Swap the favor table for a live station and guests make their own favor. Somewhere between the toasts and the first dance they wander over, choose a design and watch it get made. We can set that up at a reception in the Central West End, in a Union Station ballroom or in a Soulard brewery hall.
A private party rarely needs more than one station. Live embroidery or a hat bar tends to read as a keepsake, and with live DTF printing every piece can carry the couple's names and the date.
Where live t-shirt printing fits a St. Louis celebration
- Weddings. Monogrammed or printed favors at cocktail hour, and a run of matching tees for the exit.
- Big birthdays. Art built around whoever is turning fifty.
- Bar and bat mitzvahs. Teenagers will queue for a hat bar.
- Family reunions. One shirt design, sizes XS to 4XL, printed as each branch of the family walks in.
Space and power for a live printing station at a St. Louis reception
Plan on about 10×10 ft and two 120V/20A circuits. In a downtown hotel or the Union Station ballrooms, power goes on the banquet electrical order, so have your coordinator add it when the floor plan is drawn. Brewery halls and old warehouse spaces in Soulard and the Grove tend to have outlets on one wall, and we'd sooner place the station there than run cords across the dance floor. For a backyard party in Clayton or Chesterfield, send a photo of the breaker panel and we'll tell you whether a generator makes sense. Figure about 2 minutes a shirt and 100+ an hour from a two-press station, which means 150 guests clear in roughly 90 minutes. Most couples open it after dinner. July and August are hot and humid here, so a summer reception outdoors needs a tent and a backup spot inside if a storm rolls through.
We ship the kit from Fullerton and fly in, so a wedding date is best booked six to ten weeks out. Tell us where it is and how many are coming.