07/23/2026
We bought this building in 2019, back when it was still an antique store. Honestly, we didn't even know what we wanted to do with it yet. We just knew we wanted to do something, so we took a leap of faith and bought it.
It was set up great for an antique store but not so much for a printing and apparel business! We needed lights, electricity, a new furnace/ac and many other things along the way. The back section of our building didn't even have electricity except for one lone light, a far cry from what we have today!
There were a lot of long days, late nights, renovations, problems to solve, and plenty of moments where we were just hoping this idea would work. But we kept going, because we believed a family could build something awesome right here in Ellinwood, a Kansas town of fewer than 2,000 people.
Since then this place has been filled with hard work, laughter, chaos, learning, and some of our favorite memories working side by side with family. We get to employ our extended family, and our own kids (when they're not doing school), and that part means more to us than anything.
Today we officially hit our...
🎉10,000th order!🎉
That's ten thousand times, somebody chose us. That's a LOT of T-shirts out there in the world 😂 — on job sites, at ball games, at church, at school events, and hanging in closets from here to who knows where.
We've loved getting to serve our own community and the towns around us, and it still amazes us that orders now come in from all over the country. To every person, business, school, team, organization, and fellow small business that has trusted us: thank you. Every single order helped our family keep building something we could once only hope was possible.
We're so happy to be doing what we love, right here in our hometown, and we can't wait to see what the next 10,000 bring.
From our family to yours, thank you for being part of Armor Ink. 💪
Drop a picture in the comments if you've got something we printed, or just tell us what we made for you, we would love to see it!
