Amazing. Incredible. And so very styling. We were blown away by the 550+ entries we received for our Girl Designed T-shirt contest. Girls put their design savviness to work in creating T-shirt concepts that girls in Guiding can wear at Guiding events or just hanging with their squad.
After 5,300+ votes, three winning designs were selected by girls and Guiders across the country. We check in with one of the shirt designers, Abbigail, a Pathfinder in Saskatchewan.
Tell us about how you came up with your design idea.
I heard about the design contest from one of my Unit Guiders. My mum suggested that I should keep my design simple, so I did! I decided to just write, “Is there a badge for that?” on my shirt because I hear other girls asking that all the time. I took a picture of a plain blue T-shirt from Google (because what other colour do you think of when you hear Girl Guides?) and I used my drawing app to write the phrase onto the picture. I emailed in my design and waited for something to happen!
What did it feel like to know your shirt design was one of the finalists?
Oh my goodness, I was so excited when I found out my design had made it to the top 15. I told all of my Guiding friends. I showed them my design and sent them my link to vote for my T-shirt. My mum posted the link to our local unit’s Facebook page. Soon, it was shared to both the District and Provincial Girl Guiding pages too. Everyone seemed to be loving my design!
When I got the email saying my shirt made it to the top three, I couldn’t believe it! At that point, I didn’t even care if I won or not. When they announced they chose all three designs as winners, that was just super crazy. When I got the shirt I designed in the mail, it was the COOLEST feeling.
Besides being a T-shirt designer, tell us a little bit more about yourself.
I’m 14 and I live in Saskatchewan. In my spare time I love to draw, hang out with my friends and participate in Girl Guides. I’ve been in Guides for almost 11 years. I’ve been Guiding all the way from Sparks to Pathfinders. I love Guiding because every outdoor experience, event and meeting is a new adventure. I’m looking forward to seeing what happens next year in Rangers.
Check out the other two winning girl designs. All shirts are available on thegirlguidestore.ca.
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