I don’t know about you, but puff ink prints bring to mind the era-defining bold neon designs of the 80s and 90s. And then there are all the iconic moments that are inked into my memory in Day-Glo colors.

You know, 80s athletic fashion, early Madonna, Jane Fonda’s record smashing workout videos, Valley Girl, and that one John Travolta aerobics scene in the film Perfect. Phew!

Like other vintage trends, puff ink printing is making a strong comeback as one of the boldest screen printing techniques, and we’re here for it. At fancysweetstx, we’re stoked to change up the designs on our customized t-shirts and sweatshirts with puff ink.

About Plastisol Ink: Widely used in garment printing because it’s easy to clean, doesn’t dry on the screen, and can appear opaque on dark garments.

The technique involves adding a puff base or puff additive to regular plastisol ink that, when heat-treated, swells to create a raised, textured effect that is soft and rubbery to the touch.

We love that our puff ink printed designs elevate even the most pared down creative designs into unique apparel.

As we walk you through the pros and cons of screen printing with puff ink, we’ll discuss:

• What makes it an incredibly versatile special effect ink
• Why you have to factor in color loss when printing with puff ink
• How it compares against other screen printing inks
• Tips for getting the most out of your puff printed garments

The Pros of Using Puff Ink for Screen Printing

In a world that offers endless personalized products, puff ink is a fantastic way to make a statement and stand out.

Did You Know: 80 percent of consumers are more likely to buy from a company that provides a tailored experience.

Let's take a deeper look into some pros of screen printing with puff ink:

1 - Gives Designs a 3D, Textured Appearance

One of the biggest advantages of using puff ink is that it can add depth and dimension to your designs, which enhances their visibility and impact.

How do you make a simple single color design visually stand out? 

The raised texture of the ink creates a tactile quality that really makes designs pop, especially when it comes to tone-on-tone creations like our Ohio Pink Pigment Dyed Sweatshirt.

It looks and somewhat feels like an embroidery or a clothing patch, without the additional labor.

That it gives dimension to outlines or tone-on-tone prints is probably our fave aspect of puff printing and the one we apply most in our puff printing designs.

"Buy this!

I have many items from fancysweetstx but this is my favorite! Perfect material and color! Buy it. You won’t regret it."
— Anonymous, Verified Buyer, United States

2 - Works Well With a Range of Effects and Inks

Puff ink printing is like that friendly kid on the playground who jives with all the others. 

It combines well with standard screen printing inks to achieve a multidimensional look to your design. These standard inks can be traditional Pantone colors, consist of fading halftones, or be made of specialty inks like metallic inks.

To do this, puff ink is printed right next to the standard inks. You just let us know which portion of the design you want to be puff ink and we'll be sure there is enough space and substance to the print.

The combination of two types of ink creates a memorable look to your clothing that your customers will love.

3 - More Versatile Than High-Density Printing

Puff ink printing and high-density printing are the only screen printing special effects that create a visibly raised design. It’s therefore important to understand how they compare.

Compared to high-density printing, puff ink printing is:

• More versatile as it works well on cotton, polyester and fabric blends whereas high-density ink requires sturdy cotton and cotton-based fabrics to withstand its multiple heat curing stages
• Less labor intensive as it requires one or a maximum of two coats, while high-density printing may require additional applications to achieve the same height 
• Cheaper because it uses fewer layers of ink and is less labor intensive than high-density ink
• More flexible color-wise since it can create multicolored designs and halftones; high-density printing is ideal for limited solid colors per garment

So, if you’re looking for a high impact, custom design option that’s affordable and versatile, puff ink printing is the way to go.

4 - Creates Outstanding Multicolor Designs

Puff ink really does it all because not only is it great for monochromatic designs like our 16153 Genova Puff Crew Sweatshirt, it’s also fantastic for elevating a multicolor design.

Puff ink can make one color pop out from the rest, helping to direct the eye to the most important element of your design.

Cons to Consider When Screen Printing With Puff Ink

Like all t-shirt printing techniques, screen printing with puff ink has its challenges, especially because it’s a specialty ink that requires special considerations regarding mesh count and design detail.

Here are four cons to keep in mind when screen printing with puff ink:

1 - Poses Challenges for Exact Color Matching 

For better branding, you might need to match your custom print to the exact Pantone colors on your brand’s logo or artwork. Here you’ll run into one of the major limitations of puff ink printing.

Puff printed colors appear more washed out or muted than the original plastisol ink. 

Remember, to achieve a puff print, the printing ink or pigment have to be mixed with a puff additive. When the ink expands, the color has a tendency to lighten up a shade or two.

This isn’t ideal for brand logos. 

There’s a way around this that requires screen printing expertise and lots of sample tests. 

So when you reach out to us for a puff print design, be sure to let us know how precise we need to be with color matching on your puff design.

2 - Blurs Out Fine Detailed Work and Image Prints

Fine detailed prints and detailed geometric designs easily get lost in the puff.

Puff ink prints swell in all directions, upwards and outwards. If the lines of your design are fine as well as too close together, they’ll get swallowed up as the ink cures and expands.

For example, puff printing works beautifully for our Vintage 16153 Genova Fireworks Shirt, despite the fine lines of the fireworks. The lines aren’t close together, plus the charm of the design comes from the overlapping edges of the fireworks.

Bold lines and large design elements show up better with puff ink, which exaggerates their boldness. That’s why at fancysweetstx we lean heavily on block text in our puff ink designs.

The sweet spot is a line weight of one point (0.35 mm) or greater. For design detailing, halftone dots should be no finer than 20 lpi (lines per inch).

A compromise that your printer may offer is to reduce the height that the puff grows to, but calibrating this relies heavily on their expertise.

3 - Not Ideal for Photo Based Prints

Say you wanted custom souvenir shirts printed with a photo of the Mona Lisa or, better yet, North Dakota’s giant birds on the Enchanted Highway, puff printing would not work.

For photo realistic prints to look crisp, they need to be printed using a high mesh count screen. Conversely, for you to deposit enough ink on the fabric for puff ink printing, you need a lower mesh count screen. 

Mesh count refers to the number of threads that cross each other per square inch of the screen.

Puff ink printing isn’t ideal for photo based designs since the low mesh count used wouldn’t allow for details.

As we mentioned previously, tiny details that are close together get blurred out by puff ink.

4 - High Initial Set Up Cost

Puff printing often costs more than regular printing and may be even more expensive for small custom orders.

Puff ink printing falls under specialty screen printing services. It requires an extra ingredient, the foaming agent, coupled with the expertise to understand how to manipulate the ink vs. puff agent ratio to suit each design. 

For this reason, printers will often attach an add-on cost to puff printing services and it’s worth confirming before you go ahead.

Understanding these potential challenges can help you make an informed decision about when and how to use puff ink for your clothing customization. With proper technique and knowledge, printers can achieve striking statement pieces. 

Which Ink Is Right for You? 

We’ve looked at the many pros and few cons of puff ink, but how does it measure up against other types of screen printing ink? 

In the table below, we compare puff ink to other types of screen printing ink to help you determine which is the best fit.

fancysweetstx’s Expert Tips on Puff Ink

At fancysweetstx, we strive to be the best in the custom screen printing industry. And that includes ensuring our customers get the most out of their puff ink printed garments.

This attention to detail allows us to create both bold, chunky designs like our Pburg Script Puff Sweatshirt and light, quirky designs like our Vintage 16153 Genova Fireworks Shirt.

"So Comfy!

It is so comfortable and the color is great!"
— Anonymous, Verified Buyer, United States

But you have to do your part too to ensure your puff print works for you.

Proper laundry care is crucial to keep that puff print looking crisp:

• Wash inside out with cold water.
• Avoid tumble drying and hang dry instead.
• Don’t iron the print.

Is Puff Ink Right for Your Screen Printing Needs?

Screen printing with puff ink is a fantastic way to add texture and dimension to designs, making them stand out. It gives custom printed clothing a bold, yet nostalgic, retro vibe that makes each item memorable.

Using puff ink comes with its own set of challenges, including color loss and difficulty achieving detail. That said, the challenges are far outweighed by the versatility and visual impact of puff prints, especially in the hands of screen printing experts, such as fancysweetstx.

For nearly two decades, we’ve been creating fun Midwestern clothing and accessories, and with each item, we strike a perfect balance between high-quality printing, hometown pride, and fun. After all, our whole mindset is if it looks like fun, then it probably is.

Check out our brand of fun in our collection of Midwestern, vintage puff print merch. 

Related: Read about how we screen print on vintage shirts

It’s easy to get confused considering both options produce high-quality designs, are affordable, and work with various fabrics.

Despite these similarities, embroidery and screen printing have unique advantages. For instance, artwork with effects such as shading is harder to reproduce with embroidery than it is with screen printing.

Here, we’ll discuss three more variations to help you decide between the two decoration methods. As we go over them, you’ll also learn:

• Why embroidery is preferred for professional settings 
• Why screen printing is better for large-size and detailed artwork
• Why colors affect the price of screen printing, but not embroidery
• Where to find high-quality custom screen printing and embroidery services

But first, let’s delve into each option and what makes it popular.

Embroidery - What It Is and How It’s Done

Embroidery is how those intricate threaded logos and bold fonts got onto your embroidered polo or favorite beanie.

It’s a high-tech threading process that involves:

1. Artwork digitization: This step sets up a plan for the stitching machinery with critical details such as thread count and placement.
2. Thread color selection: This step enables visual effects such as simple color changes and highlights.
3. Machine stitching: The embroidery machines create multiple stitches simultaneously to save time. Our machines embroider up to six items in one go.

Advantages of Embroidery

• Versatility: There are various embroidery styles to choose from, including flat and puff embroidery, or patches. This variety makes embroidery a flexible option as different embroidery styles accommodate different fabrics.
  For instance, embroidery patches work well with hats and beanies. Flat and puff embroidery work perfectly with tougher fabrics like denim.
• Durability: Embroidery designs use sturdy polyester threads. These threads withstand bleaching, commercial laundry, and the frequent rubbings of industrial environments. Their durability is why you find embroidery motifs on military uniforms.
• Professional look: Embroidery designs give garments a professional look that communicates experience and quality. It’s why they're featured on corporate and military uniforms to sell a brand and establish rank.
• Cost is independent of colors: The cost of embroidery doesn’t include the number of colors in your design. You’ll get a flat rate for your pallet (up to 15 colors with our machines) and a variable cost of stitch count. This pricing maximizes your freedom to be creative with colors.

Disadvantages of Embroidery

• Unsuited for gradient colors: The subtle color change of one color fading into another is harder to achieve with embroidery threads. They come in distinct colors without in betweeners, which are best for sharp color change designs.
• Unsuited for waterproof garments: Embroidery needles compromise the waterproofing of your garments during stitching. The needles puncture your garment and create openings for water and moisture. Embroidery is still an option if preferred, however, we do recommend screen printing in this situation.
• Unsuited for small text: Embroidery can only scale down so far and remain legible. We recommend a height of at least .25" for embroidery. This make it more visible and produced a better result. Keep this in mind when scaling your logo for a left chest or hat placement.

Screen Printing - What It Is and How It’s Made

Screen printing is a graphics technique involving ink transfer through a mesh screen, graphics, and your garments.

The whole process entails:

1. Designing a mesh screen: A mesh screen is fabricated for each color in your design. This step is why the number of colors you use affects the printing price.
2. Actual printing: The finished mesh screen is placed on a platen with ink on top. A squeegee is then used to push ink through the mesh and onto your garment.
3. Drying: The newly printed garments pass through a dryer to cure the ink and ensure durability before washing.

Advantages of Screen Printing

• Cost-effective for large orders: Bulk orders use one mesh screen on multiple units. This practice limits the cost of making the screens while spreading all costs among the printed units.
• Suitable for light and special garments: Screen printing doesn’t involve impactful needles. It’s therefore applicable to delicate garments like high-visibility jackets and weatherproof coats.
• Suitable for small texts: Screen printing captures greater detail than embroidery. For instance, small texts are hard to embroider without affecting readability, but this isn’t a problem for screen printing.
• Suitable for gradient colors: Screen printing allows you to create detailed images on a screen. This ability enables the printing of complex designs that use gradient colors, such as rainbows and logos that involve gradients and color fades.

  Here’s an example of halftone printing from fancysweetstx:

Disadvantages of Screen Printing

• Garment color and fabric influence ink colors: The dye used to color a shirt and the material the shirt is of can cause the color of a shirt to show through the ink. For instance, if an underbase is not printed on a black shirt the ink will lack opacity or be muted relative to its intended color. A similar concept applies to fabric. Cotton is a natural fiber whereas polyester and rayon are synthetic. These man made materials can results in prints that are not as vibrant. An experienced screen printer learns how to mitigate these issues for their customers. 
• Colors affect the price: Because colors need individual screens, they affect pricing. This cost variation can limit creative freedom if you’re working with a tight budget. Even so, you can mitigate the cost of colors by printing multiple units of the same multi-color design.

Choosing Between Embroidery and Screen Printing

At the end of the day, embroidery and screen printing are excellent options for your garments. They offer stunning finishing and cost-efficiency with large-scale orders.

Even so, consider the following factors when choosing between them.

1 - Consider Your Garment’s Usage

Not all designs fit all applications.

If you’re looking for a high-end look that’s excellent for the front office or marketing events, opt for an embroidered garment.

Embroidery designs use rayon threads that give them a silky sheen. It also gives a natural look that’s typical of premium products and excellent for professional settings. 

Besides, rayon threads are soft on the skin, which is essential for garments that’ll be worn for prolonged periods.

If you’re looking for a casual look for occasions such as team-building exercises or camp or work shirts, use screen-printed garments.

They offer many more design options and are less expensive than embroidered garments. This price factor is especially important for occasional wear with limited useful life (see: on site usage for landscaping and construction).

2 - Consider Your Garment Type

Embroidery is applicable on various garments, including stretchy knit fabric using patches. But it’s preferable for heavier garments such as woven cotton and denim.

Delicate fabrics such as rayon, nylon, or lightweight polyester (used on hi-vis) are less resistant to embroidery needles. These fabrics have thin fibers that can be weighed down or pucker during stitching.

Screen printing doesn’t involve needles. It uses ink and heat curing, which helps to maintain the structure of your garments. As such, screen printing is better for lighter fabrics or special garments.

The following table highlights the best fabrics for embroidery and screen printing projects.

Tell Us About Your Idea

Now that you know more about embroidery and screen printing, you’re better placed to pick between them, and we’d love to help.

Whether you’re looking to create stunning custom designs for your merch or shopping for something more mainstream, our team at fancysweetstx is eager to work with you.

We’ve been at this since 2006, so we know a thing or two about:

• Fast turnaround times
• Quality finishing
• Affordable pricing

"Phenomenal experience buying a run of 65 t-shirts. Very fast responses, great pricing, and fast production. Finished product is of excellent quality.”
- Joe M

Contact us today and let’s get started on your idea.

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OSHA requires employers to ensure their employees work in a safe environment free from hazards that may cause injury or death.

Offering protective and high-visibility work gear is a primary means of ensuring your personnel’s safety.

Today, we’re looking at four simple steps to customize your work gear so you can promote your brand without‌ breaking OSHA rules. We’ll also compare the influence that custom and non-custom work gear have on your brand and employees.

1 - Select Your Work Gear

Custom High-Visibility Safety Vests

When choosing custom high-visibility safety vests, ensure they’re compliant with ANSI/ISEA 107-2015 standards. This code (recommended by OSHA) sets the guidelines for creating safe and professional high-visibility work gear.

The most crucial characteristic of compliant safety vests is their fluorescent colors. OSHA specifies the following luminous colors as the best options for high visibility safety vests:

• Yellow
• Orange
• Bright red
• Orange-red
• Yellow-green

These colors stand in sharp contrast to the immediate environment. Thanks to their special pigment, they absorb UV light and send it back to an approaching vehicle or worker to maintain the wearer's visibility—even in dim conditions.

Besides helping keep workers safe by making them visible to vehicle drivers and plant operators, custom high-visibility vests provide an excellent opportunity for:

• Personnel identification
• Promoting brand awareness
• Creating a professional image
• Organizing employees into departments

Custom Construction Hi-Vis Work Jackets

Like all hi-vis safety gear, your company’s safety jackets need to conform to OSHA guidelines, which include:

• Affixing 50 mm wide retroreflective strips vertically, around the waist, and with a shoulder-to-waist “X” on the back to enable visibility in dark places
• Ensuring safety work jackets are well-fitting without billowing strips to avoid entanglement in moving machinery
• Protecting workers from fire, chemicals, static electricity, and radiation by making custom safety work jackets from flame-resistant and insulated material
• Ensuring safety work jackets are ‌long or short-sleeved and avoiding sleeveless jackets

Having addressed OSHA’s concerns, the custom construction hi-vis work jacket provides you with an excellent opportunity to promote your business.

For example, you can customize the jacket to include your company logo.

However, while there’s a lot of free space left on the jacket, you need to design your company’s logo so that it’s the right size and doesn’t obscure the jacket’s safety features.

Don’t make the logo too small to be seen either.

According to the ANSI-ISEA-107-2015 (Section 7.2):

• The total surface area covered by custom text and logo on the front and rear of a high-visibility safety jacket shouldn’t exceed 465 cm.sq (72 in.sq)
• Custom text and logo should not create horizontal gaps over 50 mm (1.97 in.) on the retroreflective material of a hi-vis safety jacket

The best places to put your company logo include:

• Chest pocket
• Upper back
• Lower back

Custom Safety Hoodies and Sweatshirts

Keep your personnel comfortable by adding custom hoodies and sweatshirts to their work gear.

Having apparel made from luminous safety colors and soft fluffy material, as with All Mechanical Insulation Inc, will improve professionalism and comfort without compromising safety.

Workers are more likely to wear the safety gear beyond the worksite, further publicizing your custom embroidered company logo.

Protect your crew and promote your brand by choosing from fancysweetstx’s wide range of worksite safety apparel.

Custom Screen Printed Safety T-shirts

Custom Screen Printed Safety T-shirts provide maximum comfort and mobility because of their flexibility and breathability.

You can have them made with built-in UV protection, too, to shield workers from the hot sun.

Custom Hard Hats

Besides their power to make your workers visible and protect them from potential on-site head injuries, custom safety hard hats hold a great opportunity for brand publicity.

Their bright colors, such as orange, yellow, red, or white, provide a unique backdrop for printing your company's name or logo.

These two options stand out in printing your logo onto hard hats:

• Direct printing: Involves printing your logo directly onto the hard hat.
• Decals: Sticking logos onto the hard hat; however, they may fade over time.

As in all work gear customizations, ensure your company information is not so extensive that it defeats the safety gear’s purpose.

Maintain a maximum length and height of 3 inches for the logo and text. The best spot to place your logo and text on a hard hat is in front, above the brim.

The table below will help you compare the effects of custom and non-custom work gear on your brand and employees.

2 - Create Your Design

In creating your design, the contrast between the work gear’s color and your company logo should be your primary consideration.

For example, as safety work gear is fluorescent, a black logo creates a naturally vivid contrast. Its non-reflective nature also makes it the most compliant color to ANSI standards.

Besides the logo and text color, ANSI 107 standards limit the total surface covered by your customizations to 72 square inches.

You can divide the 72-inch quota and spread it across the safety apparel.

You can have your logo and text printed on the work gear‌ by:

• Embroidery
• Heat transfers
• Single-color screen prints in black
• Full-color printing that’s bright and clear

3 - Choose Your Designer

Choosing your designer is a process that involves comparing businesses’ ability to meet your needs at the most competitive price.

Below is a cross-section of the main factors you need to consider before settling on a company that’s best suited for designing your work gear.

Product Range and Availability

You can never overemphasize the convenience of sourcing all your custom safety work gear—including vests, t-shirts, jackets, hoodies, and hats—from a single supplier. It minimizes logistical costs such as shipping and offers other benefits like bulk discounts.

Another critical factor is the custom design options a company offers. For example, does the company do embroidery, color printing, heat transfer, or a combination? Can they supply the actual work gear? Or is customization all they can do?

fancysweetstx designs, produces and supplies specialized, custom printed and embroidered clothing and promo products in bulk.

Some of our flagship products include:

• Safety apparel
• Contractor shirts
• Embroidered hats and beanies
• Embroidered crew sweatshirts

Reliability

First, reliability involves a design company’s dependability and ability to service your order within the agreed timeframe.

Second, reliability refers to the company’s product compliance with the American National Standard for High Visibility Safety Apparel and Headwear (ANSI/ISEA 107).

Can they show proof of certification on demand?

Did you know? CAN/CSA Z96-02 and EN ISO 20471 are the equivalent safety standards for Canada and Europe.

Affordability

As with your other expenses, the company supplying you with custom work gear should justify its prices.

Therefore, it’s essential to shop for the most affordable and well-suited supplier of custom work gear.

The following video provides handy tips for purchasing hi-vis work gear.

Expert Tip: Choose a shirt with a soft material that will be worn more often than a standard shirt.

4 - Promote Your Brand

• Custom embroidered polo shirts: Offer comfort and confidence and boost company image when meeting current and prospective clients.
• Custom work hats and beanies: Trucker hats protect against the sun’s UV rays, and beanies keep you warm during cold weather.
• Custom logo water bottles and coolers: Keep employees hydrated and make excellent giveaways to current and prospective customers.

You can also contact us for more customized promotional products, such as:

• Lanyards
• Sweatshirt blankets
• Stickers and magnets
• Enamel pins and keychains

Choose Safety and Comfort

At fancysweetstx, we firmly believe that workers are more productive when they’re assured of safety and comfort at the workplace. This is the philosophy behind our success in partnering with other businesses.

For certified work gear such as hi-vis t-shirts, and hats, fill out this form and tell us how we can help you. We’ve got state-of-the-art embroidery, color printing, and heat transfer equipment to create your company's best custom work gear.

Our customers are enjoying a thriving partnership with us.

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Protect and Promote

Providing your crew with certified work gear guarantees workplace safety and gives you peace of mind.

Besides, custom safety gear presents you with an excellent opportunity to promote your business at no extra cost. fancysweetstx will help you optimize safety and brand visibility on every piece of custom work gear you order.

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While landscaping is typically evaluated by aesthetics, due diligence is required to ensure your employees’ safety. A simple and affordable way of keeping landscapers safe is by dressing them in proper landscaping uniforms. 

As a business owner, a landscaping uniform goes beyond the safety of your workers. It is also:

• A form of free advertising for your brand
• Portrays professionalism
• Boosts your employees’ confidence
• Creates a team spirit

Choosing a good quality landscaping uniform is no easy task. When selecting safety shirts or hi-vis jackets for landscapers, you can’t rely on visibility alone; there’s way more to it than meets the eye.

1 - Pick a Uniform That’s Functional

The first step to choosing a landscaping uniform is evaluating its functionality. 

Is it practical for a landscaper? 

All site apparel needs to be practical. Landscapers are involved in a lot of physical activities, so their uniforms shouldn’t be too loose, heavy, or tight to ensure freedom of movement. 

Does the uniform have extra or strategically placed pockets? 

Pockets help landscapers store pens, small notepads, mobile devices, and other small tools as they work. Also, as they maneuver about the site, they shouldn’t be hindered by the uniform’s compartments—the sections should allow easy access to the equipment stored. 

Landscapers will work in the safety apparel you’ve given them, so think of functional but comfortable uniforms. Well-fitting uniforms will also positively impact their attitude, helping them take more pride in their work by feeling good about how they look.

2 - Consider the Weather of the Workplace

Before choosing a landscaping uniform, you’ll need to consider the time of the year and the expected weather.

In the summer, for instance, the weather becomes hotter, calling for lighter clothes with maximum breathability. But in the winter, temperatures drop and visibility declines, creating the need for thicker, high-visibility clothing.

See the table below for how these factors ought to be considered.

Expert Tip: Custom t-shirts are the most popular work clothing for landscapers. They’re available at fancysweetstx in both short-sleeve and long-sleeve options and work in any temperature.

3 - Pick Colors and Materials With the Right Visibility

Landscapers sometimes work at night or in areas with dim lighting. Similarly, weather conditions, such as fog and mist hinder visibility. Both situations may lead to accidents, especially when working along roads or freeways.

The Laborers’ Health and Safety Fund of North America reports motor vehicle accidents as the leading cause of fatal accidents among landscapers.

Landscaping employees are, therefore, required to wear high-visibility clothing while working to help them be seen by drivers, pedestrians, and other workers. 

According to OSHA:

• Daytime employees must wear hi-vis apparel in orange, yellow, or strong yellow-green colors.
• Nighttime employees must wear safety wear with retroreflective material—that which reflects light back to its original source—in orange, yellow, white, silver, or strong yellow-green colors.
• No clothing or equipment should hinder the visibility of hi-vis clothing.
• The safety apparel should be visible from 1,000 feet away, both during the day and night.

Hi-vis clothing affords landscapers an extra level of safety, giving them peace of mind as they work. 

There are 3 major components of high visibility workwear:

• Fluorescent materials: Absorbs UV light from the sun then releases the rays as visible light, increasing visibility during the day
• Reflective stripes: Reflect light directly back to its source, and are ideal for darker hours of the day or at night; for instance, the reflective stripes will reflect light from a driver’s headlight back to the driver who will see the landscaper
• Contrast materials: Often made with darker color pigments less sensitive to dirt, and used mainly on parts of the clothing where dirt accumulates fast; less sensitive to dirt than reflective stripes and fluorescent materials

4 - Choose the Most Appropriate Fabric

The fabric choice for your landscaping uniform must be greatly determined based on practicality. 

Think about the most important needs of a landscaper: 

• Are you looking for a uniform that’s easy to wash and wear? 
• What of durability—should the uniform be hard-wearing? 
• Does the uniform’s fabric take into account health and safety regulations? Is it heat resistant?
• How comfortable is the uniform—should it be tight-fitting or contain spandex in some areas?

As a landscaper, it’s critical to choose uniforms that will protect workers against injuries when working in threatening conditions, such as low-visibility areas, bad weather, and places with rain or heat. 

The landscaping uniform’s fabric needs to be durable, easy to care for, and comfortable. Let’s look at a few fabric examples in the following table, their uses, and their pros and cons.

As much as today’s technology and techniques make almost every fabric stand out, the most ideal choices are blended:

• Tri-blend fabrics are made of three different fabrics, mostly cotton, polyester, and rayon (a silk substitute).
• 50–50 blend fabrics are made of polyester and cotton in equal measures.
• Dry-fit blends can wick moisture and have body mapping properties

Above all, consider the printability of your selected fabric since you’ll be printing your company’s logo and design on the uniform.

A common method used to print uniforms is screen printing. 

fancysweetstx uses automated screen printing equipment to ensure the quality of each screen printed garment. From the screen room to our printing presses, our investment in state-of-the-art equipment has resulted in higher quality shirts and screens.

Related: How to Burn a Screen for Screen Printing T-Shirts [With Video]

Landscaping Uniforms—What Workers Need

Since you’re now in the best position to choose quality landscaping uniform, let’s look at some options in the market today:

• Polo shirts: Durable, comfortable, and portray a high level of professionalism; for hot weather, opt for dry performance polos which provide extra ventilation with their moisture-wicking abilities.
• T-Shirts: The most popular work shirts for landscapers and work for any temperature; affordable and ideal when working on a tight budget
• Button-down shirts: More durable than polos and t-shirts, and won’t reveal stains as easily
• Shorts: Ideal for riding mowers or during the hot summers
• Pants: Protect the legs from harm when pushing mowers, removing trees, or passing through sharp branches
• Jackets: Ideal for working on chilly days
• Headwear: UV-blocking hats protect landscapers from the sun’s UV rays which can cause sunburns on the scalp

What Next?

Increase your brand’s awareness today with quality custom printed or embroidered landscaping uniforms for your workers. 

fancysweetstx offers a wide selection of custom landscaping workwear, hi-vis, hoodies, shirts, all at affordable prices. Contact us today and we’ll bring your ideas into reality. 

All you need to do is tell us about your project, then we’ll handle everything from custom design creation to printing or adding embroidery to the garment.

"I would recommend fancysweetstx for anyone who is looking for quality clothes and excellent customer service… Highly, highly recommend." Matthew S

"Phenomenal experience buying a run of 65 t-shirts. Very fast responses from the account manager, great pricing, and fast production." Joe M

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Besides modestly priced fabric and a competent designer, there are more tips, tricks, and ideas to getting the maximum return on investment from your company apparel.

Today, we’ll consider these five customization hacks:

• Amplifying colors with shades and contrast
• Choosing the right font and typography
• Associating company apparel with departments
• Printing inspirational quotes
• Making apparel for special events

We’ll also look at the effects of customized and uncustomized company apparel on employees and brands. 

1 - Amplifying Colors With Shades and Contrast

A sharper color contrast will create a greater visual impact and reciprocity for your company apparel. This will lead to more brand awareness, resulting in increased customer engagement.

Make your text and graphics more assertive by placing them on a visually contrasting palette.

The image below is an excellent example of deep-colored text and graphics that we printed on a lightened palette, resulting in a catchy, highly contrasting color mix.

Here are some harmonious contrast suggestions to help you avoid color conflict:

• Monochromatic high contrast: varying one color with tints, tones, and shades by adding black or white. 
• Achromatic high contrast: using neutral colors only; white, black, and gray.
• Complimentary high contrast: combining a color with the opposite color on the color wheel.

Expert Tip: Every color on the wheel stands directly across a contrasting contemporary. As a general rule, while working with complementary colors, choose one as the dominant and the other as the complimentary.

2 - Choosing the Right Font and Typography

Font refers to text style (typeface). At the same time, typography is concerned with the visual arrangement of text and words.

All text and graphics on company apparel carry a message for your target audience. Therefore, you need to choose fonts that’ll resonate with your target audience. 

The image below exemplifies an eye-catching but straightforward combination of font style, color, and typography.

Here are examples of fonts for professional company apparel:

• Helvetica: features unmatched legibility and a professional look that makes it one of the best fonts for logo design.
• Garamond: has been a favorite of Apple and Microsoft Windows and is considered the second-best font after Helvetica due to its gentle curves and precise edges.
• Futura: popular with global brands such as Red Bull, Paypal, and Gillette due to its elegance, strength, and clarity.
• Proxima Nova: comes with 48 sleek, modern, and minimalistic variations, providing numerous formal and professional design alternatives.

Pairing a font with a complimentary choice from above creates impressive visual outcomes. For example, you can combine Helvetica and Garamond on a single company t-shirt without causing conflict.

Also, before pairing fonts, ensure the ascenders and descenders of tailed letters such as b, d, h, and p are proportional. This will maintain typographical symmetry.

Avoid effects such as drop shadows and textures because they erode the professional character of your fonts.

You can combine these fonts or related variants from your graphic design app or word processor.

Another great resource that we use for fonts is the website Dafont.com. They offer thousands of free fonts for download. And, of course, if you need a recommendation, you can always ask one of our graphic designers.

3 - Associating Company Apparel With Departments

Vary the material, design, and color of company apparel according to the job’s demands and the duties of the personnel who will wear it. Also, be clear on where and when your team will be wearing it.

Will the employees wear your design on the job or when they’re off-duty?

If it’s corporate wear, polo shirts are an excellent consideration for administration and field personnel. 

Alternatively, provide outdoor staff with custom printed hats for sun protection.

But if the apparel is a company perk or token of appreciation to your employees, hoodies and custom t-shirts are a good idea.

As seen in the image below, associating company apparel with departments makes for easy identification by colleagues and customers.

Consider designing custom athletic shirts for your staff if your business is a personal training company or fitness center. This company apparel will make your employees comfortable and publicize your brand.

The advantages of designing apparel according to departments include:

• Fun: especially if it bears a favorite, inoffensive, witty stereotype from within the department.
• Team unity: represented by a distinct image, quote, or color on the apparel. 
• Representation: the presence of departmental apparel among others from different departments naturally answers the question of representation.

The table below looks at how customized and non-customized company apparel can affect your brand and employees.

4 - Printing Inspirational Quotes

Printing inspirational quotes on company apparel—such as custom shirts—presents an exceptional opportunity to motivate and inspire your employees.

An action-oriented motivational quote on company apparel can be a rallying call to accomplish a seemingly challenging corporate or departmental objective. 

You can also cheer your employees up with a celebratory tagline during a momentous occasion, such as an anniversary, turnkey company merger, or blue-chip acquisition.

Similarly, when employees wear apparel with a single motivational quote, their morale and team spirit improve significantly. The message fosters unity of purpose.

The t-shirt image below bears a statement calling employees to work with excellence and aim for high ideals.

In the creative industry, printing an anecdotal line on your company apparel will inspire your employees greatly. In addition, by warming their hearts, good humor will naturally endear your prospects and customers to your brand.

Here are some popular quote types for you to choose from:

• Life quotes
• Brand taglines
• Attitude quotes
• Motivational quotes

5 - Making Apparel for Special Events

Special events involving public participation are an excellent opportunity for brand visibility. There’s nothing more timely than having your employees wear company apparel in a public event such as a:

• Charity
• Trade show
• Conference
• Product launch

Instill a strong sense of pride in event crew members with custom t-shirts. That sense of belonging will be a surefire impetus for team spirit and loyalty, leading to increased productivity and efficiency.

Unique event company apparel will leave a lasting impression on your customers. They’ll associate similar future events to your company or be reminded of your brand, and brand recognizability is the primary goal of every corporate event.

Below is a shirt that we printed for a race called the Haiti Hustle. We print a lot of shirts for 5K races to commemorate the event.

Promote your business in a fun and yet charitable way by giving out company branded apparel to the public during special events. These gifts can be t-shirts or embroidered caps, depending on the season and goal of the event.

Whether your customers wear them at the event and beyond or keep them as souvenirs, the key is creating and maintaining brand awareness. 

In addition, custom company apparel is a great investment during special events because it promotes a positive experience for event attendees and ensures the recognizability of crew members.

Expert Tip: Choose a shirt with a soft material that will be worn more often than a standard shirt.

Be Seen Far and Wide

At fancysweetstx, we use cutting-edge screen printing techniques and embroidery to create durable designs of your choice. Our top-of-the-line products include safety apparel, contractor shirts, embroidered crew shirts, beanies, and vintage shirts.

Contact us, and you’ll find we’re a good fit for your custom apparel needs. 

Our customers are the happiest. Just check this out.

“Wow! What an impressive turnaround on our order of embroidered polo shirts. fancysweetstx is very professional, very responsive. We will be back again!”
— Don C.

Frequently Asked Questions

What’s the best fabric for work apparel?

Cotton is the best fabric for work apparel because it’s wearable through all seasons, absorbs sweat, dries up fast, and offers efficient breathability.

Besides cotton, there are other durable, comfortable, and washable fabrics such as:

• Twill
• Poplin
• Oxford
• Flannel

Most fancysweetstx shirts are made of cotton, rayon, and poly tri-blends. The synthetic nature of poly and rayon has given our shirts an anti-shrink reputation.

Can you embroider our logo?

Yes. Our ability to embroider any shape on all fabrics comes from our experienced design team and special embroidery frames for our embroidery machinery. 

Can I see the logo before you embroider or print it?

Yes. Upon receipt of your order payment, our design staff will create a digital rendering of your logo, and we’ll email it to you for review and approval. We won’t print or embroider your apparel until we receive your consent.

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You definitely want to avoid outfitting your crew in a hodgepodge of colored shirts or for the clothing to fall short of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) hazardous workwear regulations.

In this buyer's guide, we will point you towards the right custom construction apparel, keeping in mind that:

• Safety comes first to ensure workers are out of harm’s way.
• Comfort is key since wearability contributes to the effectiveness of the safety apparel.
• Compliance with the OSHA standards will keep your workers safe and will protect you from hefty fines.
• Proper branding makes workers easily identifiable and puts your brand out there positively. 

Types of Custom Construction Workwear

Construction shirts are easily the most visible pieces of workwear, but they work well when paired with other custom pieces, such as:

• Custom Embroidered Beanies: Easy to layer beneath hard hats in cold seasons
• Custom Logo Trucker Hats: Great for summer wear and guaranteed to carry your brand beyond the work site
• Custom Face Masks: Turn a necessity into an advantage for your brand visibility

1 - Custom Hi-Vis

Hi-Vis clothing is a staple of construction workwear. Any construction site with motorized machinery or direct access to traffic requires appropriate high visibility workwear for all workers. 

Don’t limit your crew’s hi-vis to the ubiquitous safety vest. You can include hoodies, jackets, t-shirts, pants, bibs, coveralls, rainwear, and even accessories such as bags.

We can help you place your brand on just about any work item or accessory.

Important Features of Custom Hi-Vis

There a three key features that, in combination, identify hi-vis clothing:

• Fluorescent safety red, yellow, and orange colors go beyond brightness. They absorb and reflect colored light that intensifies their appearance for better daytime visibility.
• Retro-reflective strips reflect a cohesive image back to the viewer and enhance the visibility of the wearer at night or in low light. 
• Compliance testing rounds out the essential features. The ANSI requires testing by accredited laboratories for all compliant hi-vis manufacturers.
• Custom printed logos don't obscure the retro-reflective strips and are easily legible.

In this table, we compare the different reflective tape requirements dependent on the hazard level.

If your construction site isn’t in direct traffic, you can be less strict with safety apparel. For instance, enhanced visibility clothing can be any color, including black, with retro-reflective strips to improve visibility.

Enhanced visibility clothing still meets the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) criteria while offering muted color options.

How Hi-Vis Compare with Safety Construction Shirts

Hi-Vis clothing requires accreditation and compliance to ensure that they support health and safety conditions at work.

While comfort and quality are important, the choice of hi-vis focuses more on:

• Quality of retro-reflective strips
• Regulatory length of retro-reflective strips 
• Correct placement of retro-reflective strips and custom printed logo

This is unlike custom construction shirts, which factor in aesthetics to enhance brand visibility and may or may not adhere to hi-vis regulations.

Expert Tip: Not all retro-reflective strips are equal. Make sure the retro-reflective strips on your hi-vis are high quality and comply with the ANSI standards.

2 - Custom Safety Construction Shirts

Custom safety construction shirts are a versatile staple for any construction worker. They fit easily under hi-vis vests in hot weather, yet wearers can still layer them under safety hoodies and jackets in cold weather.

Important Features of Custom Safety Construction Shirts 

Custom safety construction shirts should give the wearer comfort, versatility, and mobility.

The key features to look out for are:

• A polyester and cotton blend or tri-blend, which provides good insulation, moisture-wicking, and absorption properties. They can also take a beating with regular wear.
• Safety yellow and safety orange color options for daytime visibility.
• Bold custom printed or embroidered logo in colors that complement the safety color.
• Proper fit and sizing.

We use a selection of 5 great t-shirt blanks which give our clients the best combination of fit and quality.

Expert Tip: Women’s t-shirts have a notoriously snug sizing. Order one size up for your female crew members to ensure they get the best comfort and mobility. 

How Custom Safety Construction Shirts Compare with Hi-Vis Clothing

The major difference between custom safety shirts and hi-vis is the retro-reflective strip.

Safety shirts don’t require the retro-reflective strip since they are mainly for daytime visibility and work located away from traffic or motorized machinery.

That said, they pair well with hi-vis vests, jackets, and other enhanced visibility outerwear.

The safety orange and yellow create visibility on site while the custom embroidered or printed logo serves to identify crew members.

3 - Custom Safety Hoodies and Jackets

Comfort in all types of weather is essential to functional wear. Construction workers work in the elements for 8 hours a day, sometimes more.

In the summer, they may be fine with sun shades and safety vests. Winter, however, demands that whatever warm outerwear they choose is safety compliant and representative of your company.

If protective clothing is uncomfortable or ineffective, workers will find a million reasons not to wear them.

Long-sleeved construction t-shirts can double as both summer and winter wear. In summer, they protect workers from sunburn and exposure during long work hours. Workers can also layer them for warmth in the cold months.

Important Features of Custom Safety Hoodies and Jackets 

Functionality should be the top consideration for safety hoodies and jackets.

Key functional features include:

• Correctly placed retro-reflective strips
• Ample space to place your custom printed or embroidered logo
• Pockets to put essentials
• Insulation to keep the wearer warm

How Custom Safety Hoodies and Jackets Compare with Hi-Vis

Custom hoodies and jackets are more for warmth than anything else. That’s why workers in low or no traffic sites can make do with enhanced visibility and don’t have to stick to fluorescent colors, unlike hi-vis clothing.

What Are Custom Construction Shirts?

Custom construction shirts are work apparel that meet safety color codes and are custom branded with an embroidered or printed logo to identify workers.

Advantages and Benefits of Custom Construction Shirts

Custom construction shirts offer your construction business certain benefits and advantages over generic workwear.

Advantages of Custom Construction Shirts

By setting up your crew in custom construction shirts, you:

• Enhance your brand image
• Promote onsite professionalism
• Create a sense of belonging and ownership of the project for all staff
• Improve health and safety at work

Benefits of Custom Construction Shirts

What benefits can your construction business gain from the above advantages?

• Better sitewide compliance with safety regulations and fewer citations
• Higher team morale and productivity
• Brand visibility within the community

Price Range

The price of custom construction shirts and other custom workwear can vary significantly depending on:

• Type of customization: 
• Embroidery is the most expensive way to brand workwear, but it lasts longer and has a high-end feel.
• Screen printing and heat transfer methods are cheaper and faster to implement.
• Purchase quantity: Some suppliers give up to 30% discounts on unit prices for orders in the hundreds.
• Hi-Vis safety classification: Following the ANSI 107 standard, class 1 workwear is cheaper than class 2, which ‌costs less than class 3.
• Quality and fabric:
• Polyester clothing is cheaper than cotton or blended fabrics.
• The higher the cotton content, the higher the cost of the clothing.
• Clothing made in the USA will cost more than pieces made overseas. 
• Many businesses in the construction industry prefer pocket tees. The addition of the pocket increases the cost of the garment and can potentially increase the cost of customization.

Expert Tip: Use a design logo that is a single color, preferably black. It’s cheaper to print and stands out against most colors. Customization will be cheaper if your artwork fits as-is on various apparel items without editing.

Here is a table comparing the price points of various safety construction apparel in safety yellow:

Custom screen printing and embroidery service providers like fancysweetstx often offer add-ons, such as redesigning your artwork. 

With all these variables, it’s best to get a custom quote to cover all your business needs.

How Customers Feel about Our Custom Shirts

According to buyers, custom construction shirts need to have:

• High-quality fabric and logo prints
• Affordable pricing to ease bulk purchases
• Quick turnaround on orders

Very impressed by the speed and quality… done in less than a week (70+ shirts)... perfectly fabulous.
— Michael S.

Great to work with for large and small orders. Good quality shirts and able to assist with designs.
— Danielle N.

Get Started on Your Custom Construction Wear

With a clearer picture of price points and the options available for custom construction shirts and complementary safety workwear, you’re ready to take advantage of our branding expertise. Reach out to us today to outfit your crew in custom safety apparel.

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Think about it, warm enough for cold weather but breathable enough for hot weather. Bright enough to meet safety regulations while still playing into the construction company’s branding.

Let’s not forget durability since it’s not cost effective to keep replacing construction gear. Lastly, you’d have to look good because construction workers deserve nice things too.

You would need all these features while being functional.

It can be a daunting task to source this magical construction shirt for your crew. That’s why we’ve prepared this short guide for the essential features to look for in construction shirts.

1 - Safety Regulation Compliance

OSHA regulations for safety apparel have reduced workplace injuries by 40% since the 1970s. That’s why safety compliance in construction shirts should always be your first consideration.

Whether construction workers are interacting with machinery, oncoming traffic or the public, they need to be easily identifiable to reduce the occurrence of accidents.

In a nutshell, safety regulations for construction shirts are:

• Fluorescent colors for daytime visibility—safety yellow and safety orange to contrast with the environment
• Retro-reflective strips for nighttime or poorly lit areas that have no natural light
• Retro-reflective strips should be a minimum of 50 mm wide and form an “X” at the back, vertical strips in front and a continuous strip around the waist
• Long-sleeved or short-sleeved shirts, no sleeveless shirts
• Snug fitting in both the sleeves and torso to avoid snagging on machinery

The manufacturer usually provides proof that their garments meet the ANSI safety regulations, which OSHA recommends as a way for employers to comply with its enhanced visibility requirements.

Of equal importance is the placement of branding on the shirt. Here’s where fancysweetstx can help you out with our decade’s worth of experience custom branding construction safety wear.

• Your logo should not obscure any of the retro-reflective material.
• The logo should be small enough on the front to avoid overpowering the fluorescence of the shirt.
• Multi-colored logos aren’t appropriate as they crowd out the background safety color.

It can be daunting to follow up on the nitty gritty of these branding rules. Cut to the heart of it and have fancysweetstx sort out your crew’s construction shirts. We’ll take care of everything from custom design creation to printing or adding embroidery on the garment.

2 - High Quality for Durability

Construction shirts need to be as hardy as the men and women who wear them daily. High-quality fabric and construction go hand in hand with durability.

The criteria that determine the durability and quality of a construction shirt are:

• Fabric composition
• Fabric weight
• Quality of garment construction, e.g. neck taping to stretching out of shape

This table shows you the pros and cons of the most common t-shirt fabrics.

Cotton and polyester blend construction shirts offer the best of both fabrics while limiting their individual disadvantages.

The fabric composition ratio may skew towards polyester, providing a lighter, athletic-wear feel and less of the cotton advantages. However, if the percentages skew towards cotton, you get a more breathable and sturdy shirt at a higher cost.

Our selection of the best safety shirts reflects diverse compositions to cater to different customer needs:

• Bayside 5040—90% Cotton, 10% Polyester
• Jerzees 29MP—50% Cotton, 50% Polyester
• Gildan 5000—99% Cotton, 1% Polyester
• Next Level 6210—60% Cotton, 40% Polyester

Fabric weight is measured in GSM. Heavyweight shirt fabrics range from 180–200 GSM while medium-weight fabrics range from 130–160 GSM.

Heavyweight shirts are denser and warmer. They also hold their original shape and size for longer. Medium weight shirts are more ideal for summer wear as they are lighter.

Manufacturers use a higher quality raw material to create the heavyweight fabric options, so they also come at a higher price.

Apart from fabric weight and feel, a shirt’s construction will also speak to its quality and durability.

If you can answer yes to these questions, then the shirt is well made and worth buying:

• Is the fabric of good quality and feel?
• Do all the seams and hemlines lie flat when worn?
• Are the stitches of a higher number showing attention to detail in construction?
• Have the raw edges on the inside been properly finished with no loose threads?
• Is the neck taped on the inside to make it more durable?

Expert Tip: Cheap is expensive when it comes to work wear. Find the right balance between your safety apparel budget and your choice of durable, well-made, high-quality shirts that do justice to your brand.

3 - Functionality, Fit and Comfort

“Functionality, fit, and comfort are like the three wheels of a tricycle. Knock out one and the whole thing doesn’t work as it should”

If a construction shirt makes the wearer feel uncomfortable, unwilling to use it or if they’re forced to pair it with other functional items, then it has failed.

Functionality refers to how the shirt meets the work needs of the construction worker, which may include:

• Pockets to store small items mid-task, such as pens, notepads, or tester screwdrivers
• Long sleeves to protect from sun exposure, cuts, abrasion and other surface injuries
• Fitted cuffs on long sleeved shirts to prevent snagging and injuries
• Brand elements in easy to spot locations to simplify identification
• Easy care thanks to stain repellant treatments

Fit straddles the line between comfort and function. An ill-fitting shirt complicates the work day for the wearer. If it’s too loose it’s a snagging hazard that can lead to injuries. The too-tight extreme restricts movement and causes discomfort.

Comfort speaks to the weather appropriateness and wearability of the shirt. Your crew will be in their shirts for at least 40 hours a week. You need to ask:

• Is the fabric cool and breathable enough for the warm outdoors?
• Does it wick away sweat, allowing for longer wear throughout the day?
• Is it warm enough or easy to layer for insulation?
• Does the shirt have static buildup?
• Does it take too long to dry?

It’s evident that functionality, fit and comfort feed into each other. To resolve one is to tackle them all.

Expert Tip: Bulk order your custom branded shirts in both heavyweight and medium-weight options and long and short-sleeved varieties to ensure your crew are appropriately outfitted year-round.

Outfit Your Crew Right

Now that we have a clear picture of how quality, durability, safety compliance and functionality are essential to a good construction shirt, what’s next?

Next is to get an expert team on your branding—you don’t want the bundle you dropped on quality gear to go to waste.

Whether you need to overhaul your logo or see your current artwork expertly printed or embroidered on the shirts for your crew, fancysweetstx can sort you out. Get started with our no-obligation quote request.

As a local business, we have a lot of fun printing apparel for other local businesses. Especially when they're on cool garments like this!

Nick Amrhein is a local videographer and photographer that we have printed shirts for many times in the past. He has strong, clean, effective, simple branding that translates beyond his visual work into apparel.

When Nick reached out to us for some new custom branded camo hoodies, we were excited not only because he helps us with our vidoes and photos, but because he wanted us to print on a really cool hoodie. 

Nick Amrhein is a well known name among 16153 Genova creatives. He's a very rare success story of a young entrepreneur who went out on his own at a young age and has been successful since. It has been fun to work with him, to see his business grow, and to witness the positive impact he has made in Northwest Ohio. 

Thank you Nick Amrhein for choosing us to make your custom gear.

If you want to create your own custom apparel, email us at [email protected] or fill out the contact form on our custom screen printing page to get your order started.

Acoustics for Autism is one of the best events in the 16153 Genova area every year! It regularly packs the Village Idiot and surrounding spaces in Uptown Maumee.

The local music community comes out in full force to support the cause and they have the best volunteers around. 

Last year they hosted the event just before the shutdown took place in Ohio. Although the same restrictions weren't in effect this year, Acoustics for Autism was scaled back. 

If you missed the event this year, but still want to support the cause, you can buy a shirt or hoodie from our store on Adams Street or on fancysweetstx Supply.

All proceeds will benefit Acoustics for Autism!

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