This summer, Custom Ink ran a pilot to find and support people driving change in their communities. We called it Community Champions and we piloted it in Charlottesville, Virginia where our production facility and one of our stores are located. You can read more about the program in our companion story. Our Charlottesville community [...]

At Custom Ink, we like to make a habit of keeping an eye out for people making a positive impact however they can. This summer, we took that to the next level by launching a pilot program called Community Champions in Charlottesville, VA, where we have a store and production facility. Inkers had already been spreading the word about the [...]

The summer’s almost over (I know, I’m having trouble coming to terms with it, too) but that doesn’t mean there isn’t more fun to be had. There’s still a good bit of good weather ahead of us and then it’ll be that inevitable rush through fall into the holiday season and before we know it, it’ll be 2020. We are working on identifying the [...]

The current military phonetic alphabet, known as the International Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet, the ICAO or the NATO phonetic alphabet, was developed in the 1950s to help make sure that audible communications were sent and received clearly. Each letter of the modern English alphabet was assigned its own word, making it possible for [...]

If you’re an educator, you probably spend a lot of time thinking about how to motivate and reward your students. Maybe you use reward stickers; candy prizes; good, old fashioned praise; or a combination of all of the above and more.  An exciting new trend we’ve noticed is schools using custom t-shirts to celebrate and drive students’ [...]

In this digital age, there’s still one thing that’s really handy to have on paper: your business contact information. Whether you’re meeting with potential clients, at a networking event, or just want to throw it in a fishbowl to enter to win free sandwiches for the office, a business card is an essential must-have for every wallet. Now [...]

Sometimes the world changes us, and sometimes we change the world around us. Natalia Seth started changing her world through surrealistic photo compositions that turned into the wildly successful Instagram account Escaping Youth. Her work has now given her a social media platform to be able to help make things change for others. In honor [...]

Early on a recent Saturday morning, people from across Virginia gathered with their teams at the Richmond chapter of the national charity WALK MS, a walk to raise funds and awareness for multiple sclerosis, also known as MS. One group stood out from the others, and it wasn’t just because of their bright orange custom team shirts. The [...]