Rise Up Designs

 When I first started creating, my focus was pretty simple: tumblers, wraps, and learning everything I could about UV DTF products. Like many small business owners, I spent countless hours figuring out designs, testing products, and learning what customers responded to. But something interesting happened along the way. I realized the product wasn’t really the thing. The creativity was. The skill set was. The ability to take an idea and turn it into something meaningful was. For a while, UV DTF decals primarily meant tumblers for me. And while I still love creating them, I started asking myself: What else can I do with the tools I already have? That’s where the fun began. The same UV DTF products I was using on tumblers started showing up on: 📚 Blind Date with a Book bundles 🔖 Beaded bookmarks 🔑 Keychains 👜 Book lover totes 📖 Annotation kits 🎁 Reader gift bundles Instead of learning an entirely new craft, I simply found new ways to use the skills I already had....

Flex Friday Edition Let’s talk about something no one really wants to talk about but absolutely needs to: Maintenance. Not for your car (although… maybe check those tires too), but for your craft equipment. More specifically—my Epson F170 sublimation printer , aka: my quiet co-worker who lives on the shelf and sometimes throws a tantrum when I ignore her for too long. 🖨️ 😅 Why This Matters (AKA: Learn from Me So You Don’t Cry Later) I love creating. I love crafting. I love dreaming up designs, applying wraps, making tumblers, and hearing people say, “OMG this is SO cute!” What I don’t love? ❌ Weird color streaks ❌ Clogged print heads ❌ Mystery lines across my designs And guess what causes that? Neglect. (Sorry, Epson. I swear it’s not personal.) 🛠️ My Setup & What I’ve Learned I use the Epson F170 for sublimation work and let me tell you—it’s a great little machine when you treat her right. But if I forget to run nozzle checks or skip maintenance for a few d...