the launch of thriving ink, barack obama, s’more cupcakes, cowboy boots from ebay, chuy’s chips and salsa, photoshop elements, alamo drafthouse, black hole sun by aj dimarucot for DBH, the 2008 UT football season, new emptees resources, cicadias on a summer night, the presidential debates, pita pit, out-of-state visitors (thanks angelica, zoe, kristy, cristina, heather, jeff, and dan), tina fey, working with TI independent sales reps, the olympics, free cookie friday at storyville, christmas in california, jon and kate plus 8, babysitting a 4 year old on a regular basis, austinist.com, little league world series in san bernardino, it’s always sunny in philadelphia dvds, making new friends in austin, pool trade show in vegas, shameless self-promotion on facebook, big top candy shop, rare magazine, south austin, tattoos by matt decker, ken marshall’s band tees, fantastic bonanza, fire trucks, pineapple express

We have a lot to be thankful for and a lot to look forward to in 2009. Thank you for all the support–we made it through the first year! Yes! 

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Dad and I loaded up the car and made the 25 hour trip from Austin to Pleasanton with the car full of presents, and diet coke for Jenelle. (Think the Polar Express minus the train…)  Brenda, Matt, and Jake took the easy route–Southwest Airlines. 

The Dronkers are now all together and excited to enjoy the holidays together (or eat a lot, whatever).   

Merry Christmas from Thriving Ink and The Dronkers Family! 

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Not only is there an incentive for you to sell the shirts (think Thriving Ink Independent Sales Rep) but there is also an incentive to buy. The coupon code will be for 15% off for all of your friends and fam to enjoy.

This is an easy way to make some money, especially around the holidays and a great way to get the word out about Thriving Ink. We want everyone to know that Thriving Ink supports artists. There is no better gift than wearble art.

If you are interested e-mail me at jenelled@thrivingink.com or message me on facebook. We have a TON of ideas on how to sell a ton of shirts and are more than happy to share them with you.

Don’t hesitate to pass this along to friends who may want in on the action. 5 bucks a shirt can add up really quickly if you think about it…

Jenelle

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Austin is an incredible town. While living and operating here, we have gained good friends, loyal customers, and some great artist contacts as well! We will continue to keep our presence strong in Austin, and we will keep our relationships strong with our new contacts. 

Do NOT think that Thriving Ink will be checking out of Austin completely. The family has big plans for the company in both California as well as Austin. All I can say is, stay tuned.

To all of you Austinites who have supported us in this period of growth, THANK YOU. Thriving Ink and the Dronkers’ family truly appreciate your backing for the last 6 months. Don’t worry, we are not leaving for good!

Now, to all of our friends and family back in California, we will see you soon! Thanks for the continued support that you have given us while we have been here in Austin. Although this town is great, it just isn’t home. Within the next 2 months we would like to unveil our new business plan (which is big and pretty exciting), so please be on the lookout and continue to spread the word. 

AJ George in SF 

peace. 

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I know that you have heard this a lot lately, but buying local really does have an impact on all of us little business people, as well as the city that we do business in. A new article came out this morning here in Austin which claims that if you shop at a local shop, $45.00 of every $100 stays in your town.This is in contrast to your city getting to keep $13.00 of every $100 spent at a chain store. That is a big difference! Plus, you are making a difference by actually helping a small business person thrive.

Today, December 18 has be proclaimed “Buy Local for the Holidays” day by our local government here is Austin. I think everyday should be “Shop Local” day no matter what town your in, don’t you? I know the Dronkers family is doing their best to spend our money at our favorite local shops and bazaars and we are having fun doing it! Happy Holidays and Happy Shopping!

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• being charged for overnight shipping when you just wanted standard shipping
• being unable to sign in to your shopping cart
• being unable to checkout

If you would like to make place a direct order, please email jenelled@thrivingink.com!So sorry for all of these problems, we are working tediously to get all of these annoying problems fixed, so we can continue to serve you all. If you have experienced one or more of these problems (or another problem not listed), please send an email to mattd@thrivingink.com (you can also just say hello, or place a direct order!).  In fact, we are in the process of building a brand new website! It should be up and active sometime in the first half of January. Thanks again for all of your support. 

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Designed by yours truly, they are available for pre-order here. Printed on American Apparel Organics!  

15% off with coupon code ‘Austin08′. 

These shirts will be available at the Keep Austin Bizarre Christmas Bazaar at the Storyville booth (along with other Thriving Ink tees) and later at the Storyville shop on Guadalupe. 

We are now bringing Thriving Ink back to it’s hometown–Pleasanton, California. It’ll be good to be back in The Bay. 

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These will be available for pre-order at www.thrivingink.com in the next couple days!

Thanks to everyone who voted! 

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