Benders Ink

The Little Woody Barrel Aged Brewfest

2010-09-05T20:45:00.001-07:00

The Little Woody Brewfest was an out of the park home run for Bender's Ink! We had a blast meeting everyone and enjoyed indulging in the fine Barrel Aged brews from various local breweries. Special thanks to Lee at Lay It Out Events for squeezing us in last minute and for giving us free reigns on the Little Woody Tees. Can't wait til next year!

The Beer Garden was packed both nights!

"Super Stud" Leif James rockin his fresh Weapon Of Mass Seduction T!

Nice Stache!

Summer Craze and PDX!

2010-08-20T11:06:00.001-07:00

Well it's been a busy, busy summer for Benders Ink and been sometime since we've had a post and we apologize for the disconnect. Our energy's have been focused on selling our products and doing live events to help spread the word about Bendersink.com. It's been a lot of fun hearing what people have to say about the designs or even frequently hearing "all of these designs are great" feels pretty good. Overall, its been a real motivational experience and reassuring to know that a lot of people DIG our stuff! The SuperRad cheap sunglasses have been flying off the shelf proving finally that you can never have too many pairs of superad cheap sunglasses! Also look for Benders tees in Portland at the Saturday Market courtesy of Mr Ryan Hamel-Spencer the rest of the summer and hopefully next year and years to come. Thanks Ryan!

Earlier this summer we were interviewed on the local news KOHD

http://kohd.com/news/local/180146 and also featured in the Sisters Nugget Newspaper

http://www.nuggetnews.com/main.asp?SectionID=7&SubSectionID=88&ArticleID=17362. The press buzz has generated some good business and we are grateful for the free advertising. Thanks to Jeff Spry and Jim Cornelius of the Nugget and Lauren Biskind of KOHD!

We'll leave you with a favorite photo of the summer, see you around!

Sisters Stampede Poster!

2010-04-08T17:13:00.000-07:00

Here is the finished version of the poster Benders Ink designed for the Sisters Stampede. Its a OBRA sanctioned XC Mountain Bike race on Memorial weekend in Sisters Oregon, and its going to be a blast. Benders Ink is proud to be a sponsor and contributor for this event. We will be selling goods at the start finish all day. We are also pumped for the Moon Mountain Ramblers 3 hour jam session after the Race at Three Creeks Brewing Co. So come on out for a Stampede ale while the riders come in off the trail! The trail will be open for a post ride Memorial day. See ya'll there!

Congratulations to Sporck Tileart!!

2010-04-07T14:27:00.000-07:00

Benders Ink just completed a run of tees for the Sporck Tileart brand, that will be available at there new location in Fishtown. The Sporck Tileart store is now open, after some minor
renovations by Tilemaker and owner Leif Sporck. The store will be open on the weekends in April and 7 days a week starting in May. The Sporck brand is a good fit for Fishtown and is sure the cause attention. We are glad to have worked on this project with Leif and look forward to future projects. Benders Ink tees will also be available in the Sporck Tileart store starting in May. So stop in and check out all Leifs work and the tees if you get a chance.

The Sisters Stampede

2010-02-11T15:31:00.000-08:00

Benders Ink is teaming up with the Sisters Stampede bike race to help promote cycling in Central Oregon.

The Sisters Stampede is an XC mountain bike race that is sanctioned by the Oregon bicycle racing assosiation (www.obra.org) and was spawned from the inception of a new, revised network of trails in the Sisters, Oregon area called the Peterson Ridge trail . The trails were built by the Sisters Trail Alliance (www.sisterstrails.com), who are passionate about making this beautiful area accesible to cyclists, hikers, and horseback riders.
2009 brought a new cycling team to Sisters, which has sparked the development of this race. The team was made possible by generous contributions from its main sponsors: Green Ridge Physical Therapy (www.greenridgept.com) and Infocus Eyecare (www.infocus-eyecare.com).
The team is sustained by the efforts of volunteers who display an extraordinary amount of commitment and hard work, ensuring that our club is an asset to the community. The Race will be help Memorial Day weekend and should be a great event. After party at Three Creeks Brewery.

Benders Tees at The Oregon Store

2010-01-24T16:04:00.000-08:00

Benders Tees will be available this spring at The Oregon Store. They have three locations in Sunriver, Bend, and Sisters. The Oregon Store offers a selection of products from over 200 different Oregon companies.
Their items are carefully selected to either give you the exquisite tastes of gourmet Oregon products or refresh your memories of our beautiful state. So stop in and check out out what they have to offer and more importantly grab yourself one of our Oregon tees!

Rad & Vintage glasses now at Benders Ink

2009-12-31T15:12:00.000-08:00

Check out some of the rad vintage and retro style sunglasses we are now carrying at Benders Ink! We have a good variety of styles and colors to choose from. Click on the picture and it will take you to our accessories page.

2009-12-31T13:29:00.000-08:00

Organic is Good. Recycling is Better!

Benders Ink is now carrying a new premium organic sweatshirt made from collecting post-industrial cotton scraps and plastic and glass bottles and sorting them by color. They are then broken down into fiber form and paired with other fibers (recycled cotton or polyester, depending on what we started with) to add softness and durability. The fibers are then re-spun into yarn and knitted into PLAYBACK t-shirts, sweatshirts, and hoodies. We’re not talking about a solar-paneled suit or pants made out of leaves, we’re talking about clothes you actually want to wear that happen to help the environment.

Playback colors are created using the color from the original recycled component (like beer bottle brown and water cooler blue). As a result of this process, not only do we save on chemical dyes, our colors are richer and more complex than conventionally-made clothing.

When compared with a conventional cotton/polyester sweatshirt, PLAYBACK has the following positive impacts on the environment:
68% less global warming potential
33% less land used
49% less air pollution produced
80% less waste generated
25% fewer carcinogens produced
79% less fossil fuels used

So organic...good...yes.. and recycled, well its just better. We need more of it and its part of the circle of our modern and garbage creating times.

More Ski 2 Sea Tee Pics

2009-05-26T19:59:00.001-07:00

Check out the Bender Tees at Ski 2 Sea

2009-05-26T18:24:00.000-07:00

Team Manderlust & Team Whoamanderlust

Check out The Leelanau Song

2009-05-24T22:35:00.000-07:00

New line of Organics from the Benders!

2009-05-24T14:51:00.000-07:00

Benders Ink on Twitter

2009-05-23T23:30:00.000-07:00

Hey we have a twitter account now! We aren't serious tweeters, but we'll keep it interesting. So check it out and become a follower and help us take over the world one tee at a time!

2009-05-23T22:26:00.000-07:00

Kenny The Top Model!

Hey everyone, check out our good buddy Kenny Noble shreddin' on the cover of the Ski 2 Sea Race guide. He's sportin' a Team Wanderlust tee printed for the team by The Benders. They're back at it again this year, but this time with two teams, Team Manderlust and Team Whoamanderlust. So we hope you guys are killin' it this year and look forward to seein pictures of this years tees!