Heart of Lincoln Land

Me, last year at the artisan area at the Old Capitol Farmer’s Market, showing my Lincoln T-shirts. That’s me wearing the blue "Back to Springfield" T-shirt – there’s still a few of those shirts left if you like them!

Last year, I was at the artisan area at the Old Capitol Farmer’s Market and, despite some incredibly hot days, it was a lot of fun, so I’ll be doing it again this year!

This year, I plan to be at the artisan area at the market (which is located at the southeast corner of 4th and Adams Streets in historic downtown Springfield) every Saturday in June, the first, third, and last Saturday of every month from July to September, and the first and third Saturdays in October. Here’s the full schedule (you can find it on the Local page on the Lincoln Apparel website too):

• Saturday, June 4, 2011, from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
• Saturday, June 11, 2011, from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
• Saturday, June 18, 2011, from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
• Saturday, June 25, 2011, from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
• Saturday, July 2, 2011, from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
• Saturday, July 16, 2011, from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
• Saturday, July 30, 2011, from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
• Saturday, August 6, 2011, from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
• Saturday, August 20, 2011, from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
• Saturday, August 27, 2011, from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
• Saturday, September 3, 2011, from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
• Saturday, September 17, 2011, from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
• Saturday, September 24, 2011, from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
• Saturday, October 1, 2011, from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
• Saturday, October 15, 2011, from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

This year, I hope to have a tent so that I’m not sitting out in the sun all the time like last year, and so that I can make a better display with my T-shirts. I’d love to hang some from the sides and/or the roof so that people can truly get a feel for my awesomely huge, colorful, and artistic designs. I plan to make up some neat signs, too, that detail how my shirts are designed locally and are American made, a blog review or two of my shirts, and that have Lincoln Apparel’s new slogan, “T-shirts Lincoln would believe in” (I thought of it myself).

Of course, I plan to have my little CD player and portable speakers set up so I can play some cool 80s tunes again – I love it, it’s lots of fun and goes along well with my shirts – and speaking of shirts, I’ll have some new designs this year, in addition to old favorites like "80s Abe" and "Purpose". I’m working on getting my next design, “Hair Metal Lincoln”, printed as I write this, and hopefully it’ll be done by the end of May. It’s going to be the first Lincoln Apparel shirt to have shiny metallic ink – and it will look awesome! I’ll make a post about them when they’re done.

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