T.J. Mousetis started walk in love. during the summer of 2005. His only goal was to raise enough money to travel to Russia on a misson trip with his Dad. T.J. purchased 100 blue shirts, printed them with the phrase “walk in love”, and sold them to friends, family, church members. Even a random stranger or two bought shirts online via T.J.’s Myspace page! Due to the success of the original walk in love. shirt, T.J. has been able to return to Russia several times since his first trip. But it only took one trip to Russia to give T.J. his passion for designing and selling t-shirts. By 2008 walk in love. was a company with multiple designs and a demand to “get bigger!” Knowing that expansion for walk in love. needed to happen quickly and creatively, T.J. decided to start that process by getting professional photos of his shirts. So naturally, he Facebooked a cute girl from church who was a photographer. She agreed to do free photos in exchange for a few walk in love. t-shirts. That photographer was Brooke – and a year later T.J. and Brooke tied the knot. Upon combining their creative powers, T.J. and Brooke dove head first into making walk in love. a full-time company and business – with a new website, dozens of new shirts and styles, and a seasonal kiosk at their local mall. Through the love, support and financial donations of hundreds of people, walk in love. opened it’s first brick-and-mortar retail store in April of 2011.
The desire of walk in love has always been, and will always be, to remind people that God loves them more than they can imagine. And because of that love, we too can love others – no strings attached.
I have heard of this company before but I didn’t realize the truly amazing work they do. I know a couple of my friends actually have purchased their shirts and it is a great and creative way to spread a positive message. I wish that they incorporated more bible verses on some of their t-shirts since walk with love can be something that Christians and non-Christians say.