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In researching a story I'm doing on campaign merchandise, I came across CafePress. The site is amazing! Nearly 6.5 million clients create and sell products on the web site. Users add 40,000 items each day. People just like you and me come up with pithy sayings and put them on everything from T-shirts, computer bags, onesies, thongs...

The sort of unsaid motto is, "If you can put words on it, Shoot, why not?: This California-based site is a natural fit for campaign merchandise because it allows folks to make (and print) exactly what's on their minds.

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On any given day last week there were tens of thousands of products on the Hilary and Obama side. Last Monday there were T-shirts about "bitterness" just two days after Obama uttered those words that I know now I wish he could snatch out of the air. Some of my favorites: "My Mama is voting for Obama." and "Hilary is my Homegirl." Check it out and look for tomorrow's story about how self-made merchandise is a way for people to connect with their candidates. You all out there have any ideas?




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The Mirror Image team consists of Inquirer and philly.com writers with a passion for fashion and an eye for the trends. We live to shop and shop to live, but always appreciate a good sale. We know that “What I am going to wear?” is a serious question, possibly requiring consultation and multiple outfit changes. We believe beauty treatments can be a necessity instead of a luxury, and consider awards shows required viewing. Above all, we strive to bring style into our daily lives – and have fun telling others about it.

Contributor Elizabeth Wellington has been the Inquirer's Fashion Reporter since 2003 and writes the Mirror, Mirror column for the Sunday Image section. She is a bargain shopper who hates buying pants and rarely meets a dress she doesn’t like.

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