Embroidery machines humming

Our machines hummed with activity getting these embroidered polo shirts out for the realtors from Windermere Pacific West Properties who are showing people the great new condominiums at 295 Church Street in downtown Salem.

Another Creativity On Shirt Giveaway

We're doing it again! We're giving away five of our custom printed t-shirts.

You can have a lot of fun with this shirt. The open-ended "ask me" offers a huge green light for conversation.

This is great if you are selling something, including a philosophy, religious message, political view, or cause celebre. If you have your "elevator speech" ready when someone asks you, you can engage the questioner in a great conversation.

This can also provide great fun outside of the world of commerce. Maybe you want to suprise someone with an announcement. Wear a shirt like ths and create your opening. "Ask you what?"

Stand-by for excitement!

Here's how to win: Notify us by email at CreativityOn@comcast.net that you want a free shirt. Include the size of shirt you want (S, M, L, XL, or 2XL.) We'll randomly select five winners from all entries received by 9am August 31, 2009. We'll notify the winners personally by email.

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How do we embroider a bag?

Jolene thought you might like to see what embroidering a bag looks like on one of our embroidery machines. In this case the red bag has been loaded on the Tajima machine.

We do various types of duffel bags, tote bags, backpacks, and so on. Often these are requested by companies seeking to outfit their employees with cool embroidered stuff. It's particularly classy for business travel, trade shows, and anywhere else where promoting company image is a high priority.

Of course, we also provide resellers, company stores, and gift stores with these kinds of items. They often make good sellers and are very classy.

Real Estate Photography Tips

If you are a Realtor or are thinking of selling your home (either yourself or with professional help), this is for you.

Unbelievably Bad Real Estate Photos Hall of Fame is a great starting place that I found on the Internet. (Tip: You have to click "run" on the navigation buttons to make the show go.)

For something more serious there's an article for realtors on how photos either help or sink a real estate deal.

I also wrote an article on real estate photography tips for our Creativity On website.

The photos above are from my personal collection. The top photo is the one I took by visiting the site. The photo below it is what the Realtor took and submitted for a home for sale ad!

Yes, those are photos of the same house! It's amazing what you can find when you step out of the car. This was such a unique home.

Finally, here is a gallery of some of my favorite real estate photos that I have taken.

Printed T-shirts

Beautiful printed t-shirts keep rolling off the Creativity On press. This time it's a big order for our friends at Valley Health and Postal Employees Credit Union.

The direct to garment printing method makes it particularly easy to convert your art into shirts whether it's black on color or full color on a lighter fabric. You may have some great art on your computer that would make a great shirt for your business, team, or club.

Direct to garment printed tees

On the work table today are dozens and dozens of printed shirts. In this case the art was created in grayscale and printed on beautiful blue shirts.

Unlike screen printing, there is no rubbery feel to the printed image. The ink is sprayed on through inkjet technology, then heat-pressed to bond the ink to the fabric. The result is that when you rub your hand over the printed image, you feel nothing but shirt. And you can wash it repeatedly without worry about it racking or peeling.

When printing in black or dark grays, you can print on most colors and still show a sharp blended image. This is a very popular look today!

Embroidered hats on the work table

The embroidery machines have been whirring and buzzing with activity!

If you are looking for embroidered caps for your group or business, please give us a call or visit our website for more details.