Into the Wild by Graeme Stevenson

Into The Wild is a collection of wildlife art by Australian artist Graeme Stevenson.  Born in New South Wales, Australia, Graeme Stevenson's passion for art began at an early age. He took his first art lessons at 11.

His artwork can be found on t-shirts, tote bags, mugs and hats by The Mountain® all available at Tam's Treasures.   His use of splashes of colour along side the portraits of animals give the images a new dimension that pop off the apparel.

Some of the t-shirt designs included Painted Cheetahs, Elephants, Wolves and Rhinos. The t-shirts are available in three colours: teal, black and grey.  These t-shirts are available in tri-blend which is a combination of 25% cotton, 25% rayon and 50% polyester giving these tees durable comfort.

Make A Splash This Summer!

It's summer and that means holidays and days out to the beach. We've got over 800 t-shirts that will let you make a splash this summer! Whether you're looking for aquatic themed shirts for a day at the beach or just want something that shows your inner animal spirit. There is literally a design and size for every member of the family.

Summer is also family reunion season and festival season. Getting together with a bunch of friends and family can be a lot more fun if you're all wearing a themed t-shirt. Maybe you're a family of dog lovers, why not show up at a family holiday event wearing different Big Face™ dog t-shirts?

Big Face Border Collie T-shirt

Packing for a summer holiday is simple when it's easy to wear a t-shirt with shorts, jeans or even a skirt. Go from casual with a pair of jeans and dress it up a bit with a jacket. Remember our t-shirts are 100% cotton so you'll stay cool during the summer heat.  You can even bring along a hoodie for cool summer evenings and we've got plenty of designs to choose from.

Jungle Tigers Hoodie

At Tam's you'll find all your favourite animal and fantasy themed t-shirts from The Mountain®

It's that time of year again! The Mountain® start to discontinue their t-shirt and apparel line to make room for the 2017 collection in January.  That means over 100 designs will be retired and gone for good. So if you have been meaning to get yourself a certain design and kept putting it off you better make sure it's not on the endangered list! 

We're sure the new 2017 collection will be amazing but we can't help be a little sad to say goodbye to some favourites like David Penfound's Butterflies and Chihuahua Handbag.

April Showers

April showers bring May flowers. While it's raining, it's dark and gloomy so bright, colourful pop art by Dean Russo is just what you'll need until those May flowers start blooming!

Dean has become a popular artist with The Mountain® featuring on t-shirts, tank tops, hoodies, ladies fit tees and long sleeves. He has a fondness for Pit bulls and a lot of his designs are inspired by real rescue dogs. So if you're looking for a Staffordshire Bull Terrier T-shirt (Staffy Tee) you'll be spoilt for choice.  Don't worry though, you'll also find pugs, retrievers and other dog breed t-shirts.

You'll also find cats and other zoo animals in the Dean Russo Collection.  T-shirts are available in adult and kids sizes.

2016 Year of the Monkey!

2016 Year of the Monkey

February 8, 2016 through the 27th of January 2017 according to Chinese calendar is year of the monkey.  There are 12 recurring animals from the Chinese zodiac.  Monkeys are considered clever, cheerful and energetic.  People born under the sign are considered wise, intelligent and confident.

People born in the year of the monkey are called Monkeys in China. Coincidentally, I (Tam) was born in the year of the monkey and my sister-in-law and I have long running nick names for each other Monkey Woman & Monkey Girl. Long story and didn't actually come from the realization I was born in the year of the monkey either.

Did you know chimpanzees often called monkeys are not monkeys? They're actually from the ape family. Traditionally though people have called chimps and other small primates from the ape family monkeys. Monkeys actually have tails, so technically chimps and orangutans are not monkeys. 

Of course we have a collection of monkey (and ape) t-shirts by  The Mountain®. So if you're a monkey and proudly want to display this fact then you can purchase them from Tam's Treasures here.

Artist Spotlight Tom Wood

Scourge Dragon Hoodie available at Tam's Treasures

Happy New Year! We're sorry for being a bit late with our first blog of the year. As it is with every new year The Mountain® have brought out over 100 exciting new t-shirt designs. To start off our New Year with a bang we're highlighting t-shirts featuring the artwork of Tom Wood.

Tom Wood is a fantasy artist illustrator who has worked with big names like Warner Bros, Disney,  Reebok just to name a few. His realistic artwork will transform you to another fantastical world. New designs include a fiery tiger and a mythical mermaid, dragons and more. You can check out all the amazing new designs by Tom Wood here.

Tom lives with his wife and daughter in Arkansas, USA. To view more of his amazing artwork visit his own website www.tomwoodfantasyart.com

Mermaid Hunt T-shirt available at Tam's Treasures

Move over Indiana Jones!

Move over Indiana Jones there is a new adventurer in town! You can have fun wearing this realistic t-shirt design by Michael Cahill. All you'll need is his infamous hat !

Cobra Jones by Michael Cahill 10-4200

Michael's artwork and collaboration with The Mountain® mean you can dress as a Centurian, a Viking or even a Biker!  Why not get festive wearing an Elf Costume to your office Christmas party this year?

All of Michael Cahill's t-shirts can be found at Tam's Treasures and if you love these as much as we do, Michael has been commissioned by The Mountain® to do more.


More about Michael Cahill:

Michael Cahill originally grew up in Southern California, but his passion for painting, history, mythology, and the exploration of far off places have taken him all over the world. Michael's love of reading anything he could find started at a young age, and through reading he felt compelled to draw and paint the images that his imagination was creating. Inspired by the stories of pirates, great explorers, adventurers, fantasy books, science fiction characters, and everything in between - led him to paint all the time in order to show others what he was seeing.

Jumping forward in time, Michael was at university working on his economics degree, when he was contacted by a small visual FX studio that had seen his artwork and wanted to bring him on board to help with their Visual FX workload. That moment was all it took to change his direction, and Michael never looked back.

Now having spent 20 years working on award winning projects as an Art Director, Illustrator, and Production Designer for some of the biggest media companies in the world (Warner Brothers, Microsoft, and Nintendo) he's begun to branch out into the world of art licensing.

He's first series of paintings to be released by The Mountain are based on his love of personas. Wouldn't it be fascinating to be a Viking, Centurion, Explorer, or even Christmas Elf? His paintings encourage us to have fun with our personas, while also being eye catching and quite the conversation starter.

Currently Michael resides in Queensland, Australia with his family, and when he is not painting - he enjoys surfing, exploring his new homeland, and hanging out on the back deck with his two wild kookaburras.

Some of his current (and upcoming release work) work can be previewed at his website: www.michaelrcahill.com

 

Dean Russo Pet Rescue Designs

Have Pittie T-shirt

If you haven't heard of Dean Russo let us introduce him. He's a New York artist that specializes in pop art with a twist. His amazing artwork features animals predominately Pit Bulls and rescued dogs. You may be surprised to know most of his art is inspired by actual animals and you can truly see it in their expressive eyes.

The Mountain® that make these wonderful t-shirts are always finding the most talented artists today to feature their artwork on their apparel. All of your favourite artwork can be found on t-shirts, hoodies, tank tops, mini dresses, long sleeve shirts and ladies fit shirts.

Dean Russo's latest collection is the Rescue Collection which combines his love of animals with an important message to adopt a pet and to show love and compassion to these amazing animals.  Any Pit Bull owner will tell you that these dogs provide unconditional love and bring happiness to their adopted families. No greater joy can there be then being on the receiving end of a much loved doggy lick. Take a look at our latest addition of Dean Russo designs at Tam's Treasures where you will find adult and children's sizes.

Go Jurassic with our collection of Dinosaur T-shirts

It's been 14 years since Jurassic Park III came out in 2001 and now the anticipated Jurassic World is being released here in the UK this June. We have a collection of t-shirts available in both adult & children's sizes.  Our kids dinosaur t-shirts  by The Mountain® will capture the imagination of your little one; while adults can feel like big kids wearing our adult size designs.

From the ferocious T-Rex to the docile and gentle giant the brachiosaurus there's a dino design for everyone.  So if you're planning on taking the family or going with a group of friends to see the latest installment from the Jurassic Park franchise, why not wear one of our fun dinosaur t-shirts for fun?

Gorilla T-shirts by The Mountain® available at Tam's Treasures Online

Myths Uncovered About Wearing Gorilla T-shirts

• By wearing a gorilla t-shirt you will not automatically start walking hunched over with your knuckles dragging on the ground. Unless for medical reasons, anyone seen walking like this should be avoided.
• You will not attract other gorillas to you. No, you don't have to worry about walking down your local high street and getting KO'd by a 900 pound gorilla. Not unless your high street is in the jungles of Borneo.
• When wearing a gorilla t-shirt to casual Friday at work your co-workers will not immediately standing picking through your arm hairs looking for fleas to eat.  If they do please consider you have hygiene issues and it has nothing to do with the shirt.
• Wearing a gorilla t-shirt will get you more dates.  This one can't be discounted. Gorillas, most especially baby gorillas are adorable. If you're wearing one on your chest and happen to be standing in a queue next to a female; there is a pretty good chance she'll comment on how cute your gorilla t-shirt is. This could create the perfect conversation leading to a date. That is if you don't act like a complete gorilla with her.
• Bald men will grow hair when they wear a gorilla t-shirt. Untrue! You might have hairy arms like a gorilla but no it won't grow on your head by wearing one. And if your back hair is like a silverback don't ever take your t-shirt off, ever.. because that's just gross! 
• Buying a gorilla t-shirt from Tam's Treasures is a good idea. This is not a myth it's fact. Why? because we take care of our customers, have loyalty points, offer free uk delivery and write silly blogs.

November is Movember

November is Movember! 

The Movember Foundation is the leading global organisation committed to changing the face of men’s health both with bringing awareness and fund raising.

 

Men are challenged to grow mustaches in November now dubbed Movember to get people talking about men's health issues such as testicular cancer, prostate cancer and mental health.

The Mountain® has designed the Pugstache t-shirt as a tribute to Movember.  Whether you're a woman or a man who can't grow a mustache then why not wear a t-shirt instead? We'll be donating £1 from every Pustache t-shirt sold through November to the Movember Foundation

Our latest give-away couldn't be simpler! Simply share our website link www.TamsTreasuresOnline.co.uk on a social media site and ask people to take a look at our site. You can place the link on facebook, twitter, a blog, pinterest or any social media page or website that will get viewed by other people.

Once you've shared our website link, just let us know in the entry below where you shared it and a link to where you shared it. Your name will then be added to the drawing. If adding our link to multiple sites, please enter each separately (you'll have more chances to win).

The winner will be selected at random on the 4th of July at midnight. We will announce the winner here, on our website news page, newsletter, facebook and twitter. So plenty of places for you to check if you've won!

• There will be no cash alternative for the prize offered.
• Only 1 winner will be selected at random by the Rafflecopter system.
• If we do not hear from the winner within 1 week, we will select a new winner.
• We reserve the right to close or cancel the competition at any time.
• WE WILL verify that all participants have shared our site and anyone not complying with the rules of the competition will be disqualified. Example: if you say you've shared it on your facebook page, we want to be able to see that you have.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

What will you wear on your summer holiday?

Summer is just around the corner! That means holidays! or vacations, if you're on the opposite of the pond. What ever kind of holiday you take, you'll most likely have some casual time where a t-shirt and a pair of shorts are the fashion must have for the day. Having a beach holiday? how about an aquatic design featuring dolphins or sea turtles? if you're not afraid to go into the ocean why not get a shark t-shirt?

Shark Attack T-shirt

We have over 800 t-shirt designs you can order through our site by The Mountain®.  Most designs are available in adult and children's sizes so the whole family can look great and feel comfortable.  The 100% cotton means you'll stay comfortable even on the warmest of days.

Wear a design for it's hyper realistic appearance or something that matches your personality. With designs ranging from wildlife to fantasy there is no doubt a design for everyone. 

Copyright Infringement Can Cost You Money

I wasn't going to blog about someone stealing our content and starting up their own website, but while investigating this thief, I came across someone far worse. Someone who can financially hurt people who aren't internet savy.

We have tracking programmes within our site that allows us to see where customers go on our website, as well as what keywords or other online site brought them to ours. It's a valuable tool that allows us to fine tune our site so customers can find products easier and gives us an idea what other products we can carry.

One evening while checking this programme, I came across a strange link.  It showed someone coming to our website from another website's shipping page. Odd I thought, why is someone's website linked to ours from that page? On closer inspection I found a website that strangely looked similar to ours. Infact, most of the pages had been copied directly from ours (including the coding) which had links to our website.

I couldn't help but be outraged. I have spent a lot of time and money on our website.  Money paying a professional to design a website unique to us. Time, many hours, weeks, months listing products, writing content and descriptions about the products. Working to get the site, and products to move higher up the google searches.  Someone came in and within a likely 5 minutes copied everything and took it as their own. It's Copyright Infringement, it's stealing! and it's illegal.

Imagine you work for a company for many years. You are assigned a special job. You spend weeks on it. It's taken up most of your time, and you've put all your blood, sweat and tears into it.  Then one day while you're out to lunch, a new employee joins the firm.  They walk past your desk and see the folder containing all your work.  They change the name on the folder to their own, and hand it to your boss and tell them it's their own.  How would you feel?   That's exactly the situation I found myself in.

Well I decided to take the legal route. Have their site taken down and if they don't comply, sue the heck out of them.

I took a phrase off their site which was on mine as well (obviously, because they had stolen it) and put it in a google search. I wanted to see where this thieving site ranked on google.  Much to my horror I found another website with the same blurb stolen from my site.  This other site, was more sinister though. Not only did they steal our content and try to pass it off as their own. But they took the products and marked them down to below wholesale prices. Why? Not because they have the product to sell. Because it's bait. They are running a scam that steals credit card information.  See the only way people can purchase from this website, is by setting up an account. And setting up an account with them requires a credit card.

Unsuspecting victims may think they are getting a great deal on t-shirts for £4.99 (we pay nearly 3 x that for wholesale) but they're actually getting their credit card information stolen.

The website shows a UK address, but the whois name shows a registered name of someone who would appear to be from an Eastern block country.

I'm working now to get this second site taken down. But I wonder how many people have already been a victim?

The point of this blog? To warn people. Be very careful. If a deal looks too good to be true, it most likely is. Know who you are purchasing from. Look for websites with a long standing history, and customer interaction and reviews.  Legitimate websites will have contact phone numbers and addresses.  Both of these websites that stole our content do not. They have contact us pages which only have a contact form. Nothing that allows the website user to contact them directly.

Be smart, and be careful. You work hard for your money and some of these scam websites can steal your money in the time it took them to set up these bogus websites.

Shirts to put a Spring in your step!

Easter, Spring, flowers & lawns being mowed! What a lovely time of the year. We have a selection of t-shirts perfect to wear out in this lovely sunshine! Whether you're looking for a 3D Big Face™ design featuring a sweet baby chick, or you're after some pretty butterflies, there's some lovely spring designs available in adult and kids sizes.

To celebrate the Easter weekend, we're Doubling Loyalty Points on all purchases from the 17th to 21st of April. Normally £0.05 per £1.00 spent, they're £0.10 per £1.00. So take advantage the points really do add up! You can save them for Christmas or special occasion, or use them on your next order!

Looking for other ways to pay less? If you've purchased a t-shirt from us previously, leave a product review and we'll send you a 5% off discount link.  Join our FREE newsletter for additional discounts!

Happy Easter from Tam's Treasures

Lisa Parker & her t-shirt range by The Mountain®

The Mountain® - Lisa Parker T-shirts

Only a few months now into 2014 and we have found our most popular shirt sales are by the artist Lisa Parker. There are only 4 designs at the moment, but they have become so successful The Mountain® have licensed further designs by Lisa to be brought out for their t-shirts.

Lisa was gracious enough to take some time to answer some questions for me about her artwork and what we can expect in the future.  Before the Q&A's a small introduction about Lisa taken from her own website www.lisaparker.co.uk 

"Born in Devon, UK in 1974 Lisa Parker has always had a very keen interest in art, studying Natural History Illustration at Bournemouth & Poole Institute of Art & Design. Since leaving college she has worked successfully for many years as a freelance artist and has staged many one-man and two-man shows, as well as exhibiting work in prestigious locations such as The Mall galleries in London and Madison Avenue, New York. Although traditionally a wildlife artist Lisa has for many years ventured into the realms of witchcraft and fantasy; her wildlife skills naturally lending themselves to creatures and fairies. Her love of witchcraft and wildlife come together to create beautiful and unique designs."

Your bio says you started out primarily as a wildlife artist. When did you begin combining that with your love of witchcraft and fantasy to create the artwork you've become famous for? 

That began around 14 years ago when I started working with Nemesis Now, they were interested in creating a witchcraft range and I was a wildlife artist, it's something that sort of came naturally.

How long does it take you from conception to finishing a piece?  

Usually around 6 weeks my images now have to be highly detailed so the detailing takes quite a while.

Do you have many on the go at once? Or do you prefer to work on one piece at a time?

No I tend to have several concept sketches done and I'll favour one to work on.

How do you prefer to work?  Do you do it the traditional way with pencil and pad to start? Or are you using a computer programme?

The concept sketches are all done with pencil and then the finished piece is worked on a computerised drawing board, using the same techniques as I use with water colour, layer upon layer.However I do also love working with oils but rarely have time these days as my designing keeps me very busy.

How difficult was it to get your artwork out there for people to see? 

Extremely! it is for every artist and its something that takes years and years. I have been doing this ever since leaving college around 17 years ago and only recently has my work become more known. Its a case of entering exhibitions all the time, writing letters, visiting companies and this takes years.

Your artwork has been licensed and displayed on so many mediums. What was the very first licensed product? and how excited were you to see it created?

My very first item was a greeting card and I was very excited! although straight after being excited you become concerned "what if it doesn't sell?"

What painting that you've done is your favourite? 

In oil, it was a little duck painting because I love to paint things in water. More recently though I  probably like  "the witching hour" the most although I'm highly critical of my work and don't like to look at them too much because I always see the mistakes.

Do you ever get recognised in public? 

ha ha! no never! I don't consider myself well known at all.

Have you ever seen someone wearing one of your t-shirts or with something with your artwork on it and gone up to them and said hey I'm the artist?  

I never say I'm the artist because I'm embarrassed by it. Its different selling you work on the internet than face to face. I have been sent pictures of people wearing my tshirts and that's really nice to see. I'm so flattered that people want to wear my artwork.

What kind of work can we expect from you in the near future?  

Well I'm working on another wolf one right now. I'm going to Canada soon so I'll be getting loads of reference and expanding my wildlife portfolio, although I will be doing more cats as well because many companies have asked for more.

To purchase a t-shirt by Lisa Parker visit our website www.tamstreasuresonline.co.uk where you'll find our best seller "The Witching Hour" and her other designs: "Spellkeeper", "Tallisman" and "Unicorn Night".

Go, like and follow Lisa Parker's facebook page where fans can see her latest artwork, competitions and new products featuring her artwork.

The Mountain® Do Spiritual

The Mountain® are famous for doing animal related t-shirts very well. And 2014 they brought out their new Spiritual Collection, which look to be just as popular! The same mottle tie-dyed shirts, but with a spiritual theme. Designs will suit whatever your spiritual preference whether it be Buddhist, Christianity or somewhere in between.

The Mountain® t-shirts are perfect for wearing to the gym, meditating or doing yoga. The relaxed loose fit allows for the wearer to comfortably move in a range of motions. For those of us who like to cover up and hide some lumps and bumps the fit on these are perfect for that as well! 

Spiritual designs as well as over 800 other epic designs can be found on our website. Just visit www.tamstreasuresonline.co.uk    

Reasons to purchase from Tam's?  - FREE UK DELIVERY, Earn loyalty Points & £10 off orders over £100 are just a few reasons.

Why buy The Mountain® brand t-shirt?

Ever since Three Wolf Moon T-shirt went viral the brand The Mountain® has become a massive hit in the world of t-shirts. With over 800 designs available in adult and children's sizes

there is literally a design for everyone. Whether it's wildlife, dogs, cats or if you're into dragons and fairies, there is a design for you.  Remember the 3D effect Big Face™ designs that have become popular? That's The Mountain®

It's not just the fact The Mountain® are known as America's greenest t-shirt company that make these t-shirts worth buying. Yes, they use environmentally friendly techniques to manufacturer them, as well as give back to their community.   The fact is times are hard and people don't often have extra money to spend on luxuries and t-shirts can often fit into that category.

The Mountain® t-shirts are made to last. Reinforced double stitching is used on all the seams. The screen printed images are dyed into the fabric so the design lasts after many years of wash and wear.  The 100% ring spun cotton is high quality and made for comfort and durability. So while they may not be the cheapest t-shirts out there, they are designed to last years.

At Tam's Treasures we also know how tight money is, so we have many incentives in place so customer's throughout the UK and Europe will buy from us.  Our customers earn loyalty points on every order. That means for every £1 spent £0.05 is earned towards a future customer.

Many of our returning customers will purchase a t-shirt throughout the year for birthdays or special occasions, or just for themselves.  Saving their loyalty points which can be used towards purchases at Christmas.

Our prices also include UK First Class postage, so you know exactly how much you're paying right from the start.

Spend over £100 and we'll even take off £10 your order.

  The 2014 T-shirt Designs by The Mountain® are here!

Over 250 epic designs ranging from wildlife to fantasy and there's absolutely something for everyone! These 100% cotton t-shirts are available in adult and children's sizes and they're unisex so you can "borrow" your other half's shirt if you want.

Tam's Treasures sell The Mountain® t-shirts to the UK & Europe with Free UK Delivery. All of our loyal customers also benefit from earning loyalty points when they sign up for an account after their first purchase.

Come on spring! We want flowers, butterflies and unicorns!

We're now into the first week of April and it still feels like January. This morning here in Suffolk we've woken up to grey skies and snow flurries. So here I sit working on our website and in particular the unicorn t-shirts section and there's beautiful images of flowers, butterflies and of course unicorns. If these epic t-shirts by The Mountain with their screen printed fantasy images won't get you in the mood for spring, nothing will!

If unicorns aren't your thing but you're still needing some spring time inspiration then check out some of our beautiful bird t-shirts.  Some of them like the Hummingbird will instantly make you think of warm, sunshine filled spring days.