009 - Etsy Shop for madebyhippies

Multi Color Tie Dye Baby Onesie (Size 3-6 Months) (American Apparel Organic Cotton) (One of a Kind) 11 Jun, 2009 - Etsy Shop for madebyhippies

Rainbow Side Stripes Tie Dye Baby Onesie (Size 3-6 Months) (American Apparel Organic Cotton) (One of a Kind) 11 Jun, 2009 - Etsy Shop for madebyhippies

Multi Color Tie Dye Baby Onesie (Size 3-6 Months) (American Apparel Organic Cotton) (One of a Kind) 11 Jun, 2009 - Etsy Shop for madebyhippies

Multi Color Tie Dye Baby T-Shirt (Size 6-12 Months) (American Apparel Organic Cotton) (One of a Kind) 11 Jun, 2009 - Etsy Shop for madebyhippies

Multi Color Tie Dye Baby Onesie (Size 3-6 Months) (American Apparel Organic Cotton) (One of a Kind) 11 Jun, 2009 - Etsy Shop for madebyhippies

Made In Oregon Rainbow Tie Dye Baby Onesie (Size 3-6 Months) (American Apparel Organic Cotton) (One of a Kind) 11 Jun, 2009 - Etsy Shop for madebyhippies

Backyard Tie Dye Photo Shoot

Gresham Farmers Market Gets Tie Dyed

Made By Hippies Tie Dye Newsletter May, 2009

Reggae Music Links

One of a Kind Tie Dyes Now For Sale!

Made By Hippies Tie Dye Fashion Show

Tie Dyed in LA

New Item: Rainbow Bandolier Tie Dye Tank Top

Youth Sized Tie Dye T-Shirts For Sale!

Made By Hippies Dot Com is the #1 site on Yahoo for a "Tie Dye For Sale" Search!!!

Shaman Tie Dye T-Shirts for Sale

Made By Hippies Tie Dye Newsletter

Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity Tie Dye T-Shirts For Sale

Lampworking has started in our studio!

My first number one Google search ranking!! For Camo Peace Sign!

Tie Dye hustling at the Portland Gift Show

Tie Dye is for the whole world

Crazy Snow all day in Portland!

Google Search Roll Call

MadeByHippies.Com Updated Some...

Tie Dye Christmas Shopping

Tie Dye For the Masses!

Multi Color Tie Dye Baby T-Shirt (Size 6-12 Months) (American Apparel Organic Cotton) (One of a Kind)
_{11 Jun, 2009 - Etsy Shop for madebyhippies}

Green Smiley Face on Brown Tie Dye T-Shirt (One of a Kind) (Size M)
_{11 Jun, 2009 - Etsy Shop for madebyhippies}

Multi Color Tie Dye Baby Onesie (Size 3-6 Months) (American Apparel Organic Cotton) (One of a Kind)
_{11 Jun, 2009 - Etsy Shop for madebyhippies}

Rainbow Side Stripes Tie Dye Baby Onesie (Size 3-6 Months) (American Apparel Organic Cotton) (One of a Kind)
_{11 Jun, 2009 - Etsy Shop for madebyhippies}

Multi Color Tie Dye Baby Onesie (Size 3-6 Months) (American Apparel Organic Cotton) (One of a Kind)
_{11 Jun, 2009 - Etsy Shop for madebyhippies}

Multi Color Tie Dye Baby T-Shirt (Size 6-12 Months) (American Apparel Organic Cotton) (One of a Kind)
_{11 Jun, 2009 - Etsy Shop for madebyhippies}

Multi Color Tie Dye Baby Onesie (Size 3-6 Months) (American Apparel Organic Cotton) (One of a Kind)
_{11 Jun, 2009 - Etsy Shop for madebyhippies}

Made In Oregon Rainbow Tie Dye Baby Onesie (Size 3-6 Months) (American Apparel Organic Cotton) (One of a Kind)
_{11 Jun, 2009 - Etsy Shop for madebyhippies}