Hello!! Thank you for landing on our site and learning more about who we are. I would like to introduce myself and share my journey with you. My name is Andrew, I am the owner and creator of Cotton Mule. My screen printing and embroidery journey began in 2013 as a key account manager for a large screen printing facility in southern California. My role was to ensure our products were meeting clients expectations. I assisted with sourcing blanks for clients as well as quality control with the screen printing process.

My retail experience began before that, in 2006 or so, I began reselling goods with my first e-commerce business. I learned how to source wholesale products, conduct my own market research, build websites and use a variety of mediums to promote and sell products. I always wanted my own products to sell, which is why I found my way to a screen printing and embroidery.

I relocated to Nashville in 2014, with my then girlfriend, seeking a better life for our future. I was suppose to start working upon my arrival for an SEO marketing company. Unfortunately that opportunity didn’t pan out. A blessing in disguise, I spent my first month or so exploring the Nashville area as I was trying to find another opportunity. I began visiting a lot of retail stores, and because of my background I noticed a lack of Nashville themed apparel. At that time, there were only a few brands selling Nashville related items that weren’t the cheap souvenir type. I figured I could help fix that. A few months later I had a 2 page brochure with 20 or so designs and I started cold calling retail stores. It only took one yes, and that was a wholesale order for 1,000 shirts. I have been creating and wholesaling apparel in the Nashville market ever since.

I officially formed my LLC in January of 2016. In September of the same year, I married my girlfriend who moved to Nashville with me, and shortly after we began planning our family. In 2017, we relocated to Murfreesboro as we were seeking a better suited house for our growing family. In 2018, I partnered up with a few other like minded people and together we opened a retail store at Opry Mills Mall. What was suppose to be a 1 month pop up, turned into 3 months, then a year. Going on our 6th year, we now have 2 locations and are working on a third. The past 6 years, I have been busy growing my wholesale business, my brand, the retails stores, and a family.

I absolutely love creating designs and getting hands on in creating the products. I have been printing shirts and embroidering hats for my own brand, the retail stores, a handful of clients, and of course some friends and family members. We produce the majority of our items in house using our own equipment.