Screensilk

Phew, that title is a mouth full. With so many exciting things on the horizon, I didn’t know how to best sum it all up. Before I get ahead of myself, let me start at the beginning.

It has been almost 11 months to the day, that I started this site. My main goal then, was to share information and techniques relating to screen printing that was not widely available on the internet. While I feel that I have been successful on some level of acheiving that, there is so much more I think we can do with this place.

I am currently in the process of overhauling the design, to be much cleaner, easier to navigate, more inclusive and less ads. The redesign will feature a much more robust storefront, for all of our screenprinting products, as well as more tutorials, downloads and the relaunch of the Screensilk.com forums.

Another feature, which has already been implimented, but will be better integrated into the new design, will be the Screensilk.com Online Printshop . ThisOnline Printshop allows for custom printing of promotional items, stickers, postcards, business collateral, and much more. The beauty of this sytem is that not only can you upload your artwork to be printed, but you can also use our online design interface to custom design your own artwork to be printed on our products. All products are competitively priced, and are guaranteed to be of the best print quality, or we will reprint your order for free. Feel free to browse the Product List and price out your next order.

So if you haven’t already, subscribe to the feed, and keep watching Screensilk.com, as we prepare to take it to a whole new level.

Have a happy holidays, and a safe New Year!

Joshua Van Horsen

Screensilk.com

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