Verymeri is the brain child of Meri Zeiff, a former elementary school teacher. Zeiff was inspired to create her company creating whimsical, kid-designed t-shirts and clothing to counteract the negative messages she saw in the media and on her students’ clothing.
I love seeing an alternative to the “attitude” T’s that are so popular in boutiques and mass-market stores alike. Her slogans are not only not negative, but they are aimed to build confidence and encourage creativity and self-expression in a positive way with slogans such as “first grade rocks,” “go green,” and “be buddies not bullies.”
Though trained as an artist and a designer herself, Meri decided to tap into kids’ creativity and let them design the T-shirts. Any child can submit a design for consideration in the collection by mail or by using the online drawing tool. Then the finalists are published on the site and opened up for people to vote on.
Verymeri offers an awesome creative fundraising program as well.
These are just a sampling of the cute designs available for purchases in boutiques or online at their website.
Do you want to send your kids back to school in bright colorful style?
Three readers will win their choice of one of the featured designs shown above. Leave a comment telling which one you like best (and be sure you’ve followed the Back to School Giveaway guidelines). This giveaway is open to U.S. and Canadian addresses.
super cute shirts! my favorite is the “woof” or “be buddies not bullies in fuchsia”
What a wonderful prize! I would love to win!
These are so cute! So much better then huge logos inspired by…company names!
I love the “Woof” design! My daughter is crazy about dogs so I know she would love this!
So cute!
Definitely Woof. We’re a dog-oriented family.
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Woof!
Cute shirts, would love to have any of them but I like the Woof one best!
CHEESE! My granddaughter would look adorable in it.
The “Blast Off” is my favorite. Thanks, Cindi
Too cute! Say cheese!
My 1st grader wants the “No Homework” shirt!!
The shirts are so cute. Love the Peace shirt!
I love the dog shirt. Too cute.
Wanna win this pick me ok…
What a great idea for these t-shirts!
Cute shirts! My daughter would love the Puppy “woof” shirt. I’ve already added a button on my blog.
These are great shirts! My girls love the “Cheese” t-shirt. I’ve bookmarked the site for some cool shopping. Thanks!
I love the Cheese shirt. Both of my boys have great cheesy smiles.
I love the woof one…too cute!!
My kids would love these shirts! Thanks for the chance!
Great for granddaughters! Thanks for the giveaway!
Those shirts are so cute! Count me in!
How cute.
Cute! Hope I win.
So cute!!
Cute shirts. I love the colors.
The blast off one’s a blast.
I love the “Cheese!” one. My 14 month old just starting saying this when we take her picture.
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My Grandaughter would look real cute in the WOOF tee.
my kids would adore these!
The “cheese” shirt kinda looks like my son!
I like the pink “woof!” shirt. So cute!
We would pick the “Peace” shirt. Thank you for the nice giveaway.
My Daughter would love the cheese shirt.
Oh, definitely the “Cheese” shirt! Thanks!
I would love the Kindergarten Rocks tee
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i love these tees!
especially the PEACE, go green and woof designs.
they are adorable!
Blast off! I have boys so I don’t think pink would be a good idea for us. = )
I love the Woof shirt, my grandaughter’s last name is Wolf and she would look so sweet in it!
poppin’!
I love the Kindergarten Rocks pink t shirt, my granddaughter Mya is just starting school, she’s so excited!
I like “Blast Off” the best. I think my son would really like it.
I like the first design, woof!
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Love the Blast Off shirt!! Perfect for my nephew…
What adorable shirts and a great prize. Our family loves unique clothes.
I like the woof one the best. It looks just like our new German Shorthair puppy!
my 7 year old doesn’t like to dress like all the other kids (yay!) so these adorable shirts would be perfect for her!
My favorite is blast off. I added your button to my blog.
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Blast off! is wonderful! They are all so cute, though!
Be Buddies Not Bullies is my pick.
Because we love doggies so much, I think we’d have to go with the pink woof! woof! one! 🙂 It’s cute and I agree: very much helps counteract the negative shirts I see all the time.
Great give-away!
(I added a button, too!) 🙂
I like woof
button on blog
I most like the “woof” design.
I’d love the cheese one! It’s so adorable!
I’d love the Cheese! one. Every time I get our camera out my 2yr old gets this huge grin and says Cheeeeeese! It would be perfect for him.
What a fantastic idea by a fellow teacher! Talk about good PR for your school!
i like blast off
I’d like to be entered, cute designs!
these are so cool
Very cool! What a fabulous idea for children’s clothing!
Preschool rocks!
I like the blast off shirt and the popcorn design. My boy is crazy about popcorn.
Preschool rocks is the best!! 🙂
I’m torn between the “Woof” shirt and the “Blast Off” shirt my daughter and son would love them!
they are all really neat! but i would have to say we would like the rocket one the best. thanks
legacyofbrutalitysa{at}gmail.com I love the “go Green” shirt! Thanks for the fun giveaway
My daughter loves puppies so I would pick woof. Thanks
I like the “CHEESE!” But, all are great!
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Thank you for this fun giveaway!
Such cute designs!!
I love the Woof! design! – very cute!
Awesome shirt designs. Totally fun!
Jessica
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My three year old grandson is in the “puppy” stage. He pretends to be a puppy, he wants grandpa to get him a puppy, etc. I love the “woof: shirt and I checked the website to be sure they had a size to fit him. So cute!
Those are adorable. My daughter would love the woof, in pink. And my son likes the blast off!
These are fun! I teach and she is right about the negative messages on clothing.
Very cute shirts. I like the “blast off”.
I like “Cheese” best! I would really love to win this. I’ve linked back on my blog! Thank you.
oh my! these shirts are simply adorable!!
What a cool and positive idea!
My doggie-loving daughter would love “Woof!”
My daughter had so much fun submitting to the contest, thanks!
I love the blast off shirt.
How cute. I’d love the WOOF one for my daughter. Tooo cute.
They are all so cute…but I have to say the “Cheese” one is my fave!
Hope I win 🙂
I love the Cheese one.
Awesome designs. Count me in!!
I like the woof tshirt! Cute!
My daughter would love the woof t-shirt! The banner an post is up.
I like the woof design the best!
Ooh, I loev the puppy one!
Our son would love the puppy one.
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The Blast Off design is perfect for my son…
What great shirts! My favorite is the Woof!
I’d have to get the Blast Off shirt for a colleague of mine who signs all of the cards we give to people at work with “Blast Off!” He even did that for a condolence card and we had to start a new one and remind him of a better way to comment. His son would be cute in the shirt!
I like the blast off design. Great to know a source of positive tees. Thanks!
Very cute shirts! Your button’s on my sidebar.
I like the Cheese! tee, as well as the Preschool Rocks! tee. I’d have to choose just one if I won, though! I’ll ask my little one to decide. :0)
Meg
I love the no homework one.
so cute.
My daughter would love the puppy, and even my son too, but maybe not in pink?
Great idea – especially good for fundraising.
They are so simple and so cute!
wow there all so cute and well i like the it’s poping tee boy would i love to try and win one for my little one thanks
I think that my son would love the “Blast Off” shirt. Very great idea!
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my little man would love the blast off 🙂
I have your button on my sidebar –
I love the blast off Tee! Absolutely adorable.
I love the other tee’s in her shop, great stuff.
Thanks for the chance to win.
They are all so cute! My favorite is the Woof! shirt with the little dog. Thanks!
My grandson would love the “Blast Off” T-Shirt. These are very cute! Please count me in. Thank you!
So So cute! would love to have these for the girls!
I’ve bookmarked these! These are so cute! We love the “Peace” one!
The “woof” would be perfect for my daughter as she is fascinated with our crazy border collie!
I love the Cheese!!
I like the CHEESE tee
Those shirts are too cute!!
Fan of the “woof” for my animal-loving daughter!
I like the design a tee feature.
Thank you!
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I love the “cheese” one!!
I would love the “Blast Off” t-shirt, looks like something I would buy for my son anyways, just our style!
Thanks so much and have a great day!
Jen
I love them all espcecially the CHEESE one!
They’re lal cute, but my son is a Star Wars fan and the Blast Off one would fit his personality perfectly!
I like both the cheese and blast off tees 🙂
We love the “Woof” shirt!
I like the “Cheese” t-shirt.
I love the Peace shirt! Too cute!
What a great concept! My kids would love these!
Thanks,
Angie
I love the Woof shirt – these are a great idea & a much needed countermeasure to the negative shirts out there! Thanks for the giveaway!
What a novel idea!!
I want to win these for my niece and nephew because they wear t-shirts really, really well. I mean, these kids have style. My LiveJournal is friends-only, but I’ve just blogged the link button there.
My eight year old loves wacky stuff! It would go with his fun personality
My daughter loves cheese…so I would pick the Cheese shirt!
I really like the ‘be buddies, not bullies’ tees! Thanks for sharing these GOOD attitude shirts!
My son would look adorable in the blast off t-shirt! Such cute designs.
The “Cheese” design is really cute! I’d love to win it for my nephew. Thanks for the chance.
My daughter would love the dog shirt. Dogs have been her thing for about a week now since she saw 101 dalmations for the first last weekend.
I’d choose “blast off” since my son wants to be an astronaut!
Im all about the quirky for the Vikings – hate ’em looking like all the other kids on the playground. Need something that makes them STAND OUT so I can find them! LOL This would be perfect! LOL
First Grade Rocks Tshirt is my fav!
Great shirts – very creative! I like that they are positive!
These are cute t-shirts.
I love the “Cheese!” shirt, especially since my 2 yr. old hears it all day long because I take too many pictures!
I love the 2nd Grade Rocks, since my son just started second grade. Otherwise, I like the Cheese! shirt. So cute!
I asked my 5 yr old, and he said, “Cheese!!!”
Oh – my second-grader-to-be would totally love the “BLAST OFF” shirt!!!!
Cute! I like the woof shirt the best.
My dog loving 3 year old daughter would love the WOOF shirt!
It’s a toss up between CHEESE! and Woof, but the kid is in bed and I don’t want to disturb her now that she is finally quiet.
Fun t-shirts!
Thanks!
I like the Woof shirt!
The “Cheese” shirt is a riot…perfect for my 3 year old who is always smiling!
Woof!! my daughter loves dogs :-)… adorable shirts!!!
Very cute – I would have to say my fav is “Blast Off” – my son would love it.
Their shirts are soo cute!! I love the Cheese shirt. Adorable!
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My 10 year old step son could totally use a positive t-shirt!
I like the “cheese” one and the personality it shows. 😉
I really can’t decide between Woof! and Cheese. Both are adorable!
Is there one that says Mother’s Day Out Rocks – big enough for mom?!? LOL
Aww, I want the preschool rocks one for my niece.
The blast off one is fabulous!!
I love the WOOF tee, it’s custom made for my dog (“woowoo”) crazy toddler!
too cute! love them all. my boys would think those were the coolest.
this week’s giveaways are AWESOME!
first grade rocks!!!
I love them all! I personally like the bright colors in CHEESE, and since I’m constantly photographing my kids, they think that’s the thing to say. 🙂
The button’s in my sidebar… I’m loving this week’s giveaways.
I like the Woof one : )
Heck they are ALL cute!!!
I think the Woof! one is just adorable!
love the preschool rocks top!
thanks!
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These are so cute.
Love the dog one!
I like them all! I’d get either Woof or Blast Off. Probably Woof since that’s one of my baby’s favorite words right now.
Cute stuff! My son would love the Blast Off t-shirt. He loves rockets, airplanes, and such.
I really like the Blast Off! T-Shirt. They have some really cute things.
I LOVE this! I really like the Second Grade Rocks shirt! My daughter is about to start 2nd and she would love it 🙂 If I had a boy I would like the Far Out Tee. So cute!
My son would love the Blast Off! shirt 🙂
Far Out, is the one for us!
I love the CHEESE t-shirt. Reminds me of 3 year old right now. Whenever I pull out the camera he’s already yelling out cheese cheese cheese and grinning manically. It’s quite cute. 🙂
Love the blast off one – I just learned a new reinforcement technique using a rocket ship and blast off terminology, so I may have to get one of these if I don’t win it!
I think they are so cute!!
My son would love blast off one! Such a CUTE BOY shirt.
My son would love the blast off shirt. I looks like it has as much energy as he does! I hope it can catch up to him!
I love the Kindergarten rocks! We live across the street from the school, and I’m just keeping an eye on those kindergarten rooms. The moment I see a teacher in one, this girl is outta here.
I say “blast off”. My son is into rockets and such.
Nell
This is so cute! Sign me up for this contest! My 3-year-old would look adorable in the “Cheese” shirt 🙂