Golden Eel- A Review and Giveaway (with 2 winners!)

I was given the opportunity to get and review a shirt of my choice from GoldenEel.com and today I received my shirt and its awesome! Golden Eel has a fun variety of shirts, journal, ipad and ipod cases, other knick knacks, and for you Dexter fans they have Dexter gear.

So I emailed Golden Eel and was very excited when they offered to let me review something from the store, in honor of Saint Patricks day, and in honor of my Scottish heritage, I selected this awesome blood splatter shamrock shirt.

About the shirt I got

I was advised the with it being fitted to get a size bigger, I will advise you when you shop there defiantly go a size bigger, I normally wear a large, and expected the xl to be roomy, it fits me perfectly. Im not complaining by any means the fabric is awesome and fits me nicely, just go a size up for any of the fitted shirts.

I got an email from the company on the 7th letting me know that my shirt was shipped, now I expected I would get it next week, but I was defiantly surprised 2 days later there it was in my mailbox, along with a receipt thanking me for reviewing and a nice card with advice for keeping my shirt looking its best after washing (cold water for darks, which I advise cold water for anything.)

The first thing I noticed as I mentioned before is the shirt does run small, the second was that while it runs small it is rather slimming. Seriously I dont know if its the color or the fabric but for a shirt it shows the right curves, and Im curvey that can be um.. complicated lol. Anyway I also noticed that the fabric is thin, not cheap then, but breathable good quality thin. On there site they have a meter on each shirt showing you how thin it is, this makes it a great shirt for the upcoming spring/summer days.

I really like the design on it the reds are a nice rich red not a faded red, and the design is true to picture, there is a slight outline on the design when you first get it but as the card that came with them says these disappear after the first wash.

About the Site

The site is easy to navigate, and has some great features for buyers. As I said before it has a meter on the site that shows you how thick the shirt is it also, allows you to see a pic of the shirt in every color they offer simply by clicking on the color, this really helped me decide which color to get. They are also very clear on what the shirt is made of. The customer service is great, and if there is any problem dont worry they have a 30 day money back gaurentee but I doubt you'll want to return the product.

About the company

Claudia Peña-Martinez moved from Larendo, TX to San Antonio, TX in 2001 pursuing an art degree. She graduated from UTSA in 2003 with a Bachlors of Fine Arts Degree. A year later, Golden Eel was born, as an avenue to promote her art and photography. However, her graphic design tees seemed to be more popular, especially during Halloween and Christmas. So, for the last two years she has been focusing more on creating fun and unique graphic designs that are great for people of all ages. Claudia gets her inspiration from a variety of influences such as, music, magazines, watching t.v., and movies. She sometimes even gets inspired while shopping at the grocery store. So when an idea pops up, she writes it down or sketches it out. Then a new design is born. Currently, GoldenEel.com is only a Web Based company, but hopes to open a local store in the near future.

They have a great variety of products, and nice quality stuff go check them out!

Here are some of my favorites.

Now for the really fun part how about a giveaway!

Contest for (US & Canada only):

*** There will be two winners, 1st and 2nd place.***

1st place winner: Gets a t-shirt of their choice (need to know color & size)

2nd place: Get a journal of their choice (need to specify what kind of paper: blank, lined, task journal, dot grid)

You can post all your entries in one comment, but make sure to include your email so I can contact you if you win. You must complete the mandatory entry in order to complete any extra entries.

Entries

Mandatory entry- Go http://www.GoldenEel.com and tell us what shirt or journal you would pick if you won, and follow us via Google Friend connect (post what name you follow us under on GFC)

Extra entries

-Like Golden Eel on Facebook +1

-Follow Us on Twitter + 1 entry

-Tweet about the giveaway (post permi link to tweet) +2 entries

-Follow us on Facebook +1 entry

-Sign up to our email updates +2 entries

-Post about the giveaway on Facebook (post permi link to FB post on comment) +2 entries

-Follow us through Network Blogs +1 entry

- Join shopittome (must confirm email) +10 entries

Entry period will end 11:59pm Pacific, Wednesday March 16th 2011. Winner will be notified and will have 24 hours to reply to email. Nomorerack will then send the watch of the winners choice to them.

**I was not paid to review this product, my opinions are my own, however I did receive a product to review, also facebook in no ways endorses or has anything to do with this review.