Dana Badeen IS the empire Like anyone who works in marketing, I have a lot of crappy swag tshirts. These shirts are almost all poorly fitting (too big!), poorly designed (massive logo!), and of poor quality.

So when it came time to make some Microspotting tshirts, I was insistent: I would only make swag if it was something I would actually wear. Swag that fit, swag that felt good, swag that looked good, and bonus points for making me laugh.

Enter the Microspotting tshirts.

My job gives me special feelings

First I wanted a good material, so these are Onno shirts made of an organic cotton/bamboo blend. If you don’t know bamboo fabric, it’s awesome – it drapes way better than cotton, and so insanely soft that I worried these shirts might turn wearers into walking HR violations, victimized by unwelcome hugs from coworkers.

I also made a point of getting the shirts in a full range of sizes for both the guys and the girls. Too many promo tees only come in Men's L and XL! Seriously: how many branded nightshirts does a woman need?

As for the design, I came up with three styles, two of which you can see above.

  • I am the empire
  • My job gives me special feelings
  • I got microspotted

The "microspotted" design is exclusively available for people who I profile on the site, but I'm doing a promotion to give away a few of the other two styles to bloggers. (The caveat: you need to be a Microsoft employee. Blogging doesn't need to be part of your job, but you need to work for the Empire to say "I am the empire."

If you are the empire and you're a blogger, I want you to have one of these shirts.
Just follow the instructions here.

Gretchen IS the empire