For the month of March only, we will be giving away custom rubber wristbands to any order of 24 hoodies or more. One wristband for each item ordered. This is a good way to make a little extra money – suggested retail on the wristbands is $7 each. I hope it works out for you! Thanks again for your continued business!
We are happy to do work for The Wilds Camp in North Carolina. Their store is really popular with the campers and conference attenders they host all year. Here are some of the designs for their 3 teams this summer (team colors are red, green, and blue). Not sure which will be printed yet, let us know your thoughts.
Here is a look at the basic film for a nice two-color print. We create each color for print on an individual screen. In this particular design, the shirt fabric sometimes looks like a third color in the design. This technique works well when you have distressing built into the design. The final product is smashing.
Question:
Why do women’s shirts button on the opposite side than men’s?
Answer:
Way back in Medieval times, women did not usually dress themselves.They had handmaids to help them. Therefore, the dressmakers designed the garments so the buttons were in the proper position for the dressers, the person USING the buttons. The tradition continued throughout the ages and even into today’s styles.
Question:
What does “pre-shrunk” really mean?
Answer:
It is NOT pre-washing the fabric. It is a process where the bolted, uncut fabric is run through rollers containing tiny nubs that press the fabric over the nubs, creating grooves which condense it. This puckered shrinking effect then allows for real shrinking when washed. Therefore, the fabric not the shirt is pre-shrunk before it is even cut and sewn.
Question:
Where did the word “jersey” in jersey knit come from?
Answer:
It is called that because it was first knitted in the Jersey and Guernsey Islands in the English Channel.
Question:
What is the origin of the pouch pocket that’s so popular in today’s fleece styles?
Answer:
It actually dates back to the 1800s when muffs became a fashionable accessory for Queen Victoria and Prince Albert to keep their hands warm and conceal money and small treasures when traveling.
Question:
What makes Microfiber so much softer than other fabrics?
Answer:
Most other fabrics have 70-80 tendrils of yarn per strand. Microfiber has 216 tendrils per strand. It’s more finely woven, more luxurious, also windproof and waterproof.
Question:
Where does the name “henley” come from?
Answer:
Copies of this shirt, a no-collar knit with buttoned placket, were worn by rowers in Henley, England. It was originally a rower’s shirt.
Question:
Where does the term “denim” come from?
Answer:
From the French “serge de Nimes,” a twill fabric made in Nimes, France from blue vegetable dyes from the indigo plant, which is why deeper hues of blue denim are called “indigo.”
Question:
What does the term “ounces” of fabric refer to?
Answer:
The weight of the fabric based on one yard of fabric.
Question:
Where does the word “khaki” come from?
Answer:
From the Hindu word meaning “dusty,” which applied to the light brown cotton of the Indian army uniforms. Troops in 1850’s India found their white uniforms would be dusty within hours and began soaking them in mud to turn the same practical khaki color.
Reys Market and Bistro on Main Street.
We are excited to have Reys Market & Bistro as a new client of ours. Go by for lunch and check out the 4 different styles of hats and tees we did for them. The logo and identity was created by a friend of ours – Andrew Ramos with Ramos Creative.
The longer you spend in Reys Market & Bistro, the grocery store/market/cafe that now occupies the space formerly occupied by the old Reys Jewelers for almost five decades (and most recently Venti), the more you realize the store actually has.
From the front, the store looks like a small upscale grocery. Organic and gluten-free items line the shelves, but turn around and you’ll also find bodega classics like Spam and Cup o’ Noodles. Venture a little further and you’ll find an open kitchen area where Chef Dave Silver whips up everything from soups and sandwiches to burgers and salads. Pastries line a deli case and nearby and in the back, a café area serves as both study spot and eating spot for patrons. But they also deliver within a 2-mile radius.
Credit: Mykal McEldowney
We’re happy to have The Silver Chair as a new client of ours. Working with Joffre on creating a line of merchandise has been a great experience. Chesterton and Flannery shirts are for sale, with buttons, mugs, and various other items soon to come. If you’re not a book person, stop by anyway to enjoy the coffee bar and free wireless. Find them in Greer at 1008 W. Poinsett St., 864-469-9357.
Now that we’ve outfitted the Liquid Highway employees with the previously featured black and red tees, it is your turn to help decide what colors should be offered to the coffee consumers. Take a look at the following options. We’ve narrowed them down to 5 of the most popular. PLEASE post a comment – let us know what you think!
Let us know which one you like best.
Also, if you haven’t had a chance to visit the new Liquid Highway downtown, be sure to go by and pick up one of their signature drinks.
It hardly seems a month has passed since the Dapper Ink team attended the vendor fair at Bob Jones University, but the orders from Greek societies haven’t yet stopped coming. The design and print teams are working feverishly to produce quality products for the Theta Sigma Colts, Alpha Gamma Eagles, and Beta Chi Bearcubs outings this weekend.
We are excited about printing on a new product for the Eagles–Gildan soft-style, cotton fitted shirts (pheww . . . talk about an adjective pile up!). Dapper Ink is also printing a sporty athletic cinch-sack for the Bearcubs and on classic Anvil shirts for the Colts. Once we get these items finished and delivered to these outing-bound girls, we’ll post some images.
Have fun on your outings with your new gear!
You are invited to come to the opening exhibition of Matt’s art show. Come this Friday night (October 3rd) from 6:00-9:00 or this Saturday morning from 10:00-3:00.
Using silkscreen as his medium, Matt retells the most famous stories from the Book of Genesis though line art inspired by designers Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Edgar Brandit. He also draws from European craft tradition and the cultures of ancient Egypt, East Asia, and Africa which all became popular in the early twentieth century.
To get to the Gallery Downtown, take Academy Street to Pendleton Street. Turn Right on Pendleton street. The triangle-shaped building will be a few blocks down on the left. 1211 Pendleton Street.
Recently we’ve been pleased to start a business relationship with one of Greenville’s most popular (and our favorite) coffee chains, Liquid Highway. http://www.liquidhighway.com
As devotees to “the bean,” we find we have a lot in common with these people, but what we appreciate even more is their young business spirit and their mission to spread the Gospel via giving aid across the world.
So next time you fulfill your craving at a Liquid Highway, take note of the distinctive red print on black tees, sported by all employees. In the near future, they will be available for you to purchase in a variety of colors.
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