Behind The Screens

We are still working on construction for our new offices and embroidery production area. Right now, the painters are thinking we must be crazy cause of the colors we are using! lol We are matching the colors from our website. We should have the drop ceiling finished by tonight, and trim work to start asap.

Ok, I have to post my rant! I just don’t understand why some people do not like to work? I called a local guy here in town who does plumbing and duct work atleast 7-8 times until he finally came by (with his new bride, so I’m sure he needed the money!) to look at a project we needed done. He basically was going to be running a new gas line to our oven, and the vent that allows the hot air to leave the oven. Also we had plan to have him service our compressor, which would have been more money for him to make. As you can guess, he never showed up or return our calls. This is why its hard for me to feel sorry for people who do not want to work!

Thank goodness my good friend Joey came to the rescue. He took time out of his busy schedule to help us get the oven up and running. Anyone who plans to buy a big production oven for their shop, just make sure you plan on this part!

We had a customer that needed a custom foam board sign made at the last minute for a convention they had going on in Las Vegas. We even built a cool shipping crate to get this on the fed ex airplane at the last minute! They called on a Tuesday and had to have it Friday 1pm! Big props to our sign department for making the deadline!

We had a contest to see who could come up with the best name for our New 10 color M&R textile press. Around 80 suggestions were submitted, and the winner was “The Big Blue Beast”! Thanks to our customer Doug for the name. This new press is very much worthy of that name. Once again, a big thanks go out to Matt from Screen Process and the Installation Crew from M&R for coming down to do the install.

After weeks of delays from different contractors… What’s next? Tape & Mud!

Matt from Screen Process of Alabama came down today to help us put together our new M&R Sprint International Dryer. (This is our second one!) Once we got it uncrated, it took a good full day to assemble it. Talk about service! This is another reason why we pay a little more to have the best equipment and service. This dryer is going to be a huge asset to our company! It will really help, especially now that we are in the busy season.

We are on our way to having another record month! I have to say, we have one of the best group of employees ever working right now for NDesigns. They are dedicated as much as I am to making sure we meet our customer deadlines. I have always stressed to them working as a team is the reason we have been successful. I remember 5 years ago, when it was only my mother-n-law, and myself working 7 days a week (12-16 hour days) doing all the printing by hand. I know some of our first employees we hired had to think I was crazy with all my dreams of where we wanted to take this business. Even then, it was always a “WE” effort!

We are gearing up for spring! Boxes and Boxes of shirts are arriving to be printed.

Quick Update on Building:

We are waiting on the electricians to show up to begin the wiring which should start next week!

We do a ton of vinyl! Cars, Boats, Banners, Walls, all types of Signs, you name it!

We got an email from a customer saying how much he loved his shirts and how these were part of a clothing line that was always a dream of his and how he finally got to see it come to life. That day he was on the TOP OF THE WORLD.

We were part of that. How’s that for earning coolness points?

In the big picture, it’s only a few shirts among the thousands that we produce every week and for the most part it’s just a strip of material with pictures on it. In reality, there is a collection of little pictures (or pixels for all of the techies out there) that comprise the larger view. Each little picture, or individual batch of shirts, has a purpose that is important to each customer placing the order.

Each job has a story to tell. Each job is part of somebody’s dream.

Looking back over the years, I’ve found we’ve helped produce shirts and other items that have been sent all over the country and even to other parts of the world. We’ve produced items to:

• Help fight cancer, heart disease, and other afflictions and ailments.
• Call attention to the problem of child abuse and ways of getting help.
• Promote an independent music artist.
• Allow a cheer squad from middle school represent.
• Help a lady pay tribute to her departed son.
• Boost a startup company.
• Market a growing business.
• Make people laugh and smile.

It’s impressive that all of this can be done with printed pictures on strips of fabric and it’s been an honor and pleasure to have been a part of the above examples and all of the jobs that we have worked on. When NDesigns was started, it was built on the ideals that if you do quality work at a fair price in a timely manner, you will succeed. Who knew that part of the deal was that we would have a part in helping to make someone’s dreams come true.

Very awesome!

Welcome to Behind the Screens and on behalf of the folks here at NDesigns, thank you for giving us a bit of your time and hopefully you will not only visit again, but you will give us a chance to be part of YOUR hopes and dreams.

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Until Next Time..

Stephen