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Impressions Expo Long Beach 2020: Part 4

Talking Shop at Shop Talk The Decorated Apparel Community had historically been plagued with misinformation, suffered a lack of communication, and had fallen prey to hucksters and snake oil salesmen.  We looked to experts and gurus to solve our problems. We were afraid to share with one another and learn from each other.  We turned…

Impressions Expo Long Beach 2020: Part 3

What’s all the RuckUs About? If you came of age in the 90’s (as I did) you know that it was a sometimes glorious, sometimes hideous, and nearly always a confusing time to be alive.  With the huge exception of the Gulf War, we weren’t really at war.  Hubble launched and so did the WWW. …

Impressions Expo Long Beach 2020: Part 2

The Show Floor There are so many good reasons to attend a trade-show: Learning, networking, socializing, talking shop, happy-hours, fancy dinners, parties, bars, etc.  Ok, ok, let’s not forget why we are there in the first place: the show floor.  Companies expend tremendous resources to exhibit at a trade-show.  It’s not just the cost of…

Impressions Expo Long Beach 2020: Part 1

Veni, Vidi, Vici… We saw new things and old friends and then made new friends.  We drank beers with Andy Mac and then he showed us all how to print posters like the OG poster printing machine that he is (thanks Andy).  We raised money for a great cause and had fun in the process…

Anatomy of an Award Winning Print

There are definitely some tricks to winning a t-shirt printing contest. Here are a couple: I got most excited though at some Golden Image awards and Impressions awards that we won at Mirror Image where we literally just grabbed a shirt off a production run to submit,  and then we got judged by our peers that…