It’s easy to use a resource everyday and take it for granted without ever mentioning to other people how helpful it really is. Very often I find myself searching through Emptees list of tees or designers to keep an eye out for trends, new talent, or just great designs.

Emptees is also a terrific place to showcase your designs and get a feel for how they will be received. The community based nature of the site means that feedback and support from other artists is very common and it’s a great way to get buzz for your new designs. They also have an awesome resources section where you can find links to helpful articles and tutorials. Whether you’re a seasoned designer or a novice…Emptees is a terrific, free resources that shouldn’t be ignored.

Stay tuned to You Design It because we have a little announcement pertaining to Emptees coming soon.

A t-shirt blog that we are a big fan of here at You Design It needs your help.  Andy, at Hide Your Arms, is offering a great deal on Threadless gift certificates.  He has some $25 gets certificates to Threadless and he is selling them for $17 each.  The guy needs a new computer, and quite frankly, we want him to make his goal.  We don’t want to imagine the t-shirt blogosphere without Hide Your Arms. .

He is raising money to get a new laptop, because his current one is on its last leg.  It is nice when someone is raising money and they are offering a heck of a deal, because too many times people just ask for handouts.  This would be a great buy even if there wasn’t a good reason behind it.  Good luck Andy, we hope this helps!

We are proud to announce the launch our new t-shirt videos aggregate site You Design It TV. We recently put the finishing touches on the site and thought there was no better place to make the announcement than the official You Design It blog.

The site will be updated often with embedded videos from video sites such as YouTube, Vimeo, Blip and more. They will cover a wide array of topics that are all t-shirt related. We hope you can learn, laugh, or be inspired by the videos we are hand-selecting from the web for posting on the site. Please let us know if there are any videos of yours that you would like for us to feature on You Design It TV. We will be more than happy to do so.

Signs are pointing in the direction that the worst is behind us in terms of the poor economy! We have a long way to go but we’re glad everything is moving in the right direction. Even so, we’ll still be known for cheap custom t-shirts because you shouldn’t have to pay a lot to get high quality. Please let us know how You Design It can help you out with your next t-shirt project.

We recently printed a job for a division of the United States Armed Forces in Afghanistan. The t-shirts were dropped off at the USPS with an APO address on a Wednesday and made it to our customer on the following Monday. That is faster than some domestic shipping times. We were especially happy when our customer called that morning to tell us they were “astounded” with the job we did. They were very happy with the quality of our work and blown away by the speed.

I have to admit, it never gets old hearing this kind of feedback! 

We have been extremely busy improving the user experience at You Design It in every possible way. We looking at every possible way to make You Design It the most pleasurable way to design t-shirts and purchase custom products on the web. Please stay tuned to our updates as we continue to work hard behind the scenes!