09/11/2026
🚨🚨 OH… SO WE’RE MAD ABOUT SHIRT PRICES AGAIN? 😂
Y’all see a $ 30 custom shirt and start doing Walmart math. 😭
“$30?! 😳 I can buy a shirt for $5!”
Okay. 🥰
Then go buy the $5 shirt. 😂
Nobody is stopping you.
The door is wide open. 🚪🤣
But PLEASE stop comparing a small business making ONE custom shirt for you to a corporation producing thousands of shirts at once.
Because baby… that math ain’t mathing. 😂
You’re not paying $30 for “just a shirt.”
You’re paying for:
✨ The blank shirt
✨ The design
✨ DTF transfer or embroidery service
✨ Supplies
✨ Equipment
✨ Electricity
✨ Software
✨ Packaging
✨ My TIME
✨ My LABOR
✨ My SKILL
✨ My CREATIVITY
✨ My EXPERIENCE
And the convenience of sending me a picture, saying “I want this on a shirt” and magically receiving the finished product without having to figure out how to make it yourself. 😂
I answer the messages.
I make the mockup.
I prepare the design.
I press the shirt.
I check the shirt.
I package the shirt.
I handle the order.
And somehow the part that gets questioned is my $30. 😭😂
Meanwhile, some of y’all will spend $9 on a drink you finish in 12 minutes and nobody needs to know about the ingredients, labor, rent, electricity, or profit margin. 💀
But a small business owner says “$30” and suddenly everybody becomes an accountant. 😂📊
PLEASE.
Affordable does NOT mean underpriced.
And I refuse to compete with Walmart, Amazon, Temu, or somebody selling shirts so cheap they’re basically donating their labor. 😂
I know what my products cost me.
I know how long they take.
I know what my time is worth.
And I’m not working for free just because somebody else decided they wanted to.
Custom work has VALUE.
So if my price isn’t for you?
That’s okay. ❤️
But you don’t have to announce your departure like you’re leaving a group chat. 😂
Just keep scrolling.
Because here at Thread and Ink Boutique, we’re going to keep creating, keep improving, keep supporting our customers, and YES…
KEEP CHARGING WHAT THE WORK IS WORTH. 🫶🏻🩷
And to everybody who actually GETS IT?
The repeat customers.
The ones who share.
The ones who recommend me.
The ones who say “Girl, charge more!” 😂
The ones who support small businesses without trying to negotiate every single dollar…
I SEE YOU. 🥹🩷
Thank you for keeping this little small business going.
Community over competition.
Support small businesses.
And PLEASE… let us pay our bills. 😂🇺🇸🩷
