Eat Your Words Episode 3

This story takes place over about a two week period....

We had gotten several 12 packs of soda for quite cheap (since my wife coupons). We probably had about 3 different flavors open. Korver (who is 2.5 years old now) loves rolling things across the kitchen floor. He was getting out all the cans and rolling them all across the kitchen.

I kept telling Korver to put them all back and he would just reply with: "No daddy, I roll it".

I repeated a couple times telling him that he needed to put them away or he would go to time out. He still wouldn't listen and finally I put him in time out. When time out was finished I asked him why he was in time out and the reply was: "I roll the pop".

This went on for a good duration of the day including soda cans getting thrown and it ended up to be quite the battle. I had to rearrange things in the kitchen so I could put them in a different place that wasn't so accessible.

Fast forwarding two weeks to this very morning I was thinking to myself: "I wish we still had some soda, I don't want to go anywhere right now".

Literally five minutes later Korver had a Mt. Dew Voltage and he was rolling it across the floor.... I have no idea where he got it..... WE HAVE BEEN OUT OF SODA FOR A WEEK (so I thought... apparently we had one more somewhere).

So, I guess you can say that sometimes you just need to EAT YOUR WORDS and enjoy a SODA :)

Printer Update

We have been running our T-Shirt printer quite a bit since we finally got it going. We have also ruined quite a few shirts trying to test things and make sure everything is working out right :)

This printer will print Photo quality images on any color of background. The prints on black shirts look amazing. We have just about perfected printing on White shirts but we still need a little practice on black shirts. Its pretty fun to use. The best part is that we can print single units and there are no fees so its pretty affordable for anyone to buy singles or large orders.

We also started printing on canvas boards and are getting some great results. We used some nice images we took in the Uinta Mountains and they turned out awesome.

Anyways, I'll keep updating the progress with the printer... We are going to be working on some new ways to use it :)

New T-Shirt Printer

Hey Everyone,

We have finally received out new T-Shirt Printer. We got it all set up this week and it is ready to start printing. We are waiting for a pretty large order of shirts to come in before we fire it up. That way we have plenty of stock to play with in case we mess a few up when it gets going.

We have had our Graphic Design business running for about a year and a half now and this will be a pretty welcome addition to our business. It's going to take a little more time but the plan is to have a store front a year from now.

Our business has taken quite a large jump in potential, now its just time to make it a reality.

You never know when an Idiot will strike - Episode 7

Hey everyone, its been a while since I have really used my blog but I was buying lottery tickets for the mega millions the other day and encountered a real winner in line with me.... (by the way, the lottery was up to 640 million for those of you who didn't hear).

This isn't going to be exactly quoted but here goes:

Story: We are in Preston Idaho at the northern end of town waiting in line to buy tickets

Lady: Oh!! I need this soooooo bad..... I really need to win this.
Random Bearded Guy:  Well lady, I think we all need this. If we didn't we wouldn't be here.
Me: Yeah, good luck though the odds are somewhere around 1:700,000,000 (which was a guess).
Lady: Well, I didn't know if I was even going to make it up here without blowing a tire so I had to put new tires on my car so that I could drive up here to buy tickets.
Me: Where did you drive from?
Lady: West Jordan..... (there was a long pause as the bearded guy and I stared at her stupidly)
Lady: Yeah, My husband left me about a month ago and I really need to win this. I spent so much money to get here that I can't afford to not win.

(by the way, West Jordon to Preston is about 2.5 hours or so.... give or take several minutes)

At this point there were probably about 10 people leaning out of line to see who this person was.

The bearded guy continued to make fun of her for the next 10 minutes, the best part is that I don't think she got it.

This just goes to show the exact reason why we don't have a lottery in Utah. Too many people are this stupid and would rather spend a thousand dollars on tires so that they can gamble rather than using that to feed their kids. (and by the way she had her two kids with her).

I think gambling can really positively affect a state.. If Utah had a lottery and worked it like Idaho or Wyoming does, I think it would greatly impact our school system like it does in those states. On the other hand, there are way too many people that would rather take a chance on gambling than feed their family. Oh well, I hope you liked the story :)

Business Starting Up

The new printer should be here within the next few weeks. For those of you that haven't heard what it is here is a little more info.

This printer is primarily designed to print on t-shirts. It can print a full color photograph on any color shirt (including black). It actually uses a white ink as a base coat and then goes back over with the color ink. Its a pretty sweet deal. Along side printing on shirts and about any fabric it can also print on Tile, Glass, Canvas, and just about anything we can fit under the print head.

We will have it in our possession by the end of March (its already paid off before we have it). We are pretty excited to get things going.

We are expanding our graphic design business because we feel that getting into the textile printing in such a fashion will also increase our graphic design volume. By advertising for shirts and the like we are quite confident that we will get other business as well.

The best part about all of this is that by purchasing this machine we will also have the ability to utilize certain crowdfunding arenas and craft sales websites with a bit of an edge. We can't wait to get this thing.

A new Printer on its way

Hey everyone, sorry that I haven't been posting as much lately.... We have been trying to get out business running and that has taken away from any "adventure time" that we have.

We have a very unique opportunity thanks to a local business in which I once worked as a graphic designer.

We are purchasing a Direct-to-Garment Printer (A.K.A. Textile printer or Digital Apparel Printer). We will shortly have the ability to print on a wide range of textile items and also metals and glass. We will be starting out mostly producing T-shirts. With this device we will be able to bypass Set up fees and screen fees which screen printers are always charging and we will be able to use full photo quality prints. We can do all of this on any color of shirt including black.

Thanks to this local company mentioned above, they are letting us set up shop in their back room and will also be helping us market our products to get started.

We are quite blessed to have this opportunity and are very excited to get things running.

More to come as soon as possible.

Delays in Blog Posts

Hey everyone, I haven't been as active blogging lately as I would have liked. The holidays, work, and family can definitely keep you busy.

We are currently working on some more art projects.... Funding is a little short at the moment but we will keep you updated.

Right now we are working on our "Save the Care Bears" Project. More info to come on this soon. Care Bears are cold, hungry, and alone.... Help save them.