Preppi Earthquake Prepardness Canvas Bags

We had the chance to work with a really unique job and a really unique company: Preppi. The bags were created out of the need for being prepared for an emergency...with style. These premium bags are hand assembled with a variety of select goods inside that come with the purchase of the bag: materials to which will help you during the first 72 hours of any major natural disaster.

The guys contacted us to help them print these bags. Because they recently had a really great write up in the New York Times, they were in demand and needed a few hundred of these in only a few days. We were able to come through and help them get these done.

The print was a jumbo 2 color print. The tricky thing with these was the alignment of them that needed to be absolutely perfect in order to not conflict with the position of the straps or the handle; but also so that they didn't fall off the edge of either side of the bag. This took us quite a bit of time to really perfect nailing the print location of these abnormally-shaped pieces of canvas, but once we got into the swing of things, they came out amazingly.

Foundation For A Better Life Tote Bag Finishing

After we did all the printing for the FBL Tote Bag Printing, we were asked to custom tag, fold and bag each individual bag. Seems easy when its just a few, but with 5000 pieces its a feat that is more difficult than meets the eye.

First, we had to print each of the cards with "Gratitude" on them, and then punch a smaller-than-normal 3/16th hole in each. From there, we decided to use silver metallic twist ties to attach the tags, to make them look like Christmas gifts.

And finally, after each was tagged, folding and bagging each one was something straight out of China. We had a great time, with all of us assembly line style folding each bag, sometimes competing to see which team could fold stacks of 100 faster. (we were doing them in 4 minutes per 100). This was definitely one of these very self fulfilling jobs that makes you feel good once its all completed! With this job, we filled the world with more Gratitude! :)

Foundation For A Better Life Tote Bags

Every year before the holidays, big corporations contact us to help them produce Christmas gifts for their clients. Sometimes its commercial production companies, Actors or this year, Foundation for a Better Life. These guys are an amazing non profit foundation that has thousands of billboards across America with motivational quotes on them, reminding us all what is really important.

Because of all the media and billboard space FBL receives during the year, they definitely have a LOT of people to thank...just around 5000 to be exact. That is how many tote bags we produced for them this year, and it was very tedious but exciting to be able to help them.
 

Because of the quantity that we ordered, the totes came to our shop on a pallet, and we printed each one of them with a 2 color print. We also were hired to tag and individually fold/ship each one as well (those photos to come...).

Amazing Tote Bag Printing

Tote bags are a luxury. Something that is easy to make, cheap to produce, and leaves a lasting impression on the person who receives it. Not to mention that it lasts ages longer and gives momentous amounts of exposure longer than a Tshirt (since it lasts longer, people take it everywhere with them, and it doesn't get washed and worn like a Tshirt). And these days, plastic bags are getting banned from cities left and right, making a tote bag an even higher commodity than before.

At Print Renegades, we have the ability to print LOTS of tote bags. Here is a small example of the things that we have produced over the time that we have been printing. (with MANY more to come...)