Tag: Decatur Screenprint

Decatur Screenprint and Mudfire Clayworks Have New Owners

From the folks at Decatur Screenprint…

Decatur Screenprint (& Embroidery) is under new ownership and we are very excited to continue to serveour customers and the community. We have only been open for 3 weeks, and can already report we are working and ready for business! Here is a little information on the new owners;

Since 2007 Robin Ackermann has been the founding owner of Make It Personal, LLC, an embroidery and monogramming company. The merging of professional services through the acquisition of Decatur Screenprint is a natural progression of our business evolution.  Robin has a strong background in marketing and software education, as well as teaching pre-school locally. She has experience and networking within the community through creating and chairing several PTA positions for Spirit Wear. Robin is available to assist with new and exciting ideas for your business or fund raising with a minimal amount of work for you and with maximum results.

Nancy Moore brings a high level of experience in the software arena, including technical writing, training and consulting. Entities with which Nancy has been associated include The National Academy of Engineering and Experian. Most recently she worked as an Account Manager at Fair Issac, overseeinglarge client relationships in product sales. Nancy is a volunteer leader at several local education environments. Her volunteerism is extensive: Co-President of the PTA at Fernbank Elementary School,Co-President of the PTSA at Druid Hills Middle School, Co-President of The Emory-LaVista Parent Council, which includes an expansive outreach program, and volunteer at The Get Grounded Teen Studio.

Robin and Nancy are the yin and the yang of a professional, local small business. Each of our talents ensures a creative and meticulous customer experience.  We welcome your product suggestions or we can offer a myriad of selections to help meet your request.

And from over at Mudfire Clayworks and Gallery’s website…

MudFire Clayworks & Gallery, a nationally-prominent ceramic art center, is pleased to announce a wide range of new programs and enhancements concurrent with a change in ownership. Deanna Ranlett, owner of Atlanta Clay, has acquired a controlling interest in MudFire. Deanna, along with her team of investors and staff, has an ambitious plan for building on MudFire’s sterling reputation in the clay community.

DM’s “Decatur: There’s a Festival For That” T-Shirt Now on Sale

Click the pics above to enlarge and see the design up close

The insanely long wait is finally over.  After absorbing months of cat calls and heckling, the first, official Decatur Metro t-shirt is finally here!

As any DM-addict can tell you, the brilliant catch-phrase “Decatur: There’s a Festival for That” comes from the minds of the first-name wunderkinds “Russ” and “Dave” in a moment of random collaboration way back in late 2009 during the “Describe Decatur in 6 Words” discussion.

And it was all uphill from there!

Lauren and Marcia at Lampe-Farley brought my vague concept of festival line drawings to life in design and Patrick at Decatur Screenprint turned the whole dang thing into tangible, organic objects ready for your discretionary consumption.

Now I imagine one or two of you are thinking “I like festivals and tolerate this website. How do I get one!?”

Good question, disgruntled reader!  Your easiest option is to get yourself over to our BRAND-NEW WEBSTORE, where you can purchase the Men’s/Unisex tee online for just $18 (w/free shipping for a limited time!).

But if you’d like to try it on first or you’re looking for a more fitted look OR want to flaunt your festi-love during the dead of winter, our fitted “Ladies” and “Kid” tees along with long-sleeve versions are currently on display and available for you to try-on and purchase at Decatur Screenprint (located at 340 West Ponce de Leon Ave, Decatur, GA).  We plan to make these other options available for online purchase, but it’ll be a few weeks.  I’ll keep you updated.)

All details and joking aside, I hope you like it.  This shirt was a long-time in the making and wouldn’t have been possible without the help of Marcia, Lauren, Patrick and my wife (who continually endures and responds to a never-ending, unfiltered list of my “ideas”).

Decatur Screenprint Coming To 340 West Ponce

Patrick writes in with news of what’s going on behind the white paper in the windows of the old Lisa DiFrancesco office in the upstairs of the 340 West Ponce de Leon building.  The answer? A new location for Decatur Screenprint.

I wanted to let you know that the white paper up at the former Lisa Di Francesco Plastic Surgery office at 340 W. Ponce de Leon Ave (upstairs, same building where Little Azio used to be) is concealing renovation and build-out of the new location for Decatur Screenprint. We’re a custom printed apparel shop – we screenprint t-shirts, hoodies, tote bags, jackets, etc. for our customers including schools, businesses, bands, individuals, and event organizers. Our focus is shorter run/smaller quantity, high quality organic/recycled garments sourced from socially-conscious manufacturers along with eco-friendly inks. We also print on conventional garments as well. Everything is done manually on-site by a human, no robots or automation – we like real people doing the work. It goes along with our conservation mindset – jobs have to be conserved, too! We’ll also be offering some retail items and gifts. Shooting for anopening in the April/early May timeframe if all runs smoothly. Can’t wait to slap our “Made in Decatur” tag on everything we make.

We’ve been holding the news in for weeks – glad to have it off our chest.