In our retail showroom we usually have in stock the shirts and caps shown above Women's Rib Knit Tank Tops in Black, Pink & White, Hooded Sweatshirts in Black, Ash & White, regular Sweatshirts in Black, Ash & White, Long Sleeve t-shirts Black, Ash & White. Women's Bella scoop neck rib knit fitted shirts in Black, Red, White and Pink, Ringer t-shirts in Red, Kelly, Black, & Royal and 3/4 Sleeve Baseball  shirts with white body and Red, Kelly, Black or Royal sleeves. Women's Rib Knit Tank Tops in Pink, Black & White. Infant Creeper 100% cotton with 3 snap bottom in White, Infant Cap ring spun 100% combed cotton in White, Lt. Blue & Pink.  Bella Scoop neck top in Black & White. Caps we carry 3 styles of 5 panel caps; our most popular is our solid color 100% cotton cap, we have a  Color Mesh Cap with a White panel and also Solid color Mesh Cap these can be custom lettered and photo & custom images applied as well thru our custom digital transfer process, caps come in different colors. We also have some camouflage and other miscellaneous style caps as well. All caps have adjustable back straps. Bandannas we are now carrying some colors of bandannas, these are solid color 22" x 22" bandannas made of 50% polyester/50% cotton. If you are looking for a specific color (see above for all colors available) let us know ahead of time as we only stock a few colors. These can be lettered, stock transfer designs applied and custom digital photos or designs applied to white or very light color bandannas. 

We get shipments from our warehouse about once a week and can special order any item from our online catalog on our wearables page and other styles and colors for you that we normally don't have in stock in our showroom for retail sale.

Iron-On Directions for our iron-on Letters & Numbers: Many have asked us if we sell them just the lettering and numbering so they can apply it themselves and the answer is Yes. (We use a special heat transfer press at about 370 degrees for 4 seconds.) on a hard rubber surface. You can probably do it on an ironing board with your iron set as hot as possible and experiment, start off with less time and add more time as necessary. If you don't think it is sticking, try re-ironing the letter again using transfer paper over it, try a couple seconds at a time as over heating can cause damage and melt the letter to much. The letters actually melt onto the fabric which is what makes them hold so well in the wash, letters should never come loose in the wash, if they do that means they were not applied and heated properly.  You must cover letters or numbers with heat transfer paper available from us and apply letters with dull side to fabric and shiny side facing up; our letters that are being made now have new letters that have a pebble grain look on the top side. You may get letters that are mixed with new & old material and on color letters there may be slight color difference. After ironing-on letters allow paper to cool before removing paper. Transfer paper is useable over and over again. We cannot be responsible for customers who damage their goods due to not applying letters/numbers correctly or due to different heat sources which we have no control over. Letters are designed to be applied to cotton, poly/cotton, polyester material and just about any type of cloth, it is not designed for nylon.

Rush/Overnight/Shipping Orders...      

Customers needing lettering/numbering orders shipped overnight for next day arrival should have orders placed by 1 pm Chicago time in order to be pulled, packaged and invoiced for overnight shipment that day. Customers are responsible for all overnight shipping fees. Minimum mailing charges for regular postal orders is $2.50. We cannot be responsible for orders shipped via regular US post office.  If you want to track shipments once they leave our premises ship it UPS which every order is insured automatically for up to $100.00 and is traceable if lost, or priority USPS mail with tracking, this is usually less for small packages for USPS insurance is additional let us know if you want to insure it.

Lettering       A B C D

Individual iron-on lettering is available on wholesale & retail items. Most individual shirt lettering can be done on a while you wait bases in our showroom when we are not busy. Current styles of letters are shown below we have 1" Block, 2" Pro Block, Small Script (caps & lower case), Tiffany, Jiminy Cricket, Old English (caps & lower case). We have 6" Greek letters for fraternities and Sororities, see styles below. Click to see custom lettering options on the next page.

Numbering 1" to 8" sizes       1    2  3  4 6 8

Individual numbering is available on wholesale orders & retail items. Ideal for sports teams. We have 1", 2", 3" 4" 6" and 8" size numbers. 10" and 12" can be ordered. Specify size, color of numbers and placement of numbers on shirts.

Lettering Kits

We can also sell you complete lettering kits at a better price. You will save about 50% by buying lettering kits plus you get 2 free transfer paper sheets with kits and save about 40% on numbering kits. 620 pc alphabet kits come with 40 each of letters AEORS and 20 of all the other letters. 760 pc kits come with 40 each of letters ACEILMNORSTU and 20 of all the other letters. 340 pc Numbering kits come with 120 ea of #1, 40 ea of #0, 40 ea of #2 and 20 of every other number. Email us for pricing on Lettering Kits.

Custom Lettering

*ORDERING:  You can Email your order to csichicago1@yahoo.com or Fax it to 773-665-2228, or Call to 773-665-2226. Company contact information is on our opening page, we accept all MasterCard & Visa credit cards and Paypal.

 

Item	Iron-On Letters	Price Ea.
B1	1" Block Letters available in Black, Red, Royal, Kelly , White, Navy, Purple & Gold.  1"H x 3/4"W	.60
B2	2" Block Letters available in Black, Red, Royal, Kelly , White, Navy, Purple & Gold. 2"H x 1-1/8"W	.70
TIF	New-We have added 2" Tiffany style letters in White, numbers not available at this time.	.75
JC	New-We have added 1-1/8" Jiminy Cricket style in White & Black.	.65
BB2	2" White Background for 2" Letters & numbers only. These background letters allow you to put a color letter from the above 2" letters inside of the white background giving you a 2 color letter. (Sample shown below is a white background with black lettering on a Red shirt)	.70
B3	3" Block Letters available in Black, White & Red. 3"H x 3/4"W	.80
B4	4" Block Letters available in Black, White, Red, Kelly & Royal.	.90
MS	Signature            3/4" high (Signature comes in caps & lower case above) available in Black & White. This is the only lettering style we stock that comes in Flock material. 1"H x 3/4"W	.65
OE	Old English available in Black & White. Old English comes in caps & lower case letters (see sample above). Caps are 2"H x 1-1/2"W, lower case 2"H x 1-1/8"W, Caps 2"H x 1-1/2"W, lower case 2"H x 1-1/8"W	.70
GREEK	4" Greek Symbols shown here (Phi, Sigma, Delta) we have all 24 Greek symbols available in Black, White, & Gold. Used for Fraternities and Sororities. We can also do custom cad cut to whatever size and colors we have available-see Custom Cad Cut page.	1.75
	Iron-On Numbers
BN2	2" Numbers available in Black, Red, Royal, Kelly , White, & Gold.	.70
BN3	3" Numbers available in Red, Royal, Kelly , White, Orange, Teal, Navy & Gold, Black.	.90
BN4	4" Numbers available in  Red, Royal, Kelly , White, Orange, Teal, Navy & Gold, Dark Green, Black.	1.10
BN6	6" Numbers available in  Red, Royal, Kelly , White, Orange, Teal, Navy & Gold. Black.	1.50
BNB6	6" White Background Numbers for above 6" numbers.	1.50
BN8	8" Numbers available in Red, Royal, Kelly , White, Orange, Teal, Navy & Gold, Black.	1.95
Transfer Paper	You will need special transfer paper if you are ironing on your own letters and/or numbers. If you do not tell us what size paper you want, we will provide a sheet based on what letters/numbers you buy. Transfer sheets are reusable. Paper is .10 per square inch.	Example: 3 x 8 sheet is $2.40
SC	Service Charge per item to apply letters, numbers, transfers, etc to your items. We are not responsible for customers items, all work is done at customers own risk. We will not replace or reimburse for any damage or mistakes made on customers goods. This service charge is for shirts and small items, for larger and hard to letter items we charge by the time it takes to do the job. Discount on larger quantities.	2.75 1.25 for each additional location
Cutzit	Cutzit key tags are now available from CSI Chicago. The Cutzit key tag is a key shaped plastic key tag with a small retractable razor sharp stainless steel blade. This handy key tag is used to cut coupons, string, paper, carpet you name it! These are not available for retail sale anywhere and can only be obtained by buying them custom printed with a minimum order of 250 pcs, as on our main web site at www.custom-studios.com. But because people have asked us to buy a few we have made them available.  Cutzits are now available for $1.75 ea with a minimum order of 6 pcs. These are random cutzits we have.

PreSpaced Player Names and Numbers
CSI offers prespaced player names & numbers, we offer these custom names & numbers in sets which allows you to pick from 8 different styles of type in straight across or arched names. You can order names only , numbers only or name & number sets as shown below. This usually can save you money as these are sold in sets of name/number sets for a set price and you can also order colors as well. See the next page for selection of type styles and combinations of what's available and pricing per set. Go to our custom letters & numbers page here or above link.

                                               

      custom names & number sets           names only in one or two colors        numbers only in 1 or 2 colors

 

Stock Designs             

We have many stock transfer designs to choose from that can be applied to t-shirts while you wait. Above is a sample of some of the many designs we offer, click the above stock design link to see our pages for stock designs. We carry a large assortment of "Chicago" designs to give as gifts. And don't forget you can now make your own custom one of a kind t-shirt using our digital imprint transfer process below.            

Custom Digital Transfer Shirts

                 

   Digital transfer t-shirts are ideal for product & business promotion and putting your personal photo on a t-shirt as a gift or for yourself. 

CSI Chicago offers digital print transfers with a 1 pc minimum. You can email art or digital photos to  csichicago1@yahoo.com . Allow about 1-2 days for processing. An optional same day rush service is available contact us first to make arrangements. Our custom digital transfer T-shirts have become one of our most popular items! The advantage of digital transfer printed shirts is the quick turn around and the fact that you can do a complete customized full color shirt from your artwork or photo for $22.95 (we also have quantity discounts). We can also reproduce photos on your own material as well (pillow case, cloth, apron, tote bag, cap, etc.) They tend to be clearer on t-shirts because of the finer weave of the fabric, we don't recommend rib knit shirts or heather color shirts such as Ash and course fabrics are not recommended either. Optional rush same day service is also available, consult us first. We recommend putting these on white t-shirts. You can put these on very light color shirts, but keep in mind there is no opaque white to this process, so any white areas in the design will be the color of the shirt. We can mount them on an optional white backing but it usually has to be a simple design shape like a square or rectangle. 

Any Jpeg color file will usually work well for a Digital reproduction. For 1 color art a  TIF, EPS, AI or PDF file will usually work. Submit us a printed color photo/design printed on white paper to original size (up to 8.5 x 11 size). Normal delivery on custom digital printed jobs is 2-3 days. Orders needed in a hurry are charged a rush charge for same day service. 

	Shown here is a custom t-shirt using one of our stock design C-29 in black "Importance of Teamwork" and adding a custom digital transfer for the black & red custom type. The combination made an ideal custom shirt for a birthday party that night.		Shown here is a t-shirt using our stock 2" and 1" block iron-on letters that we did while the customer waited.
	Shown here is a table cloth that was done for a college group. This was done using 4" and 3" iron-on white letters.		Shown here is a sports jersey that was done using 2" letters and 8" numbers.

Digital Print Transfers for Light & Dark Color Shirts.

Exclusively from CSI Chicago

We are the only company currently offering this process in Chicago with a 1-2 day turn around. Rush service is available with a rush charge, check with us first to see if we can help.

	Shown here is a digital transfer print. This process is ideal for quick turn around and full color printed designs on white or light color shirts. Designed for doing your full color design on white shirts. Minimum is only 1 pc.  Send us your jpeg or other file (eps, color PDF, etc will usually work. This artwork was designed by us for the DJ customer.		Shown here is a digital photo transfer print on a White t-shirt. Lettering was typeset and incorporated into the picture.
	Shown here is a full color digital printed dragon design we designed and did for a pool tournament.		Shown here is a digital white transfer print on a Royal blue t-shirt to duplicate a shirt she had.
	Shown here is a digital printed transfer t-shirt that we did for a small business that had a full color design. For larger quantities we recommend doing direct digital printing on the garment. Doing direct digital printing requires more time (about 1  weeks) Minimum 6 pcs.		Shown here is a digital print using a white backing sheet so that it can be applied to a Black t-shirt. The white backing is printed with Black to help blend the black background into the black shirt.  This is a 1 step process on our white backing digital transfer.

   Preparing art for printing on dark shirts using our Digital Color/White transfer process on Dark shirts.

We recommend putting digital printed transfers on White shirts for best results, they can also go on light colors (Yellow, Pink, Natural, etc) as color in transfers are transparent and t-shirt color will show through any white portions of your photo/design. If you need to go on Black or dark color shirts then we need to do a White mask that goes behind the whole design, this requires our white digital transfer process (shown above). We can also do a digital printed design on our white backing sheets for $2.50 extra, this is best for simple shapes like a square, rectangle, triangle or simple shape background designs, as there is White behind the whole design and does not require doing additional artwork as shown above. You can also do a black fill imprint as shown above in the O'Lanagan's Big Dog picture above.

Washing instructions for transfer printed shirts it is best to turn them inside out and wash using regular detergent. Do not use bleach or detergents that have bleach alternatives and any liquid softeners. Washing in cold water and hang drying will help extend and prolong the shirt & design. 

We cannot be responsible for retail orders not picked up within 30 days of completion.

Custom Photo Mouse Pads & Coasters  

We can do custom Mouse Pads and coasters from your artwork or photo $10.50 ea. we have rectangle and round mouse pads and drink coasters.

Custom Photo/Art Buttons      

We can do a one of a kind custom pin back button from your artwork, print or photo. For small quantities we can usually do them in a day for $4.50 ea.  

T-Shirt Specials

We have many t-shirt specials in our showroom for $3.50 ea. or 2 for $6.00 some are imprinted and some are blank. Some are samples, designs & discontinued styles that sold for $10-$15. There are many great deals here! Come in and go through our 2 shirt racks of specials in youth sizes through adult XXXXL. XXL and up sizes are $1.00 more. There are even some sweatshirts & sport shirts. The shirts are constantly changing.

Lettering & Transfer Design

You can incorporate any of our stock transfer designs along with our lettering to custom make your shirt as shown below. Shown below with our stock gold basketball transfer C-20 and 1" royal lettering added for Be the Ball, and our stock design C-83 girl on pole using 2" and 1" white lettering to customize the shirt for a bachelor party.