Greetings Bitchery members. I am attacking the final touches on a t-shirt/mug/what the hell ever else operation for the Smart Bitches, and want your slogans. Ideas for shirts? Designs? Absolute must-haves?
Bring. Them. On. Leave ‘em in the comments. Or, better yet, if you have a design idea, please, email me a jpg. If we use it, I’ll hook you up with an item of swag.
So ideas, you has them. Kthxbye.
How about a shirt that says…
Have you saved someone’s life today?
Only SBTB readers would know….. 🙂
Thought about doing an LOL SBTB mug or shirt?
How about a dog with glasses (ie one of the lovely ladies in the header) reading the SB book?
For me nothing says the Smart Bitches like your ladies with glasses logo…. that on a mug would be my ideal ‘get the fuck up and move’ morning wakeup call.
Maybe a REALLY BAD cover, with the caption, “Let the bitchery begin!” or a woman modeling a hideous outfit with the caption, “C’mon, bitches—bring it on!”
(That about taps me out… I’m always a complete loss for advertising stuff!)
spamword—early69 Uhm, please?
Ladies in glasses holding a romance book. “I’ve made the world a happier place…WTF have you done today?”
“Don’t understand it? That’s because it takes a SmartBitch to get romance.” With lady logo, of course.
“In Ur Internet…Savin’ Ur Life.” With dougnuts as image…or not.
“LOVE is the answer. Who gives a fuck what the question was.” with lady logo.
“You only live once. Read all the Romance you can.” with lady logo.
“Won’t read romance? What’s wrong, no pictures?” with lady logo.
And…
“That’s SmartBitch to you.” with lady logo.
Hi there.
Do you have an end date for receipt of these? I’m at work and have no time to spend on this now, but would love to share an idea or two.
Hi Rebecca: Nope. Bring on your ideas anytime. No deadline.
And these are some holy shit awesome ideas. thank you!
I agree about the LOL mug and maybe one that says Meh!
It’s a new inclusion in the english dictionary
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/17/meh/
or respect is not a four letter word!
or sex is not a four letter word!
Reading SmartBitches, saving your life!
“It’s Business Time.”
“Burma Sauce Not Included.”
It may not be as creative as all of the above, but I really like your “Everything I need to know I learned from romance novels” quote and pic. Like I said, I know it’s not creative, but I’m really bad at coming up with things like this!
How about showing one of the Smart Bitches on your logo reading the new Smart Bitches book?
“All of the romance. None of the bullshit.”
and of course a tasteful shout-out to smartbitchestrashybooks.com
Front: LOLarious bodice-ripping mantitty picture
Back: “Don’t judge a book by its cover”
Ciaralira’s ferret from one of the January threads on plagiarism!!! Gotta go hunt for it, but man, it was so great.
spamcatcher: looking81—hell, not yet, dammit!
“Smart Bitches, Trashy Books: Because one man’s trash is another woman’s treasure.”
“Smart Bitches, Trashy Books: Not your grandmother’s [or mother’s] romance novels.”
A man titty-rific cover with “It’s a whole new world of T&A;.”
These are lame but here goes…
“Yes, I read romance! So?!”
“Reading romance keeps me from attacking annoying people with an axe.” (Yeah, needs refining!)
(Cafepress has that awesome sticker (but only a sticker, and copyrighted I’m sure) saying “I read romance novels so that I do not kill people”. I love it but what am I gonna do with a sticker?)
Hmmm. “Reading romance quiets my homicidal tendencies” ? Silences?
“(List of) Qualities necessary for a romance novel cover hero:
– mullet
– bare chest
– . . . ” (help out, will ya bitchery?!) (And just saying that this was not my original idea. It came up -in cover snark, I think- a few weeks/months ago, don’t know when, where or who first suggested it.)
“Reading romance keeps me sane”
“You don’t understand why people/I read romance? I’m so sorry your life is so limited!”
There’s got to be something there about “what-what in the butt-butt” but I don’t have a creative bone in my body.
And possibly something about flan…
How about “I’m in UR T-shirt, savin UR life!”
Dominican Bitches + Mantitty = SmartBitches (in flaming pink with lots o’ hearts)
OMFG I really like the in UR t-shirt!
Smart Bitches, Trashy Books : Saving your life, one ass at a time
“Man Titties help me make it through the day.”
“Shitty economy got you down? Fret not, ogle some man titties!”
“Bodice Ripping, Breast Heaving, Member Throbbing, Ass Lovin’. All in a good days work.”
Naturally all would be be accompanied by the SBTB logo and web info.
“More Mantitty!” (possibly with a Fabio-esque guy with a cowbell)
“I (heart) mantitty”
Also, I second Theresa’s “That’s SmartBitch to you.”
…and Ocy’s “Burma Sauce not included.” (Classic!)
What about a really bad man-titty pic on the cover with
“Trashy Books? I has ‘em”
and on the back, your women in glasses logo with SBTB.
Or:
Define Trash
Ask a Smart Bitch
My only other idea is along the lines of Laura’s, but it was
One Smart Bitch’s Trash,
Another Smart Bitch’s Treasure…
SBTB: where bitchery, invisible buttsecks, and romance collide
SBTB: 3 thumbs up!
accompanied by the three-handed lady of course 😉
Bah, that’s all my poor, tired brain can think of right now 🙁
Well, as far as absolute must-haves… I think I’d really love SBTB bookmarks. Either that or some kind of printed sticky notes with “Luurve Scene,” and, “TSTL Moment,” and, “Big Misunderstanding,” and such on them. They would be a lovely non-destructive way to remind me exactly which parts of my books were worth reading and which parts I should skip over and never. read. again.
I have always been a big fan of the ladies in glasses logo, and the All of the romance none of the bullshit slogan. Why dilute the brand, so to speak? I also love “come for the dominican bitches, stay for the man titty,” but maybe for this you could change it to, “Come for the Smart Bitches, Stay for the Man Titty.” Don’t forget a nice hot pink url somewhere on there.
“I’m reading ur romance, saving ur life” is a coffee mug that needs to exist.
Theresa Meyers’ “It takes a Smart Bitch to get romance” idea is fantastic.
How about something like…
SmartBitches: snarking book covers since 2003
or
We may judge a book’s cover, but we don’t judge a book by it’s cover.
meh…lame…
I vote for the SBTB logo and current slogan but I also like Theresa Meyers’ suggestions too.
how about some variations on “Where Smart Bitches come to (fill in the blank)”
Where Smart Bitches come to read
Where Smart Bitches come to talk Romance
Where Smart Bitches come to play
(I’m trying to avoid the obvious naughty joke here, but I’m sure it’s occurred to you already, lol)
I’d just like to second “A whole new world of T&A;”.
Smart Bitches Read Romance and are Damn Proud of It
The few, the proud, the romantic – Smart Bitches
One of the “lady in glasses” pics with a thought balloon filled with all the acronyms and terms we use: SBTB, HEA, TSTL, Mullet, Man-titty etc.
What’s wrong with a happy ending?
Smart Bitches – because we don’t need pictures (yeah. That one’s a little obscure but….)
a blast from the past…. from SB Sarah herself, in a 2005 post on whether snarking on a heinous cover was fair game for the site:
“Stand by your Snaaaaark!”
I liked the idea of the lurid man-titty cover except captioned with “Go ahead and judge. I dare ya” on one side and the SB logo etc on the other.
A TSTM coffee mug would be absolutely lovely for work, cuz only a special few would know what it meant and I would feel very smug.
And Theresa Meyers’ suggestion of ladies in glasses holding a romance book. “I’ve made the world a happier place…WTF have you done today?” is also fantastic.
One vote for travel mugs over regular ones. Or at least have the travel style.
Second vote for “In ur t-shirt, saving ur life.”
And a non-vote for the “really bad cover + X” ideas. Sorry, as funny as they sound, I’d wonder if that would get the SBs into trademark/copyright hot water.
Okay, I LOVED every one of Theresa Meyers’ suggestions. They rock. Do all of them. My particular faves were “That’s SmartBitch to you” and “You only live once. Read all the romance you can.” I would own both of these on oversized coffee mugs.
Also, “I’m in ur internet, savin’ ur life” would totally be the tote bag I’m taking to conference next year.
Ooh, loved Jessica’s: “Lurid man-titty cover except captioned with “Go ahead and judge. I dare ya” on one side and the SB logo etc on the other.”
I also really liked Silver’s idea: “What’s wrong with a happy ending?” With the lurid cover, of course. 🙂
I like the idea of bookmarks (maybe really nice ones? Not just glossy finish ones, that often get tossed or mangled, but material ones—good for gifts or savers). Also post-its are a great idea.
And yes, mugs. Definitely mugs. Tote bags. Stress balls. :snicker: Lighters. Christmas ornaments . . . . Do it up! 🙂
I’m putting in a vote for at least some items I could wear/display around my kid.
I am not embarrassed by what I read, or write, and we’ve already talked about how the guy on my first cover—the bare-chested hottie with the sword—is a GOOD GUY. 🙂 (My son is 4) But I’m not going to curse or be foul-mouthed around him, nor have it on my clothes.
So, a couple non-cursing options might be nice for moms. Or for those days when you want to spread the word, but not necessarily offend. Or, say, spread the word at work, where I won’t be cursing or WTF-ing much. 🙂
Kris
Addendum: Okay, I guess ‘bitches’ would be considered a non-work-friendly word. But tucked within a web addy, it seems to fade in its curse-ness.
🙂
Kris
Did somebody already suggest this?
“Saving the world, one romance at a time.”
With logos, illos, or whatever.
I personally would not feel comfortable wearing a t-shirt that had a swear word on it. I live in a conservative area and don’t want to offend strangers. I prefer to offend only the people I know.
I would TOTALLY but a “That’s SmartBitch to you.” T-shirt (especially if it was available in the “ladies” style instead of/in addition to the boxier style)! And bookmarks that say “What’s wrong with a happy ending? WANT!
Hey, spamword looking81, I’m only24 (on the Internetz, no one knows your true age)!