JamBear Press News

We've Moved!

2010-11-27T23:01:00.000-08:00

Thanks for dropping by! We've moved the blog onto www.jambearpress.com. You can now view updates from the homepage or from here.

We're Back! Also, Holiday Shipping.

2009-12-10T03:53:00.001-08:00

Wow, we're back from our hiatus! So what's new? One of us has been hard at work at the drawing board and one of us has graduated from college, yay!

It's been quiet around the site, but we've been quite industrious in our intentions. That is, new products are forthcoming :) Look for them in the next few days! Also, shipping is free for orders $50 and over, and international mail has been tweaked so it is cheaper, natch.

To business! Holiday Shipping dates are...

US Domestic
First Class & Priority Mail (PayPal): Dec. 19
First Class & Priority Mail (Mail Order): Dec. 16
Express (PayPal): Dec. 21
Express (Mail Order): Dec 18

International Mail
Express Mail: Dec 15

Happy Holidays everyone!

2008-12-13T14:48:00.000-08:00

New shirts!

And just in time for Christmas, too :) We're really excited about these new additions because they're our first longsleeve designs and the colors came out excellent. The Stardust Love (on the bottom) shirt is a rather delicious cranberry-burgundy color. Plus, Hippocampus comes in two gorgeous colors!

We love how electric the red turned out! The pink looks so sweet against the teal.

And another one!

It's like a sweatshirt-cut shirt - complete with stretchy cuffs and bottom hem, plus a kangaroo pocket to keep your fingers warm.

Expect them to be up at the store within the next few days!

International Shipping

2008-12-06T01:25:00.001-08:00

JamBear Press is going international! We now ship to 37 countries worldwide and are working on adding more. If we don't ship to your country currently, then we will soon!

The available shipping methods are Express Mail International, Priority Mail International, and Priority Mail International Flat Rate boxes. You can visit the Shipping Information page and our blog post on holiday shipping deadlines for more information.

2008 Holiday Sale & Shipping Dates!

2008-12-02T21:46:00.000-08:00

Seasons Greetings!

As fellow Christmas shoppers we totally understand that things can get pretty hectic! Be it a gift for someone special or a special gift for yourself, we would like to provide a few recommended dates to help make sure those JamBear gifts arrive in time!

First Class & Priority Mail: Order by December 18
Checks & Money Orders received by December 15
Priority Mail International: Order by December 9

Express Mail: Order by December 20
Checks & Money Orders received by December 17
Express Mail International: Order by December 15

Please remember to factor in transit times when mailing checks or money orders. Sorry, we cannot guarantee military mail after December 4. We hope this helps and wish you a wonderful and safe holiday!

Happy Thanksgiving!

2008-11-27T17:09:00.000-08:00

Time sure does fly! We’ve been busy prepping two new designs to send out, but wanted to take a break before from all the bustle to wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving! The weather’s been beautiful lately, so we’ve also been trying to get out and enjoy it before it gets really cold!

The poo-pahs (Lulu on the left and Meg on the right) also send their warm wishes~

Boo!

2008-10-31T18:01:00.000-07:00

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Fall is for...

2008-10-23T16:29:00.000-07:00

Fall is a time for dark and stormy nights. Windy nights and chills up the spine - it’s definitely the time for ghost stories! So when the season starts turning to tea-and-blanket weather, we at JamBear Press like to pull out an old favorite: Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu.

Le Fanu was an Irish writer from the nineteenth century who wrote horror and mystery stories at the time when the genres were just developing. He probably owes a lot of his current recognition to M. R. James (Turn of the Screw), who was a fan of his work and collected and edited a compilation of his short stories in 1923, fifty years after Le Fanu’s death.

Le Fanu doesn’t seethe or brood – in fact, for a writer who dealt in vampires and ghosts, his style is often somewhat gentle, leading you in with a smoothness that carries over and past the prose structures of his day. If he had to be summed up, he’s a storyteller you can trust to take care of you – he doesn’t make a point of being puzzling or shocking, and the normalcy with which he narrates can only add a certain chill factor, because he’s not shy either.

The short story that gets the most love at JBP is probably An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street, which is essentially the story of two college student friends undergoing the age-old tradition of rooming with someone in order to afford the worst apartment ever, except they really do choose the worst lodgings ever.

He holds up in novellas, although we have mostly read his short stories and only have The Evil Guest to recommend. Still, The Evil Guest, which takes place in an isolated, crumbling manor hidden by swathes of mist and sleeping forests, offers up a scene-setting that still gets a lot of rib-nudging:

“If our modest fare does not suit him,” said Marston, with sullen bitterness, "he can depart as easily as he came. We, poor gentlemen, can but do our best. I have thought it over, and made up my mind."
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Having said this in a cold, decisive way, he turned and left her, as it seemed, not caring to be teased with further questions. He took his solitary way to a distant part of his wild park, where, far from the likelihood of disturbance or intrusion, he was often wont to amuse himself for the live-long day, in the sedentary sport of shooting rabbits. And there we leave him for the present, signifying to the distant inmates of his house the industrious pursuit of his unsocial occupation, by the dropping fire that sullenly, from hour to hour, echoed from the remote woods.

Ghost stories over at JBP are treated a lot like meals – that is, the experience is better when they’re shared. So wait until it’s dark and grab someone to read with! You can find samples of his stuff at Project Gutenberg (make sure to check on your local copyright laws!) or you can head down to your local bookstore and look him up.

Welcome

2008-10-06T16:12:00.000-07:00

Hello and welcome to the JamBear Press Blog! JamBear Press is a mother and daughters team – that’s two generations of jeans and t-shirts girls! JBP was started out of our appreciation of cute and practical clothing, as well as a venue for our interest in art of all forms. Between us we have two poodles, one cat, one sun conure, two budgies, and three very old goldfish. We are interested in fairy tales, biology, cyborgs, comics, origami, chess, and udon.

This space will be used for anything from shop updates, polls, and contests to entries on what we are up to. Drop us a line – we’d love to hear from you!