Gotta LOVE The Kids

Creating custom designed shirts is the but.... but something that alittle better then that is teaching people how to do it. Summer time at the Pratt... a great place to learn, read and keep cool. Here are some shot of our t-shirt kids @ the Pratt getting their design on.

R.I.P With Meaning...

Rest In Peace fashion... it's more then just a picture and dates. It's showing love in you wear, showing that you cared for a loved one. After loosing my Dad I always try to take the R.I.P. fashion to the next level... You 1st have to ask about the person that passed. What was there favorite things (color, saying, and people). Once that is done... it's smooth sealing from there. As for my Dad... I knew that he LOVED the colors purple and gold, much love to Omega Psi Phi. He was a hawk when it came to music. Being a musician for over 40 years and getting paid to do it and GIVING BACK to your community... that's what makes a Hawk! Picking out GREAT words to express how you feel and what they were. So when designing my Dad's R.I.P shirt came quick. His words to live by "Read what you see and not what you think it might be..." The O' and because he was a musician I had to place a music score as the graphic. A R.I.P. shirt is just a R.I.P. shirt if it doesn't have any meaning. :-)

Before You KILL Him...LOL, Working With Your Husband

Working with family some may say NNNNNNOOOOOOO when it comes to business, but I say YYYYYYYEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSS..... there is no business better then a family business. I should know my Husband is my business partner, or as I would say I am the brains and he is the muscles...lol. In order to keep us from Killing each other we follow this list of laws....

Working with a business partner can be a real challenge. It can be even tougher when that partner is your spouse. The result can be pure craziness or business bliss…depending on how you arrange your business relationship.

Working together can be stressful. Problems at home can affect the business; problems in the business can affect the home. In extreme situations, marital troubles can tear the business apart or turn it into a pawn in an ugly divorce.

On the positive side, the benefits can far outweigh the potential disadvantages. Couples who know how to work together share a unique dedication to their business’s success. Plus, it can be fun working shoulder to shoulder with your life partner in a common purpose. That’s why husbands and wives who are successful in business together tend to enjoy peace and harmony in their personal lives as well.

If you and your spouse are business partners, the following suggestions can help assure that your business and your marriage continue to prosper:

 - Maintain clear and separate responsibilities, and give each other plenty of breathing space. If necessary, write down job descriptions. Then let each other work in peace. Perhaps she heads up marketing and sales, while he focuses on product development. This division of labor is crucial for maintaining the working relationship. Otherwise, you risk stepping all over each other. Then, it will only be a matter of time before problems develop…resentments build. Too much togetherness can make you miserable and drive you apart.

 - Keep your personal lives out of the office. Conduct yourselves professionally while on "company time." Public displays of affection, personal conversations or other intimacies can embarrass and alienate employees and disrupt the business. The Acid Test: A stranger should be able to walk into your company and not tell you are married.

 - Keep business out of the bedroom. Many spouse teams don’t have time during the day to talk about business. So, they take a few minutes after hours to catch up, unwind together and make the transition from business partners to marriage partners. Then they put business away for the day. The ideal: Strike a healthy balance between your business life and your personal life.

 - Get away with each other. Plan work-free vacations and get-away weekends so you don’t ever forget that you’re much more than business partners.

 - Get away from each other. It’s unrealistic to believe you can be side by side 24 hours a day and still maintain a healthy outlook and attitude. Develop outside interests in things that belong strictly to you.

 - Capitalize on the benefits of working together. Maybe one of you puts in just 20 hours a week or splits time between home and work. You have the rare luxury of controlling your time and planning your agendas. Schedule vacations and special days off, or knock off at 1:00 on Wednesday for a standing hot date that includes walking in a park, followed by a romantic dinner and a show.

The bottom line: If you and your spouse are in business together, you know it can be challenging. However, when everything clicks, when everything works right, there’s nothing better. That’s what makes a family business so special. Don’t leave that most important part to chance.  Work hard! Make money!  Have fun!!!

 

Never Hold Back On Your Dreams

Along with have a business you MUST always give back... Our way of giving back is to teach what we know. Teaching someone to do something they never would have thought in a million years they could learn to do is the BEST. When we teach at different locations we run across different types of people with mmmmaaaaayyyy different ideas, but the best part about teaching is  inspiring. I had a mother in her late 30's with 2 kids in my class and had an extra shirt that I gave her to create her design... and that she did. After she was done painting on her shirt we all could see that she has skills. One of the kids said WOW, you did that! She said yes like it was nothing...lol. I asked her, " Why aren't you making money with your gift?"... she said " I had my daughter when I was young." and I repeated the question to her. She started talking about the kids, husband, her 9-5, and ect. I had to tell her just like my Mom told me "Never Hold Back On Your Dreams" because if you do then your kids will... leading by example is what I say. Take your DREAMS write it down or draw it down (as we do)...lol and write a step by step way of how to make that dream as real as you can. You be who people dream to become.

 

Getting over a "Brain Freeze"

OMG... for the past couple of weeks I have had a "Brain Freeze" over this project. What some may call a mental block I call a "Brain Freeze" where my creativeness (if that a word) just leaves, but for me it's not for everything it's always just on a project that I am stressing over. All I can say is "It's OVER!!!, I'm BACK...lol". When making something for someone or for a group of people, you always wanna show your BEST... and I try to never let a customer down.

How to get OVER a "Brain Freeze":

1. Step away from the desk
2. Put on some of your favorite music
3. Take a dance break
4. If 2 and 3 don't work, get out and enjoy the outside
5. And if 1,2,and 3 don't work... GO shopping (Looking at new stuff always gives you fresh ideas).

The project I was stressing over.... It came out GREAT!

Oh sidebar.... We also teach t-shirt design class at the Libraries in Baltimore. "How You Doin' " (in my Wendy Williams voice)

Urban T Design Welcome

Urban T Design is a custom t-shirt design company. We specialize in designs that will free ya style (ie: urban, music, funny, novelty, & custom) printed tees.

Urban T deign opened in January, 2007. We are based out of Baltimore in a sweatshop-free environment, so you don't have to feel guilty when you order with us. We decided to start making T-shirts because we wanted people to have fun, laugh, look good, and feel comfortable.

We do our best to keep prices reasonable while still making high-quality tees. Urban T Design makes the process of finding, creating and ordering t-shirts quick, easy and headache free. We created a blog so you could see the day 2 day at Urban T.