These T-shirts were designed and screen printed by flickr user martha_r to wear while she and her friends are out canvassing in Pennsylvania for Obama. She’s going to donate any extras to her neighborhood Obama field office. We love the state-specific T-shirts—they have a bit more impact than your usual campaign swag. And, in case you don’t know, that symbol is a keystone—for the Keystone State.

Pennsylvania is an important state in the election, one in which John McCain is investing a tremendous amount of money, and the Republican National Committee is engaging in despicable smear tactics. If you live in or near Pennsylvania, get involved with the Obama campaign in the Keystone State here.

Yes We Can!

Here are some preview shots of some of the test prints for our Screen Printing for Change Fundraising Party today…

Yes We Can!

This is the image we’re printing on the shirts we’re sending to Chillocothe, Ohio.

Not only does it incorporate the Obama logo and the Ohio state flag, the font used is the Ohio State University font. If you’ve ever been to Ohio during football season, you know what that’s important.

If you’re planning on coming to our Screen Print for Change Party tomorrow, please consider bringing a T-shirt to donate that we’ll print this image on and send to this important part of of this very important swing state!

Yes We Can!

Ever wanted to try screen printing? Or see how a Print Gocco Machine works? Come hang with the team from the Obama Craft Project, print your own Obama T-shirt using screens we’ve created and make your own election souvenir postcard. This is a fun way to try out a new craft while raising money for the Obama campaign and a chance to make new friends!

WHO: The Obama Craft Project
WHAT: Screen Printing for Change
WHEN: Saturday, Oct. 18, 2:00-5:00 p.m
WHERE: The OCP Headquarters–our house–in NE Portland, Ore. (We’ll send you the address when you RSVP)
WHY: To have fun, build community and raise money for the Obama campaign!

To participate:

1.) We ask for a suggested donation of $10 to the Obama-Biden Campaign via the Obama Craft Project fundraising page. Please comment in the notes field that this contribution is for the screen printing party. (We will also have donation forms available at the event.) Please use the link to the Obama Craft Project Fundraising page, so that the Obama Craft Project can get credit for the fundraising, rather than the link that follows your event registration on my.barackobama.com!

2) BYOT (Bring Your Own T-shirt); You can use an old shirt, and light or bright colors are better. You can also make a commemorative poster using heavy paper or print on a piece of wood or vinyl and make a unique yard sign! Get creative! Almost anything can be screen printed, if it can lay flat: bags, sun shades, most clothes, wood, paper. Bring whatever you want, and we’ll help you screen print it!

3.) Please consider bringing a T-shirt to donate to our effort to send Obama T-shirts to volunteers in Chillicothe, Ohio. This is our way to show support for the hard work they’re doing in that very important part of a very critical swing state. Inexpensive T-shirts can be purchased just about anywhere: Target, Kohls, Fred Meyer. If you don’t have time to pick one up, we’ll gladly accept donations to help purchase T-shirts to send to Chillocothe.

I you’d like to participate, but are tapped out donation-wise (which we totally understand, given the dire economic situation), we’d love to have you come! Email us at obamacraftproject@gmail.com and we’ll figure something out.

NOTE: Please use the link to the Obama Craft Project Fundraising page, so that the Obama Craft Project can get credit for the fundraising, rather than the link that follows your event registration! Here’s the link.

A similar event was held in Austin earlier this month; check out the photos here.

Register for this event at the Barack Obama web site.

Josh and I will be manning the screen printing table, while the fabulous Susan Beal will manning the Gocco printer (which is so incredibly cool, if you haven’t seen one in action before!).

Yes We Can!

We’ve seen a lot (A LOT!) of “Yes We Can” T-shirts. But none quite like this one from etsy seller stijkycorps.

This fun T-shirt is hand screen printed and comes in sizes and styles for the entire family–men’s, women’s, children’s and even baby onesies. Because we all can.

(As will all of the crafts we feature here, the seller is donating a portion of the proceeds from this item to the Obama-Biden Campaign for Change.)

Yes We Can!