We hail from Los Angeles, California...Burbank, to be exact. Our roots are Lebanese (him) and Filipino (her). Which makes us Lebapino ... or Filipanese. However way you wanna flip it :) One sunny day, we started out on a hike up to Griffith Observatory. Maybe it was the view of the Hollywood sign or the incline that was making us breathe deeper. Pete and I just started throwing out ideas and puns again that we would always laugh about. Pete was telling me about an idea he had for a shirt about kibbee when suddenly he asked me, 'Wouldn't it be a funny spoof from the Chick-Fil-A campaign if a chicken was saying, 'eat more kibbee'?? Shortly after we got home, a logo and a t-shirt was born! One thing I love about my husband is when the spirit moves him, he follows through. To this day, we love hearing from anyone, 'I love this shirt' !
As for the Crown Royal mask? Well, we both lost our jobs at the start of the pandemic and my brilliant husband, who is a Renaissance Man by nature (actor/voice over talent/bartender by trade)...one day asks me, 'Can you make me a mask out of a Crown Royal bag?'. I've never made one before but was up for the challenge. I researched and studied three DIY - YouTube videos. Four hours later, a mask was born...ALL hand stitched, which still serves as my prototype. (I have a sewing machine now.)
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