It's not too personal :) in all honesty it's something @teamhumble and I are trying to figure out. So far here I have been here under a regular tourist visa (hence the 6 month time frame which I've exhausted at this point) anything more permanent is a bit more tricky, I fly back to the States in April - The clock is ticking :(
In terms of making steemit gear, the reason why you may not see much out there is because although the STEEM logo is open source the Steemit (green one) is not. I believe you can get in a lot of trouble for using it without written permission, I wont even use it in graphics on my posts I'm so scared...