[juliensmommy03]

Hi, I'm Heather. I'm pregnant with my 3rd baby and decided to leave my job in the financial world and earn a little extra income in making shirts! My husband and I decided against screen printing since it would be too messy. We are interested in a heat press. What I guess I want to know is, how in the world do I get started? I want to do this with as low of a start-up cost as possible but I want high quality transfers. I own a decent ink-jet printer from Target so I'm hoping I don't need to make any changes there. I would also like to try and do this not as a huge money maker but to maybe work my way up there. It's just basically a way to make some extra income while I can stay home with my kids. So, what kind of heat press is the best? I'm interested in the $99 heat press deal with proworld.com. Also, I would like the transfer paper that does not require cutting around everything. I feel like I sound so new and silly but hey, I have to start somewhere! Any help, advice, support would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!

 

[DivineBling]

Hi Heather!

Welcome to the forum. You'll get lots of advice for your questions here. I'm not familiar with the ProWorld heat presses but I'm sure someone will jump in and let you know what they think.

I started my business the same way you are. My little one was in preschool and my oldest was in 1st grade and I wanted to do something that let me work crazy late at night and allowed me to take my girls to their various activities and school and still volunteer in their classrooms. This business is addicting so have fun!

 

[2Dye4]

I too started our home business when our boys were small and then through home schooling years...though I went the tie dye route. Now, there grown and I'm still dyeing away and get the biggest kick out of meeting tie dye fans at markets and festivals. Good luck!