In the garment decorating industry, we’ve printed some funny sayings, weird artwork and the most unusual designs for screen printed apparel. This year, the more overstated the better! This year has been a crazy year with the most ugly Christmas sweaters being worn and sold around the United States. A few years ago, stores would have a few sweaters to appeal to those individuals who enjoyed wearing overly embellished sweaters to show their Christmas spirit. This year, local stores can’t [...]

Printing on Hoodies to Achieve Proper Reading I got a call from a StahlsID Customer Service Rep who told me, “Peggy, I had a few calls from people who wanted to know how to heat apply to the hoods on hoodies.” Decorating hoods on hoodies is a rather new trend, since most names or numbers are placed at the lower back portion of the hoodie due to the hanging of the hood.  Now, we are seeing school names, numbers and [...]

During our Setting Up Shop (Home Printing Business) Part 1 webinar we introduced everyone to some creative, cost conscious storage solutions. Following the webinar we had several suggestions and many questions with new and innovative ideas. We would like to share some of those with you. First is an answer to a question that we get often and that is “What type of table do you recommend for heat presses?” There are several options that work well depending on your [...]

Create Easy to Use Order Forms for Your Printed Garments What do you hear nowadays? That no one has time. That no one reads. That people have short attention spans because we are all so busy. Take these into consideration when creating your order forms for groups and schools to order from. The order form has to have pictures (a must!) and easy check boxes for sizes and colors. Take a look at an order form I received, via email, [...]