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Hi! I am new to the game! I live in a small town outside of Houston, TX, I'm not doing this to break the bank or retire, it started off as a hobby sewing shirts and adding a little bling, personalized diaper cloths and adding bling to everything and anything people requested!! ...one thing lead to another and I bought a heat press, tons of pre-made transfers and an embroidery machine that I haven't even had the opportunity to open!!!! I want to do custom rhinestone transfers. Every housewife in the Houston area that owns an home iron is now a "BLING T-SHIRT STORE"..so after a lot of investigating I purchased the Graphtec CE-6000 and I am in a total blur!!! I haven't even taken it out of the box or know anything about what software to get!! It's very overwhelming but I'm in this far! I also put custom vinyl on tumblers with my Cricut and those sell very well. I guess I'm just here for a little support mainly on software and to hear others experiences. Right now this "hobby" has taken over my home so I have purchased a building, not for a store front but so I can get my house back!! Most of my customers come to me because they can't seem to get decent customer service anywhere and I am really honest about what I think am qualified to do and not to do. (That maybe why I give away more then I sell!!) I would like to stop that and I would like to spread out to be more creative. I have learned a few lessons the hard way (people ordering personalized stuff and not wanting to pay) Any suggestions about ways to store transfers, vinyl, rhinestones, t-shirts etc. will be GREATLY appreciated!! Sorry for the long introduction....I think I'm in a panic!!