This year marked the ninth Sherry’s Run, and we’re happy with the results! With the help of the 3, 842 participants and many sponsors we raised more than $234, 016. We’d like to thank NDesigns for their generous donation of $5,000. Your contribution will greatly help many families in the area and is appreciated.

Thank you for all your company does!

Sherry’s Run Executive Board

www.sherrysrun.org

This year, I decided to try a tribal design since it seems to be very popular, especially with younger folks. Once everyone agreed on the design, one of our employees had the idea to do a fundraiser for the American Cancer Foundation (ACF) using donations made for our shirts. This was great idea that had never been done at the rodeo, and since we lost a long-time employee to cancer a couple of years ago, it was well-received throughout the company. Since the shirts were going to support the American Cancer Foundation, it was suggested that they should be pink. The shirt’s color was agreed upon after one of our female employees stated that “Real Men Wear Pink.”

NDesigns worked their magic and created one of the sharpest and most popular shirts we have ever worn in the rodeo. We ordered extra shirts to take to the Tennessee Valley Lineman Rodeo (TVLR) in Clarksville to give to people who made donations to the ACF, but we soon found we had not ordered nearly enough. We were overwhelmed with the number of people wanting the shirts, and for a donation, we even gave some people the shirts off our backs. In the end, making a donation to such a worthy cause was a great feeling. Thanks for all of your help, NDesigns. We couldn’t have done it without you.

Jim Fuller
Safety Director
Murfreesboro Electric Department

In June 2012, my co-workers and I formed a Relay For Life team for the Fayetteville branch of Redstone Federal Credit Union. We honored my mom. My niece, Kaleigh Howell, is a wonderful artist who designed the t-shirts NDesigns made for our team. Mom was so proud of her! As many of you know, Mom was an artist, also!

In May 2011, my mother, Sheri Spencer, was diagnosed with small-cell lung cancer. The news hit my family and me like a ton of bricks. We couldn’t believe the news. There is NO cure.

I will never forget the day Dr. Cobb told Mom, “Sheri, if you don’t opt to do chemotherapy, you might as well go fishing.” When it gets really quiet, those words still ring in my ears, and my mind goes back to that moment.

Mom opted for chemotherapy, and a week later, she underwent her first treatment. She felt well and handled the treatments with exceptionality. The chemo shrunk her cancer, but when the treatments ended, she had no energy.

A year later, in May 2012, we learned her cancer was back. It had spread all over, and her oncologist said she could try a clinical study or opt for hospice care. After probing the oncologist with questions regarding a clinical study, she decided against it. She wanted to enjoy the time she had left with us, her family.

When our brother, Jody, found out Mom was going on hospice, he called and told her to pick a place she wanted to go and he would take her there. She said, “Take me to Iowa.” That’s where she was raised. She knew she needed to say goodbye to family and friends.

 
We lost my precious mother on August 14, 2012. She will forever always be in the hearts of her family and friends. Her fighting spirit was incredible, and it will live on in the lives of her family and friends forever!

Thanks for making the day special.
Katy Gatlin

Today we welcome another 10 color automatic press to our shop!  We are super excited!

Matt from Screen Process of Alabama helping with the install.

- Flexible Hours
- Nashville is a hour drive North, and Huntsville, AL is 20 minutes to the South.
- Cost of Living here is inexpensive!
- We have fresh air and beautiful stars at night!
- You must know how to paddle a canoe down the river!
- We will help you move!!!
- Must have a sense of humor!

Email your resume or portfolio if you’re interested!

What type of artist are we looking for?

Look here: http://www.threadless.com/interviews These are some of the best artist making vector artwork for t-shirts.

• We need you to relocate!
• No Freelancers!
• We are 15 minutes from Jack Daniels.
• Nashville is a hour drive North, and Huntsville, AL is 20 minutes to the South.
• Cost of Living here is inexpensive!
• We have fresh air and beautiful stars at night!
• You must know how to paddle a canoe down the river!
• We will help you move!!!
• Must have a sense of humor!

Email your portfolio link(s) if your interested!

We were blessed to be able to donate this wrap to their organization.   Below are a few photos from the project:

Some people live by the saying “Never look back.”  However, here at NDesigns, we get our motivation from looking back, seeing where we started out at, and realizing how much we have accomplished in the past ten years. After recently remodeling our office space and painting the four walls a different, bright color. We decided the columns were just too much, and we needed to tone it down a bit. That’s when our employees got the idea to put our Fathead material (removable vinyl) to good use. We went back in NDesign’s history and made a collage from hundreds of photos we had taken over the years of previous employees, big projects, and the always fun random moments we have here everyday. So on the days we get completely swamped with work and we want to throw our hands up and walk out, we can take a look at our columns and be reminded of the days we wished for the business we have today.

This baby is 54 inches wide! Our new SOLJET PRO III XC-540 is the ultimate high-volume production tool for stunning indoor and outdoor graphics, including large-format banners, signs, vehicles graphics, decals, packaging comps, window graphics, POP displays, labels and more!

Video we took today of the Roland in action printing and cutting.

Here are just a few of the items this printer has produced! (Photos courtesy of Roland)