It’s so next year - blue’s the new black for a big night

JOHN HUXLEY

December 30, 2009

THE New Year’s Eve celebrations tomorrow come with an unusual invitation to Sydneysiders: come and paint the town blue.

The fireworks will be unprecedentedly blue, traditionally the most difficult colour to create on the pyrotechnician’s palette.

And the creative director, Rhoda Roberts - who says the show will go on come rain or fine, barring gale-force winds - hopes spectators will bring along their own touch of blue.

”It could be a NSW football shirt, a Superman outfit, even just blue nail varnish.”

She hopes that by the time the sun goes down, the harbour shoreline will match the blue of the sky, the blue of the sea. ”Wouldn’t that look wonderful?”

Well, it sort of matches - unless, of course, it rains. But why blue?

”It’s summery, it’s sophisticated, it’s sexy. Just like this amazing, global city,” said Ms Roberts.

International superstar, Robert Vicencio was a special guest in the Bluesheep studios not long ago. We made a one-of-a-kind ‘IX’ shirt to commemorate his book, ”The IX Secrets to Auditioning in Musical Theatre (and Succeeding!)”. Well done Robert! We’re stoked to have you as a friend of Bluesheep!

Design Tip #3: Numb3r5

What to choose, what to choose? If you want something special but are stuck on selecting a significant numeral for your jersey, try some of these ideas for inspiration. Loved one born on 1st July? = 1/7 = #17. Anniversary in March 2008? = 03/08 = #38. Baby born in 1999? = ‘99 = #9 or #18 or #99. You get the drift…

For more help with designing your team shirt, just contact Bluesheep: info@bluesheep.net.au

Hey man - wow! Thanks for the t-shirts.

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—	Award-winning movie man, Carlo after receiving a customised Bluesheep shirt. Congrats on your Red Rock success from us!

‘Team White Snake’ walked 26km to raise funds for the Breast Cancer Foundation. Good work guys! (Nice shirts, by the way).

Over $550 - that’s how much Bluesheep raised for this year’s Movember. Huge thanks to everyone that donated and supported the Blue Mo.

More information on Movember’s men’s health partners can be found at http://www.beyondblue.org.au and http://www.prostate.org.au

I’ll give you a quote to put up on your website

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—	Jaramie (charity walker, uniform organiser and recent Bluesheep customer)

Design Tip #2: Fonts & colours

For the text on the front and/or back of your shirt, choose something that reflects the team name. For example, if you are calling the team ‘Funky Divas’, go for a font that looks ‘happy’ and ‘out there’. To add to that, choose colours that are considered ‘funky’, like purple or pink. It’s little things like this that can make a big difference to your design.

For more help with designing your team shirt, just contact Bluesheep: info@bluesheep.net.au

Check out this supplier for something you can customise »

The Crowies are still going strong! Nathan is back for a fourth time and we’re very proud to keep his touch football team looking good in these sweet dark custom shirts… We’re very happy to have looked after these guys for the last 3 years. Good luck for this season, guys!