Collinsville, IL

Why Should I Get Custom T Shirts

With Collinsville, IL custom t shirts, the possibilities are endless. Do we sound a bit passionate about the subject? Yes, because we are! Custom t shirts are a beautiful solution for many different customers with many different objectives. The blank t shirt is a blank canvas, free to become anything with the help of your creative mind and our screen printing skills.

Regardless of who you are and what you want your custom t shirt to do, customized wearables like t shirts come with many benefits, including:

• Fun to create. Much of the fun in custom t shirts is the design process. It can be great fun to brainstorm catchy or humorous wording, pick out the shirts you'll print on, and create a unique design. Enlist the assistance of our professional in-house designers to help you make the perfect custom shirts for your needs. The task of designing custom t shirts is also an opportunity for people to get involved and get to know each other better.
• Fundraising opportunities. For anyone who seeks to fundraise, from nonprofit organizations, schools, extracurricular groups, athletic teams, and businesses doing charity work, custom t shrts are a strong choice. Our custom online stores are convenient and easy to use.
• Marketing opportunities. As a marketing strategy, custom t shirts are an attractive option. Swag like t shirts develops your brand. As more people wear your branded shirts, you can turn your name into a lifestyle brand. Branded merchandise like custom t shirts serve as free, long-term, walking billboards. With people wearing your clothing in public, you grow brand awareness, and get repeat exposure when people wear your shirt more than once. For businesses sponsoring a charitable cause, creating custom t shirts creates an association between the cause and your business.
• Pride and camaraderie. Foster a sense of community and pride among your employees, volunteers, members, customers, or fans with Collinsville, IL custom t shirts. They create the sensation that the wearer is a part of something bigger and start dialogues between people who otherwise may not have become friends. Lift morale and raise support for your business or cause.
• Profitable and flexible. T shirts are easy to sell and have a good profit margin, making them great for fundraising and retail purposes alike. Custom shirts can be sold anywhere. Set them up in your store or bring them on-site for your special event. They can be sold online, on-site at events, via social media, and in storefront settings. There are options for any budget level. Stick with something simple and affordable, or go all out with top-shelf shirts, detailed designs, and specialty inks.

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Tips for Creating Your Custom T Shirts

Creating your own Collinsville, IL custom t shirts for your business, event, friend group, or another purpose is an exciting opportunity. Have fun with it and be creative. If creating strong visuals isn't exactly in your wheelhouse, not to worry. STL Shirt Co. has plenty of examples, ideas, and professional design help.

• Make a design that is eye-catching and attractive
• Use easy-to-read fonts
• Make sure the design and text is large enough to be easily visible
• Consider the style and color of the shirt you will be printing on
• Consider utilitizing a variety of different styles or colors of shirts and designs to provide multiple options
• Keep your shirt consistent with your brand
• Consider your audience
• Remember to make the design not only informative, but also attractive
• Look for inspiration, and borrow from other designs that accomplish what you want to accomplish

Collinsville, IL Custom T Shirts Steps

Ready to order your custom t shirts but curious about the process? Maybe you order custom t shirts every year as a tradition for your annual friend group vacation or maybe you have never before in your life ordered custom t shirts (and if that's the case, you've been missing out). Whatever your background is, we don't judge. We are just happy that you have found your way to the custom t shirt printing world. And if you have ever wondered exactly how custom t shirts are made and the process that occurs, you're in the right place. Let us take you on that journey.

1. Design: You bein the Collinsville, IL custom t shirt process by placing your order. To place your order, you have to know what you would like on your shirts. If you need inspiration or help executing your vision, our professional in-house designers will design one-of-a-kind Collinsville, IL custom t shirts that you are sure to love.
2. Screen: Now that you have provided or approved the design that will be on your custom tees, our team of screen printing professionals will create what is essentially a stencil of your design on a mesh screen.
3. Color: The next step in producing your custom t shirts in Collinsville, IL is to color-match to find the perfect screen printing inks to use. These inks are long-lasting, durable, and flexible while maintaining crisp lines and brilliant color.
4. Press: Now comes the fun part. Your Collinsville, IL custom t shirts are ready for printing. Enter the screen printing press. We will place each t shirt in your order on a plate on a machine—either a manual or automatic press—where the ink is applied and pressed onto the shirt using a squeegee.
5. Dry: The ink passes through the screen in the shape of your design and then rests on the shirt. But to finalize the design and make sure the ink stays, we have to cure the custom t shirt. The introduction of careful heat to the printed shirt turns the ink into a solid. The design is there to stay.
6. Ship: Your custom t shirts are now hot off the presses and ready to be sent your way. Our team will put together the complete order and send it out the door to you. Happy wearing!

Order Your Collinsville, IL Custom T Shirts Now | STL Shirt Co.

Collinsville, IL custom t shirts are perfect for everyone. STL Shirt Co.'s team of skilled craftsmen will produce quality, lasting prints on the shirts of your choice, and our gifted designers will help you create the perfect design for your Collinsville, IL custom t shirt. We are proud members of the Collinsville, IL community and love helping our neighbors create the shirts of their dreams. Start your Collinsville, IL custom t shirt order now or learn more about what we do. Just request a quote online, give us a call at 636-926-2777, or select the area nearest you from the list below.