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General => Introduction => Topic started by: Sunflower on January 30, 2013, 11:48:02 PM

Title: Hello from Washinton State
Post by: Sunflower on January 30, 2013, 11:48:02 PM: Hi there. I finally registered. My name is Karie I have owned Sunflower Graphics since 1997 and the business has been around since 1985. When I bought the shop they were still hand stretching and stapling wooden screens. No computer ( all art was made using clip art from a book and a copy machine) So I learned everything all at once. The great thing is I learned the theory how everything worked. Oh and did i mention our screen room was only400sf? We have grown a bit since then we now are in a 10,000sf building and do contract and custom work. Screen print, embroidery, signage, sublimation and some ad specialties. We are hoping to add a DTG in the next year. We specialize in working with small screen shops and embroidery shops that need larger jobs than they can handle done. We have no minimums either. I am the head artist specializing in Corel Draw. I love my job and am always happy to help people with art etc. Always looking to learn new things though.
now that I've rambled on......thank you.....and good day
Title: Re: Hello from Washington State
Post by: Sunflower on January 30, 2013, 11:49:46 PM: and yes its Washington ...lol
Title: Re: Hello from Washinton State
Post by: Frog on January 31, 2013, 01:00:56 AM: Always good to see someone with a little history.
Threads often drift back to ...I remember when we had to...

I, for one am looking forward to your input.
Title: Re: Hello from Washinton State
Post by: Dottonedan on January 31, 2013, 01:05:36 AM: Hi Sunflower.

It's great to have you aboard. You've got history. We love new members and newbs to the industry but it's exciting to have seasoned members "want" to come here. We do seem to have the majority of people here being very seasoned at printing and we appreciate that. We love the exchange of great experiences from different sides.

Thanks for popping in to say hello.

Thanks
Dan
Title: Re: Hello from Washinton State
Post by: brandon on January 31, 2013, 01:07:39 AM: Hey Karie,
Great to meet you. Good job on joining TSB! An amazing source of knowledge here by some really incredible people. It really is. Next time you plan on being in Seattle let me know and swing on by for some lunch or coffee or just to chat. My business partner, production manager, and I plan on being back in Portland in March for business matters for a couple of days so maybe on the way down we could stop in and say hey if that's ok. We are always looking for local/state shops to handle some of our overflow if you are interested. Anyway, great to meet you and this is the place to be!

- Brandon
Title: Re: Hello from Washinton State
Post by: Sunflower on January 31, 2013, 05:28:07 PM: Thanks all! I'ts always nice to have a warm welcome.

Brandon, we always are happy to have fellow screeners drop by.....We are on the dry side of the state though lol So when ever you want to get rid of that webbing and dry out a bit we are in one of the most beautiful recreational areas of Washington state...that is as long as you like the water. Took a gander at your website...great work. may have to pick your brain sometime. Always looking to add some more contract work ;)
Title: Re: Hello from Washinton State
Post by: Stinkhorn Press on February 01, 2013, 11:44:20 AM: Hello!
I bought a shop stuck in a time warp. They had only a couple years earlier stopped stapling their own screens (even though half the ones they were using were those staple jobbies). The artist had the only computer in the shop, running Corel 4, printing on transparency paper with a Lasermark 4. He started with rubylith and an projection camera. Oh I took over a shop in this shape in 2010.

I'm one of the newbs happy for the experience that keeps flowing in, welcome.
Title: Re: Hello from Washinton State
Post by: Denis Kolar on February 01, 2013, 11:48:32 AM: Welcome Karie.
Title: Re: Hello from Washinton State
Post by: bj on February 01, 2013, 03:46:45 PM: Welcome!!
Nice to have another join us from the rainy state!!
From North Seattle here!
BJ
Title: Re: Hello from Washinton State
Post by: sportsshoppe on February 01, 2013, 04:23:21 PM: Welcome hope you enjoy the boards, seems that you will be able to bring alot to the table. Especially good to have another Corelian on the boards :)
Title: Re: Hello from Washinton State
Post by: 3Deep on February 01, 2013, 05:21:48 PM: Welcome Sunflower, I would say you cut your teeth the hard way, but those skills are always handy if all the tech stops working.

Darryl
Title: Re: Hello from Washinton State
Post by: JayzTeez on February 01, 2013, 07:23:45 PM: hello and welcome to the board.
Title: Re: Hello from Washinton State
Post by: brandon on February 02, 2013, 03:10:15 AM: Quote from: Sunflower on January 31, 2013, 05:28:07 PM
Thanks all! I'ts always nice to have a warm welcome.

Brandon, we always are happy to have fellow screeners drop by.....We are on the dry side of the state though lol So when ever you want to get rid of that webbing and dry out a bit we are in one of the most beautiful recreational areas of Washington state...that is as long as you like the water. Took a gander at your website...great work. may have to pick your brain sometime. Always looking to add some more contract work ;)

Hey, you are welcome. And thank you for the kind words. Yup, always down to get some sun and out of here by any means necessary. Hope all is well and talk soon!
Title: Re: Hello from Washinton State
Post by: mk162 on February 02, 2013, 08:38:19 AM: Knowing the manual ways of doing things makes you much more thankful for the automation side of it. Work smarter, not harder.

sounds like you have a very nice setup there...and welcome to the boards.