Off to College!

Off to College!

For those of you who are not familiar with our story, sockprints was founded by two soccer moms in 2009 on the sidelines of a soccer field while watching our daughters play.  Week in and week out as the girls were competing on the field, we were brainstorming and building our business venture.  Just as our sockprints business has grown, so have our daughters and their aspirations of playing collegiate soccer.  While my daughter still has another year in high school, I’m thrilled my business partner’s daughter is off to play college soccer at Pepperdine University! 

Sending her to college without some custom socks wouldn’t be very cool, so we came up with these gems.  Good luck in the classroom and on the soccer field!  Go Pepperdine Waves!

It’s been a fun summer hearing about our friends’ kids and their post high school plans.  While some are off to play collegiate sports, others are getting ready to go through Sorority Recruitment (Rush - as us old timers still call it).  As I gladly wrote letters of recommendation for some young ladies, I recalled many fond collegiate sorority memories.  Best wishes to these women as they embark on Greek life!  I’m hoping they keep in touch and let me know which sorority they joined so I can send them some personalized sorority socks to say congrats!  We’re an official Greek licensed vendor for 10 national sororities and we even have our own sorority sockprints website. 

For those die-hard college football fans out there, custom socks are the perfect way to cheer for your team!  Create your own fan wear socks to wear in front of your big screen TV or ship a set to your college student.  Everyone loves getting a care package and to make your gift giving hassle free, we will ship your sock creations directly to your favorite college football fan.

  

The Intentional Mis-Match

I’m the first to admit that before sockprints, there were times when my sock drawer was bare and I had to make a run to the dryer to grab two socks hoping to make a matching pair before I ran out the door.  You’ve been in the same situation before too, right?

I figured as long as they were the same color and a similar style I should be ok and I just hoped that no one would notice.  Now, thanks to sockprints and a fun new twist in creating custom socks, I’m intentionally mis-matching socks and hoping that people will take notice! 

Yep, there are mis-matched socks out there you’ve never even thought of creating before.  I mean, why would people want socks that don’t match?  Because it’s fun, it’s cool, and now it’s possible!  Here are some images to inspire your custom mis-matched socks:

This southern California middle school has added custom mis-matched socks to their line of spirit wear.

One of my favorite college football teams stomped all over our rival team last weekend and I created this pair to remind me of the sweet smell of victory!

 Here’s a fun way to tell a joke…

Creating your own, personalized mis-matched socks is easy to do with the sockprints online design tool.  Using our knee highs as an example, simply create one pair of socks with one design and then the other pair of socks with another design.  Our knee highs are sold in sets of two so it’s easy to get two customs pairs of mis-matched socks at one time.

Having a party and need multiple pairs of mis-matched socks for a hip party favor?  Not a problem.  Our no-shows and crew socks are sold in sets of 3 so it’s easy to create 3 pairs with one image and then 3 pairs with a different image.  Voila – you’ll have 6 pairs of custom mis-matched socks!

If you need help with your creation, we’re easy to reach at contactus@sockprints.com.  Our design team and graphics department can help with super-custom, mis-match socks for large orders.

We’re so excited about the endless possibilities of mis-match socks that we can’t wait to see what you create at sockprints!  Please share your ideas with us by commenting below and feel free to tell us about your sock creations in the “notes” section when checking out of your shopping cart.    

And to inspire you even more, use coupon code MISMATCH at checkout to receive 25% off your order through October 31, 2011. 

Get ready for some football!

Football season is here and I couldn’t be happier! I’m starting my research for my NFL football pool to ensure that I make the right picks each week, and last week two of my favorite college football teams started off their seasons with victories! Both college games were televised and I found myself watching a marathon of football that night. In addition to watching the exciting games on the field I love it when the camera pans the stadium. Seeing coaches wearing headsets, marching bands, cheerleaders, students, and fans in the stands invested in their team’s success is what makes the game complete. I’m convinced that camera operators are instructed to look for the few who go shirtless and use body paint to show their team spirit. They tend to get the close-up camera shots. It’s also fun to see the posters fans make and I catch myself trying to read the t-shirts fans wear. Now that I’m in the sock printing business, I’m planning to print some custom socks to show my team spirit as I’m heading to my college homecoming game later this month. If only I could get the camera to show my feet they’d see what a true fan I am!






Whether you are cheering for pee wee, high school, college or professional football, show your team spirit on a pair of socks! www.sockprints.com


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