Thank you. I do not have any designs whatsoever. I just have (what I think) are some funny saying, quote's, snippets, what have you. I really just want to see how people will respond to my sense of humor. So I need a heatpress, blank t's, and whatever it is (stencil?), that puts the words onto the shirt? Sorry I am so ignorant to all of this.
When people say "designs", that equals "slogan", "quotes", "sayings" or basically "whatever you want to put on your t-shirt"
There are many ways you can put slogans/quotes/sayings on t-shirts:
- Screen Printing
- Plastisol Transfers
- Inkjet Transfers
- Vinyl Transfers
- Direct to Garment printing
You don't have to print them yourself, you can just outsource the printing to someone who is already setup with the right equipment.
If you want to do it yourself, you need to research each of those methods, check out the pros/cons/investment costs of each, and decide how you want to move forward:
http://www.t-shirtforums.com/general-t-shirt-selling-discussion/t37985.html
http://www.t-shirtforums.com/general-t-shirt-selling-discussion/t48532.html#post286215
http://www.t-shirtforums.com/general-t-shirt-selling-discussion/t57379.html
If you're just "testing", the outsourcing the printing can be a good way to go. That way you don't have to open up wholesale accounts at blank t-shirt wholesalers or have to worry about learning a printing process.
You just design and send your designs (quotes/slogans/etc) to the printer. They deliver you finished t-shirts that you can sell however you want to.
You can read more about staring a t-shirt company here:
start related topics at T-Shirt Forums
Keep in mind, that even with slogans or words, to get them printed, you will usually have to put those words into a graphics program. Screen Printers, DTG printers, Heat transfer folks print from graphic files, not from desktop software like Microsoft Word.
So you'll need to type those words/quotes/sayings you want into a
graphics program like photoshop/paint shop pro/etc and save it as a graphics file and send that to a printer (or use that graphic file to print it yourself depending on which route you select)