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Hot Items for the Holidays

Aaron Montgomery - Tue, 08/13/2019 - 22:26

Yes I know it is August and you are buried in back to school, but the 4th quarter is a make or break time of your for many industries and our decorating world is no different. So now is the time to start thinking about what your Holiday offering is going to look like.

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Three Quick Tips for Surviving Holiday Sales

Jennie Fur - Mon, 11/14/2016 - 14:15

The holidays are coming up faster than a greyhound on a wooden rabbit and if you aren't watchful, profits could sneak by you like the neighborhood tomcat during your afternoon nap. So how are you going to make the most of the shopping season? I've got three quick tips that you need to consider:

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Remarkable Stencil-Making System

RhinoTech - Mon, 10/31/2016 - 15:34

Making a stencil is a big deal. The latest method takes these steps out of the mix: a film positive, emulsion, capillary film, exposure or drying time. Yes, you read this correctly.

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Making Your Embroidery Better

Kristine Shreve - Fri, 07/08/2016 - 11:17

Because of my position at EnMart,  I get asked questions about how to improve an embroidery job or how to embroider a certain type of garment almost every day.    While the Internet is a great tool, and a great place to learn,  there can be as much misinformation as there can good information.   With that in mind,  I thought it might be a good idea to talk about a few ways to improve your embro

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Help Customers Sniff You Out

Jennie Fur - Sat, 02/20/2016 - 08:19

Did you get into this business because you love searching for customers, cold-calling, and facing rejection? I didn’t think so, yet so many garment decorating companies chase customers away from their business as if they were obnoxious squirrels, only to go searching for new clients – which is like digging up last year’s bones.

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Remember the Social in Social Media

Kristine Shreve - Tue, 12/22/2015 - 12:50

I write and talk a lot about social media and one of the things I hear frequently is the comment "I tried social media and didn't get anywhere with it.   I don't think Facebook/Twitter/Instagram/Pinterest (insert name of favorite social media site here) works for businesses".   Ineveitably,  when I take a look at the profile of the business in question,  what I find is a profile that focuses so

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Understanding Heat Transfers, con't

dianeshaw - Fri, 12/04/2015 - 14:21

 Screen printed transfers will look and feel the most like direct screen printing.  Often even direct screen printers cannot tell the difference.  This is because screen printed transfers are printed with a special blend of plastisol ink, similar to ink a direct screen printer would use.  A vast majority of our customers prefer our professionally printed transfers over direct screen printing fo

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Understanding Heat Transfers

dianeshaw - Sat, 11/28/2015 - 20:38

Just as the word transfer is used many ways in the English language, there are many types of transfer technolgies available to decorate garments and textiles.  The common factor making the different technologies all transfers is they are all applied with the same type of heat machine.  Screen printed transfers - generally are hot or cold peel -  and can be printed in regular transfer plastisol

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How to Get the Most Out of Trade Show Attendance

Kristine Shreve - Wed, 11/25/2015 - 12:59

Since this magazine was created by the company that puts on one of the great series of trade shows in the industry,  the Decorated Aparel Expos or DAX Shows,  the topic of trade show attendance seemed appropriate for this blog.   While those of us who work for EnMart primarily attend trade shows as vendors these days,   we also know how valuable attending a trade show can be for those who own a

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Don't Growl, Don't Snap - Bite When the Time is Right.

Jennie Fur - Sat, 11/21/2015 - 14:08

After much discussion, the staff at Decorated Apparel Magazine decided to allow our morale officer - Jennie Fur (our Scottish Terrier) - her own blog space on the site. It didn't seem quite right at first, but with the number of dogs, cats, horses and even mice who have their own blogs on the internet, who were we to discriminate?

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