Our story
One cold Fall morning while Austin was walking to work he thought, "We GOTTA do something different, something creative.
But what?"
This started a massive brainstorming between us as we sat there, starting this creative dream. We decided to come up with some Sasquatch stickers that we could sell for cost to some of the locals. We bought $300 dollars worth and sold out soon after we got them. But, while stickers were fun, we needed something different and that's when something caught both our eyes and right then they knew, T-SHIRTS! They could make fun designs and ship them all over, it was perfect! Both had some experience as teenagers with printing jobs, that was just enough to give them the confidence to go all in.
We then bought a small screen printing kit and started making funny Sasquatch shirts. As Christmas came near, we made some for a white elephant gift exchange. The tee was a hit and someone else at the party asked for TWO HUNDRED shirts by Spring time. This was a big push for us, as we already had jobs and 3 young kids. But, we said we could do it and went to work.
While we were making each tee, one at a time on our small press, we found another screen printing company in Bend selling their equipment. We knew the equipment was much better than the current equipment we were using. So, we bit the bullet, drove a U-Haul out to Bend, and bought all the equipment.
Every evening turned into watching YouTube, research, and trial and error as we learned our new trade. The first order was completed on time and the business took off with local orders.
Long story short, it took lots of caffeine and long nights for about a year... let's just say Mountain Dew is NOT allowed in the house anymore!
But what?"
This started a massive brainstorming between us as we sat there, starting this creative dream. We decided to come up with some Sasquatch stickers that we could sell for cost to some of the locals. We bought $300 dollars worth and sold out soon after we got them. But, while stickers were fun, we needed something different and that's when something caught both our eyes and right then they knew, T-SHIRTS! They could make fun designs and ship them all over, it was perfect! Both had some experience as teenagers with printing jobs, that was just enough to give them the confidence to go all in.
We then bought a small screen printing kit and started making funny Sasquatch shirts. As Christmas came near, we made some for a white elephant gift exchange. The tee was a hit and someone else at the party asked for TWO HUNDRED shirts by Spring time. This was a big push for us, as we already had jobs and 3 young kids. But, we said we could do it and went to work.
While we were making each tee, one at a time on our small press, we found another screen printing company in Bend selling their equipment. We knew the equipment was much better than the current equipment we were using. So, we bit the bullet, drove a U-Haul out to Bend, and bought all the equipment.
Every evening turned into watching YouTube, research, and trial and error as we learned our new trade. The first order was completed on time and the business took off with local orders.
Long story short, it took lots of caffeine and long nights for about a year... let's just say Mountain Dew is NOT allowed in the house anymore!