We are Dana, Aaron and Avery.
We are a military family. Aaron is a Seabee in the Navy and we are currently stationed on the beautiful island of Guam. Lucky enough to get this once in a lifetime opportunity to call this beautiful island home. We are enjoying all there is to this island life and definitely trying our best to not take any of it for granted. We're obsessed.
OMJ was started in 2019 with a love for graphic tees and a purpose for me (dana) to have more for myself than being just a stay at home home. It's name and inspiration came from little miss OMJ herself; Avery. Since then OMJ has grown in leaps and bounds and we have learned so much. We have changed a lot about our business since the start and have had to adapt to new ways of doing things since moving out of the states. We are so grateful that our small business continues to thrive on this small island.
When we are not working OMJ we are busy homeschooling our first grader, leading and learning in girl scouts, swimming, hiking, exploring and adventuring the island. Oh, and fostering boonie pups!
Thank you to all of our new followers for supporting and coming on this journey with us and to our OG followers for growing with us and your continued support and dedication to our brand and our family!
Oh my jeez, we are thankful.
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Since living on the island we have had the opportunity to work with and provide help / support for Guahan Paws For Pets, GAIN / Guam Animals In Need, Boonie Flight Project and Julies Home for Wayward Kittens Guam.
We have even opened our home and have had the honor to start fostering puppies for Boonie Flight Project! We are currently at 9 puppies so far we have fostered and we look forward to the many more while we are still on the island!
You may notice some of the products on our website are listed specifically for the organizations / non-profits above and some of the profits from those products will go directly to them. (see individual products for more information)
If you are interested to learn more about helping the Boonies on Guam, click the links below:
JULIES HOME FOR WAYWARD KITTENS GUAM
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If you stopped in to see us at TNT on Navy Base Guam, you probably noticed how busy our booth was. Thank you to everyone who stopped, shopped and supported our small business! We really look forward to doing more vendor shows and pop ups while here on Guam!
Guahan Paws for Pets is a Non Profit Organization that solely relies on the donations of the community, friends, and families!
From BOONIE to BESTIE.
With the countless number of homeless animals on Guam, a rescuer's work is never ending but with the help of donations, fundraising, and product sales, GP4P's can make a HUGE difference! If you walk on any corner of the island, you will see a boonie struggling to survive on the streets. They each have a story and they all want to be loved. It takes a community to help these boonies be saved and adopted! Please consider purchasing a product from our Collaboration Collection and support this amazing non-profit!
How to Shop and Donate
Guahan Paws for Pet's has asked us to be the exclusive house and maker for their fundraising products! You will now be able to shop in the Collections Page (click to go directly there) of our Website and find Products made specifically for GP4P's. Each product purchased will have a large portion of it's profits donated directly to GP4P's. Under each product description, you will see how much of the profits of that product will be donated. All of the donations and profits from the sales, go towards the medical bills, food, supplies, and travel fees for the rescues. With this help, Paws For Pets is able to continue their mission of rescuing and rehoming boonies!
If you are interested in learning more about Guahan Paws for Pets, would like to donate directly to them, or questions on adopting or fostering a pet, please click the link below:
https://www.guahanpaws4pets.com
OMJ is honored and excited to house the products of GP4P's and help raise money towards this amazing non-profit. Helping turn boonies into besties!
Please Note * that only SOME of the products available in the GP4P Collection are available to SHIP to the States. You can find out what products, by reading the products description!
The Hope Box Project supports local small businesses by also helping Guam's Foster Children and Families. They provide boxes/bags filled with support items to the foster families on Guam among all the other amazing outreach they do for our community!
"Giving hope to Guam's Non - Licensed foster families and those who care for them by providing a box full of love, hope and local products."
Find them on Instagram:
Hope Box Project - One Pacific
We have provided a 15% OFF discount code to The Hope Box Sponsors, Partners and Foster Families.
Code: HOPEBOX1P saves 15% OFF on your order
Thank you for shopping small and supporting The Hope Box Project Guam
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We really hope that this line of products will open the door to customers we have not reached yet with OMJ.
Laser Engraved Products are coming soon!! #shopohmyjeez
Tumblers are definitely IN right now in the small business / creator world and I just had to jump on that bandwagon. So, I have been busy practicing and trying to perfect my tumbler design making skills in hopes of adding tumblers to the shop!
I'm currently working on perfecting my skill and also trying to find the best wholesale supplier and price for my shop.
I look forward to providing pre-design tumblers for purchase with the inventory that I do have available and eventually a custom tumbler listing for purchase!
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And … not only did we move into a house but we got our large shipment of belongings! The shipment had already arrived into Guam over a month ago and had to sit in the warehouse waiting for us to get into a house. WE HAVE OUR STUFF! I finally get to enjoy my patio furniture again … hence this cute picture with my OMJ mug that arrived unscathed! Yay!
Now what? Well … I’ll be unpacking boxes, building furniture, organizing and cleaning for awhile. Let the fun begin! Actually, I’m super stoked to have my own space to control again! And I get to set up my OMJ headquarters!
Now that we are in a house I also have to start school with my daughter. I will be homeschooling here while we live in Guam and we are so stoked for this journey! Kindergarten here she comes!!
Oh and … enjoying this beautiful island of course. I do feel so blessed and am thankful to be here everyday!
What am I worried about now? Well, even though we have done a quick glance at most of our stuff (when it was dropped off by the movers) to check for damages, I’ll be looking more closely especially at my OMJ supplies to make sure nothings broken. I’m mostly worried about my sublimation printer and if it’s toast after sitting in a wooden box for months. Ugh, fingers crossed my printer works and the shirt inventory that I brought with me is mold and damage free! 🤞🏼
As always, I’ll keep you guys posted on our lives here and what is to come for OMJ. I definitely won’t be up and running for a few months (at least) and I’m currently in no hurry to work OMJ as I need to get our house up and running as a home.
Thanks for all the love and supper, always. 🖤
]]>After a 20+ hour travel journey, we have officially arrived on island … exhausted and smiling!
The last few weeks before getting here have been beyond stressful. Literally everything that could go wrong, did. All our worst case scenarios came to reality and our first set of flights and the date that we were suppose to leave was canceled. We were devastated and stressed beyond belief. But here we are, almost 2 weeks later and we are safe and sound.
The flight journey here was tough. Our family was separated on different flights half of the time and different seats through the final leg of our journey. Avery (my 5 year old) did an AMAZING job through the most difficult and lengthy journey she’s ever experienced. Thank goodness for snacks, the kindle and all the downloaded movies to keep some sanity!
All 5 of us are here; this includes our 2 pets! They are still in quarantine as Guam is a ‘no rabies’ island so there was so much paperwork and health requirements to get them to come with us. We are so excited to be reunited with our fur-babies soon!
We have comfortably settled into a temporary hotel home for now as we wait to get a house on the Naval Base. It feels so good to actually be sleeping in a bed and have a table to eat at! We had been living with nothing in our California home as the movers took everything back on the 26th of May! And yes … now we also have to get wait (probably until August) to get all of our items that were shipped. We are currently living out of about 6 suitcases but we are happy!
In the short time we have been here, we have already been swimming multiple times in the pool, swimming in the ocean (which is so warm, blue and clear), and explored some of the islands beaches! We have seen a gecko, some pretty amazing tropical fish, some cool new bugs, birds and butterflies, had the rain come down on us as we swam, and saw a couple of the most beautiful Guam rainbows!
Also, it’s so tropical here! It’s so hot and humid, it’s going to definitely take some time for us to acclimate to this new climate. BUT IT’S SO BEAUTIFUL!
We are all really tired and this time change (about 17 hours AHEAD of PST) is brutal but we are running on adrenaline and excitement and SO STOKED to be here!
I think we will love it here! 🏝
]]>Time to take a few deep breaths and enjoy Southern California for a tiny bit longer before we make our way across that big beautiful Pacific Ocean and start Island Life! Pinch me, is this really happening!?
Thanks for sticking with us over here and watching this journey unfold with us! - Dana
]]>OMJ IS OFFICIALLY IN EVERY STATE IN THE UNITED STATES! *SCREAMS*
I am sooooo happy I was able to meet this HUGE milestone before closing the doors (temporarily of course)! As you know, I was doing my best to hustle to all of you on instagram and facebook to get those last few states I needed. West Virginia was extra difficult! *haha* Shout out to those of you who came through for me at the end there!!
Thank you to EVERYONE who shopped with me and is currently wearing OMJ in their current home state; YOU'RE AWESOME & wear it proudly!
Where else has OMJ sold besides the United States?
Belgium, Canada, United Kingdom
Here's to adding Guam on the list soon and hopefully some other countries!
I hope one day they'll be some OMJ all over this big beautiful earth! Thank you to everyone of you for shopping small with me and for supporting my small shop....can't wait to open up the doors again to making you new tees!
PS. Ignore my terrible coloring on this map - clearly i need to learn some more geography and also get better color crayons! :)
]]>Coats for Kids is a nonprofit program and annual distribution event serving Polk and Burnett Counties in Wisconsin. They give out winter wear for ANY child in need. Coats for Kids was started in 2009 by Luann Ackerley (my mother) and Sylvia Hansen with a simple goal and wish in mind: to support and give back to our local community so no child will be without winter outerwear.
OMJ is happy to have donated t-shirts and tote bags with the Coats for Kids logo, which they will be selling to locals where 100% off the profits will go directly to clothing the local children for winter!
If you're interested in learning more about Coats for Kids and donating, please check out their website:
OH! A big FYI. The tote bag is extra special because the “COATS FOR KIDS” is written in my late mothers handwriting, a founder of the nonprofit!
BIG SHOUT OUT to Tracey Westerburg & Trevor Otto for taking over & continuing to lead this amazing non-profit!
TEMPORARILY OF COURSE.
But still, saying those words, typing them out, posting it, it makes me want to cry. I have worked so hard the last 3 years to make OMJ what it is today and it feels very bittersweet to close up shop for orders. I know that we will be back, hopefully BETTER than ever but I am still unsure of what OMJ will look like when we do come back for shopping. I have a lot of things running through my mind on how I should re-open and what the shop will look like but what is certain is that I WILL RE-OPEN and the shop will look different than what it has been. Oh, I am so emotional just writing this. I worked so hard on this business and it definitely is tough closing the doors, even if temporary.
Im sad but I am also REALLY proud of where I have taken OMJ and the success this small business has become. I didn't even know that I could do this and bring this to the point it is now, and Im SO PROUD OF MYSELF! I am also just so thankful for everyone who has shared, followed, shopped, and supported because I definitely would not have grown to the success I had without all of YOU! So again, FOR THE 80TH TIME ... THANK YOU.
I'll be updating you on our move and the status of OMJ on instagram/ Facebook and HERE in the BLOG portion of this website. STAY CONNECTED, stay following, and stay supporting so WE CAN RETURN STRONG!
I appreciate you. Seriously, from the bottom of my heart, THANK YOU.
]]>As you all know, we are a military family and we have received new orders and will be moving to GUAM! Island life here we come! Our family is SUPER STOKED for this once in a lifetime opportunity but it is also bittersweet because this move means that I will unfortunately have to close OMJ until we fully transition to our new home.
I am so thankful for the success OMJ has had in the past 2.5 years and it is all because of YOU and everyone who has supported us; whether that be shopping, sharing, liking, posting, and repping our shop! You guys are the best.
I am not sure what OMJ will look like quite yet when we reopen in our new home but I do know for sure that we WILL BE BACK! I am excited to change and grow and work OH MY JEEZ DESIGNS from our future home in GUAM! We’re moving to a freaking island … what!?
The last day to order through this website will be March 31! Follow us on IG to see any ready to ship sales / items to purchase there that won’t be officially listed! I need to sell my inventory so help me SELL OUT!
Thank you and make sure to continue to follow OMJ on instagram and Facebook to watch our transition and travel to our new home!
Adventure Awaits! - Dana 🖤
* Picture from google images *
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]]>I am SO EXCITED to tell you about some of the new ways we will be making and bringing designs to the shop! For someone who isn't in the tshirt business, you might not know a lot about how your shirts are made or how there are SO MANY different ways of creating a design and putting it on a shirt; so many! But we (my husband and I) have been doing research upon research and we are always looking for new and better ways to bring you long lasting designs on your tees!
Screen printing is a way of bringing designs to your shirts and recently I have started doing my own screen printing! The screen, the design, the paint, and all the mess! There has been a lot of mess during this learning process but the excitement is oh so real and I am super stoked to add more screen print designs to the shop!
And most recently we have made a big new purchase to LEVEL UP our tshirt making and bring Sublimation to the shop! We just bought our very own printer and have converted it to make our out sublimation designs that are ink designs that transfer with heat onto the tshirt! How cool right!? This is a HUGE deal for us and our business and we are SO EXCITED to be able to create more detailed designs for our customers!
A new printer, some new ink, lots of research and practice and we are making BIG things happen here at OMJ! Thanks to all of you we are able to grow and advance our business and be better and bigger everyday! So again, THANK YOU! We would not be OMJ without all your support!
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Why Oh My Jeez?
It took us FOREVER to decide on a name and then one day it just clicked. If you know me personally, then you have probably heard me say, "OH EM GEE" far too many times. When our daughter was just beginning to talk, she started saying "oh my jeez" to everything (she's dramatic just like her mother) and soon we realized she was trying her best to copy me! So here we are, two years later and our whole family says this phrase at lease 10x a day! Oh my jeez! I bet you'll be saying it now too!
Now that we are a full year into OMJ, I can't help but smile at what we have accomplished and what is to come for our little tee shop. Thank you for taking the time to read this, to support us, and to shop small. You are the best!
-Dana, Aaron and Avery
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