B & D Embroidery & More Two Rivers , Wi.

Recycled Bottle Cap beads becomes trashion

2010-05-10T19:27:00.000-07:00

My latest Trashion :

Recycled Bottle caps becomes beads for jewelry. Earrings ~Necklace~ Bracelet

So here we have bottle-cap beads that I have made and transformed into jewelry. Living in a small town has it's advantages. There is this great burger place called Crabby Bill's Burger & Fries. I have got to know the owner quite well and I asked him to save the bottle caps for me. He serves a lot of craft beers with some neat pictures on them. Please note I am not a beer drinker so having friends that serve a lot of beer is great.

Earrings Made from 4 beers~

Bracelet made from 12 Beers~

Necklace made from 2 Beers~

I know everyone has seen the others online and have wondered how they were made. I have made up a detailed pictured tutorial that I will email for a small paypal donation. You can email me for detail. bdembroidery@charter.net

Recycling Trash into Fashion TRASHION

2010-04-30T07:56:00.000-07:00

Remember Back in the late 80's & 90's when recycling became a big part of all our lives. Many complained it took to much time, or that it left garbage laying around for a week. During the big recycling movement I was in school, and they really pushed the concept on Children so we would take it home to our parents and try to teach them a thing or two. Parents don't always like to listen or learn educational subjects from their children.

It was a struggle in my house and I often wondered if it was like that in many homes or were my parents just thick headed. All the pamphlets and paperwork that was handed to us for our parents to read would hit the trash without even being looked at. It took some time, but they did catch on and start to recycle on a regular basis.

Recycled art projects was one of my favorites things to do. I can remember my 1st recycled project was made out of a school sized milk carton. I made it into a rabbit by gluing cotton balls on it and than adding the ears, eyes and nose by using recycled paper. If I made 1 I must have made 100. I even won 1st place for designing a poster for the school for advertising recycling.

As I got older things never changed. My 1st apartment was cute & cosy, however I could not afford curtains so I made them from bedsheets and blankets. They were so cute, everyone was surprised after I told them what they were. Being Creative like that just comes to be. I am still at recycling trash into treasures, however now I own a store where I can sell my treasures.

This past week I was really craving Starburts, so off to the store we went and ended up with a bag of Starburst and Tootie Rolls. On the way home I was thinking back to a time when I used gum wrappers in the 90's and made a bracelet. After we got home I instructed the family that they could eat the sweet nuggets of sugar,but they had to remove the wrappers carefully.. It wasn't to long and I was weaving the trash into a chain. I had made a bracelet and earrings while watching T.V.

My 12 year old daughter thought that was the neatest thing. Needless to say the bracelet and earring walked right out of the living-room. She wore them to school and the children were raving about the set asking her where got them. I can see a new trend arising.

A few nights later I had enough to Toostie Rolls to start another chain. Before I knew it I had a bracelet.

Looks like I am on to something, but know I need wrappers. If you have saved candy wrappers you can bring them to our store at 1609 Washington St. Two Rivers,WI. I will gladly take them.

New Handmade Soy Candles Two Rivers WI Themed

2010-04-24T14:56:00.000-07:00

Two Rivers Wisconsin Themed Candles

Handmade with Advanced soy that is made from 100% soybeans and carefully selected botanical oils. Clean slow burning and dye free.

~ 2 sizes

4 oz. $7.00

10 oz. $10.00

~6 scents to choose from:

APPLEFEST~ Fresh Apples

NORTH PIER LIGHTHOUSE~ Polo

MARINERS TRAIL ~Sweet Pea

NESHOTAH NIGHTS ~Midsummer Nights

HOME OF THE SUNDAE~ Vanilla

COOL CITY BREEZE~ Fresh Cotton

Purchase yours here: http://bdembroidery.com/Store/School%20Spirit/storetworivers/storetworivers.html

Limited quantities per scent.

NBA All Stars Nets

2010-02-22T02:11:00.000-08:00

The nets for the NBA All Stars game were made by Carron Net Co. In Two Rivers WI. Please note the diamond that fills an area of the net. Each Net had 3 dimamonds with printed logo. We did the printing on the diamonds.

Opening late

2010-02-18T04:38:00.001-08:00

We will be opening late today as we are taking a field trip to Carron Net Company. We are working together to offer custom printed nets for all your net needs. From Schools to bars.. Stand out with a custom printed net! Best of all It's made locally!

NEW THINGS IN "10

2010-01-08T15:49:00.000-08:00

I hope all had a Safe & Happy New Year.

2010 in well on it way. This year will bring many exciting changes.

We are adding more services and plan on expanding within the year as well.
This month we have added glass etching. You can find a selection of Two Rivers souvenir glasses as well as Ice Cream Dishes. We can also custom etch something for you as well.

Working with other local businesses: We have been working with Carron Net here in Two Rivers. There is some exciting news of things that will be happening in February.

Other exciting news that will I be starting is a Dance/Cheer
Team For the NEW Manitowoc County semi pro football Team The Mariners. I am forming the Dance/Cheer Team and look forward in doing
so. If anyone is interested in joining the Dance/Cheer team please email me at bdembroidery@charter.net or stop in at the store. The only requirement is that you must be 18 years of age.

Santa Hoodies Made By Bridget

2009-12-22T05:41:00.000-08:00

As you Know Bridget is not a fan of Holiday sweaters with crazy prints nor a fan of wearing Red. Last year while we were still a home business she made herself a Santa Hoodie and wore it as a jacket. She did get a lot of complements about it. After stuffing in the closet for the summer months she pulled it out in November and wore it around town. There were many asking it where she got it, well to the sewing machine she went. She has made several Santa Hoodies this year and have even made some with chenille, But the popular choice is the plush fur.

Her love for creative sewing has put her in the mood to create other Fun Hoodies. Watch for them. There will be a new one after the new year. There are a few Santa hoodies left but are going quick.

B & D Embroidery & Screen Printing Would like to wish you a Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year.

This weeks Hours Open M-T 9 AM til 5PM Closesd Friday Open Saturday 11AM til 3PM

Monday is Back to our normal hours

M-F 9AM-5PM

Sat. 11AM-3PM

Happy Thanksgiving

2009-11-26T11:38:00.000-08:00

We will be closed Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday. Saturday we will also be closed due to the Two Rivers Parade and living windows and parade. If you need anything please call 553-9231.

D.A.R.E. Car update

2009-11-12T08:57:00.001-08:00

Today we received a nice letter from the Two Rivers Police Chief. Thanking Us for donating the graphics for the D.A.R.E. car. This makes it all worth while. The D.A.R.E. program is a fantastic program that we as parents stand strongly behind.

Grand Opening B & D Embroidery & Screen Printing

2009-11-10T06:02:00.000-08:00

Our Grand Opening with The Manitowoc Chambers was Nov. 9th. Sandwiches were provided by Maretti's Deli Of Manitowoc, Coffee was provided by Red Bank Coffee, Soda, water, cookies and muffins were provided by us. We had a blast. It was Great to have my Uncle Bill attend this event.. He snuck in the picture Standing behind Dave. Has a great conversation with many who attended.
Dave has been Nominated to be on the TRBA Board, the elections will be in December. We are also helping Mainstreet with the Holiday Parade/living windows and look forward to serving on that board as well to make a better community for all.

Watch for business to have the Two Rivers Business Association stickers displayed on their window. We have donated them to the TRBA!

Grand Opening

2009-11-04T05:49:00.000-08:00

Embroidery will finally be having it's "Grand Opening" ceremony, hosted by the Manitowoc Chamber of Commerce. It will be at noon, Monday the 9th at the shop (1609 Washington St. in Trivers). There will be sandwiches provided by Maretti's, coffee by Red Bank, and other snacks, and drinks provided. We'd love to have... you! Please RSVP so we can estimate how much food and drink that we'll need.

Digital Printed Decal for Two Rivers D.A.R.E. Car

2009-10-14T12:21:00.001-07:00

The Two Rivers D.A.R.E. car is getting new skin.

We are Strong advocates of the D.A.R.E. program.

Both our Children have attended and Graduated from this Program.

We are strong believers in this program and the war on drugs.

All Drug offences should have stronger legal consequences!

The thought of some groups that push for the legalization of drugs makes me ill. Glorifying the use of drugs & alcohol in movies, music, ads, and jewelry should be banded. As Well has holding Functions for children and selling alcohol at the events. All drugs are bad, man-made or homegrown. For the sake of our Children's future and the morality of society help fight the war on drugs. Contact your Local Police agency and ask how you can help.

Being strong believers of this program we are donating the new skin and installation of the decals. Knowing of budgets cuts I would rather they spend the money on other well needed supplies for the D.A.R.E. program.

I will post more pictures after Friday, as that is when it's getting applied.

Giving Back To Two Rivers High School with the Sale of Letterman's Jackets

2009-10-13T09:39:00.001-07:00

We are selling Letterman's Jackets and giving back to the school. With the sale of every jacket we are donating $100.00 to the sports program. The price of the Jackets are $250.00. Payment plans are excepted. The plans are tailored to meet your needs. The Price includes The jacket, all embroidery, patch/metal application and a $100.00 donation to the sports program. Once again giving back any way we can.

Giving Back To the Community

2009-10-13T08:55:00.001-07:00

Someone brought it to my attention that the Homecoming Queen at our Two Rivers High School wasn't given a crown to keep. She was crown Homecoming Queen than had to return the crown to the school. I am a real softy at heart and felt bad. This poor child was given a title and wasn't able to keep the crown as a keepsake. I can understand will all the budget cuts that have taken place, but I felt it was important for this young woman to have a keepsake for this once in a life time event. We bought the crown and felt I needed to go one step further and make a velvet pillow for the crown to sit on plus I embroidered it in school colors. It's the little things you do in life that makes a difference.

Great Guys from Great Places

2009-07-25T11:48:00.000-07:00

These two men are on vacation for a wedding. They came into out store loving the Trivers sconsin Shirts , The one holding the shirt is from North Carolina, He wanted to get his wife a custom color combo shirt, While we were making it on the spot he asked for bumper stickers so we whipped up a few on them. The Man holding them is from D.C. It's great they are showing there love for Trivers, Sconsin!

We got to talking about their stay. They fell in love with cheese curds. I made sure to ask if they had them fried! I sure hope these guys make it back this way. I just had to get a picture of these two, than in return they asked to take our picture.

To the guy that bought the shirt for his wife, Please send us a picture of her wearing her Trivers Sconsin Shirt with pride. I would love to add that to our site!

Blast from the past 1961 Kingsbury advertisement to T-shirt

2009-07-21T13:16:00.000-07:00

About 2 weeks ago I had a very friendly customer come inquiring about a kingsbury logo. It was described as a lion playing piano and looking over his shoulder. I have seen many kingsbury logos, but I never recalled seeing one of this nature. I have a sharp photographic memory and didn't recall such a logo. The customer purchased other vintage beer items that I carry, and i told him I would be on the look out for such a logo. This past weekend low and behold the same customer came back in with a napkin of the very logo he was looking for.

This was one side of the napkin

This was the back side of the napkin, On the inside it was printed 1961. This napkin is 14 years older than me. The customer wanted t shirts with these images on. So I worked my graphic magic and artistic talent and poof!

Needless to say the customer was very happy. The word traveled fast. I had someone from Green Bay Contact me and purchased one from our website. I have some hanging in the window of my store and I have had more people come and comment about images as well as purchase them. It been quite the conversation starter.

Whats new at the shop

2009-07-05T10:46:00.000-07:00

Color changing T - shirts.. Remember the 80's Hypercolor shirts.. Well They are back.. These are not made by hypercolor, but they work the same way. Heat sensitive. In days past you could find them with screen printed images on. Screen printing is great, but with our printing styles you end up with an awesome effect. The ink absorbs your body heat and puts an outline around the image that is printed on the shirt. Please I have posted pictures of a shirt with old time ships printed on it. You will see it gives the shirts a Ghost like appearance. We have 3 colors in stock and ready to ship.

*Lilac to pink/yellow

*Green to gold For all the packer fans

*Blue to White

You can purchase yours at http://bdembroidery.com/Store/Trendy%20clothes/T1.html

want something printed on it? Not a problem email us at bdembroidery@charter.net Or stop in at 1609 Washington St. , Two Rivers,WI wanna order by phone call us with your credit card info at 920-553-9231 We will hook you up!

These are a real attention getter.. This is a great way to promote your business or school function. These are not your typical boring screen printed T shirt.

Seeing the light at the end of the tunnel

2009-06-08T19:28:00.000-07:00

Well we are getting closer & closer to opening our doors for business. All the equipment is at the store and this week will tie things up. The Fire department is will do there inspection on Thursday. The cable and Internet is being installed tomorrow.

Here are a few pictures for a sneek peak.

Local Blip in The Newspaper

2009-06-01T10:05:00.000-07:00

This past weekend it was to our surprise that Mr. Buckkley our city manager welcomed and thanked us for relocating our business to the downtown Two Rivers. Thank You Mr. Buckkley

The count down till the doors open

2009-06-01T09:17:00.000-07:00

Well this past weekend we gained a lot of ground. It is a matter of weeks before the doors open.
David and I have been building This business from the ground up. It Started in 2001. Wow it seems like yesterday we decided to buy an industrial embroidery machine and start a business. That was just the start of the ball rolling. We had always kept our business in "HOME" so I could be the stay at home Mom. In Today's world it is so important to be as close as you can to your children. Well my baby is 11 and now it's time to leave the nest.

David and I have always talked about opening a Brick and mortar business. We would day dream about what kind of shop and atmosphere we would incorporate into our business. The typical Embroidery & Screen printing shops tend to be cookie cutter shops. Stuffy, dry, and many times messy and full of clutter. Kind of a uncomfortable place to be.

Common complaints of these cookie cutter shops are:

*The Time it takes to have something made

*They changed my original artwork
Ex. I wanted a lot of colors and was told it had to be dummed down to 4 colors

*I only want to order a few, but I was told I have to order more than a dozen

*I was hit with a very expensive artwork, set up and screen fee.

*I wanted to make a change to the artwork before it was printed and I was charged with another adjustment artwork fee.

* I had an image embroidered and wanted to change the color of thread and was charged a fee to do so.

These are some of the complaints we have heard from our customers. We knew we weren't going down this path! Why?...Because we were there once before. I was a customer of custom apparel shops before starting ours.

Lets break down the complaints above.

*Time it takes to get a garment:
We keep some shirts in stock , if there is an item you want that I don't have in stock. I can order the item and in most cases will have it in 24 hours. There are certain items that take longer like varsity jackets as they are made to order in Michigan. It takes about a week to get them. For printing or embroidery. That is about 24 hours. Please note in many cases when the item are in stock you can watch the item get made or Hang out on the couch and watch some T.V. or read a magazine, have a cup of coffee on us at Red Bank Coffee, and walk out with you item. We have even thought about bringing a nintendo Wii into the shop for our customers to use while we are producing their item.

Artwork:
I work with adobe and corel in many formats. You can use gradient colors in your image. If you designed an image even with the use of a photograph you can bring your artwork in on a jump drive or disk and we will print that image while you wait if your size is in stock.

If you have a rough sketch of artwork I will work with you do develop what your envisioning. There is no fee for this. All that is asked is for a deposit for your purchase. You can save your artwork and come back another day to work on it when you have time. Or I will finish it for free.

* I only want a few, but was told I would have to order a dozen or more
The minimum is 1 item. Your artwork will be saved for 1 year you can email, call or text a message to reorder any time. In most cases it will be ready when you get there.

* Fees , screen fee, artwork, set up, thread color change fees:
There are no hidden fees,I am not going to charge you to change the color of thread on the embroidery machine. It takes less than a minute to do. There is no artwork or set up fees.

When people ask what kind of custom apparel shop are you opening. I like to compare it to Build a bear, but in an apparel since.

We are really excited to bring this technology to Two Rivers Wisconsin. We are counting down the days till we open!

2 steps forward 1 step back

2009-05-23T19:50:00.000-07:00

So this morning we had thought we were seeing the light at the end of the tunnel...Until i removed a false ceiling tile to see the most beautiful tin ceiling ever...Yes it was the prettiest ornate ceiling ever!.. We I got all worked up and nearly shed a tear as there was small damage in areas from updating the electrical lighting within the building...

So as I husband and I stared at the ceiling we both knew that we wanted to restore the ceiling.. but we were silent not saying a word about fixing it, as we continued to remove the false ceiling tiles.. I didn't want to beg him to fix and repaint the ceiling.. so I waited until he said something about reworking the ceiling.. We know each other so well, it's crazy...

Well at the end of the day we knew it would delay our store opening...but bringing back the craftsman's ship of the ceiling is worth it. It truly is the most prettiest ceiling I have ever i can't wait for you to see it.

On the up note we do have one room complete.

Moving right along

2009-05-21T05:50:00.000-07:00

Well our new Store is almost ready for us to move in. The carpet goes in Saturday..By Monday Things should be ready for us to start moving. Yes by Monday. Memorial Day I will reflect how hard other worked for our Country While I am working hard myself.

The displays were ordered and should be here any day. The Surrounding businesses have been very welcoming...Well... all but one...That's O.K. His Blessings of Good Karma while sitting on his stump was a little odd. All My blessings come from God. It is truly the blessings from God That have gotten us this far in life. Without him none of this would be possible.

I am excited to be bring Two Rivers new and exciting things.

We are Moving!!!!

2009-05-07T17:33:00.000-07:00

After 10 years of being a Home based business...We are Moving To a commercial building in Downtown Two Rivers... 1609 Washington St, Two Rivers is where we are moving to.. Stay posted for details...

Is spring here.Think Green..

2009-04-27T09:50:00.000-07:00

Well I must say I am looking forward to spring/summer. I know others are as well as the orders that we have been receiving tell so. Trucker Hats seem ever so popular again this year. We have printed 6 dozen in just the last 2 days.

On a brighter note... We have looked at a building in downtown T.R. Perfect location! great layout. I am hoping this will be the one for us. It's Time Two Rivers has an apparel place that does embroidery as well as Eco friendly printing.

We love our city and Lake Michigan. I refuse to use the chemicals that goes into cheap silk screen printing. I am sure most in this area are washing the chemicals down the drain. How sad is that.

10 years ago we did the typical screen printing with the silk screens. Remind you we were running our business in Home. We had two small children. I could not believe the chemicals that had to be used to prep, the screens never mind the clean up. The fumes were enough to make you sick. We set out for a more earth friendly and healthier way to print apparel for our customers, Today I am glad to say since 2003 we have been Eco friendly.

Happy Easter To all!

2009-04-12T08:58:00.000-07:00

Happy Easter to all! Hope your day was blessed in many ways.