The only way to travel when the ground is wet. More chicks have hatched! The Advertees hen house is going to be full in no time.

Good stencils are key to screen printing, getting all the variables correct for each T shirt printing job is essential. With plastisol inks it has always been about finer mesh counts, T shirt printing using waterbased  inks requires a different approach entirely, and the use of both opaque and clear bases gives us a seemingly endless list of possible scenarios. Good stencils on coarse meshes can produce fantastic detail, but every part of the screen preparation process and exposure needs to be spot on, maintaining detail and making the screens …

Lucy Brown continues to investigate the relationships between Kangaroos, chickens, pink clouds and space ships

While some T shirt suppliers  suprise us with mid year price increases, others, namely Earth Positive look like closing the price gap on the non organic brands. As many companies start passing on rising fuel and energy costs to the consumer, Earth Positive will start to see a return on their investment in alternative energy sources. Meaning organic Promotional T shirt printing will not cost the earth.

The chicken strike is over. We are still uncertain as to why, but for the past week we have had no eggs. We looked everywhere for new laying spots, but found nothing. We don’t think it was in protest about accomodation or food? because they have only the best of everything. So we have to blame it on the weather. We are presently printing t shirts with all manner of holiday destinations upon them, nearly all promise sunshine. Maybe the chickens are hinting at a vacation?

With the current weather and surf situation set to continue a little retail therapy could be required, Empire are creating custom surfboards that take a different path. We like the look of their shorter boards. Designed to produce speed effortlessly and promote powerful and controlled turns, these handcrafted boards look like they will bring new lines to your surfing. All that is required to compliment these creations are waves. Which seem to be a little scarce of late.

Organic t shirt printers

A breath of fresh air. In contrast to the weather we are having at the moment, some bright and sunny T shirt colours are going through the workshops this week. Screen Printing in water based inks.
T shirt printers

It is turning into another very busy month at Advertees, and the blog is being neglected terribly, we are seeing some really nice jobs going out of the door unrecorded as we pull out all the stops to meet our deadlines. Our job conversion rate to water based inks is higher than ever, and the response from customers is great. There are very few light coloured T shirts that leave our workshops printed in plastic ink now. We cannot see any reason to print plastic ink on to white T …