About Our Products

What’s actually on the shirt (and how it’s made)

I don’t manufacture anything myself. Every product here is printed and shipped by Printful, on demand, one item at a time, so there’s no warehouse full of stock and no guessing which size sells out. Here’s what that actually means for quality and materials, based only on what Printful itself publishes about how they work, not marketing gloss.

Figure 1: This is complete bullshirt. The mark has stood over the same collapsed figure since the first t-shirt we printed, a small, permanent reminder that the joke landed on someone.

Made when you order it, not before

Nothing is printed until you actually order it. That’s slower than buying off a shelf, but it means nothing gets produced on a guess and thrown away when it doesn’t sell, a real problem in an industry where unsold stock is a routine cost of doing business the old way.

How the print gets on

Garments are printed with direct-to-garment (DTG) printing on Kornit inkjet equipment. The ink is water-based, non-toxic, and vegan, and Printful states the process produces zero wastewater. Because the ink soaks into the fibers instead of sitting on top like a plastic transfer, the print stays flexible and doesn’t crack or peel with washing the way a lot of cheap printed tees do.

From file to doorstep

Once you order, your print file goes straight to Printful. The design is printed onto your blank garment, the print is heat-set so it lasts, and the order is packed and shipped from one of Printful’s fulfilment centers. No warehouse of ours in between, and nothing made before you asked for it. These are gemini generated images for demonstration purposes not real photos.

A worker reviewing a t-shirt print file on a monitor in a modern print facility
Step 1, prepping the file. Your print file is checked and positioned for the garment’s actual print area.
A direct-to-garment inkjet printer with a shirt on its platen
Step 2, printing. A direct-to-garment printer sprays water-based ink straight into the fibers.
A worker opening a heat press over a freshly printed shirt
Step 3, setting the print. Printed garments are heat-set so the ink bonds permanently to the fabric.
A worker inspecting a printed shirt in a modern print facility
Step 4, quality check. Every print is inspected under bright light before it leaves the floor.
Hands folding a printed t-shirt on a work table
Step 5, folding. Shirts are folded by hand to a consistent size before packing.
Hands packing a folded printed t-shirt into a cardboard shipping box
Step 6, packing and shipping. Each order is boxed individually and handed off for delivery.

The materials

Every product page lists its own real materials, but the short version:

  • T-shirts: a tri-blend of polyester, combed ring-spun cotton, and rayon, the blend that gives that soft, vintage, fitted feel rather than a stiff basic tee.
  • Hoodies: 100% organic cotton that’s GOTS and OCS certified, OEKO-TEX Standard 100 certified, and PETA-Approved Vegan, real third-party certifications, not marketing language.
  • Sweaters: 80% organic cotton and 20% recycled polyester, with a 100% organic cotton exterior.
  • Mugs: lead- and BPA-free enamel.
  • Stickers: durable, high-opacity vinyl that goes on bubble-free.

Why it isn’t the cheapest shirt online

Made-to-order means there’s no bulk-buying discount to pass on, since every single item is its own small production run. The price covers real materials, an actual printing process, and the design work itself. If you want the absolute lowest price on a blank tee, this isn’t that. If you want a specific design printed well on a genuinely nice garment, that’s what you’re paying for.

If something’s actually wrong

Every design goes up only after I’ve looked at the real product myself, not just the flat artwork. If your order still arrives misprinted, damaged, or wrong, I’ll sort it out; see the Refund and Returns Policy for exactly how.