Dear Friends, Family & Shoppers,

Thank you so much for coming to shop in my store. It means very much to me that you have chosen to buy gifts and apparel which I have designed. Your purchases not only help support me, but they help promote the many vital causes and values which we must advocate if we are to make the world a better place.

I am sincerely grateful to everyone who appreciates my work and my heart goes out to all for your patronage and support. To show my appreciation I have made a special collection of gifts and apparel with the slogan "I (Heart) Shopping!" This design has a 30% watermark with my domain address at www.byteland.org so that you may come back again and easily refer others to my shop when they see you wearing gifts and apparel I have designed. This design is available in an assortment of colors as shown below:

I Love Shopping Classic Heart	I Love Shopping Pink Heart	I Love Shopping Blue Heart
I Love Online Shopping Classic Heart	I Love Online Shopping Pink Heart	I Love Online Shopping Blue Heart
I Love Shopping At the Mall Classic Heart	I Love Shopping At the Mall Pink Heart	I Love Shopping At the Mall Blue Heart
Ms Anime I Love Shopping Classic Heart	Ms. Anime I Love Online Shopping Pink Heart	Ms. Anime I Love Shopping At The Mall Blue Heart

I am also making a series of related designs to promote shopping, including online shopping. Each of these designs will also include my domain address to help you remember where you purchased these gifts and apparel. In this manner you may easily return as often as you like and also refer your family, friends and associates, knowing that you are recommending quality graphics and designs.

Please remember that if you can't find exactly what you are looking for in my shop, you may always write to make a request. I love working to satisfy my customers, so design requests that are in keeping with the CafePress TOS agreement are always welcome. If you can think of a heart, star, flag, slogan or other design you would like to see incorporated into one of my popular, stylistic quality graphic designs, just contact Terry.

When making a special request, please let me know if there is a particular design you would like it based upon. Let me know the product number and slogan that is on the design and exactly what you want upon your custom design. That way it will be easy to come up with the perfect quality graphic design to fulfill your heart's desire.

Again, I want to thank all my family, friends and associates, all my satisfied customers, for your patronage! I will continue to strive to bring you quality graphic designs which are the trademark of my work. Thank you for buying my original productions; your patronage makes it possible for me to bring you more great quality graphic designs in the future!

God bless you, your family and loved ones! May life bring all your dreams to come true!

With deepest appreciation,
Terry

Presented here is a selection of popular premium products which feature quality graphic designs on both the front and back when available (Cafepress currently prints black/colored apparel only on the front). These are some of our most precious offerings for your family, friends, associates and loved one -- or treat yourself to these adorable gifts and apparel

Support America	I Love Cowgirls	I Love Mom	I Love Oprah
I'm Dreaming Of You	Go Green! Recycle! Conserve! Preserve!	Peace & Love	Peace Now
I Love Ducks	I Love History	I Love You	Diva
United States ARMY Parent and Proud of It	I Love Wieners	Rock Star	LOVE

I hope you have been able to find a great popular premium quality graphic product to meet your needs. If you cannot find exactly what you are looking for, please write and make a request. I love working to satisfy my customers, so design requests that are in keeping with the CafePress TOS agreement are always welcome. I can produce speical requests for family reunions, weddings, parties or other events. Also I make special requests for clubs, teams, organizations or other business groups. Just drop an email to Terry and let me know exactly what you want. I'll do my best to get it posted as soon as possible.

I've put together a special collection of some of my favorite gifts and apparel. I may be adding to these over time or changing out designs. So please check back often. Thank you for your patronage.

Alabama Warehouses Elderly In Chicken Houses	I Love AL Classic Heart	America Christmas Heart	Rebuild Mississippi
I Love Mississippi Three Sponsors	Beat Cancer: Live! Love! Win!	Stop Warehousing Elderly Americans!	Chicago Christmas Heart
Support Everything	Stop AIDS! Use Condoms!	No Abortions	These Colors Don't Run The Whoop Ass!
Vote Just Do It USA	Support Our Troops! Screw Iraq!	Support Our Troops! Kick Ass In Iraq!	Support Our Troops! Off With Osama's Head!

Please remember that if you can't find exactly what you are looking for in my shop, you may always write to make a request. I love working to satisfy my customers, so design requests that are in keeping with the CafePress TOS agreement are always welcome. Maybe you would like your name in one of my original hearts, stars or other quality graphic designs. Just drop an email to Terry and let me know exactly what you want. I'll do my best to get it posted as soon as possible.

Master graphic artist and designer, Terry Lynch (TAL), presents digital masterpieces on gifts and apparel that everyone may enjoy great works of art.

How long have you been a CafePress Shopkeeper and how did you “discover” CafePress?

I'm an old timer on CP, having been here since 1999. I heard about CP from the Internet not long after it got its start. My first designs were posted under a basic, free account, using an alias name which I did not keep. Not many of those early designs sold, perhaps because there was just not a big marketplace on CP. Today, with thousands of original quality graphic designs, two premium shops and hundreds of basic shops things have picked up. But still I have not reached my goal.

In 150 words or less, what’s the story behind your shop?

Well, I don't know if you will be able to keep me to 150 words or less; that's like censorship. I like to talk about my shop; I do not like to try to simplify things just because people don't have the time to get to know you. You see, what's behind my shop in LOVE and LIFE, is all my experiences which serve as inspiration. Was that under 150 words or less? If so I guess you can just say, LOVE and LIFE!

How do you find inspiration for your designs?

I believe I just answered that question. Of course there's more to it than that. I am really inspired by everything I see and do. For example, I may begin my day by going on line and reading the news. If any hot topics capture my attention, I will make a note to produce a related design. It may be related to the war in Iraq, to the presidential election, to the latest gossip in Hollywood, an international disaster or other world events. Or I might receive an email from someone making a special request. I invite people to make special requests for their businesses, fund raisers, campaigns or as gifts for family, friends, associates, loved ones or just themselves. So if you like my work and would like to make a special request drop an email to Terry. Please tell me exactly what you want and the design/product number you would like it to emulate. Also let me know exactly what you want the design to say. I'll try to get it posted as soon as possible so you can place an order. I'm primarily interested in doing designs for large groups who are going to order at least twelve dozen or more products; the larger the order, the better. However, I've also done many requests for individuals.

Save The World. Help save the world! Peace & environmental action.

How are you currently using CafePress (e.g. supplement website, raise funds for charity, creative outlet…)?

I use CP to showcase my quality graphic gifts and apparel to people all over the world. This includes both quality graphic designs as well as the photography which I produce. I've been carrying around a camera since I was a child and love taking pictures, especially of flora and fauna, and posting them on gifts and apparel within minutes! I remember when you use to have to take film to get it developed, wait for it to be processed, and then have the images scanned. Now with a digital camera you can take a photograph, upload it to your computer immediately, and post it upon products, all within a very short period of time! Such technology is amazing! I just wish I had time to get more of my work posted as even though I have over 12,000 quality graphic items in my CP shops, that represents only a small portion of my work. I am very prolific!

Tell us what you do to market and promote your shop?

My primary domains are Byteland at byteland.org, TAL Graphic Service & Design (TALGSD) at talgsd.com, and I Love WWW Art at ilovewwwart.com. Each of these sites are listed on major search engines and funnels traffic to my CP shops. I also am active on various social networks as You Tube, BlogTV and MySpace and use these to let other people know about my work. It's "word of mouth advertising" taken high tech! Plus I write articles about nature which are illustrated with my work that I market on CP; and produce topical websites which market products. One of my most popular sites is Firefly FAQs.

Firefly Gallery

Also I blog which is a great way to let everyone know the in depth story behind many of my designs. That's why I started Cyber Sojourn: The romance and adventures of a naturalist through the wilds of the Internet. Cyber Sojourn is the romantic tale of my adventures around the world and in cyberspace. In Cyber Sojourn I give examples of my quality graphics and tell how I have been inspired by many different cultures and the symbolism one finds expressed by those cultures. Often I try to incorporate symbolism into my quality graphic gifts and apparel that I believe my work is more universal in nature and finds a wider audience than it might if I were not so influenced.

What has been your biggest shop accomplishment since you’ve become a Shopkeeper?

I actually made the most sales of America flag designs which I had posted on CP prior to 9/11. On September 11, 2001, I was watching the television when the Twin Tower fell just as were millions of other Americans. However prior to 9/11, had been producing American flag designs and posting them in my shops as a way to inspire patriotism in the United States of America, motivated by anti-American sentiments and racial hatred. It just happened that on 9/11 I was one of the few people actively promoting the idea that we must Support America and fight against the hatred and terrorism which is seeking to destroy our nation. After the Twin Tower fell, I was the first person to post a series of "Remember 9/11/2001" and "9/11/2001 We Will Never Forget" American flag designs and slogans. These were picked up by major networks and spread around the world overnight because major media listed Support America, a site I produced, where people could get American flags on T-shirts and other gifts and apparel.

A great collection of patriotic gifts and apparel for all Americans.

Since 9/11 I've continued to expand production of patriotic gifts and apparel. I like to think that many others have emulated my success by following suit. Hence I have achieved what I set out to do when I started making American flag designs which is to boost the spirit of patriotism in America which includes many Support Our Troop gifts and apparel.

Do you take part in the CafePress Community Forums and if so, what do you like best about it?

I use to participate in the CP forums more than I do now. This is primarily because I enjoy spending the majority of my time in the actually production process. This may involve going out and searching for photographs which are later developed into quality graphics for marketing upon gifts and apparel, or it may involve producing simple designs and slogans to market on CP. But I occasionally do visit the forums to see what's on people's minds or if there are any new developments. I have also personally helped people outside of the CP forums to develop their shops and written a number of articles in this regard.

What future plans do you have for your shop, or using CafePress?

I would like to open more MEGA stores in the future and eventually have hundreds of thousands of quality graphic gifts and apparel products in my various MEGA stores. In fact, I'd really like to have my own CP type production facilities and company. I would like to have thousands of robots working for me to produce and market my original designs as well as those of other creative people. Then I might have enough to support a major charitable foundation that could do much to help people everywhere. Really the sky is the limit!

Beat Cancer! Live! Love! Win!

Is there another CafePress shop/Shopkeeper that you admire?

I admire many creative individuals who use CP to market their expressions. I'd rather not list any particular shops, however, as I view CP as a competitive marketplace. Why should I refer people to other's shops when I have over 20,000 quality graphic productions on over 1,400,000 products in my own shops? I simply tell people the truth, that if they are looking for quality graphic productions on gifts and apparel they should go to Byteland or TopPics. That's where they can find whatever they want and need. And if they can't find it already made, they can drop an email to Terry and I'll make it for them.

Do you have any “tips” to success or word of advice you can give to other CafePress Shopkeepers?

Yes, certainly. As I mentioned earlier, I have written a number of articles related to various aspects of marketing one's creative expressions via the Internet. Read CP101: Cyber Profits: The Great Censorship Wars. Basically I wish to tell everyone to be themselves! Do what makes you happy. Express yourself through your art and photography and use CP to publish your work on demand. Cafepress provides a great service and I hope it continues to grow and offer even greater opportunities for creative people in the future. I highly recommend CP as a way to immediately reach out and touch people all over the globe with your creative expressions! Cafepress is a great company with great people who are doing a great job to make it possible for everyone to share their expressions with others. CP is like a spark of light where once there was only darkness and over time that spark of light is growing as more and more people discover CafePres and come to use it to share their creative expressions with their family, friends, associates and loved ones! Keep up the good work CP'er!

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Terry Lynch is a master graphic artist, designer and writer who has produced tens of thousands of original designs and photographs published upon all forms of print media. His on-line stores include TOP PICS and Byteland: Where Art is Life and Life is Art. Lynch's works have also appeared in the World Book Encyclopedia, popular magazines, newspapers and scientific and technical journals. Lynch enjoys producing digitally mastered designs working from original sketches or photographs. As a naturalist, Lynch also is known internationally for his studies of fireflies and other bioluminescent animals which was the inspiration for a special series of synchronous flashing trained firefly designs as well as a series of luminescent hearts. Lynch enjoys creating designs which inspire love and is noted for his Love'n Happy Hearts, Rainbow Hearts, and Heart Mosaics designs. Lynch was the first person on CafePress.com to create a comprehensive series of Classic Heart designs for every state, many most popular cities, sports and other general themes, a success which resulted in others plagiarizing his creative marketing concepts. Consequently Lynch began publishing more ornate and complex heart designs with original slogans that he has authored in the hope that their unique quality and copyright will discourage others from such plagiary. Lynch strives for perfection, an aspect which results in a standard of excellence toward which all others strive! Among some of the designs which Lynch takes greatest pride in are the series of patriotic designs and USA flag designs which have enjoyed such popularity after the tragedy of 9/11 and the subsequent war on terrorism declared by President George Bush. Lynch is also a strong activist and advocate for many humanitarian causes such as the Angel of Life Foundation, the Elder Rights Association and Support the Arts.