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about your guts

how do these guts work? what do glands do, exactly? how do your innards function? good questions. click away and find out:

about i heart guts

Peep our slideshow of Guts on the road!

I Heart Guts is the brainchild of an anatomically obsessed illustrator who loves internal organs and all they do. Founded in 2005, our little family operation (heh heh..ugh) strives to offer the best in stoopid slogans paired with happy gloppy guts.

The guts grew from a single drawing of a broken heart, after a string of bad hookups, dead-end relationships and bad boyfriends. At the time, I was also doing a lot of drinking, so a sad liver and lung followed. Years later, my wonderful husband wondered, "Why don't you do something with those darned guts?"

I started out with one T-shirt and now our apartment is filled with tote bag guts, button guts, sticker guts, tons of tees, and now plush toy organs. Oy vey. If ever you need a gut, come on over and we'll bust you one. I do all the drawing, designing, dorking, shipping, emailing and wholesaling, while my man deals with the thrills of acounting. Our one-year-old is in charge of throwing stuff around the room and mess-making.

Time Out New York said of the guts, "The deliriously happy bunch is sure to put any get-well card to shame," while Entertainment Weekly ventured: “Who hasn’t dreamed of owning a shirt with a bright, animated uterus on the front?" Black Book magazine says, "These furry toys can transplant love back into any tired relationship" and arbiter of hip Cool Hunting enjoys the “bizarre, giggle-inducing designs." Wired blog's Geek Dad notes, "Imagine the fun of saying "'Go upstairs to bed, sweetie, and don't forget your pancreas!'"

people with guts

Our liver lent a hand for the American Liver Foundation's Love Your Liver campaign.

Got a gutsy foundation or non-profit? We want to collaborate with you! I Heart Guts works with transplant organizations and health organizations to raise funds for fabulous organizations. So far we've teamed up with the American Liver Foundation, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, UCSF Medical Center and the Colitis and Crohn's Foundation of America to help raise money and create educational campaigns with the guts. We are happy to custom-design buttons, stickers or tees for concerts or fundraisers to help raise money for medical student groups, medical non-profit groups, medical founations and hospitals. Why don't you write us a note today and tell us about your organization so we can help you raise some moolah?