Monthly Archives: February 2014

Fleece Tie Pillows Make Great Coaches Gifts

Tie Pillows

We are always getting “Team Moms” coming in to our store to find a great gift for their team’s coach. They are tired of t-shirts, hats, jackets and polos. If a coach has been at it for a while they have a stock pile of those kinds of gifts and really don’t need any more. We have a great solution to this situation. A custom printed fleece tie pillow.

We can print your team logo, team photo, team signatures, or even the season’s stats on super soft fleece. All you have to do to complete the project is make the cuts, get a pillow form, and tie the knots!

What a great idea not only for coaches but for graduating seniors, MVPs, or that hard working team mom!

Stop in to see our samples or email us for a quote. We can do any size to fit the standard pillow forms you can get at your local Jo-Ann store or Michaels.

Spiritstore@sbcglobal.net

Cover for my first iphone

iphone cover for blogEver since iphones came out I have wanted one. My carrier was Verizon so I wanted to wait until they became available through them. When that time came, I didn’t want to spend the extra money on the data plan so I did not get the iphone. Now that the pricing is coming within reason and I was due for a new phone, I decided to take the step and got my first iphone.

So many people have iphones and they all look alike. There are lots of covers available out there but I wanted mine to be really custom. I am a Wizard of Oz collector. I have hundreds of OZ things in my office and in my home. I even have witches legs appearing to come out from under my house in my garden. I have used this photo for notecards so I thought it would make a great iphone cover. Something no one else has.

That is what sublimation is all about. Taking an image of something you really love and putting it on just about anything. We have printed cell phone covers  with baby photos, sports teams, garden pictures, geometric patterns, and positive sayings. Possibilities are endless.

Why have the same phone cover as all the other people out there? Design your individual one today. Contact us for a template that you can put your idea on and we will produce your cover for you.

spiritoflivingston.com

Our First Print, Cut, Sew Project

Purse Finished PhotoPurse Liner

We just completed our first print, cut, sew project. It was a simple over the shoulder bag with an art deco pattern in brilliant blues, purples, greens and black. We purchased and downloaded a See & Sew pattern which we then imported into Photoshop. We were then able to fill the pattern pieces we needed to create the bag with the art deco pattern. Once we liked what we saw in photoshop we flattened the image and printed a transfer on our large format sublimation printer. We then sublimated the transfer on to 9oz Hercules polyester fabric.

Pieces were then cut out and the sewing began. We were not crazy how the pattern was put together and would make some changes on the next project, but overall the outcome was fantastic!

How cool to pick any design you like, create your own fabric, create a liner fabric that coordinates with the outside design and produce just what you need to make that one-of-a-kind bag.

The possibilities are endless. We are able to have customers design their own fabric and we will print it for them to sew their own projects. The key is getting the pattern into the computer. If you don’t have a digital pattern, we can print pieces of fabric 36″ x 60″ and you can use regular paper patterns. This process does not give you as much control over matching the patterns in the fabric, but does work to create that one of a kind piece.

Who We Are and What We Do

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We are a family business located in Howell, Michigan. We have been in business for over 27 years doing printing, screen printing, banners, embroidery, varsity jackets, laser etching, and our newest venture large format sublimation. We are starting this blog to let people know all we have to offer especially in the sublimation category. We can print up to 60″ x 40″ on our large format heat presses which allows us to turn a white t-shirt into a beautiful, artistic, colorful piece of designer clothing. Your imagination is the limit. If you can create the art and send us a file we can put it on a shirt, or fabric to sew into something. 3′ x 5′ flags are our specialty. Have your company logo and family crest printed on a custom flag to fly with pride.

Our web page is spiritoflivingston.com. You can contact us at 517.545.8831 or spiritstore@sbcglobal.net.

Let us help you use your creativity and make your images come to life.