Recently, we sponsored a screenprinting event at the Weaverville Public Library, where children in the Weaverville community had the opportunity to print their own t-shirts. Looks like fun!

The Big Crafty is a twice-annual event in Asheville that features some of the best craftspeople in our area. It’s only in its’ third year (I think), but it has already evolved into an Asheville institution.

We’d lie to take a moment to wish some of our friends and clients a fun and profitable Sunday afternoon;

Canoo (cute little monsters made of felt, clay, and other materials)

Short Street Cakes (bakers of delicious cupcakes, and excellent neighbors)

Julie Armbruster

and more…

For more information about The Big Crafty, check out this article, from this week’s Mountain Xpress.

We are hoping that The Tire Station, Millers Cycle and Dula’s Automotive Alterations all have a blast at the Scraping the Smokies this weekend. This car above is a wild ride crafted over at Millers Cycle in Leicester NC.

I hate I will not be able to attend. We will be there in spirit. You guys are all awesome. A special thanks to Ricky at the Tire Station for all you do for us…

Congrats to one of our regular customers, Anthony Cerrato of Fiore’s, for the write-up in this week’s Mountain Xpress. Fiore’s has come up with a great idea to capitalize on the beautiful new park in downtown Asheville. They’re selling “Tuscan Picnic Baskets,” packed with a delicious meal, and a picnic blanket (printed by us), so people can enjoy their lunches in our beautiful new park.

The picnic baskets are refillable, and there is a “buy four, get one free” program with the meals. It sounds like a great deal to us!

Also, thank you to the Mountain Xpress, for mentioning us in the print version of the article. Between that, and Joey’s appearance in the Citizen-Times last week, we’ve seen our name in our local papers a lot as of late. And we thank you.

Our good friends Ron and Nancy from Tail of the Dragon (who we profiled on our site last year as well) are embarking on a new project, promoting a 103-mile stretch of Highway 28 that runs between Deals Gap, North Carolina and Walhalla, SC. They’re calling this road the Moonshiner, and are giving the road the full “Tail of the Dragon” treatment, offering visitors maps, lodging information, commemorative collectables, and more.

Here’s a description, from their website:

Once one of the major runs for moonshiners with revenuers hot on their bumper, the road today boasts some great twisties, wide sweepers and unsurpassed scenery. Mountain vistas, waterfalls and secluded lakes appear around nearly every corner. You can find good food, accommodations of every type and unique shops with unusual antiques and crafts created by mountain artisans.

Here is the design for the very first Moonshiner 28 shirt, designed in-house at Image 420.

The inaugural All Go West Festival in Asheville, NC is on Saturday, April 24th, 2010 from noon -10pm. The location for this free street festival is behind the Rocket Club and in front of Harvest Records on city streets Waynesville Avenue, Westwood Place, and Michigan Avenue in West Asheville. Right across from Image 420. Have fun.

Here are some pictures of the pints glasses we recently produced for the Westville Pub, to commemorate their 8th anniversary, on April 15th, 2010.

Congratulations to the Westville Pub on eight great years. We hope that you have many more years of success. As for the rest of you, we recommend that you stop by he Pub tomorrow night, and help them celebrate in a manner similar to the last picture.

Second time in over 40 years she has moved on her own. It was a good weekend!

Here is our design for the 2010 Black Mountain Marathon Mount Mitchell Challenge. To learn more about the race, check out our post from last year, or check out this article from the Asheville Citizen Times.

I was checking our web stats today and discovered we received a compliment. There is an interesting website called teefury that prints and sells only one shirt design per day. Once that day is over the shirt is gone.

A local Asheville artist Ian Leino’s design Polar Beer was chosen for one day last November. “Created entirely by hand with scratchboard, this design squarely inhabits the junction of cryptic LOST mythology with classic beer label design” I am not sure but I think it sold well over 1000 t’s in one day.  That is one hell of a design!

This is the part that makes Image 420 feel good…

With the success of the design and all of the people that did not get a shirt Ian wanted to do a reprint. That is how we met.

“For this printing, I’ve worked personally with a local screenprinter to ensure the absolute highest quality prints on American Apparel garments to make a shirt that both looks and feels even better than its original printing!”

That is awesome.  Thank you very much for the compliment. It means a lot to know our customers like the work we do. Good luck with your design Ian. Spend some time at Ian Leino’s website. We have. He is a very talented artist and designer.